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64) Thick
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Language
English
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THICK is a 2012 based tale about a burgeoning apartment complex magnate, THERESA JAMES, who runs illegal businesses in her neighborhoods for added financial gain. Feeling the aftermath of the 2010 Recession, Theresa tries to regain a foot hold in her underworld, professional and private life as her employees start to undermine her by looking for a way out of her fledgling criminal empire.
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English
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The movie centers around Lorenzo Lamas as the mysterious drifter known only as Brady. He innocently rides into a small southern town and is immediately drawn to the rescue of a young lady in distress,(Ms. Barr) against a well organized gang of cut-throats (literally) known as "The Blades". The leader of the gang (Timbrook) vows revenge and thus sets in motion a dramatic, action packed ride. Daniel Baldwin plays "Bart" the bartender who owns the watering...
66) Nirvana
Author
Language
Portuguese
Description
Ian Velloza (Vila Faia) is Vega, a small-time wiseguy who gets kicked out of his gang just when he expects to move up. Out for revenge, Vega teams up with a bunch of delinquent small-time criminals to pay back the leader of the gang, Barbas. Vega's plan is to beat Barbas's gang to the scene of a planned robbery and get the money first. What Vega doesn't realize is that Barbas has many enemies, all of whom had the same idea. Now Vega and his ragtag...
68) Taken
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Kim is seventeen years-old and the pride and joy of her father, the ex-CIA agent Bryan Mills. Bryan left the agency to stay near Kim in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather Stuart. Kim convinces the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization form so she can travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they share a cab with a stranger named Peter. Amanda tells him that they are alone in Paris. While Bryan...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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Oscar Westerwit, a squirrel who loves baseball and Broadway musicals, fights back when a gangster rat named Big Daddy Duds and his thugs move uptown in the year 1900, invade Central Park, and evict Oscar and his animal friends from their homes.
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English
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The boss of New York's infamous Lucchese crime family, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso's life in the Mafia was preordained from birth. His rare talent for "earning"-concocting ingenious schemes to hijack trucks, rob banks, and bring vast quantities of drugs into New York-fueled his unstoppable rise up the ladder of organized crime. A mafioso responsible for at least fifty murders, Casso lived large, with a beautiful wife and money to burn. When the law finally...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Reporter Nick Daniels, interviewing a notorious baseball player at Lombardo's Steak House in New York, witnesses the murder of a mob lawyer and in the confusion captures a key piece of evidence that puts him on the most-wanted lists of the Italian and Russian mafias, the media, and the NYPD.
Author
Publisher
Steerforth Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The Irishman is an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th Century. Spanning decades, Sheeran's story chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history, the disappearance of legendary union boss Jimmy Hoffa, and it offers a monumental...
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English
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Light of the Diddicoy is the riveting and immersive saga of Irish gangs on the Brooklyn waterfront in the early part of the 20th century, told through the eyes of young newcomer Liam Garrity. Forced at age 14 to travel alone to America after money grew scarce in Ireland, Garrity stumbles directly into the hard-knock streets of the Irish-run waterfront and falls in with a Bridge District gang called the White Hand. Through a series of increasingly...
74) Wolf Warrior
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Series
Language
Mandarin
Description
An Elite Squad of Mercenaries Just Met Their Deadliest Target. Sergeant Leng Feng (Wu Jing), top marksman of the Chinese Special Forces, is jailed under court martial for disobeying orders. But he's just the kind of fighter the Wolf Warriors are looking for. Silent. Stealthy. Deadly. The Wolves bring Feng into their pack, honing his skills to a knife's edge. But another team has Feng on their radar: a group of corrupt blades-for-hire, seeking revenge...
75) Exit to Hell
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Language
English
Description
Horror Legend Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th, Hatchet) is Sheriff Slade Sickle who's particular brand of justice cuts quickly and deeply when a bloodthirsty gang on the run arrives in his town. Before day's end, this dusty town will run blood red.'
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2013]
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life and times of Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson, Atlantic City's undisputed czar at a time when Prohibition proved to be a major catalyst in the rise of organized crime in America. Season three begins on New Year's Eve 1922-23. The roaring '20s are about to start; though the economy is booming, alcohol has become scarce, competition is fierce, and gangster violence is heating up.
77) Live by night
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It's the roaring twenties and prohibition hasn't stopped the flow of booze in an underground network of gangster-run speakeasies. The opportunity to gain power and money is there for any man with enough nerve, and Joe Coughlin, the son of the Boston Police superintendent, long ago turned his back on his strict upbringing for the spoils of being an outlaw. But even among criminals there are rules, and Joe breaks a big one: crossing a powerful mob boss...
78) Goodfellas
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
For as long as he could remember, Henry Hill wanted to be a gangster. So, when he was 12 years old, he started running errands for the neighborhood wiseguy and extortionist, "Paulie" Cicero. By the time he was 21, Henry had made a name for himself and had a good life by stealing and reselling cargo. Along with Jimmy "The Gent" Conway and Tommy DeVito, Henry organizes and executes heists, big and small, for their boss and protector, Paulie. He marries...
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Language
English
Description
Shawn Stone is having a bad day. The funding for his film project is not there, his personal life is in shambles, he's out of time and money. He sees only one way to solve his problems - he must turn to the dark side. While he escaped his previous trip with his morality (and his life) intact, this time could be different. The further he goes, the more his eyes are opened to just what awaits him there. The road to hell is paved with good intentions...
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