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Grave Danger A Jack Swyteck Novel [electronic resource] : by Grippando, James.aut; cloudLibrary;
Bestselling author James Grippando’s legendary criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck is back to defend a single mother accused of kidnapping her own child in a perilous case involving politics and international diplomacy that will test his legal expertise and his marriage. Jack Swyteck’s new client fled Iran to Miami with her daughter, and has been accused of kidnapping by her husband. The seasoned attorney must not only plan a winning defense. To stop the father from taking the girl back to Tehran, Jack must build a case under international law and prove that returning the child would put her at risk. But everything in this case isn’t what it seems, and Jack quickly learns that his client is really the child’s aunt and that the biological mother may have been killed by Iran’s morality police. But what role did the father play in his wife’s death, and why is Jack’s wife, FBI Agent Andie Henning, being pressured by her bosses to persuade Jack to drop the case? Plunging into an investigation unlike any other, Jack must discover who is behind the legal maneuvering and what their interest is. As politics threatens to derail the case and compromise the best interests of the child, Jack and Andie find themselves on opposite sides—with their marriage hanging in the balance. For their relationship to survive, the couple must navigate a treacherous web of deceit that extends from a Miami courthouse to the highest echelons of Washington DC, and spells grave danger at every turn.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Crime; Legal; Family Life;
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Violent night [videorecording] / by Brady, Leah,actor.; Casey, Patrick,1978-screenwriter.; D'Angelo, Beverly,actor.; Danella, Guy(Producer),film producer.; Gigandet, Cam,1982-actor.; Harbour, David,1975-actor.; Hassell, Alex,1980-actor.; Leguizamo, John,actor.; Leitch, David(Director),film producer.; Lewis, Dominic,composer (expression); Louder, Alexis,actor.; McCormick, Kelly,1977-film producer.; Miller, Joshua,1978-screenwriter.; Page, Jim(James S.),editor of moving image work.; Patterson, Edi,1974-actor.; Weston, Matthew,1983-director of photography.; Wirkola, Tommy,film director.; 87North Productions,production company.; Universal Pictures (Firm),presenter,publisher.;
Director of photography, Matthew Weston ; editor, Jim Page ; music by Dominic Lewis.David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Edi Patterson, Cam Gigandet, Leah Brady, Beverly D'Angelo.A group of mercenaries attack the estate of a wealthy family on Christmas Eve, and Santa must save Christmas.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for strong bloody violence, language throughout and some sexual references.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Christmas films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Santa Claus (Fictitious character); Christmas; Home invasion; Mercenary troops;
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Arsenal [videorecording] / by Cage, Nicolas,1965-actor.; Coppola, Christopher,1962-actor.; Cusack, John,1966-actor.; Emmett, Randall,film producer.; Furla, George,film producer.; Grenier, Adrian,1976-actor.; Hull, Lydia,actor.; Miller, Steven C.,1981-film director.; Mosberg, Jason,screenwriter.; Schaech, Johnathan,1969-actor.; Emmett Furla Oasis Films,presenter,production company.; Grindstone Entertainment Group,presenter.; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Lionsgate Premiere (Firm),presenter.; River Bay Films,production company.; Tinker Productions Limited,production company.; Videoville Showtime,publisher.;
Director of photography, Brandon Cox; music, Ryan Franks, Scott Nickoley.Adrian Grenier, Johnathon Schaech, Nicolas Cage, Lydia Hull, Christopher Coppola, John Cusack.Family loyalty is tested when a successful businessman must rescue his deadbeat brother from the vicious mobster holding him hostage. A construction-company owner must rescue his brother, a petty crook, after he is abducted by a vicious mobster. He is aided in his quest by a police detective and longtime friend.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R; for brutal bloody violence, language throughout, and drug use.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Fiction films.; Brothers; Businessmen; Kidnapping; Loyalty; Mafia; Rescues;
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The next three days [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by RZA(Rapper); Atias, Moran.; Banks, Elizabeth,1974-; Buie, Michael.; Crowe, Russell,1964-; Delbosc, Olivier.; Dennehy, Brian.; Haggis, Paul.; Neeson, Liam.; Nozik, Remy.; Wilde, Olivia.; High 61 Films.; Lions Gate Home Entertainment.; Lionsgate (Firm); Maple Pictures.;
Music by Danny Elfman ; edited by Jo Francis ; director of photography, Stéphane Fontaine.Brian Dennehy, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, RZA, Liam Neeson, Russell Crowe, Michael Buie, Moran Atias, Remy Nozik.Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.BLURAY.
Subjects: Escapes; Feature films.; Judicial error; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Murder; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women prisoners;
© c2011., Lions Gate Entertainment ; Distributed by Maple Pictures,
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Twilight [videorecording (DVD)] / by Burke, Billy.; Facinelli, Peter,1973-; Gigandet, Cam,1982-; Godfrey, Wyck.; Greene, Ashley.; Hardwicke, Catherine.; Kendrick, Anna.; Lautner, Taylor,1992-; Lutz, Kellan.; Meyer, Stephenie,1973-Twilight saga series.Videorecording.; Mooradian, Greg.; Morgan, Mark.; Pattinson, Robert.; Rathbone, Jackson.; Reed, Nikki,1988-; Rosenberg, Melissa.; Rosenfelt, Karen.; Stewart, Kristen,1990-; E1 Films Canada.; Imprint Entertainment (Firm); Maverick Films.; Summit Entertainment.; Temple Hill Entertainment (Firm);
Director of photography, Elliot Davis ; editor, Nancy Richardson ; music, Carter Burwell.Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz, Peter Facinelli, Cam Gigandet, Taylor Lautner, Anna Kendrick.Isabella Swan moves to gloomy Forks, Washington to live with her father. She begins her junior year in high school and becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen. He holds a dark secret which is only known by his family. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for, a true soul mate. But he knows the further they progress in their relationship the more he is putting Bella and those close to her at risk. Edward tries to warn Bella that she should leave him, but she refuses. A new vampire finds it a challenge to hunt Bella down for her irresistible blood. Now, the game is on and James will not stop until she is killed.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Subjects: Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-; Cullen, Edward (Fictitious character); Eleventh grade (Education); Family secrets; Feature films.; Swan, Bella (Fictitious character); Vampires; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2009., Summit Entertainment ; E1 Films Canada,
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Lapvona / by Moshfegh, Ottessa,author.;
"In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test, in a spellbinding novel that represents Ottessa Moshfegh's most exciting leap yet Little Marek, the abused and delusional son of the village shepherd, never knew his mother; his father told him she died in childbirth. One of life's few consolations for Marek is his enduring bond with the blind village midwife, Ina, who suckled him when he was a baby, as she did so many of the village's children. Ina's gifts extend beyond childcare: she possesses a unique ability to communicate with the natural world. Her gift often brings her the transmission of sacred knowledge on levels far beyond those available to other villagers, however religious they might be. For some people, Ina's home in the woods outside of the village is a place to fear and to avoid, a godless place. Among their number is Father Barnabas, the town priest and lackey for the depraved lord and governor, Villiam, whose hilltop manor contains a secret embarrassment of riches. The people's desperate need to believe that there are powers that be who have their best interests at heart is put to a cruel test by Villiam and the priest, especially in this year of record drought and famine. But when fate brings Marek into violent proximity to the lord's family, new and occult forces upset the old order. By year's end, the veil between blindness and sight, life and death, the natural world and the spirit world, will prove to be very thin indeed"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Fiefs; Middle Ages; Midwives; Shepherds;
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The Marco Effect : a Department Q novel / by Adler-Olsen, Jussi.; Adler-Olsen, Jussi.Marco Effekten.English.; Aitken, Martin,translator.;
"All fifteen-year-old Marco Jameson wants is to become a Danish citizen and go to school like a normal teenager. But his uncle Zola rules his former gypsy clan with an iron fist. Revered as a god and feared as a devil, Zola forces the children of the clan to beg and steal for his personal gain. When Marco discovers a dead body-proving the true extent of Zola's criminal activities-he goes on the run. But his family members aren't the only ones who'll go to any lengths to keep Marco silent ... forever. Meanwhile, the last thing Detective Carl Morck needs is for his assistants, Assad and Rose, to pick up a missing persons case on a whim: Carl's nemesis is his new boss, and he's saddled Department Q with an unwelcome addition. But when they learn that a mysterious teen named Marco may have as much insight into the case as he has fear of the police, Carl is determined to solve the mystery and save the boy. Carl's actions propel the trio into a case that extends from Denmark to Africa, from embezzlers to child soldiers, from seemingly petty crime rings to the very darkest of cover-ups"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Police;
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Original sin : President Biden's decline, it's cover-up, and his disastrous choice to run again. by Tapper, Jake.;
"[A]n unflinching and explosive reckoning with one of the most fateful decisions in American political history: Joe Biden's run for reelection despite evidence of his serious decline -- amid desperate efforts to hide the extent of that deterioration. In Greek tragedy, the protagonist's effort to avoid his fate is what seals his fate. In 2024, American politics became a Greek tragedy. Joe Biden launched his successful 2020 bid for the White House with the stated goal of saving the nation from a second Trump presidential term. He, his family, and his senior aides were so convinced that only he could beat Trump again, they lied to themselves, allies, and the public about his condition and limitations. At his debate with Trump on June 27, 2024, the consequences of that deception were exposed to the world. It was shocking and upsetting. Now the full, unsettling truth is being told for the first time. Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson take us behind closed doors and into private conversations between the heaviest of hitters, revealing how big the problem was and how many people knew about it. From White House staffers at the highest to lowest levels, to leaders of Congress and the Cabinet, from governors to donors and Hollywood players, the truth is finally being told. What you will learn makes President Biden's decision to run for reelection seem shockingly narcissistic, self-delusional, and reckless--a desperate bet that went bust -- and part of a larger act of extended public deception that has few precedents. The story the authors tell raises fundamental issues of accountability and responsibility that will continue for decades. The irony is biting: In the name of defeating what they called an existential threat to democracy, Biden and his inner circle ensured it, tossing aside his implicit promise to serve for only one term, denying the existence of health issues the nation had been watching for years, dooming the Democrats to defeat. The decision to run again, the Original Sin of this president, led to a campaign of denial and gaslighting, leading directly to Donald Trump's return to power and all that has happened as a consequence. Rarely does hubris meet nemesis more explosively. Wherever you stand on the political spectrum, Original Sin is essential reading"--Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct;
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The wealth of shadows : a novel / by Moore, Graham,1981-author.;
"1939. Ansel Luxford has everything a man could want -- a law firm partnership in Minneapolis, a brilliant wife, a beautiful new baby. But he is consumed by his belief that the war in Europe will spread, despite the fact that the United States is neutral in the conflict. When he is offered an opportunity to move across the country to Washington, D.C., to join a clandestine team within the Treasury Department that is secretly trying to undermine Nazi Germany, he uproots his family overnight and takes on the challenge of a lifetime. To thwart the Nazis without firing a bullet, Ansel and his new team invent a powerful new kind of economic warfare. As the U.S. remains officially neutral, Ansel secretly crisscrosses the globe to broker backroom deals designed to cut off the German supply of gold; undertake a daring heist of intel suppressed by homegrown fascists within the American government; and spar with titans of industry like J.P. Morgan and the twentieth century's greatest economic mind, Britain's John Maynard Keynes. But money is a dangerous weapon, and Ansel's efforts will plunge him into a startling new world of espionage, peril, and deceit. The need for subterfuge extends to the home front when Ansel's wife takes a job with the FBI to hunt for spies within the government. And Ansel discovers that he might be closer to those spies than he could ever imagine"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Novels.; United States. Board of Economic Warfare; Spies; World War, 1939-1945;
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The whispering house / by Brooks, Elizabeth,1979-author.;
"Simmering and mysterious, The Whispering House trades in secrets: of a son haunted by his family's unsettling past, and a young woman uncovering the truth about her sister's last days. On a warm summer's day by the English seaside, twenty-three-year-old Freya spies a pale, pillared house: Byrne Hall. Before she can think twice, she's stepped inside to an ornate foyer featuring a striking portrait that evokes her late sister, Stella, whose untimely fall from a cliff years before still haunts Freya and her father. When an inexplicable longing leads her back to Byrne Hall several weeks later, she meets Cory, a handsome and enigmatic young artist who remains in the house to care for his ailing mother. Though she plans to stay for just a few days, Freya finds herself extending her stay longer and longer, driven to remain not just by Byrne Hall itself, but this strange mother-and-son pair who inhabit it. Freya's decision to linger in this mysterious, centuries-old house sets off an unexpected chain of events that will lead her to question who she is, and what really happened to Stella. As the days stretch on, a kind of shadow communication with her late sister begins as Freya explores the estate, and the relationships that Stella formed there. In prose as lush and atmospheric as Byrne Hall itself, Elizabeth Brooks weaves a simmering, propulsive tale in The Whispering House of art, sisterhood, and all-consuming love: the ways it can lead us towards tenderness, nostalgia, and longing, as well as shocking acts of violence"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Sisters; Secrecy; Suicide;
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