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The fishermen and the dragon : fear, greed, and a fight for justice on the gulf coast / by Johnson, Kirk W.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A gripping, twisting account of a small town set on fire by hatred, xenophobia, and ecological disaster--a story that weaves together corporate malfeasance, a battle over shrinking natural resources, a turning point in the modern white supremacist movement, and one woman's relentless battle for environmental justice. By the late 1970s, the fishermen of the Texas Gulf Coast were struggling. The bays that had sustained generations of shrimpers and crabbers before them were being poisoned by nearby petrochemical plants, oil spills, pesticides, and concrete. But as their nets came up light, the white shrimpers could only see one culprit: the small but growing number of newly resettled Vietnamese refugees who had recently started fishing. Turf was claimed. Guns were flashed. Threats were made. After a white crabber was killed by a young Vietnamese refugee in self-defense, the situation became a tinderbox primed to explode, and the Grand Dragon of the Texas Knights of the Ku Klux Klan saw an opportunity to stoke the fishermen's rage and prejudices. At a massive Klan rally near Galveston Bay one night in 1981, he strode over to an old boat graffitied with the words U.S.S. VIET CONG, torch in hand, and issued a ninety-day deadline for the refugees to leave or else "it's going to be a helluva lot more violent than Vietnam!" The white fishermen roared as the boat burned, convinced that if they could drive these newcomers from the coast, everything would return to normal. A shocking campaign of violence ensued, marked by burning crosses, conspiracy theories, death threats, torched boats, and heavily armed Klansmen patrolling Galveston Bay. The Vietnamese were on the brink of fleeing, until a charismatic leader in their community, a highly decorated colonel, convinced them to stand their ground by entrusting their fate with the Constitution. Drawing upon a trove of never-before-published material, including FBI and ATF records, unprecedented access to case files, and scores of firsthand interviews with Klansmen, shrimpers, law enforcement, environmental activists, lawyers, perpetrators and victims, Johnson uncovers secrets and secures confessions to crimes that went unsolved for more than forty years. This explosive investigation of a forgotten story, years in the making, ultimately leads Johnson to the doorstep of the one woman who could see clearly enough to recognize the true threat to the bays--and who now represents the fishermen's last hope"--
Subjects: Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Fisheries; Refugees; Vietnamese;
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Exposure : poisoned water, corporate greed, and one lawyer's twenty-year battle against DuPont / by Bilott, Robert,1965-author.; Shroder, Tom,author.;
'Exposure' is an unforgettable legal drama about malice and manipulation, the failings of environmental regulation, and one lawyers quest to expose the truth about Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFAS) - an unknown and unregulated toxic chemical used in the manufacturing of Teflon and a host of other household goods - that presents one of the greatest human health crises of the 21st century.
Subjects: Biographies.; Bilott, Robert, 1965-; E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company; Perfluorooctanoic acid; Perfluorooctanoic acid; Environmental lawyers;
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Underwater : the greed-soaked tale of sexual abuse in USA swimming and around the globe / by Muchnick, Irvin,author.;
"While the celebrity victims of Dr. Larry Nassar and the USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandals rightly got a lot of attention, the number of affected kids is far more numerous in swimming. Underwater tells the almost unbelievable story, in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, Latin America, and the Middle East, of coaches who preyed on children while hopping from program to program, state to state, and even country to country, in a pattern similar to the pedophile priests of the Catholic Church. Irvin Muchnick, an experienced investigative reporter of the dark side of our popular sports entertainments, gained access to thousands of pages of FBI files and other sources to expose scores of such scenarios, as well as the inaction of bureaucrats and even the most highly regarded politicians. The ranks of abusers include some of the most famous and celebrated coaches in swimming history. And there's no fixing the problem, the author says, so long as hundreds of thousands of young swimmers annually -- elite and casual athletes alike -- remain at the mercy of the Olympic system's money-hungry priorities."--
Subjects: True crime stories.; Child molesters.; Child sexual abuse.; Swimmers; Swimmers; Swimming coaches.; Swimming;
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Two of the deadliest : new tales of lust, greed, and murder from outstanding women of mystery / by George, Elizabeth,1949-;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Avarice; Crime; Lust; Noir fiction, American.; Short stories.;
© 2009., HarperCollinsPublishers,
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The Almightier : How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin. by Vigna, Paul.;
'The Almightier' is the complete story of how we came to worship money, and how we can stop greed from destroying everything.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy; HISTORY / Social History; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capital; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capitalism;
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Inside the NRA : a tell-all account of corruption, greed, and paranoia within the most powerful political group in America / by Powell, Joshua L.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.A shocking exposé of rampant, decades-long incompetence at the National Rifle Association, as told by a former member of its senior leadership. Joshua L. Powell is the NRA--a lifelong gun advocate, in 2016, he began his new role as a senior strategist and chief of staff to NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre. What Powell uncovered was horrifying: "the waste and dysfunction at the NRA was staggering." Inside the NRA reveals for the first time the rise and fall of the most powerful political organization in America--how the NRA became feared as the Death Star of Washington lobbies and so militant and extreme as "to create and fuel the toxicity of the gun debate until it became outright explosive." Inside the NRA explains this intentional toxic messaging was wholly the product of LaPierre's leadership and the extremist branding by his longtime PR puppet master Angus McQueen. In damning detail, Powell exposes the NRA's plan to "pour gasoline" on the fire in the fight against gun control, to sow discord to fill its coffers, and to secure the presidency for Donald J. Trump.
Subjects: LaPierre, Wayne R., 1949-; National Rifle Association of America; Firearms; Firearms industry and trade; Firearms ownership; Gun control; Lobbying;
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Seven deadly sins : the biology of being human / by Leschziner, Guy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Seven Deadly Sins will explore the underlying nature of the seven deadly sins, their neuroscientific and psychological basis, and their origin in our genes. Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Pride. Envy. Lust. Anger. These are The Seven Deadly Sins, the vices of humankind that define immorality. But do these sins really represent moral failings, or are they simply important and useful biological functions that humans need to survive? Instead of being acts of immorality, are they really just a result of how our bodies, our psyches, and our brains in particular, are wired? In Seven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human, Guy Leschziner, a professor of neurology, dares to turn much of what society thinks of as morality on its head and to ask these controversial questions. Leschziner takes readers on an exploration of the Seven Deadly Sins as he looks at their neuroscientific and psychological bases, their origin in our genes, and, crucially, how certain medical disorders may give rise to them. He introduces us to patients whose physical and psychological conditions have given rise to behaviours that have for centuries been labelled as "sin" and how these behaviours might actually be evolutionary imperatives that preserve the tribe and ensure the wellbeing of our societies. In Seven Deadly Sins, a book certain to cause debate and raise controversy, Guy Leschziner, a writer who has explored the mysteries of our sleeping brains and the odd crossed wires of our five senses, asks whether these traits truly represent sin, or simply reflect our intrinsic drive to survive and thrive"--
Subjects: Deadly sins.; Human behavior.; Neuropsychology.;
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Tell me a story. [videorecording] / by Campbell, Danielle,actor.; Cattrall, Kim,actor.; Jaeger, Sam,actor.; Magnussen, Billy,1985-actor.; Ramirez, Dania,actor.; Santos, Davi,actor.; Wesley, Paul,1982-actor.; Wolk, James,actor.; CBS DVD (Firm),publisher.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher.;
Danielle Campbell, Kim Cattrall, Sam Jaeger, Billy Magnussen, Dania Ramirez, Davi Santos, Paul Wesley, James Wolk.The world's most beloved fairy tales are reimagined as dark and twisted psychological thrillers. Set in modern-day New York City, the first season of this serialized drama interweaves The Three Little Pigs; Little Red Riding Hood; and Hansel and Gretel into an epic and subversive tale of love, loss, greed, revenge, and murder.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Thrillers (Television programs); Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fairy tales; Greed; Revenge; Good and evil; Hansel and Gretel (Tale); Little Red Riding Hood (Tale);
For private home use only.
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Where the bullets fly / by McCauley, Terrence.;
If anyone can smell an investment opportunity, it's railroad men and big city bankers. They're not the kind of folks that Sheriff Mackey is used to dealing with. But greed is greed, and if anyone knows how money can drive men to murder, it's the sheriff of a boomtown like Dover Station. But when Mackey is forced to gun down a pair of saloon rats, it brings a powderkeg of trouble--with a quick-burning fuse of vengeance named Alexander Duramont. This bloodthirsty psychopath wants to kill the sheriff for killing his buddies. And he plans to get his revenge using a highly combustible mix of fire, fear, and dynamite...
Subjects: Western fiction.; Sheriffs; Brigands and robbers; Revenge;
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Titans. by Reams, Patrick,film director.; Curiosity Stream (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Curiosity Stream in 2022.Inspiration, power, greed, scandal—a story that was made for the movies. The gripping drama of how Hollywood was built.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; History.; United States--History.; Documentary television programs.;
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