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Don't forget me, little Bessie : a novel / by Burke, James Lee,1936-author.;
"At the beginning of the twentieth century, as America grapples with forces of human and natural violence more powerful than humanity has ever seen, Bessie Holland yearns for the love that she has never known. She finds a soulmate and mentor in a brilliant but tormented suffragette English teacher, who inspires Bessie to fight the forces of evil that permeate her world. Watching the vast Texas countryside being destroyed by an oil company and a menacing figure with a violent past, Bessie is prepared to defend her home and her family. But when she accidentally kills an unarmed man to defend her father Hackberry, she must flee to New York. There, her older brother introduces her to boys who will grow into gangsters, but as children admire and respect Bessie's spirit and fortitude as she is cast into a gangland that yearns for justice and mercy. A welcome return to the beloved Holland series and populated with characters both radiant and despicable, Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie is an epic story of a remarkable young girl who fights against potentially overwhelming forces"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; Families; Gangs; Gangsters; Murder; Organized crime; Runaway teenagers; Siblings; Teenage girls;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Don't forget me, little Bessie [sound recording] : a novel / by Burke, James Lee,1936-author.; Stribling, Amanda,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Amanda Stribling."At the beginning of the twentieth century, as America grapples with forces of human and natural violence more powerful than humanity has ever seen, Bessie Holland yearns for the love that she has never known. She finds a soulmate and mentor in a brilliant but tormented suffragette English teacher, who inspires Bessie to fight the forces of evil that permeate her world. Watching the vast Texas countryside being destroyed by an oil company and a menacing figure with a violent past, Bessie is prepared to defend her home and her family. But when she accidentally kills an unarmed man to defend her father Hackberry, she must flee to New York. There, her older brother introduces her to boys who will grow into gangsters, but as children admire and respect Bessie's spirit and fortitude as she is cast into a gangland that yearns for justice and mercy. A welcome return to the beloved Holland series and populated with characters both radiant and despicable, Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie is an epic story of a remarkable young girl who fights against potentially overwhelming forces"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Families; Gangs; Gangsters; Murder; Organized crime; Runaway teenagers; Siblings; Teenage girls;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The big empty / by Crais, Robert,author.;
"Elvis Cole is hired to help a young woman track down her father who went missing ten years ago. She is convinced he didn't abandon her and her mother, but prior investigations have turned up ... empty. When the case takes a dark, unexpected turn, Elvis enlists Joe Pike's help and the two of them chase down the horrifying truth. Sometimes not knowing is better ... "--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Cole, Elvis (Fictitious character); Pike, Joe (Fictitious character); Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Gangsters; Missing persons; Organized crime; Private investigators;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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The Penguin [videorecording] / by Aghdashloo, Shohreh,1952-actor.; Brown, Clancy,actor.; Cohen, Scott,1961-actor.; Ejogo, Carmen,1974-actor.; Farrell, Colin,1938-actor.; Feliz, Rhenzy,1997-actor.; LeFranc, Lauren,creator.; Madio, James,actor.; Milioti, Cristin,1985-actor.; O'Connell, Deirdre(Actress),actor.; Rossi, Theo,1975-actor.; Zegen, Michael,1979-actor.; Home Box Office (Firm),production company.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,distributor.;
Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O'connell, Clancy Brown, James Madio, Scott Cohen, Michael Zegen, Carmen Ejogo, Theo Rossi.The next chapter in The Batman saga, this crime drama follows Oz Cobb's quest for power and control in Gotham City.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.; Fantasy television programs.; Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Television mini-series.; Television crime shows.; Penguin (Fictitious character from DC Comics, Inc.); Criminals; Gangsters; Good and evil; Man-woman relationships; Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane (Imaginary organization); Gotham City (Imaginary place); Supervillains;
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The Alto Knights [videorecording] / by De Niro, Robert,actor.; Jarvis, Cosmo,1989-actor.; Levinson, Barry,film director,film producer.; Messing, Debra,1968-actor.; Pileggi, Nicholas,screenwriter.; Sosnoff, Jason,film producer.; Winkler, Charles,film producer.; Winkler, David,film producer.; Winkler, Irwin,film producer.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher,presenter.;
Music by David Fleming; edited by Douglas Crise; director of photography Dante Spinoti.Robert De Niro, Cosmo Jarvis, Debra Messing, Kathrine Narducci, Wallace Langham, Michael Rispoli, Matt Servitto.Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of Italian Americans who run two separate mafia families in the mid-twentieth century. Genovese attempted to murder Costello in 1957, although Costello retired from the mob.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for violence and pervasive language.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.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Gangster films.; Historical films.; Costello, Frank, 1891-1973; Genovese, Vito, 1897-1969; Italian American families; Italian American men; Attempted assassination; Organized crime; Gangsters; Mafia; Mafiosi;
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The Kitchen [videorecording] / by Berloff, Andrea,film director,screenwriter.; Bobb, Jeremy,actor.; Camp, Bill,actor.; Common(Musician),actor.; Dale, James Badge,actor.; Doyle, Ming,creator.; Gleeson, Domhnall,1983-actor.; Haddish, Tiffany,1979-actor.; James, Brian D'Arcy,actor.; Martindale, Margo,1951-actor.; Masters, Ollie,creator.; McCarthy, Melissa,1969-actor.; Moss, Elisabeth,1982-actor.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Elizabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, Domhnall Gleeson, Tiffany Haddish, Margo Martindale, Jeremy Bobb, James Badge Dale, Common, Bill Camp, Brian D'arcy James.Based on the Vertigo comic book series from DC Entertainment, the mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but an ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia's matters into their own hands, proving surprisingly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition, literally.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for violence, language throughout and some sexual content.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Crime films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Gangsters; Mafiosi; Housewives; Husband and wife; Women and the mafia; Female friendship;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Boardwalk empire. [videorecording] / by Buscemi, Steve,1958-; MacDonald, Kelly,1976-; Scorsese, Martin.; Shannon, Michael,1974-; Stuhlbarg, Michael.; Whigham, Shea,1969-; Winter, Terence.; HBO Entertainment (Firm); Home Box Office (Firm); Warner Home Video (Firm);
New York sour -- Resignation -- Acres of diamonds -- All in -- Erlkonig -- The north star -- William Wilson -- The old ship of Zion -- Marriage and hunting -- White horse pike -- Havre de Grace -- Farewell Daddy Blues.Kelly MacDonald, Michael Shannon, Steve Buscemi, Shea Whigham, Michael Stuhlbarg.Atlantic City, February 1924: Picking up 8 months after the events of Season 3, Nucky Thompson is laying low at the end of the Boardwalk after barely surviving an overthrow by gangster Gyp Rossetti. But the calm will be short-lived, as Nucky faces new challenges, including a clash with a violent Harlem power-broker, a battle with his brother Eli over Eli's college-age son, and the irresistible lure of lucrative - and perilous - opportunities in Florida.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 sound.
Subjects: Criminal behavior; Criminals; Gangsters; Racketeering; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The night manager [videorecording] / by Colman, Olivia,actor.; Hiddleston, Tom,actor.; Hollander, Tom,1967-actor.; Laurie, Hugh,1959-actor.; Television adaptation of (work):Le Carré, John,1931-Night manager.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki.Jonathan Pine is working as the night manager of a Cairo hotel. He gets involved with a local woman who is the girlfriend of a local gangster. Through her relationship with the gangster she has acquired information linking illegal international arms sales with an English billionaire.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Spy television programs.; Television mini-series.; Television programs.; Le Carré, John, 1931-; Arms dealers; Hotelkeepers; Spies; Man-woman relationships; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
For private home use only.
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Babylon [videorecording] / by Adepo, Jovan,actor.; Calva, Diego,actor.; Chazelle, Damien,1985-film director,screenwriter.; Li, Li Jun,actor.; Maguire, Tobey,1975-actor.; Pitt, Brad,1963-actor.; Robbie, Margot,1990-actor.; Roberts, Eric,1956-actor.; Smart, Jean,actor.; Wilde, Olivia,actor.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,film distributor.;
Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, Olivia Wilde, Eric Roberts, Tobey Maguire.A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Dark comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Gamblers; Gangsters; Eccentrics and eccentricities; Man-woman relationships; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture industry; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion pictures; Nineteen twenties; Silent films;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Tintin in America / by Hergé,1907-1983.;
Tintin visits the United States and triumphs over gangsters in Chicago of the 1930's and the pitfalls of the wild West.LSC
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Mystery comic books, strips, etc.; Tintin (Fictitious character); Journalists; Adventure and adventurers; Organized crime;
© 2011, c1978., Little, Brown,
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