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Dancing with the octopus : a memoir of a crime / by Harding, Debora,author.;
"For readers of Educated and The Glass Castle, a harrowing, redemptive and profoundly inspiring memoir of childhood trauma and its long reach into adulthood. One Omaha winter day in November 1978, when Debora Harding was just fourteen, she was abducted at knifepoint from a church parking lot. She was thrown into a van, assaulted, held for ransom, and then left to die as an ice storm descended over the city. Debora survived. She identified her attacker to the police and then returned to her teenage life in a dysfunctional home where she was expected to simply move on. Denial became the family coping strategy offered by her fun-loving, conflicted father and her cruelly resentful mother. It wasn't until decades later - when beset by the symptoms of PTSD- that Debora undertook a radical project: she met her childhood attacker face-to-face in prison and began to reconsider and reimagine his complex story. This was a quest for the truth that would threaten the lie at the heart of her family and with it the sacred bond that once saved her. Dexterously shifting between the past and present, Debora Harding untangles the incident of her kidnapping and escape from unexpected angles, offering a vivid, intimate portrait of one family's disintegration in the 1970s Midwest, a rusted landscape where the loss of white male power can flare into unspeakable violence. Written with dark humor and the pacing of a thriller, Dancing with the Octopus is a literary tour de force and a groundbreaking narrative of reckoning, recovery, and the inexhaustible strength it takes to survive"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; True crime stories.; Harding, Debora.; Abduction; Kidnapping victims;
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Dear child / by Hausmann, Romy,1981-author.; Bulloch, Jamie,translator.; translation of:Hausmann, Romy,1981-Liebes kind.English.;
"A windowless shack in the woods. A dash to safety. But when a woman finally escapes her captor, the end of the story is only the beginning of her nightmare. She says her name is Lena. Lena, who disappeared without a trace 14 years prior. She fits the profile. She has the distinctive scar. But her family swears that she isn't their Lena. The little girl who escaped the woods with her knows things she isn't sharing, and Lena's devastated father is trying to piece together details that don't quite fit. Lena is desperate to begin again, but something tells her that her tormentor still wants to get back what belongs to him ... and that she may not be able to truly escape until the whole truth about what happened in the woods finally emerges. Twisty, suspenseful, and psychologically clever, Romy Hausmann's Dear Child is a captivating thriller with all the ingredients of a breakout hit"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Identity (Psychology); Kidnapping victims; Kidnapping; Parent and child;
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The shadow man / by Fields, Helen,1969-author.;
Elspeth, Meggy and Xavier are locked in a flat. They don't know where they are, and they don't know why they're there. They only know that the shadow man has taken them, and he won't let them go. Desperate to escape, the three of them must find a way out of their living hell, even if it means uncovering a very dark truth. Because the shadow man isn't a nightmare. He's all too real. And he's watching.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Serial murderers; Kidnapping victims; Serial murder investigation;
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Lost to the world : a memoir of faith, family, and five years in terrorist captivity / by Taseer, Shahbaz,1983-author.;
"Shahbaz Taseer's memoir of his experience leading up to and throughout his kidnapping by Islamic extremists, one of Pakistan's highest-profile kidnapping incidents"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Taseer, Shahbaz, 1983-; Kidnapping victims; Kidnapping; Victims of terrorism;
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Obsession / by Woods, Stuart,author.; Battles, Brett,author.;
Brought in to recover a young Croatian billionaire's wife, who was kidnapped while her husband was making a deal with Centurion Studios, Teddy Fay quickly comes to realize dark forces are at play, while dealing with an obsessive fan with deadly intentions who weasels his way onto the film set.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Billionaires; Fans (Persons); Kidnapping victims;
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Obsession [text (large print)] / by Woods, Stuart,author.; Battles, Brett,author.;
Brought in to recover a young Croatian billionaire's wife, who was kidnapped while her husband was making a deal with Centurion Studios, Teddy Fay quickly comes to realize dark forces are at play, while dealing with an obsessive fan with deadly intentions who weasels his way onto the film set.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Billionaires; Fans (Persons); Kidnapping victims;
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Signed, sealed, delivered. [videorecording] / by Booth, Kristin,1974-actor.; Gustafson, Geoff,1974-actor.; Lowe, Crystal,1981-actor.; Mabius, Eric,actor.; Sigler, Jamie-Lynn,1981-actor.; Fair, Kevin G.,television director.; Cinedigm (Firm),distributor.; Hallmark Channel (Television network),production company,broadcaster.;
Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Crystal Lowe, Geoff Gustafson, Jamie-Lynn Sigler.The Postables take a road trip in an old Winnebago to track down a small boy who they fear may have been kidnapped. The discovery of an '80s era instant camera and the unusual photographs it contains, send our team on a wild ride across Colorado using the pictures as a guide.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Television programs.; Made-for-TV movies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Man-woman relationships; Instamatic camera; Kidnapping victims;
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One Kick [sound recording] / by Cain, Chelsea.; Lind, Heather.;
Read by Heather Lind."Kick Lannigan, 21, is a survivor. Abducted at age six in broad daylight, the police, the public, perhaps even her family assumed the worst had occurred. And then Kathleen Lannigan was found, alive, six years later. And a new form of hell began. In the early months following her freedom, as Kick struggled with PTSD, her parents put her through a litany of therapies -- meditation, Jungian, scream therapy. Nothing helped until the detective who rescued her suggested Kick learn to fight. Before she was thirteen, Kick learned marksmanship, martial arts, boxing, archery, and knife throwing. She excelled at every one, vowing she would never be victimized again. She learned the advantage of stillness when eluding an attacker; and to know every escape route. She learned to notice every detail. She learned four ways to kill someone with a jacket, and that every American car made after 2002 has a release lever in the trunk should you happen to find yourself trapped inside. Kick can keep the anxiety at bay most of the time. Her abductor, Mel, is dying of kidney disease in prison. She has enough money from the government to never want again. She has her brother James, and her dog, Monster, and her "hobbies" to keep her busy. But when a second Amber Alert in a month signals the disappearance of a child in the Portland area, Kick goes into a tailspin. That's when an enigmatic man Bishop approaches her with a proposition. Bishop made a fortune as a weapons dealer and now wants to make good by using his resources to rescue abducted children. And he is convinced Kick's experiences and expertise can be mined to help rescue the abductees. Little does Kick know the case will lead directly into her terrifying past"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Audiobooks.; Kidnapping victims; Kidnapping; Marksmanship; Post-traumatic stress disorder;
© p2014., Simon & Schuster Audio,
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Escape plan. [videorecording] / by Bautista, David,1969-actor.; Herzfeld, John,film director,screenwriter.; Jackson, Curtis,1975-actor.; King, Jaime,1979-actor.; Sawa, Devon,1978-actor.; Shum, Harry,Jr.,1982-actor.; Stallone, Sylvester,actor.; Zhang, Max,actor.; Grindstone Entertainment Group,production company.; Summit Entertainment,production company.; Videoville Showtime,film distributor.;
Sylvester Stallone, Max Zhang, Dave Bautista, Devon Sawa, Jaime King, Harry Shum Jr., Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.Screen legend Sylvester Stallone kicks this explosive action tale into high gear. After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin's girlfriend is also captured. Now he and his team, which includes Dave Bautista and Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, must pull off a deadly rescue mission to confront their sadistic foe and save the hostages before time runs out.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Escapes; Hostages; Prisons; Rescues; Kidnapping victims;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Escape plan. [videorecording] / by Bautista, David,1969-actor.; Herzfeld, John,film director,screenwriter.; Jackson, Curtis,1975-actor.; King, Jaime,1979-actor.; Sawa, Devon,1978-actor.; Shum, Harry,Jr.,1982-actor.; Stallone, Sylvester,actor.; Zhang, Max,actor.; Grindstone Entertainment Group,production company.; Summit Entertainment,production company.; Videoville Showtime,film distributor.;
Sylvester Stallone, Max Zhang, Dave Bautista, Devon Sawa, Jaime King, Harry Shum Jr., Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.Screen legend Sylvester Stallone kicks this explosive action tale into high gear. After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin's girlfriend is also captured. Now he and his team, which includes Dave Bautista and Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson, must pull off a deadly rescue mission to confront their sadistic foe and save the hostages before time runs out.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.40:0 aspect ratio) ; Dolby TrueHD 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Escapes; Hostages; Prisons; Rescues; Kidnapping victims;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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