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1) Secret empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends
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[2018]
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In many parts of the world, the children of powerful political figures go into business and profit handsomely, not necessarily because they are good at it, but because people want to curry favor with their influential parents. This is a relatively new phenomenon in the U.S.; but for relatives of some prominent political families, we may already be talking about hundreds of millions of dollars. "Secret Empires" identifies public servants who cannot...
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"What role can or should loyalty play in the life of a police inspector? Brunetti is approached for a favor by Elisabetta Foscarini, a woman he knows casually, but her mother was good to Brunetti's mother, so he feels obliged to at least look into the matter privately, and not as official police business. Foscarini's son-in-law, Enrico Fenzo, has alarmed his wife (her daughter) by confessing their family might be in danger because of something he's...
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Millennium novels (Stieg Larsson) volume 3
Pub. Date
2010
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If and when Lisbeth Salander recovers, she'll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge--against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions...
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Pub. Date
2012
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"What if a well respected doctor inexplicably goes on a murderous rampage? When Dr. John Merriman goes on a shooting spree at the office, his business partner, staff, and two patients are killed in the bloodbath. Then Meacham turns the gun on himself. The blame falls on Dr. Lou Welcome. Welcome worked with Merriman years before as a counselor after John's medical license had been revoked for drug addiction. Lou knew that John was an excellent doctor...
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Black Cat
Pub. Date
c2014
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370 p. ; 21 cm.
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Mireille Duval Jameson is a rich and self-assured Haitian woman who is kidnapped by a gang of heavily armed men. Held captive by a man who calls himself the Commander, Mireille must endure his torment until her unwilling father pays up.
6) Lone star
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
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1 DVD (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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An unsolved murder in a Texas border town uncovers a tale of corruption, intrigue, and forbidden love.
7) Sanjuro
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A skilled but slovenly ronin comes to the aid of a group of naive young warriors fighting their corrupt clan leaders and manages to keep them out of trouble and alive in spite of their high ideals.
8) Exposed
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 blu-ray (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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While investigating the death of his partner, a police detective discovers police corruption.
9) Triple 9
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 DVD (1 hr., 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plot to murder a police officer in order to pull off a heist.
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
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xv, 446 pages ; 24 cm
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Burgis, an investigative journalist, draws on insider interviews to expose the role of international corruption and organized crime on the political arenas of today's world. He exposes how this global kleptocracy is corrupting the world around us. In weaving together four stories that reveal a terrifying global web of corruption, Burgis follows the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators, and poisoning democracies. The...
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Trine Day LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
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x, 417 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm
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Exposes vastly under-explored topics compared to other media reports and books on Jeffrey Epstein. How did Jeffrey Epstein manage to evade justice for decades? Who enabled him and why? Why were legal officials told that Epstein "belonged to intelligence" and to back off during his first arrest in the mid-2000s? Volume 2 of One Nation Under Blackmail examines the rise of Jeffrey Epstein and his closest associates, such as Leslie Wexner and Ghislaine...
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Michael Kelly mysteries volume 5
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
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237 pages ; 25 cm.
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Receiving a lucrative anonymous offer to track down an escaped criminal, private investigator Michael Kelly unwinds the past of the fugitive's wife, who harbors deeply complicated and dangerous reasons for standing by her husband.
13) The glass shield
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Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2005]
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1 DVD (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The first African American assigned to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department uncovers a corrupt and racist precinct.
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"When a drug-addled Hunter Biden abandoned his waterlogged computer at a Mac repair shop in Delaware in the spring of 2019, just six days before his father announced his candidacy for the United States presidency, it became the ticking time bomb in the shadows of Joe Biden's campaign. The dirty secrets contained in Hunter's laptop almost derailed his father's presidential campaign and ignited one of the greatest media coverups in American history....
16) The negotiator
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
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1 DVD (140 min.) : sd., col ; 4 3/4 in.
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In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, a skilled police negotiator accused of corruption and murder takes hostages in a government office to gain the time he needs to find the truth.
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Henry Cimoli and Spenser have been friends for years, yet the old boxing trainer has never asked the private eye for a favor. Until now. A heavy-handed developer is trying to buy up Henry's condo on Revere Beach and sends thugs to move the process along. Soon Spenser and his apprentice, Zebulon Sixkill, find a trail leading to a mysterious and beautiful woman, a megalomaniacal Las Vegas kingpin, and plans to turn to a chunk of land north of Boston...
19) Deep harbor
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Immersed in her job as an assistant to a congressman, Carol Ann "CJ" Jansen uncovers possible evidence of her boss's corrupt activities before his apparent suicide, and moves to a small New England town for her own protection.
20) Triple 9
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A bank robbery is just the tip of the iceberg when two cops in Atlanta start suspecting members of their own team are involved. Not knowing who to trust and how deep the corruption goes, time is ticking for them to uncover the truth, before they become the target for the next deadly job.
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