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Say nothing : a true story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland / by Keefe, Patrick Radden,1976-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From award-winning New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders, her children clinging to her legs. They never saw her again. Her abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress -- with so many kids, McConville always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes. Patrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. The brutal violence seared not only people like the McConville children, but also I.R.A. members embittered by a peace that fell far short of the goal of a united Ireland, and left them wondering whether the killings they committed were not justified acts of war, but simple murders. From radical and impetuous I.R.A. terrorists -- or volunteers, depending on which side one was on -- such as Dolours Price, who, when she was barely out of her teens, was already planting bombs in London and targeting informers for execution, to the ferocious I.R.A. mastermind known as The Dark, to the spy games and dirty schemes of the British Army, to Gerry Adams, who negotiated the peace and denied his I.R.A. past, betraying his hardcore comrades -- Say nothing conjures a world of passion, betrayal, vengeance, and anguish"--
Subjects: McConville, Jean.; Irish Republican Army.; Abduction; Murder;
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Novocaine [videorecording] / by Jacobson, Lars,1978-screenwriter.; Batalon, Jacob,1996-actor.; Berk, Dan,film director.; Gabriel, Betty,actor.; Hengst, Evan,actor.; Maher, Dominique,actor.; Midthunder, Amber,actor.; Nicholson, Ray,1992-actor.; Olsen, Robert(Director),film director.; Quaid, Jack,1992-actor.; Walsh, Matt,1964-actor.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,film distributor.;
Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Jacob Batalon, Betty Gabriel, Matt Walsh, Dominique Maher, Evan Hengst."When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, everyman Nate turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back"--Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comedy films.; Dark comedy films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Congenital insensitivity to pain; Kidnapping victims; Abduction; Rescues; Man-woman relationships;
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The keeper / by Martin, Charles,1969-author.;
"Combine James Patterson and Colleen Hoover and you'll start to understand why readers are riveted by the Murphy Shepherd series: gripping action, heart-wrenching emotion, and deep questions that deserve to be considered"--
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Religious fiction.; Novels.; Abduction; Human trafficking; Kidnapping; Missing persons; Search and rescue operations;
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We are the ants / by Hutchinson, Shaun David.;
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Subjects: Science fiction.; Human-alien encounters; Extraterrestrial beings; Gays; Dysfunctional families; Alien abduction; Bullying;
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The lucky one : a novel / by Rader-Day, Lori,1973-author.;
As a child, Alice was stolen from her backyard in a tiny Indiana community, but against the odds, her policeman father tracked her down within twenty-four hours and rescued her from harm. In the aftermath of the crime, her family decided to move to Chicago and close the door on that horrible day. Yet Alice hasn't forgotten. She devotes her spare time volunteering for a website called The Doe Pages scrolling through pages upon pages of unidentified people, searching for clues that could help reunite families with their missing loved ones. When a face appears on Alice's screen that she recognizes, she's stunned to realize it's the same man who kidnapped her decades ago. The post is deleted as quickly as it appeared, leaving Alice with more questions than answers. Embarking on a search for the truth, she enlists the help of friends from The Doe Pages to connect the dots and find her kidnapper before he hurts someone else. Then Alice crosses paths with Merrily Cruz, another woman who's been hunting for answers of her own. Together, they begin to unravel a dark, painful web of lies that will change what they thought they knew-- and could cost them everything.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Abduction; Children; Kidnapping; Online social networks; Web sites; Women detectives;
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Rabbit [videorecording] / by Shanahan, Luke,screenwriter,film director.; Clemens, Adelaide,1989-actor.; Russell, Alex,1987-actor.; Baetens, Veerle,1978-actor.; Orchard (Firm),film distributor.;
Adelaide Clemens, Alex Russell, Veerle Baetens.Maude (Adelaide Clemens), a 25-year-old medical student living in Germany, is still trying to pick up the pieces after her identical twin Cleo disappeared one year prior. When visions of Cleos violent abduction begin manifesting as hallucinations, Maude returns home to face her grieving family in Australia. Once there, however, the increasingly vivid details of Cleos disappearance surface in Maudes nightmares. Initially unsure if the dreams are just the cruel creations of a troubled mind or evidence of psychic communication with her sister, Maude becomes convinced that Cleo is still alive. Together with Cleos fiance (Alex Russell) and the police detective working the case (Jonny Pasvolsky), Maude uses the visions to trace Cleos movements. When she finally catches up to Cleo, Maude discovers her fate is intrinsically linked to that of her sister.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women medical students; Twin sisters; Abduction; Kidnapping victims; Visions;
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A good day for chardonnay / by Jones, Darynda,author.;
"From the New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones comes the second novel in her laugh-out-loud Sunshine Vicram mystery series, A Good Day for Chardonnay. Running a small-town police force in the mountains of New Mexico should be a smooth, carefree kind of job. Sadly, full-time Sheriff--and even fuller-time coffee guzzler--Sunshine Vicram, didn't get that memo. All Sunshine really wants is one easy-going day. You know, the kind that starts with coffee and a donut (or three) and ends with take-out pizza and a glass of chardonnay (or seven). Turns out, that's about as easy as switching to decaf. (What kind of people do that? And who hurt them?) Before she can say iced mocha latte, Sunny's got a bar fight gone bad, a teenage daughter hunting a serial killer and, oh yes, the still unresolved mystery of her own abduction years prior. All evidence points to a local distiller, a dangerous bad boy named Levi Ravinder, but Sun knows he's not the villain of her story. Still, perhaps beneath it all, he possesses the keys to her disappearance. At the very least, beneath it all, he possesses a serious set of abs. She's seen it. Once. Accidentally. Between policing a town her hunky chief deputy calls four cents short of a nickel, that pesky crush she has on Levi which seems to grow exponentially every day, and an irascible raccoon that just doesn't know when to quit, Sunny's life is about to rocket to a whole new level of crazy. Yep, definitely a good day for chardonnay"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Policewomen; Sheriffs; Small cities; Abduction;
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Daughters of the bamboo grove : from China to America, a true story of abduction, adoption, and separated twins / by Demick, Barbara,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."On a warm day in September 2000, a twenty-eight-year-old woman named Zanhua gave birth to twin girls in a small hut nestled in bamboo behind her brother's rural home in China's Hunan province. The twins, Fangfang and Shuangjie, were welcome additions to her young family but also not her first children. Hidden in the hut, they were born under the shadow of China's notorious one-child policy. Fearing the ire of family planning officials, Zanhua and her husband decided to leave one twin in the care of relatives, hoping each toddler on their own might stay under the radar. But, in late 2002, Fangfang was violently snatched away from her aunt's care. The family worried they would never see her again, but they didn't imagine she could be sent to the United States. She might as well have been sent to another world. Following her stories written as the Beijing bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, Barbara Demick, author of National Book Award finalist Nothing to Envy, embarks on a journey that encompasses the origins, shocking cruelty, and long term impact of China's one-child rule; the rise of international adoption and the religious currents that buoyed it; and the exceedingly rare phenomenon of twin separation. Today, Esther -- formerly Fangfang -- is a photographer in Texas, and Demick brings to vivid life the Christian family that felt called to adopt her, having no idea that she was kidnapped. Through Demick's indefatigable reporting and the activist work to find these lost children, will these two long-lost sisters finally find each other, and if they do, will they feel whole again? A remarkable window into the volatile, constantly changing China of the last half century and the long-reaching legacy of the country's most infamous law, Daughters of the Bamboo Grove is also the moving story of two sisters torn apart by the forces of history and brought together again by their families' determination and one reporter's dogged work"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Zeng family.; Adopted children; Family reunification; Intercountry adoption; Intercountry adoption; Twins;
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Resident alien. [videorecording] / by Reynolds, Corey,1974-actor.; Tomko, Sara,actor.; Tudyk, Alan,actor.; Wetterlund, Alice,actor.; Universal Studios, Inc.,publisher.;
Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Levi Fiehler, Elizabeth Bowen, Gary Farmer.Harry is vowing to work with General McCallister to rid the Earth of the Grey aliens ... a task made more difficult when he discovers that the Grey Hybrid Joseph has taken a job in town as the new Deputy. Joseph isn't Harry's only obstacle. Harry struggles to balance business and his personal life when he falls in love for the first time. Meanwhile, Asta and D'arcy move in together and struggle to discover their purpose in the world, Sheriff Mike and Deputy Liv continue their quest to find out who killed the Alien Tracker, and Ben and Kate are forced to deal with the subconscious repercussions of their alien abductions.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television comedies.; Television programs.; Extraterrestrial beings; Alien abduction; Physicians; Man-woman relationships; Human-alien encounters;
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Elio's new friends / by Osaki, Kristine.; Disney Storybook Artists.;
"Meet Elio and his friends--on Earth and in space!"--
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Alien abduction; Boys; Friendship; Human-alien encounters; Interplanetary voyages; Ambassadors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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