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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...
2) Secret empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends
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Pub. Date
[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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Georgia Bureau of Investigations Detective Faith Mitchell, her partner Will Trent, and trauma doctor Sara Linton join forces to find Faith's mother, missing after a deadly hostage situation that leaves Faith a murder suspect--and the scapegoat for police corruption, bribery, and murder.
4) Cop land
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004?]
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1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls "Cop Land"--A small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big-city police officers he's long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town's peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.
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Pub. Date
2022
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437 pages
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This is insider crime history — my account of politicians, government officials, developers, contractors, and cannabis kings who operate a criminal machine that streams through my small county, bankrolled by public funds, campaign donations, and pallet loads of cash generated by the most valuable crop in the nation. As the mayor of a friendly little beach town, my story should be a happy memoir. Instead, it evolved into a sinister citizens-turned-spy...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2011
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xxvii, 211 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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Examines corrupt practices in United States politics, from members of Congress basing stock trades on privileged information to earmarking bills to improve personal real estate holdings to campaign contributors receiving federal grants.
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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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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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ix, 228 pages ; 25 cm
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"In The Swamp, bestselling author and Fox News Channel host Eric Bolling presents an infuriating, amusing, revealing, and outrageous history of American politics, past and present, Republican and Democrat. From national political scandals to tempests in a teapot that blew up; bribery, blackmail, bullying, and backroom deals that contradicted public policies; cronyism that cost taxpayers hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars; and personal conduct...
11) An untamed state
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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.
13) 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.
15) 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.
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"CNN legal analyst Elie Honig analyzes how Attorney General William Barr has demolished norms and destroyed faith in the Department of Justice, turning one of the most apolitical and respected American institutions into a private law firm supporting and protecting its client: Donald Trump"--
17) 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.
18) Rumbo a la noche
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B, Grupo Zeta
Pub. Date
2017.
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308 pages ; 24 cm.
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2000
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1 DVD (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Expert fighters must band together in an ultimate martial arts showdown when Southern China's High Officers begin smuggling opium over the border, and endangering the lives of the local villagers. With no one able to protect them and an Emperor who does not honor them, the people turn to the Master Fighters. These masters battle the evil officers and bring justice to the land.
20) Felony
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2015
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1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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When a detective causes an accident that leads to the death of a teenager, he and other officers try to cover it up.
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