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Piper, Karen Lynnea

Summary: "There's Money in Thirst," reads a headline in the New York Times. The CEO of Nestlé, purveyor of bottled water, heartily agrees. It is important to give water a market value, he says in a promotional video, so "we're all aware that it has a price." But for those who have no access to clean water, a fifth of the world's population, the price is thirst. This is the frightening landscape that...

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333 PIP

Piper, Karen Lynnea

Summary: "A poignant, surreal, and fearlessly honest look at growing up on one of the most secretive weapons installations on earth, by a young woman who came of age with missiles. The China Lake missile range is located in a huge stretch of the Mojave Desert, about the size of the state of Delaware. It was created during the Second World War, and has always been shrouded in secrecy. But people who make...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PIPER, KAREN PIP

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B PIPER PIP

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