Humes, Edward.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1 HUMHumes, Edward
Summary: "What happens to our trash? Why are our oceans filling with plastic? Do we really waste 40 percent of our food 65 percent of our energy? Waste is truly our biggest problem, and solving our inherent trashiness can fix our economy, our energy costs, our traffic jams, and help slow climate change--all while making us healthier, happier and more prosperous. This story-driven and in-depth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 628.4 HUMHumes, Edward
Summary: "On an April night in 1989, three small children perished in a Los Angeles apartment fire. Their young mother, Jo Ann Parks, escaped unharmed. Based on forensic evidence, Parks was later convicted, sentenced to life in prison without parole. Now a young lawyer with the California Innocence Project is challenging the conviction and the so-called "science" behind it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364.152 HUMHumes, Edward.
Summary: "A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist takes readers on a surprising tour of the world of garbage. Trash is America's largest export. Individually, we make more than four pounds a day, sixty-four tons across a lifetime. We make so much of it that trash dominates America's place in the global economy--now the most prized product made in the United States. In 2010, China's number-one ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 628.4 HUMHumes, Edward
Summary: "More than a gripping detective story, Burned is a shocking tale that upends the almost universal confidence we have in flawed forensics -- the "CSI" so long celebrated in fiction and film-- that has put thousands in prison as our justice system chose toembrace junk science over protecting the innocent. On an April night in 1989, three small children perished in a Los Angeles apartment fire....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 HUMHumes, Edward
Summary: "After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer-and exposed a looming battle between the pursuit of justice and the right to privacy. When Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook were murdered during a trip to Seattle in the 1980s, detectives had few leads. The murder weapon was missing. No one witnessed any suspicious activity. And there was only a single handprint on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25 HUMHumes, Edward.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 HUMSeward, Homer
Summary: Describes various kinds of fishes which can be frightening because they have dangerous bites, spines, or venom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rourke Press 1998