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Suicide pact : the radical expansion of presidential powers and the lethal threat to American liberty / by Napolitano, Andrew P.,author.(CARDINAL)469003;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-421) and index.Part I. 1770-1880 : the struggle for natural liberty. A philosophical primer ; A constitutional overview of the duty to defend and the power to wage successful war ; National security in the Revolutionary War era ; The Civil War and Reconstruction eras -- Part II. 1900-1946 : the noble liars. Turn-of-the-century America : the Wilson administration and World War I ; The World War II era : the freedom of speech and power over property ; The World War II era : Quirin and the Japanese cases -- Part III. 1947-present : the long wars. The Cold War : the Truman years, the Korean conflict, and the second Red Scare ; The Cold War : the civil war in Vietnam ; Before 9/11 : America and global terror from 1980-2001 ; The George W. Bush administration : the Global War on Terror and privacy in the post-9/11 world ; The George W. Bush administration : render and torture ; The George W. Bush administration : the right to trial ; The Obama administration : a midterm review of the Middle East, torture, and trials ; The Obama administration : a midterm review of exponentially expanded drone intervention and privacy attacks.Argues that America has been transformed into a surveillance state with an increasing loss of personal freedoms and traces this decline through history, beginning with colonial rule all the way to the current war on terrorism. --Publisher's description.
Subjects: Executive power; Executive power; National security; Presidents;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Mientras respire : una novela de suspenso adictiva que le quitará el aliento by Sánchez, Carlos Cuauhtémoc.(CARDINAL)529380; Bayo, Romina,1980-author.(CARDINAL)553711;
Three heartbroken women forge a complex suicide pact, only to realize too late that death was not the answer after all.
Subjects: Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Suicide pacts; Women; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Death match / by Child, Lincoln.(CARDINAL)350638;
Subjects: Science fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Marriage brokerage; Mate selection; Suicide pacts; Suicide victims;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Death match : a novel / by Child, Lincoln.(CARDINAL)350638;
Subjects: Fiction.; Science fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Marriage brokerage; Mate selection; Suicide pacts; Suicide victims;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Death match : a novel / by Child, Lincoln,author.(CARDINAL)350638;
Welcome to Eden, Inc., the absolutely best matchmaking service on the planet. If you are willing to endure rigorous testing procedures and an exorbitant fee, you might be lucky enough to become a client. Then your perfect match will be just around the corner. Matched couples are guaranteed true love and lifelong happiness, and not a single customer has ever been disappointed or asked for his or her money back. When a matched couple commits double suicide, the corporation calls in former FBI psychologist Christopher Lash to discover why the lovebirds engaged in such a shocking act. The evidence he uncovers forces Lash to immerse himself in the secret workings of Eden, Inc.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Marriage brokerage; Mate selection; Suicide pacts; Suicide victims;
Available copies: 30 / Total copies: 36
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Death match [sound recording] : a novel / by Child, Lincoln.(CARDINAL)350638; Whitener, Barrett,1960-;
Read by Barrett Whitener.The Thorpes were the perfect couple: young, attractive, and ideally matched. But the veil of perfection can mask many secrets. When the Thorpes are found dead in their tasteful Flagstaff living room after having committed double suicide, alarms go off in the executive offices of Eden, Incorporated, the worldwide matchmaking phenomenon that uses its astonishing artificial intelligence and surveillance tools to bring together perfectly matched supercouples. Eden guarantees its customers just one thing: lifelong happiness. Enter Christopher Lash, a gifted former FBI forensic psychologist who is brought in by Eden to perform a quick--and quiet--investigation.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Science fiction.; Audiobooks.; Marriage brokerage; Mate selection; Suicide pacts; Suicide victims;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Death match : a novel / by Child, Lincoln.(CARDINAL)350638; Whitener, Barrett,1960-narrator.; Blackstone Audio, Inc.(CARDINAL)346395; Findaway World, LLC.(CARDINAL)345268; Playaway Digital Audio.(CARDINAL)565887;
Read by Barrett Whitener.The Thorpes were the perfect couple: young, attractive, and ideally matched. But when the Thorpes are found dead in their tasteful Flagstaff living room after having committed a double suicide, alarms go off in the executive offices of Eden, Incorporated, the worldwide matchmaking phenomenon that had originally brought the two people together. Eden guarantees its customers just one thing: lifelong happiness. Christopher Lash, former FBI forensic psychologist, is brought in by Eden to perform a quick - and quiet - investigation. But as Lash begins his "psychological autopsy," another of the ideal couples commits double suicide. Lash's investigation soon veers into the many hidden layers of Eden, Inc., a labyrinthine world of technology and psychology that inadvertently may bring Lash face-to-face with his own demons.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Marriage brokerage; Mate selection; Suicide pacts; Suicide victims;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Should we stay or should we go [sound recording] : a novel / by Shriver, Lionelauthor(CARDINAL)282932; Curtis, Hannahnarrator;
Performed by Hannah Curtis.When her father dies, Kay Wilkinson can't cry. Over ten years, Alzheimer's had steadily eroded this erudite man into a paranoid lunatic. Surely one's own father passing should never come as such a relief. Both medical professionals, Kay and her husband Cyril have seen too many elderly patients in similar states of decay. Although healthy and vital in their early fifties, the couple fears what may lie ahead. Determined to die with dignity, Cyril makes a modest proposal. To spare themselves and their loved ones such a humiliating and protracted decline, they should agree to commit suicide together once they've both turned eighty. When their deal is sealed, the spouses are blithely looking forward to another three decades together. But then they turn eighty.Compact discs.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Married people; Older people; Suicide; Suicide pacts; Choice (Psychology);
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Should we stay or should we go / by Shriver, Lionel.;
When her father dies, Kay Wilkinson can't cry. Over ten years, Alzheimer's had steadily eroded this erudite man into a paranoid lunatic. Surely one's own father passing should never come as such a relief. Both medical professionals, Kay and her husband Cyril have seen too many elderly patients in similar states of decay. Although healthy and vital in their early fifties, the couple fears what may lie ahead. Determined to die with dignity, Cyril makes a modest proposal. To spare themselves and their loved ones such a humiliating and protracted decline, they should agree to commit suicide together once they've both turned eighty. When their deal is sealed, the spouses are blithely looking forward to another three decades together. But then they turn eighty.
Subjects: Fiction.; Married people; Older people; Suicide pacts; Choice (Psychology); Married people.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Should we stay or should we go [large print] : a novel / by Shriver, Lionel,author.;
Over ten years, Kay Wilkinson watched as Alzheimer's steadily eroded her father into a paranoid lunatic. Both medical professionals, Kay and her husband Cyril have seen too many elderly patients in similar states of decay. Although healthy and vital in their early fifties, the couple fears what may lie ahead. Determined to die with dignity, Cyril makes a modest proposal: To spare themselves and their loved ones such a humiliating and protracted decline, they should agree to commit suicide together once they've both turned eighty. When their deal is sealed, the spouses are blithely looking forward to another three decades together. But then they turn eighty...
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Large print books.; Fiction.; Married people; Older people; Suicide pacts; Choice (Psychology); Married people.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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