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"In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .45 from his pocket, and in front of everybody shoots the project's drug dealer at point-blank range. The reasons for this desperate burst of violence and the consequences that spring from it lie at the heart of Deacon King Kong, James McBride's funny, moving novel and his first since...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
[vii], 327 pages, [16] pages of plates : color, illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
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An eyewitness account of the rise of Mexico's drug cartels during the first decades of the twenty-first century.
Looks at the extremely violent criminal drug cartels that have arisen in Mexico, maintaining that the phenomenon has in fact turned into a broad-based insurgency in support of drug traffic profits.
3) Layer cake
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Planning to retire and begin a new life, Mr. X is a successful West End drug dealer who has been asked for one last favor: to negotiate the sale of one million hits of Ecstasy. Unfortunately for Mr. X, the pills were stolen from a Serbian drug lord who'll cut off his head if he sells them. And with a London crime czar promising to retire him permanently if he doesn't, Mr. X may be rightfully concerned about his future.
4) Fresh
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Michael (or Fresh as he's known) is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a half-way house for children without their parents. His father has become a street bum, but is still there if Fresh requires his 'street' knowledge. Fresh aspires to live the good life but his sister's prostitution for the drug heavies along with the senseless murder of friends push him to re-evaluate his life. He then decides that dealing isn't what he wants and revenge is....
5) 25th hour
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Monty Brogan is facing a seven year prison sentence for dealing drugs. On the night before he has to go to prison, he decides to go out with his friends one last time, and re-examines his life in the process.
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"The sequel to The Sympathizer, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, The Committed follows the "man of two minds" as he comes to Paris as a refugee. There he and his blood brother Bon try to escape their pasts and prepare for their futures by turning their hands to capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing. No longer in physical danger, but still inwardly tortured by his reeducation at the hands of his former best friend, and struggling...
8) Layer cake
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A West London drug dealer is caught in a high stakes game of life and death when he's duped into trying to sell one million hits of Ecstasy stolen from a vicious Serbian drug lord.
10) Contraband
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Chris Farraday long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law, Andy, botches a drug deal for his ruthless boss, Tim Briggs, Chris is forced back into doing what he does best, running contraband, to settle Andy's debt. Chris is a legendary smuggler and quickly assembles a crew with the help of his best friend, Sebastian, to head to Panama and return with millions in counterfeit bills. Things quickly fall apart with only hours to...
11) Tori and Lokita
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Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (89 minute) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Description
From two-time Palme d'Or winners Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne comes the story of seventeen-year-old Lokita and twelve-year-old Tori, two immigrants to Belgium from Cameroon and Benin, respectively whose siblinglike bond is the only resource they can depend on in their struggle for survival on the margins of European society. The pair work as performers in a cheap trattoria, dealing drugs on the side, while balancing the demands of an indifferent bureaucracy....
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xvi, 414 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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"Just as Anthony Bourdain did for the world of food, in Dopeworld, writer Niko Vorobyov travels the globe to find out more about the war on drugs and how it affects global politics and our day-to-day lives. Dopeworld is a bold and intoxicating journey into the world of drugs. From the cocaine farms in South America to the streets of Manila, this book traces the emergence of psychoactive substances and our intimate relationship with them. With unparalleled...
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
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2 DVDs (ca. 272 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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With an overabundance of cocaine at their disposal, the team forms a cartel and sets out to sell the drug. As this dubious new venture speeds into hilarious motion, the team deals with addiction, Cheryl's turn as a country singer, an FBI bust, an open marriage, and an announcement Archer couldn't have imagined.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013], c2011
Physical Desc
1 DVD (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"Freshly promoted DI Anna Travis reunites with DCS James Langton to investigate the murder of a former police officer. The dead man was Langton's friend, and the detectives soon learn the case is much bigger than they first believed. A drug found at the scene has the chillingly accurate street name 'Drop Dead,' and the notorious criminal behind the drug might be someone who no longer exists."--Container.
15) Silver pebbles
Author
Series
Hunkeler volume 1
Publisher
Bitter Lemon Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 20 cm
Description
An elegant young Lebanese man carrying diamonds in his bag is on the train from Frankfurt to Basel, a drug mule on the return journey. At the Basel train station, Hunkeler is waiting for him after a tipoff from the German police. The courier manages to get to the station toilet and flushes the stones away. Erdogan, a young Turkish sewage worker, finds the diamonds in the pipes under the station. To him they mean wealth and the small hotel he always...
16) Superfly
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
With his sights set on retiring, a successful young drug dealer sets up one last big deal.
17) Bullet proof
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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After stealing millions in cash from Temples's drug-dealing hideout, a thief finds a stowaway in his getaway car, who turns out to be Temple's pregnant wife Mia! Desperate to reclaim his cash and his unborn son, Temple sends out a squad of hit men and bounty hunters to bring in Mia and the thief. Speed, cleverness, and good aim give the duo a brief advantage, but how long will their luck hold out?
18) Cold pursuit
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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An action thriller infused with irreverent humor that stars Liam Neeson as Nels Coxman, a family man whose quiet life with his wife is upended following the mysterious death of their son. Nels' search for justice turns into a vengeful hunt for Viking, a drug lord he believes is connected to the death. As one by one of Viking's associates 'disappear,' Nels goes from upstanding citizen to ice-cold vigilante, letting nothing, and no one, get in his way....
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Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she's hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets of any kind. She's reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela's latest job isn't for some bamboozled billionaire, it's for her own family, whose home is going to be wiped off the map if they can't come up with a lot of money fast....
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Publisher
Suma
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
507 pages ; 23 cm
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Una historia sobre narcotráfico y corrupción en el Campo de Gibraltar. Cualquier parecido con la realidad ¿es pura coincidencia? Moroloco es el mayor traficante de hachís del continente europeo. Sus tentáculos alcanzan los rincones más recónditos del hampa, la economía y el poder. Gabriel Zabalza, comisario de la Policía Nacional en Algeciras, quiere detenerlo a toda costa. Un día el narco recibe una propuesta inesperada por parte de...
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