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2) Blessed unrest: how the largest movement in the world came into being, and why no one saw it coming
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Presents a year of observation and participation in the juvenile justice system in Los Angeles, following the stories of a handful of youths facing a variety of charges and awaiting decisions that will affect the rest of their lives.
6) Hit and run
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English
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For years now Keller's had places to go and people to kill.
But enough is enough. Just one more job-paid in advance-and he's going to retire. Waiting in Des Moines for the client's go-ahead, Keller's picking out stamps for his collection at a shop in Urbandale when somebody guns down the charismatic governor of Ohio. Back at his motel, Keller sees the killer's face broadcast on TV. A face he's seen quite often. Every morning. In the mirror.
Keller...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York presents an overview of the American justice system, drawing on case histories and personal experiences to discuss why the rule of law is essential to U.S. society.
8) Can I get a witness?: thirteen peacemakers, community builders, and agitators for faith and justice
Publisher
William B Eerdmans Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
How do we transform American Culture through our religious convictions? Discover here the compelling stories of thirteen pioneers for social justice who engaged in peaceful protest and gave voice to the marginalized, working courageously out of their religious convictions to transform American culture. Their prophetic witness still speaks today. Comprising a variety of voices--Catholic and Protestant, gay and straight, men and women of different racial...
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English
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Jane Whitefield, having given up her career of helping people who are in trouble disappear, agrees to take on one last case in order to help her husband's mentor, a famous plastic surgeon who is wanted for murder, and it is then that she discovers the Face-Changers, a group that is using her name and reputation to destroy lives.
11) At all costs
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English
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Jake and Carolyn Brighton have been on the run for fourteen years when the FBI discovers that they are wanted for murdering their friends and causing an ecological disaster; Jake and Carolyn must decide whether to keep running from the law, or to turn themselves in for the sake of their son, Travis.
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English
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"Twelve conspirators meticulously plan to throw open all the gates to the prison that contains them, so that more than a thousand convicts may escape and pour into the nearby small town. The newly freed prisoners rape, murder, and destroy the town--burning down homes and businesses. An immense manhunt ensues, but the twelve who plotted it all get away. After two years, all efforts by the local and federal police agencies have been in vain. The mayor...
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This is the biggest leak in history: 11.5 million files exposing the most secret world of offshore finance.. Under the ICIJ, 378 investigative journalists around the world worked on the leaked files behind closed doors. On April 3rd 2016, representing 109 media organisations, they released the Panama Papers, exposing political leaders, businessmen, celebrities, sports stars and even criminals, using shell companies to hide their assets and depriving...
15) CIA vs KGB
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For 50 years, Berlin was the symbol of the Cold War. The city at the heart of the intelligence war between the US and the Soviet bloc. Thousands of KGB or CIA, agents observed each other, cogs in the biggest information war in history...But the war between the secret services was one dimension of a much larger conflict. A confrontation that almost boiled over just under the surface of the cold war. Economic pressures, secret diplomacy and espionage...
16) Defendant 5
Publisher
Green Planet Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Young Australian filmmaker Heidi Lee Douglas goes to Tasmania to make a documentary about the destruction of the island’s ancient forests. As anti-logging protests escalate, logging giant Gunns Ltd reacts to public pressure by suing Heidi and 19 others for
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First Run Features Exclusives
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Unlocking the Cagefollows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans. Arguing that cognitively complex animals such as chimpanzees, whales, dolphins and elephants have the capacity for limited personhood rights, Steve and his legal team are making history by filing the first lawsuits that seek to transform a chimpanzee from a "thing"with no rights to a "person"with...
Publisher
Susan Abod
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Imagine your house is making you dangerously sick. Common products like paint, carpeting, new building materials and insecticides are now your worst enemies. Your bones ache, you're feverish, you suffer from extreme headaches, disabling fatigue, mental confusion, asthma and nausea. The longer you stay in your house, the sicker you get but you can't imagine how or where you're going to find a safe home. You are one of the missions suffering from the...
20) Dear Zachary
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Shortly after his best friend, Dr. Andrew Bagby, was slain by jealous ex-girlfriend Dr. Shirley Turner, filmmaker Kurt Kuenne was shocked to learn that Turner was pregnant with Bagby's unborn child. Hoping to create a film that would serve as both a memorial to Bagby and an introduction to the father the boy would never know, Kuenne quickly began production on a film celebrating the life of his late friend. Traveling across the entire continental...
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