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Author: Patrick Radden Keefe Publisher: Anchor ISBN: 0385530218 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 434
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In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people. “Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it’s all true.” —Time Keefe reveals the inner workings of Sister Ping’s complex empire and recounts the decade-long FBI investigation that eventually brought her down. He follows an often incompetent and sometimes corrupt INS as it pursues desperate immigrants risking everything to come to America, and along the way, he paints a stunning portrait of a generation of illegal immigrants and the intricate underground economy that sustains and exploits them. Grand in scope yet propulsive in narrative force, The Snakehead is both a kaleidoscopic crime story and a brilliant exploration of the ironies of immigration in America.
Author: Patrick Radden Keefe Publisher: Anchor ISBN: 0385530218 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 434
Book Description
In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York’s Chinatown managed a multi-million dollar business smuggling people. “Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it’s all true.” —Time Keefe reveals the inner workings of Sister Ping’s complex empire and recounts the decade-long FBI investigation that eventually brought her down. He follows an often incompetent and sometimes corrupt INS as it pursues desperate immigrants risking everything to come to America, and along the way, he paints a stunning portrait of a generation of illegal immigrants and the intricate underground economy that sustains and exploits them. Grand in scope yet propulsive in narrative force, The Snakehead is both a kaleidoscopic crime story and a brilliant exploration of the ironies of immigration in America.
Author: Anthony Horowitz Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780399241611 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 412
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While working with the Australian Secret Service on a dangerous mission, teenaged spy Alex Rider uncovers information about his parents.
Author: Ann Halam Publisher: Orion Children's Books ISBN: 1444002511 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 179
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Life on Perseus's island of Serifos hangs in a precarious state of balance - the legacy of war - but his own routines are relaxed and calm. However, a beautiful stranger arrives and shatters the peace for everyone. Perseus is smitten, but others are suspicious, for Andromeda has a unique and potentially powerful gift. But she also has a harsh destiny to fulfil. She must die to save her people, and a stunning, word-changing discovery will die with her - unless Perseus abandons all his beliefs to confront the horror of the Medusa quest. In a mesmerising novel which combines Ann Halam's own skilful blend of magic realism with the rich otherwordly power of a favourite Greek myth, this is a story of hope and survival, and the sheer determination of two young people against all the odds.
Author: Peter May Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com ISBN: 1458747352 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 518
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In the fourth of Peter May's acclaimed China Thrillers, American pathologist Margaret Campbell finds herself back on home soil, only to be faced by a truck full of dead Chinese and an unavoidable confrontation with her past. Beijing detective Li Yan, now based at the Chinese embassy in Washington, is dispatched to find out how his fellow countrymen suffocated in a sealed refrigeration unit in southern Texas - only to find himself face-to-face with the woman who walked out of China, and his life, to return to the U.S. Tasked to work together again to find out who is behind the $100 million trade in illegal Chinese immigrants which led to the tragedy in Texas, they discover that the immigrants were unwitting carriers of a deadly cargo. And still wrestling with the demons of their pasts, Li and Margaret find themselves racing against time to defuse a biological time-bomb that threatens to wipe out not only their future, but that of humankind.
Author: Emma Huddleston Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc. ISBN: 1644939916 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 32
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This title explores the role of snakehead fish in introduced environments, how humans helped spread the species, the threats they pose to ecosystems, and efforts being taken to manage them. This book also includes a table of contents, two infographics, informative sidebars, a “That’s Amazing!” special feature, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. This Focus Readers title is at the Navigator level, aligned to reading levels of grades 3–5 and interest levels of grades 4–7.
Author: Jian-Fang Gui Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1119120764 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 1074
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Fish have been a major component of our diet and it has been suggested that fish/seafood consumption contributed to the development of the human brain, and this together with the acquisition of bipedalism, perhaps made us what we are. In the modern context global fish consumption is increasing. However, unlike our other staples, until a few years back the greater proportion of our fish supplies were of a hunted origin. This scenario is changing and a greater proportion of fish we consume now is of farmed origin. Aquaculture, the farming of waters, is thought to have originated in China, many millennia ago. Nevertheless, it transformed into a major food sector only since the second half of the last century, and continues to forge ahead, primarily in the developing world. China leads the global aquaculture production in volume, in the number of species that are farmed, and have contributed immensely to transforming the practices from an art to a science. This book attempts to capture some of the key elements and practices that have contributed to the success of Chinese aquaculture. The book entails contributions from over 100 leading experts in China, and provides insights into some aquaculture practices that are little known to the rest of the world. This book will be essential reading for aquaculturists, practitioners, researchers and students, and planners and developers.
Author: Milkyway Media Publisher: Milkyway Media ISBN: Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 52
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 On a moonless Sunday morning in June 1993, a single police car drove east along the central road of the Rockaway Peninsula. At the western tip, the officers saw a ship dangerously close to shore. They heard the first screams from out across the water. #2 Somma and Divivier were on the beach with the four Asian men, who were hysterical and pointing in the direction of the ship. They heard more screams from the ocean. #3 Wells radioed his station and requested more help. The tide was coming in, and a strong westerly crosscurrent was pulling the people in the water down along the shoreline. The officers ventured into the water and pulled people from the shallows, dragging them onto the shore. #4 As the first responders in New York and New Jersey began to hear about the ship, the Golden Venture, which was packed with what appeared to be illegal aliens who could not swim, began to drift towards the Atlantic Coast.
Author: Patrick Radden Keefe
Author: Patrick Radden Keefe
Author: Anthony Horowitz
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Author: Ann Halam
Author: Peter May
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Author: Emma Huddleston
Author: Jian-Fang Gui
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