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Publisher
Sony Pictures Television
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
The world's most wanted criminal, Raymond Reddington, mysteriously turns himself in and offers to give up everyone he has ever worked with. His only condition is that he will only work with a newly minted FBI agent with whom he seemingly has no connection.
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Much of this book is about loneliness. Yet its pages are bracingly companionable. It is one of the friendliest books ever written. It is a superb piece of autobiography, testimony that cannot be impeached. While it is a statement of an American tragedy, it has laughter, brevity, style; as a book to pass the time away with, it is in a class with the best fiction. -- Carl Sandburg, New York World "Nothing half as rewarding has come down the highway...
23) The big O
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Karen finds her life as a receptionist and armed robber turned upside down when her ex, Rossi, is paroled and her current boyfriend, Ray, asks for Karen's help in his latest job, which requires them to kidnap Karen's best friend.
Author
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Dortmunder loses his lucky ring to Max Fairbanks after he is caught trying to rob the billionaire who tells the police the cheap jewelry is his. In retaliation, Dortmunder assembles an entire team of crooks and goes on a burglary spree of Fairbanks's many residences and gathers up a lot of loot in his quest to recover the ring.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
John 'Goldfinger' Palmer was a multi-millionaire kingpin of the British underworld, who would go on to mastermind a criminal empire to dwarf any crook of his generation. Palmer hit the big time in 1983 with the Brink's-Mat gold bullion raid, netting £500 million in today's money for himself and Kenneth Noye - the biggest heist in UK criminal history at the time. While murders and lethal accidents befell at least 20 accomplices and police officers...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Many people are familiar with the story of Al Capone, the "untouchable" Chicago gangster best known for orchestrating the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. But few are aware that Capone's remarkable story began in the Navy Yard section of Brooklyn, New York. Tutored by the likes of infamous mobsters Johnny Torrio and Frankie Yale, young Capone's disquieting demeanor, combined with the "technical advice" he learned from these insidious pedagogues, contributed...
28) Oliver Twist
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In nineteenth-century England, a young orphan boy lives in the squalid surroundings of a workhouse until he runs away and is captured by a gang of thieves, and is finally reunited with his long lost family.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Looking for an escape from childhood abuse, Reymundo Sanchez turned away from school and baseball to drugs, alcohol, and sex. He was left to fend for himself before the age of 14. The Latin Kings, one of the largest and most notorious street gangs in America, became his refuge and his world, but its violence cost him friends, freedom, self-respect, and nearly his life. This is a raw and powerful odyssey through the ranks of the new mafia, where the...
30) Date night
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
An ordinary couple is in the right place, on the wrong night. Phil and Claire Foster are a sensible, suburban husband and wife slogging through their daily lives and marriage. But a case of mistaken identity sets off an outrageous chain of events involving small-time thieves, big-city mobsters, corrupt cops and a crazed cabbie, as the Fosters' 'date night' turns into a wild ride they'll never forget!
Author
Publisher
Publication Consultants
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
I served as chief of police in the Alaska bush community of Seldovia for nearly 32 years. Alaska Bush Cop is the first of four books describing what actually took place during those years. When I took the chief's position, I had no training, and in this book, you'll find what I endured while learning how to be a police officer. I write about mistakes made and their repercussions. The events in Alaska Bush Cop did take place and are depicted the way...
32) Retreat
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Martin and Kate find that their island retreat is about to become a prison of unimaginable terror. When a blood-soaked stranger stumbles through their door claiming an apocalyptic virus is sweeping across Europe, their lives are turned upside down as they face what could be the end of everything they know. Using all means necessary, they must fight to escape the approaching threat. But escape is only the beginning of their terrifying fight for survival....
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A dangerous outlaw arrives in the small town of Holliswood, where everything seems perfect, with the intention of documenting the chaos and destruction he hopes to cause, and Daniel X attempts to stop the powerful villain with a hand-picked team.
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
After battling on the streets in cities from coast-to-coast, vigiliante Paul Kersey has moved back to New York. When his beautiful fiancee Olivia is killed and her daughter is kidnapped by a king pin of the underworld, Kersey finds himself back in the war. Kersey's plan to live anonymously is shattered when he learns that his fiancee was the victim of a protection racket run by her ex-husband, Tommy O'Sheay. One by one Kersey hunts down the criminals,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In an unnamed city slick with rain, Charles Unwin toils as a clerk at an imperious detective agency. His job: writing reports on cases solved by the palindromic Detective Travis Sivart. When Sivart goes missing and his supervisor is murdered, Unwin is promoted to detective, a rank for which he is woefully unprepared. His only guidance comes from his sleepy new assistant and the pithy yet profound Manual of Detection. Unwin mounts his search for Sivart...
38) Utopia: a novel
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
Handsome and ambitious, Julien Sorel (Kim Rossi Stuart) is determined to rise above his humble peasant origins and make something of his life by adopting the code of hypocrisy by which his society operates. Driven by passion, principle or insanity, Julien ultimately commits a crime that brings about his downfall. The red and the black also stars Carole Bouquet (Cesar Award, Best Actress - Too Beautiful For You) in an epic, satirical picture of the...
40) Hell's house
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Independently produced by Bennie Zeidman, Hell's house (1932) is a Pre-Code melodrama that captured Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien just before they were catapulted to superstardom at Warner Bros. An exposé of the American penal system (not unlike I am a fugitive from a Chain Gang and The mayor of hell), Hell's house stars Junior Durkin as a wholesome farmboy who moves to the city after the death of his mother. Dazzled by the smooth talk and beautiful...
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