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Across the US, cities and metropolitan areas are facing huge economic and competitive challenges that Washington won't, or can't, solve. The good news is that networks of metropolitan leaders—mayors, business and labor leaders, educators, and philanthropists—are stepping up and powering the nation forward. These state and local leaders are doing the hard work to grow more jobs and make their communities more prosperous, and they're investing in...
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The bull by the horns : Dan Thornton's rise to the heights of the Hereford world / Rodney Preston -- Hell with the lid off : a survey of the coking industry in Colorado / Glen Weaver -- Reforging the golden spike : the U.S. gold mining industry during World War II / Matt Mayberry -- A few stops along the way : Colorado's early stagecoach stations / Heather King Peterson.
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"In a taut, brilliantly twisted new thriller from bestselling author Lisa Black, forensics expert Maggie Gardiner and Cleveland detective Jack Renner investigate the bizarre murder of a senator with secrets to hide… Three days before a key election, U.S. Senator Diane Cragin is electrocuted on her own doorstep—a shocking twist in an already brutal political race. Cragin’s chief of staff is quick to blame rival Joey Green, a city development...
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An urban epic set in Baltimore, where police detectives investigate cases involving the illegal drug trade, the seaport system, the city government and its bureaucracy, the school system, and the print news media. Unvarnished and highly realistic, Season One follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore--one that culminates in a complex series of dangerous wiretaps and surveillance. Told from the points of view of both the...