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The Negotiator

My Life at the Heart of the Hostage Trade

by Ben Lopez ...

Ben Lopez spends his life traveling the world, bartering with people who value money over life. Working for governments, law enforcement agencies, multinational corporations and private clients, Ben is an expert K&R (Kidnap and Ransom) consultant, supplying professional kidnap-negotiation services. He can be called out to anywhere in the world within twenty-four-hour notice to set up and command ... Read more

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Ben Lopez spends his life traveling the world, bartering with people who value money over life. Working for governments, law enforcement agencies, multinational corporations and private clients, Ben is an expert K&R (Kidnap and Ransom) consultant, supplying professional kidnap-negotiation services. He can be called out to anywhere in the world within twenty-four-hour notice to set up and command
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The Negotiator

My life at the heart of the hostage trade

by Ben Lopez ...

"I'm writing this book under a pseudonym.If I used my real name, I may become a hostage myself. And I don't want that. I've seen what it can do to people."Ben Lopez is a Kidnap-for-Ransom consultant. He spends his days travelling from one crisis zone to the next, negotiating with people who value money over life.On behalf of government agencies, law enforcement teams, multinational corporations ... Read more

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"I'm writing this book under a pseudonym.If I used my real name, I may become a hostage myself. And I don't want that. I've seen what it can do to people."Ben Lopez is a Kidnap-for-Ransom consultant. He spends his days travelling from one crisis zone to the next, negotiating with people who value money over life.On behalf of government agencies, law enforcement teams, multinational corporations
... Read more
Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Processing

5th International Conference, AIKP 2025, Hyderabad, India, October 23–25, 2025, Proceedings

Edited by Hemachandran Kannan, Raul Villamarin Rodriguez, Manjeet Rege, Vincenzo Piuri, Abejide AdeIbijola, Miguel López González de León, Imed Ben Dhaou ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Processing, AIKP 2025, held in Hyderabad, India, during October 23–25, 2025.The 22 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 111 submissions. They explore a broad spectrum of themes including machine learning, natural language processing, ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Processing, AIKP 2025, held in Hyderabad, India, during October 23–25, 2025.The 22 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 111 submissions. They explore a broad spectrum of themes including machine learning, natural language processing,
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Popcorn Disabilities

The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies

by Kristen Lopez ...

You can learn a lot from the movies-about sex and relationships, about business, about history. Sure, there's a fair amount of fantasy, wish fulfillment, and glorious hair to exaggerate everything, but for better or for worse, films remain one of the most important ways that viewers around the world learn about other people and cultures. And almost since the dawn of the medium, movies have shaped ... Read more

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You can learn a lot from the movies-about sex and relationships, about business, about history. Sure, there's a fair amount of fantasy, wish fulfillment, and glorious hair to exaggerate everything, but for better or for worse, films remain one of the most important ways that viewers around the world learn about other people and cultures. And almost since the dawn of the medium, movies have shaped
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Disaster Management

International Lessons in Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery

Edited by Alejandro Lopez-Carresi, Maureen Fordham, Ben Wisner, Ilan Kelman, Jc Gaillard ...

There is a perennial gap between theory and practice, between academia and active professionals in the field of disaster management. This gap means that valuable lessons are not learned and people die or suffer as a result. This book opens a dialogue between theory and practice. It offers vital lessons to practitioners from scholarship on natural hazards, disaster risk management and reduction and ... Read more

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There is a perennial gap between theory and practice, between academia and active professionals in the field of disaster management. This gap means that valuable lessons are not learned and people die or suffer as a result. This book opens a dialogue between theory and practice. It offers vital lessons to practitioners from scholarship on natural hazards, disaster risk management and reduction and
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Disability Pride

Dispatches from a Post-ADA World

by Ben Mattlin ...

Narrated by Anthony Michael Lopez ...

Unabridged

9 hours 51 min

An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today, and how disability attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)In Disability Pride, disabled journalist Ben Mattlin weaves together interviews and reportage to introduce a cavalcade of individuals, ideas, and events in engaging, fast-paced prose. He ... Read more

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An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today, and how disability attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)In Disability Pride, disabled journalist Ben Mattlin weaves together interviews and reportage to introduce a cavalcade of individuals, ideas, and events in engaging, fast-paced prose. He
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Popcorn Disabilities

The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies

by Kristen Lopez ...

Narrated by Francine Brody ...

Unabridged

11 hours 24 min

Bloomsbury presents Popcorn Disabilities by Kristen Lopez, read by Francine Brody.You can learn a lot from the movies—about sex and relationships, about business, about history. Sure, there’s a fair amount of fantasy, wish fulfillment, and glorious hair to exaggerate everything, but for better or for worse, films remain one of the most important ways that viewers around the world learn about other ... Read more

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Bloomsbury presents Popcorn Disabilities by Kristen Lopez, read by Francine Brody.You can learn a lot from the movies—about sex and relationships, about business, about history. Sure, there’s a fair amount of fantasy, wish fulfillment, and glorious hair to exaggerate everything, but for better or for worse, films remain one of the most important ways that viewers around the world learn about other
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Grim Paradise

The Cold Case Search for the Mackinac Island Killer

by Rod Sadler ...

The true crime story of a 1960 murder that rocked a tranquil Michigan vacation spot and the search for justice that followed.When widow Frances Lacey was murdered in July 1960 on Mackinac Island, only a few meager clues were found by police, and the case soon turned cold. But more than sixty years later, will those same clues finally solve the mystery?On July 24, 1960, the quaint charm and ... Read more

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The true crime story of a 1960 murder that rocked a tranquil Michigan vacation spot and the search for justice that followed.When widow Frances Lacey was murdered in July 1960 on Mackinac Island, only a few meager clues were found by police, and the case soon turned cold. But more than sixty years later, will those same clues finally solve the mystery?On July 24, 1960, the quaint charm and
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Race to Justice

by Larry Sells, Margie Porter ...

The murder case of chef Cynthia Albrecht that shocked the Indy 500 racing world—as seen on Investigation Discovery's True Conviction.Cynthia Albrecht, the executive chef of the Penske-Marlboro racing team and darling of the IndyCar circuit, went missing on October 25, 1992—the night before her divorce from Michael Albrecht became final. Drivers and racing crews from across the country converged on ... Read more

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The murder case of chef Cynthia Albrecht that shocked the Indy 500 racing world—as seen on Investigation Discovery's True Conviction.Cynthia Albrecht, the executive chef of the Penske-Marlboro racing team and darling of the IndyCar circuit, went missing on October 25, 1992—the night before her divorce from Michael Albrecht became final. Drivers and racing crews from across the country converged on
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How Now, Butterfly?

A Memoir of Murder, Survival, and Transformation

by Charity Lee, Brian Whitney ...

A mother recounts her unthinkable experience after her thirteen-year-old son murders his little sister—and her struggle to emerge from devastation.Losing a young daughter to murder is the worst nightmare that a mother could possibly imagine—but what if the killer was her son? Charity Lee was thrust into this unimaginable situation when her thirteen-year-old son, Paris, murdered her beloved four ... Read more

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A mother recounts her unthinkable experience after her thirteen-year-old son murders his little sister—and her struggle to emerge from devastation.Losing a young daughter to murder is the worst nightmare that a mother could possibly imagine—but what if the killer was her son? Charity Lee was thrust into this unimaginable situation when her thirteen-year-old son, Paris, murdered her beloved four
... Read more
Terror Town, USA

The Untold Story of Joliet's Notorious Serial Killer

by John Ferak ...

The veteran true crime author chronicles the terrifying murders, surprising arrest and dramatic trial of Illinois serial killer Milton Johnson.In the summer of 1983, an elusive serial killer stalked the blue-collar industrial city of Joliet, Illinois. One overnight killing spree took five victims, including members of the Will County Sheriff's Office. The following month brought a quadruple murder ... Read more

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The veteran true crime author chronicles the terrifying murders, surprising arrest and dramatic trial of Illinois serial killer Milton Johnson.In the summer of 1983, an elusive serial killer stalked the blue-collar industrial city of Joliet, Illinois. One overnight killing spree took five victims, including members of the Will County Sheriff's Office. The following month brought a quadruple murder
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Noir by Necessity: How My Father's Unsolved Murder Took Me to Dark Places

by Mike Gatto ...

"The murder of Joseph Gatto captivated Los Angeles. Many veteran journalists still wonder how and why it happened. The details of this horrible crime and those affected by it continue to fascinate." –Robert Kovacik, Anchor and Reporter, NBC Los AngelesMike Gatto was an up-and-coming young lawmaker when his father was brutally murdered.The act sucked him into the world of noir: wild theories, ... Read more

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"The murder of Joseph Gatto captivated Los Angeles. Many veteran journalists still wonder how and why it happened. The details of this horrible crime and those affected by it continue to fascinate." –Robert Kovacik, Anchor and Reporter, NBC Los AngelesMike Gatto was an up-and-coming young lawmaker when his father was brutally murdered.The act sucked him into the world of noir: wild theories,
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