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Author
Publisher
Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
365 pages ; 25 cm
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Description
It is 1917, in that sliver of border land that divides Georgia from Alabama. Dispossessed farmer Pearl Jewett ekes out a hardscrabble existence with his three young sons: Cane (the eldest; handsome; intelligent); Cob (short; heavy set; a bit slow); and Chimney (the youngest; thin; ill-tempered). Several hundred miles away in southern Ohio, a farmer by the name of Ellsworth Fiddler lives with his son, Eddie, and his wife, Eula. After Ellsworth is swindled...
63) Megamind
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Over the years, Megamind, has tried to conquer Metro City in every imaginable way. Each attempt, a colossal failure thanks to the caped superhero known as 'Metro Man, ' until the day Megamind actually defeats him in the throes of one of his botched evil plans. Suddenly, the fate of Metro City is threatened when a new villain arrives and chaos runs rampant, leaving everyone to wonder if the world's biggest 'mind' can actually be the one to save the...
64) Dom Hemingway
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014].
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After spending twelve years in prison, a notorious criminal returns to the streets to collect what he feels he's owed.
65) Prizzi's honor
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A hit man goes against his family ways when he falls in love with another hired killer.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pittman is a schemer, a charmer and quite popular among his fellow convicts. Especially with $500,000 in stolen loot hidden away and a plan to escape and recover it. New warden Woodward Lopeman has other ideas about Pittman. Each man will have the tables turned on him in a twisting, turning Wild West tale of brawls, chases, shootouts and wry wit.
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xix, 232 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of recent true crime tales. She culls together some of the most refreshing and exciting contemporary journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. Michelle Dean's "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick" went viral when it first published and is the basis for the TV showThe Act and Pamela Colloff's "The Reckoning," is the gold standard for forensic journalism. There are 13 pieces in all...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Brody Ellis is down on his luck. His mom walked out when he was a kid, his father recently committed suicide, he's behind on his rent, and now he needs medication for his sister, Molly, who has cerebral palsy. In a desperate bid for some fast cash, Brody robs a convenience store, but he bumps into a young woman as he makes his escape, and realizes too late that he dropped his wallet at the scene of the crime. Just when he expects the police to break...
69) Made in U.S.A
Series
Criterion collection volume 481
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet ([13] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
This chaotic crime thriller and acidly funny critique of consumerism rummages through an intricate plot for a former lover who might have been assassinated, and also points toward more political cinema.
Set in the near future, Paula, a leftist writer, goes from Paris to the French town of Atlantic-Cité when she learns of the death of a former colleague and lover, Richard P.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xvi, 395 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Description
Boris Nayfeld, a.k.a. 'Biba,' is the last living boss of the old-school Russian mob in America, and he’s survived to tell it all. Filled with sex, drugs, and murder, Biba’s story is a mind-boggling journey that took him from petty street crime in the USSR to billion-dollar embezzlement in America. Born in Soviet-era Belarus, abandoned by his parents in infancy, Biba’s brutal upbringing left him hungry for more—more power, control, and money....
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Description
Police investigating an exploded boat on a San Pedro pier discover 27 bodies and $91 million worth of drug money. The only survivors are a severely burned Hungarian terrorist and Roger Kint, a crippled con-man. Reluctantly, Kint is pressured into explaining what happened on the boat. His story begins six weeks earlier with five criminals being dragged in by New York police desperate for suspects in a truck highjacking, and ends with the possible identification...
72) Vanquish
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Formats
Description
A retired police commissioner forces his caretaker, a former drug courier, to set out on a mission to kill some gangsters by holding her daughter hostage.
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
ix, 339 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Oliver Peterkinney and Alex Glass, two friends from Glasgow's desperate fringes, become involved in one of the city's darkest and most dangerous trades: debt collection. While one rises quickly through the ranks, the other falls prey to the industry's addictive lifestyle, accumulating steep debts of his own. Meanwhile, the three most powerful rivals in the business--Marty Jones, ruthless pimp; Potty Cruickshank, member of the old guard; and Billy...
75) The conspiracy
Author
Series
Maximum Security volume 1
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
Harper Winston's brother has disappeared. Pursuing his dream of sailing the Caribbean, Michael hasn't responded to texts or emails in days. When even the Coast Guard can't find him, Harper is forced to take desperate measures. Which means going to Chase Garrett, once her brother's best friend, now the only man she can trust, or so she hopes.
77) Terminal
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Enjoy the twisted tale of two assassins carrying out a sinister mission, a teacher battling a fatal illness, an enigmatic janitor, and a curious waitress leading a dangerous double life. Murderous consequences unravel in the dead of night as their lives all intertwine at the hands of a mysterious criminal mastermind hellbent on revenge.
79) Ricochet
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[1991]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Rookie cop Nick Styles' arrest of a ruthless psychotic killer, Blake, makes him a deadly enemy. Blake escapes from jail, faking his own death, and starts an intricate plan of revenge involving intimidation, public humiliation and murder. Nick is forced to return to the tough streets of his childhood and call on his old friend Odessa, a hustler and drug dealer, for help. Together they set a trap that pits Nick against the killer in a confrontation...
80) Pagan babies
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
341 p. (large print) ; 25 cm.
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