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Long Island compromise [text (large print)] : a novel / by Brodesser-Akner, Taffy,author.;
"In 1983, a wealthy businessman named Carl Fletcher is kidnapped from his driveway in the nicest part of Long Island, brutalized, and held for ransom. He is returned to his wife and kids less than a week later, only slightly the worse for wear, and the family begins the hard work of trying to move on with their lives and resume their prized places in the saga of the American dream, coming to understand that though their money may have been what put them in danger, it is also what guaranteed them their safety in the end. But forty years later, when Carl's mother dies and the family comes home to mourn her, it becomes clear that nobody ever really got over anything. Carl's wife, Ruth, has spent her potential protecting her husband's emotional health. Their three grown children are each a mess: Nathan cannot seem to advance at his law firm and may have made a terrible investment with his trust fund; Beamer, a Hollywood screenwriter, will consume anything-substance, foodstuff, women-in order to numb his own perpetual terror; and Jenny has spent her life so bent on proving that she is not a product of the family's pathology that she comes to define it. Then there's Carl himself, the prickly, still-terrified father, who has been secretly seeking closure to the matter of his kidnapping for years, and the unthinkable act he commits that will alter the family's path forever"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Satirical fiction.; Novels.; Extortion; Families; Family secrets; Kidnapping; Life change events; Ransom; Rich people; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Pig [videorecording] / by Arkin, Adam,actor.; Belforte, Nina,actor.; Block, Vanessa,film producer.; Cage, Nicolas,1965-actor.; Sarnoski, Michael,film director,screenwriter.; Wolff, Alex,1997-actor.; Aywon Film Corp.,presenter.; Blockbox Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Decal (Firm),production company.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.; Endeavor Content (Firm),production company.; Neon (Firm),presenter.; Pulse Films,production company.; Saturn Films,production company.; Valparaiso Pictures,production company.;
Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin, Nina Belforte, Dalene Young, Gretchen Corbett, Darius Pierce.A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language and some violence.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Abduction; Hermits; Human-animal relationships; Pet loss; Swine; Truffle culture;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How to heal a gryphon / by Cannistra, Meg.;
Giada Bellantuono has to decide whether she'll join the family business and become a healer, or follow her dreams to use her powers to treat magical creatures. And when a group of witches kidnaps her brother, she is the only person left who can rescue him, and is swept into the magical underground city of Malafi.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Families; Magic; Healers; Animals, Mythical; Witches; Kidnapping; Imaginary places;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Nine dragons : a novel / by Connelly, Michael,1956-;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Bosch, Harry (Fictitious character); Chinese Americans; Kidnapping; Murder; Police; Triads (Gangs);
© 2009., Little, Brown and Co.,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Escape plan. [videorecording] / by Miller, Steven C.,1981-film director.; Chapman, Miles,screenwriter.; Jackson, Curtis,1975-actor.; Bautista, David,1969-actor.; Chatham, Wes,actor.; Hull, Lydia,actor.; King, Jaime,1979-actor.; Metcalfe, Jesse,1978-actor.; Stallone, Sylvester,actor.; Welliver, Titus,actor.; Summit Entertainment,production company.; Grindstone Entertainment Group,production company.; Videoville Showtime,publisher.;
Music, The Newton Brothers ; director of photography, Brandon Cox.Dave Bautista, Sylvester Stallone, Jaime King, 50 Cent, Jesse Metcalfe, Wes Chatham, Lydia Hull, Titus Welliver.Ray Breslin and Trent DeRosa must decipher a way to break into Hades, a computerized techno-terror battle-maze, in order to rescue their kidnapped team.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Action and adventure films.; Escapes; Prisons;
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Escape plan. [videorecording] / by Miller, Steven C.,1981-film director.; Chapman, Miles,screenwriter.; Jackson, Curtis,1975-actor.; Bautista, David,1969-actor.; Chatham, Wes,actor.; Hull, Lydia,actor.; King, Jaime,1979-actor.; Metcalfe, Jesse,1978-actor.; Stallone, Sylvester,actor.; Welliver, Titus,actor.; Summit Entertainment,production company.; Grindstone Entertainment Group,production company.; Videoville Showtime,publisher.;
Music, The Newton Brothers ; director of photography, Brandon Cox.Dave Bautista, Sylvester Stallone, Jaime King, 50 Cent, Jesse Metcalfe, Wes Chatham, Lydia Hull, Titus Welliver.Ray Breslin and Trent DeRosa must decipher a way to break into Hades, a computerized techno-terror battle-maze, in order to rescue their kidnapped team.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby TrueHD 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Action and adventure films.; Escapes; Prisons;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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American mother / by McCann, Colum,1965-author.; Foley, Diane,author.;
The English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child. There exist words for orphan, widow and widower, but there is no word that captures and conveys this tragic type of loss. It has been eleven years since Diane Foley's son, the American journalist James Foley, was kidnapped in northern Syria, and nearly ten since that day in August 2014 when she would learn that he had been murdered by ISIS in a public beheading that would ricochet in video around the world. A whole decade. Time rushes past. And yet, for Diane, that moment is unending. In American Mother, legendary author Colum McCann tells Diane's story as she recalls the months of his captivity, the efforts made to bring him home and the days following his death, in which Diane came face to face with one of the men responsible for her son's kidnapping and torture. A testament to the power of radical empathy and moral courage, American Mother takes us inside one woman's extraordinary journey to find connection in a world torn asunder, and to fight for others as a way to keep her son's memory alive.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Foley, Diane; Foley, James, 1973-2014,; Foley, James, 1973-2014.; IS (Organization); Grief.; Hostages; Journalists; Kidnapping victims; Mothers and sons; Mothers of war casualties; Political kidnapping; Terrorists; Victims of terrorism;
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Aura of night / by Graham, Heather,author.;
True evil never dies. It only waits in the dark. All book editor Megan Law wants is to bury the memory of her brutal kidnapping and move on with her life. So when her publisher asks her to spin her hellish experience into the next bestseller, Megan agrees only because it might help keep other women safe. Then a mysterious, gruesome package arrives in the mail--a reminder that the nightmare isn't over just yet. FBI investigator Ragnar Johnson is running out of time. He knows in his gut there's more to the recent Embracer killings, and he needs Megan's help. Even with their rocky past behind them, working together now isn't going to be easy. But when things take a deadly turn, Megan and Ragnar discover a deep connection that they'll have to use, because something is trying to tear them apart ... forever.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Book editors; Kidnapping victims; Man-woman relationships; Serial murder investigation;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Spirit crossing : a novel / by Krueger, William Kent,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The disappearance of a local politician's teenaged daughter is major news in Minnesota. As a huge manhunt is launched to find her, Cork O'Connor's grandson stumbles across the shallow grave of a young Ojibwe woman--but nobody seems that interested. Nobody, that is, except Cork and the newly formed Iron Lake Ojibwe Tribal Police. As Cork and the tribal officers dig into the circumstances of this mysterious and grim discovery, they uncover a connection to the missing teenager. And soon, it's clear that Cork's grandson is in danger of being the killer's next victim"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; O'Connor, Cork (Fictitious character); Indigenous women; Kidnapping; Missing persons; Murder; Politicians; Private investigators; Teenagers; Ojibwe;
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Muppets most wanted [videorecording] / by Beck, Christophe,1972-; Bobin James,screenwriter,director.; Bobin, James,film director.; Burrell, Ty,1967-; Fey, Tina,1970-; Gervais, Ricky,actor.; Henson, Jim.; Stoller, Nicholas,writer of screenplay.; Whitmire, Steve,1959-; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); Mandeville Films.; Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm);
Director of photography, Don Burgess ; production design, Eve Stewart ; editor, James Thomas ; music, Christophe Beck.Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey ; Muppet voices: Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz.The entire Muppets gang goes on a global tour, selling out grand theaters in some of Europe's most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid, Dublin and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine-the World's Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit the Frog-and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS, widescreen 2.35:1.
Subjects: Kermit, the Frog; Action and adventure films.; Children's films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Kidnapping; Muppets (Fictitious characters); Puppet films.; Video recordings for children.; Voyages around the world;
© 2014., Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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