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  • <p><strong>Based on original reporting by a Pulitzer Prize finalist and an industry veteran, the first book for young adults about the Flint water crisis</strong><br /> In 2014, Flint, Michigan, was a cash-strapped city that had been built up, then abandoned by General Motors. As part of a plan to save money, government officials decided that Flint would temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Within months, many residents broke out in rashes. Then it got worse: children stopped growing. Some people were hospitalized with mysterious illnesses; others died. Citizens of Flint protested that the water was dangerous. Despite what seemed so apparent from the murky, foul-smelling liquid pouring from the city's faucets, officials refused to listen. They treated the people of Flint as the problem, not the water, which was actually poisoning thousands.<br /> Through interviews with residents and intensive research into legal records and news accounts...
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  • POISONED WATER Candy J. Cooper Marc Aronson BLOOMSBURY2020 Hardcover English ISBN:9781547602322 洋書 Books for kids(児童書) Juvenile Nonfiction
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  • <p>From Champion Jockey at 22 to down-and-out at 27, Eddie Malloy is bitter and desolate, reduced to living in an ancient caravan working for a tyrannical horse dealer. Estranged from his family and the sport he loves, Eddie cannot forget or forgive the racing authorities for believing false allegations of horse doping against him which robbed him of his riding licence.</p> <p>With another miserable Christmas looming, Eddie's discovery of murder victim Danny Gordon in the racing capital of Newmarket offers him a perilous path to the resurrection of his career. He must balance that ultimate reward against the risk of becoming a victim of Gordon's ruthless killers.</p> <p>Racing's own police are too afraid to take on these killers; for them Eddie Malloy is dispensable. They also know he can be tough and ruthless when fighting for what he believes in.</p> <p>Eddie's alone in the world now, if he dies trying to get his life back, who will care?</p> <p>Written by ex-top...
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  • <p><strong>CORRUPT BIG BUSINESS, ECONOMY IN MELTDOWN, THE THRILLER THAT WARNED US ALL</strong></p> <p><strong>'Marc Elsberg is nothing if not prescient' <em>GUARDIAN</em></strong></p> <p>It’s the near future: the world economy is in freefall. Mass unemployment and hunger rage as banks, corporations and countries go bankrupt. But one group are doing just fine: the super-rich.</p> <p>Nobel prize-winning economist Herbert Thompson drives to an emergency summit in Berlin, to deliver his ground-breaking solution to the world’s elite: a formula that will reverse the downturn, transform the economy, and give <em>everyone</em> a share of the wealth.</p> <p>Thompson never arrives. He is killed in a car crash on the way.</p> <p>Jan, a keen cyclist out late, sees the incident. Convinced Thompson has been murdered, he vows to find out why.</p> <p>But there are powerful forces at work, who will stop at nothing to keep Jan silent.</p> <p>How far will ...
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