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41) Frost/Nixon
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Richard Nixon is the disgraced president with a legacy to save. David Frost is a jet-setting television personality with a name to make. This is the legendary battle between the two men and the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after resigning from office, Nixon remained silent. But in the summer of 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions...
42) Grown
Author
Language
English
Description
"When legendary R & B artist Korey Fields sports Enchanted Jones at an audition, Chanty's dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until she wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted's dreams had turned into a nightmare, because behind Korey's charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he's dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point...
Author
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Migrant Crossings examines the experiences and representations of Asian and Latina/o migrants trafficked in the United States into informal economies and service industries. Through sociolegal and media analysis of court records, press releases, law enforcement campaigns, film representations, theatre performances, and the law, Annie Isabel Fukushima questions how we understand victimhood, criminality, citizenship, and legality.
Fukushima examines...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Recounts the story of the Dozier School, a Florida reform school shut down in 2011 due to reports of cruelty, abuse, and mysterious deaths, and the efforts of the author, a leading forensic anthropologist, to locate and exhume the graves of the boys buried there in order to reunite them with their families."--
45) Ghost fleet
Pub. Date
2018
Language
Thai
Description
"Thai activists risk their lives on remote Indonesian islands to find justice and freedom for enslaved fishermen who feed the world's appetite for seafood. Bangkok-based Patima Tungpuchayakul has committed her life to helping these "lost" men return home. Facing illness, death threats, and corruption, Patima's fearless determination for justice inspire the world."--Container
Author
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A teen is trapped in an abusive relationship, and a friend wants to help. This comprehensive book shares how to spot the warning signs of an abusive relationship, how to be supportive of a friend who needs help, and what kind of resources are available to both the helper and the victim. It may be scary to deal with a friend in an abusive situation, but this informative guide will be a strong tool in letting readers know how practical ways that they...
Author
Series
Publisher
P. Lang
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Using survey and interview data from 500 female high school juniors, this book measures the incidence of dating violence among teenage females, provides a checklist of abuser characteristics, and examines the needs of this population and implications for designing policies and programs. Sanders is director of the Center for Religion and Public Discourse and associate professor of history and political science at Saint Xavier University.
50) The workers cup
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The film follows a team of laborers living a real-life version of fantasy football. By day, they sweat to build the World Cup; by night, they compete in a 'workers welfare' football tournament, playing in the same stadiums that will one day host the world's greatest players." --
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"War corrupts. Endless war corrupts absolutely. Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In Pay Any Price, James Risen reveals an extraordinary litany of the hidden costs of that war: from squandered and stolen dollars, to outrageous abuses of power, to wars on normalcy, decency, and truth. In the name of fighting terrorism, our government has done things every bit as shameful...
53) 29 seconds
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Sarah is a young professor struggling to prove herself in a workplace controlled by the charming and manipulative Alan Hawthorne. A renowned scholar and television host, Hawthorne rakes in million-dollar grants for the university where Sarah works--so his inappropriate treatment of female colleagues behind closed doors has gone unchallenged for years. And Sarah is his newest target. When Hawthorne's advances become threatening, Sarah is left with...
Author
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the world of women's gymnastics and figure skating-the real world that happens away from the cameras, at the training camps and in the private lives of these talented teenage competitors. From starvation diets and debilitating injuries to the brutal tactics of tyrannical gymnastics guru Bela Károlyi, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes portrays the horrors endured by girls at the hands of their coaches and sometimes their own families-and is...
Author
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Everyday Violence is based on ten years of scholarly rage against catcalling and aggression directed at women and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) people of New York City. Simone Kolysh recasts public harassment as everyday violence and demands an immediate end to this pervasive social problem. Analyzing interviews with initiators and recipients of everyday violence through an intersectional lens, Kolysh argues that gender and...
Publisher
Platinum
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Shirley Temple portrays Sara, the pampered daughter of a British officer. Left in a boarding school when her father goes off to war, her world is turned upside down when he is reported dead. Destitute, Sara is made a servant at the school, yet she refuses to let her spirit be broken.
59) The mole agent
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
"A private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse." --
