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- The unwilling [sound recording] / by Hart, John,1965-author.; Stillwell, Kevin,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Kevin Stillwell."Set in the South at the height of the Vietnam War, The Unwilling combines crime, suspense and searing glimpses into the human mind and soul in New York Times bestselling author John Hart's singular style. Gibby's older brothers have already been to war. One died there. The other came back misunderstood and hard, a decorated killer now freshly released from a three-year stint in prison. Jason won't speak of the war or of his time behind bars, but he wants a relationship with the younger brother he hasn't known for years. Determined to make that connection, he coaxes Gibby into a day at the lake: long hours of sunshine and whisky and older women. But the day turns ugly when the four encounter a prison transfer bus on a stretch of empty road. Beautiful but drunk, one of the women taunts the prisoners, leading to a riot on the bus. The woman finds it funny in the moment, but is savagely murdered soon after. Given his violent history, suspicion turns first to Jason; but when the second woman is kidnapped, the police suspect Gibby, too. Determined to prove Jason innocent, Gibby must avoid the cops and dive deep into his brother's hidden life, a dark world of heroin, guns and outlaw motorcycle gangs. What he discovers there is a truth more bleak than he could have imagined: not just the identity of the killer and the reasons for Tyra's murder, but the forces that shaped his brother in Vietnam, the reason he was framed, and why the most dangerous man alive wants him back in prison. This is crime fiction at its most raw, an exploration of family and the past, of prison and war and the indelible marks they leave"--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Brothers; Ex-convicts; Murder; Prisoners; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
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- The river is waiting : a novel / by Lamb, Wally,author.;
Corby Ledbetter is struggling. New fatherhood, the loss of his job, and a growing secret addiction have thrown his marriage to his beloved Emily into a tailspin. And that's before he causes the tragedy that tears the family apart. Sentenced to prison, Corby struggles to survive life on the inside, where he bears witness to frightful acts of brutality but also experiences small acts of kindness and elemental kinship with a prison librarian who sees his light and some of his fellow offenders, including a tender-hearted cellmate and a troubled teen desperate for a role model. Buoyed by them and by his mother's enduring faith in him, Corby begins to transcend the boundaries of his confinement, sustained by his hope that mercy and reconciliation might still be possible. Can his crimes ever be forgiven by those he loves?
- Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Families; Grief; Married people; Prisoners; Prisons; Reconciliation;
- Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 3
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- Relax, dammit! : a user's guide to the age of anxiety / by Caulfield, Timothy A.,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An entertaining and practical guide to getting through the day with less stress and better health, from the host of the hit TV series A User's Guide to Cheating Death. We make a ridiculous number of decisions every day--possibly even thousands. We make decisions about when to wake up, how to brush our teeth, what to have for breakfast, how to get our kids to school, the amount of coffee to drink, and on and on. And making so many decisions is tough. It can cause stock analysts to perform progressively worse over the course of a day. It can lead us to make poor decisions about the food we eat (the more brain fatigue, the more junk food consumption). It can have an impact on how physicians prescribe drugs and how judges handle the sentencing of prisoners. And the more deliberate the decisions--that is, the more we need to think about them--the more fatiguing the process. There are many social forces that are increasingly making how and what we choose an unnecessarily anxious process. But it doesn't have to be. In Relax, Dammit!, health policy expert Timothy Caulfield takes us through a regular day--from the moment we wake up to when we go to sleep--and shows the underlying science behind many of the small decisions we make. What he reveals is that we make decisions that are based, to a lesser or greater extent, on misinformation. Many of the things we believe to be healthier, safer, or just better, simply aren't. There is often a science-informed, and less stressful, way forward, which means we can all afford to relax more. Insightful, sometimes controversial, and always entertaining, Relax, Dammit! is a surprising and liberating guide to modern life"--
- Subjects: Self-help publications.; Relaxation.; Stress management.; Stress (Psychology);
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The sleeping and the dead / by Cleeves, Ann,author.;
North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer when Detective Peter Porteous is called to Cranwell Water, where the body of a teenager has been discovered. After trawling through the missing persons files, he comes to the conclusion that the corpse is Michael Grey, an enigmatic and secretive young man who was reported missing by his foster parents in 1972. The news that a body has been found leaves prison officer Hannah Morton in shock. Michael had been her boyfriend, and she had been with him the night he disappeared. And now the discovery is bringing back dreaded and long buried memories from her past.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Missing persons; Murder; Teenagers;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Clean kill / by Leather, Stephen,author.;
Terrorists have shot down a British helicopter in West Africa and taken the crew hostage. Their lives are on the line and the British government is refusing to negotiate. The pilot is Liam Shepherd, and only his father - Dan 'Spider' Shepherd of MI5 - can help. Shepherd and an SAS team fly out to the badlands of Mali to rescue the kidnapped Brits. But the mission takes Shepherd away from an investigation in a high security prison that is about to explode into violence. Hundreds of lives are at risk, and Shepherd is running out of time.
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Great Britain. MI5; Kidnapping; Rescue work; Shepherd, Dan (Fictitious character); Terrorists; Undercover operations;
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- Shakespeare Behind Bars. by Rogerson, Hank,film director.; Philomath Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Philomath Films in 2005.Murderers, Fugitives, Thieves…Shakespeare would have loved these guys. Shakespeare Behind Bars is an unexpectedly delightful documentary that follows the casting, rehearsal, and presentation of Shakespeare's play, The Tempest, by convicted felons inside Kentucky's Luther Luckett Correctional Complex. Winner of eight film festival awards, Shakespeare Behind Bars smashes many of our long held notions about prisoners and criminals as we watch these remarkably unique actors prepare. Ultimately, we get to see the human psyche unfold in all of its complexities, as these men, ostracized from society, reveal their kindness, generosity and faith. In the process, we accompany them as they discover the power of truth, forgiveness and transformation.Shakespeare Behind Bars does not glorify these men or excuse their crimes, but rather attempts to take a more humane look at them as human beings, not merely felons. Over the course of the year and the film, we see these men changed - enriched, challenged, awakened, and fulfilled.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Performing arts.; Arts.; Criminal law.; Social sciences.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Prisons.; Theater.; Rehabilitation.;
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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;
- For private home use only.
- Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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- Knife / by Nesbø, Jo,1960-author.; Smith, Neil(Neil Andrew),translator.; translation of:Nesbø, Jo,1960-Kniv.English.;
Harry Hole is not in a good place. Rakel--the only woman he's ever loved--has ended it with him, permanently. He's been given a chance for a new start with the Oslo Police but it's in the cold case office, when what he really wants is to be investigating cases he suspects have ties to Svein Finne, the serial rapist and murderer who Harry helped put behind bars. And now, Finne is free after a decade-plus in prison--free, and Harry is certain, unreformed and ready to take up where he left off. But things will get worse. When Harry wakes up the morning after a blackout, drunken night with blood that's clearly not his own on his hands, it's only the very beginning of what will be a waking nightmare the likes of which even he could never have imagined.
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Hole, Harry (Fictitious character), 1963-; Police; Murder; Serial murderers; Ex-convicts;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- There's a murder afoot / by Delany, Vicki,1951-author.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: A SCANDAL IN SCARLET, ISBN 9781683317906. Just in time for Sherlock Holmes's 166th birthday, the fifth installment in Vicki Delany's 'Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery' series follows Gemma Doyle as she and her friends travel to London for a Sherlock Holmes convention. But when Gemm'a father is accused of murdering his brother-in-law, Gemma and her friends must plunge into the lowest and vilest alleys of London to save her father from prison. Delany lives in Picton, ON.
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Booksellers and bookselling;
- 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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