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Buffalo '66. by Gallo, Vincent,film director.; Huston, Anjelica,actor.; Gazzara, Ben,actor.; Ricci, Christina,actor.; Vincent, Jan-Michael,actor.; Rourke, Mickey,actor.; Arquette, Rosanna,actor.; Gallo, Vincent,actor.; Lionsgate (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Anjelica Huston, Ben Gazzara, Christina Ricci, Jan-Michael Vincent, Mickey Rourke, Rosanna Arquette, Vincent GalloOriginally produced by Lionsgate in 1998.“CIA Agent” Billy Brown (Vincent Gallo) brings his "wife," Layla (Christina Ricci) home to meet his absurdly dysfunctional family. Only Billy's not really in the CIA, and Layla is actually a young tap dancer he just kidnapped. In reality, Billy's whole life is an empty lie. He's fresh out of prison and now on a deadly mission to hunt down and kill the Buffalo Bills kicker whose botched field goal he believes ruined his life. However, Billy's new hostage may ruin everything. Their crazy attachment blossoms into a desperate and oddly beautiful romance that may or may not be a sweet enough substitute for revenge.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Drama.; Comedy.; Motion pictures.; Romance.;
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Bottom of the 9th [videorecording] / by DeFelitta, Raymond,film director.; Manganiello, Joe,actor.; O'Hare, Denis,1962-actor.; Vergara, Sofía,1972-actor.; Young, Burt,actor.; Mongrel Media,film distributor.;
Joe Manganiello, Sofia Vergara, Denis O'Hare, Burt Young, James Madio, Yancey Arias, Vincent Pastore, Michael Rispoli.A tragic mistake lands nineteen-year-old baseball phenom Sonny Stano in jail before his burgeoning professional baseball career gets off the ground. Now, twenty years later and fresh out of prison, he works to win back his respect, his family, his lost love and his dream of being a professional baseball player.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language throughout and some violence.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Sports films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Baseball players; Man-woman relationships; Ex-convicts; Baseball;
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Crackdown : surviving and resisting the war on drugs / by Mullins, Garth,author.;
"Garth Mullins was born partially blind and with Albinism into a world too bright for him to fully see and too unforgiving to fully accept him. Growing up, he was often bullied, by both students and teachers, who mocked his appearance and trivialized his disability. But Garth found strength and purpose in anti-fascist activism and punk rock, a scene that accepted him for who he was and offered an escape from the malignant drudgery of his suburban Vancouver neighbourhood. He also found solace in heroin, spurring an addiction that would span three decades. Garth's own experiences as a heroin user, complete with dope sickness, incarceration and overdose, is a common story for those struggling with heroin and opioid addictions. And for Garth, it was this realization, while fighting his addiction, that led him to drug activism. He had seen first-hand the failure of abstinence-based recovery programs, the fatal threat posed by unsafe drug supplies, the over-representation of drug users, particularly Black and Indigenous users, in jails and prisons. And he saw that far from the government being successful in its attempt to curb drug use, its war against drugs had been a deadly failure. Weaving together Garth's raw and intimate account of his own addiction with the broader issues and history surrounding drug treatment and policy, Crackdown challenges the received wisdom of how best to treat addiction and ensure the safety of drug users."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Mullins, Garth.; Addicts; Heroin abuse; People with albinism; People with visual disabilities; Recovering addicts;
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A knife in the heart / by Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.;
As both a prisoner and an undercover operative, U.S. Marshal Hank Fallon has faced down some of the most vicious, terrifying, cold-blooded thieves and murderers in the West. Now, Hank is finally free and he's got no intention of setting foot inside a jail ever again. But the new federal prison being constructed in Leavenworth, Kansas, needs a warden and Hank is the right man for the job. He's got the scars to prove it--and the sheer muscle to keep the peace. But keeping these lawless hornets in their nest is no easy feat. And when several escape before Leavenworth is at maximum security, they take Hank's family hostage.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Historical fiction.; United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas; Prison wardens; Escaped prisoners;
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American prison : a reporter's undercover journey into the business of punishment / by Bauer, Shane,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history. In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana. An award-winning investigative journalist, he used his real name; there was no meaningful background check. Four months later, his employment came to an abrupt end. But he had seen enough, and in short order he wrote an expose about his experiences that won a National Magazine Award and became the most-read feature in the history of the magazine Mother Jones. Still, there was much more that he needed to say. In American prison, Bauer weaves a much deeper reckoning with his experiences together with a thoroughly researched history of for-profit prisons in America from their origins in the decades before the Civil War. For, as he soon realized, we can't understand the cruelty of our current system and its place in the larger story of mass incarceration without understanding where it came from. Private prisons became entrenched in the South as part of a systemic effort to keep the African-American labor force in place in the aftermath of slavery, and the echoes of these shameful origins are with us still"--
Subjects: Prisons; Imprisonment;
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Free : my search for meaning / by Knox, Amanda,author.;
"Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn't commit -- and became a notorious tabloid story in the process. Though she was exonerated, it's taken more than a decade for her to reclaim her identity and truly feel free. Free recounts how Knox survived prison, the mistakes she made and misadventures she had reintegrating into society, and culminates in the untold story of her return to Italy and the extraordinary relationship she's built with the man who sent her to prison. It is the gripping saga of what happens when you become the definition of notorious but have quietly returned to the matters of a normal life -- seeking a life partner, finding a job, or even just going out in public. In harrowing (and sometimes hilarious) detail, Amanda tells the story of her personal growth and hard-fought wisdom, recasting her public reckoning as a private reflection on the search for meaning and purpose that will speak to everyone persevering through hardship"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Knox, Amanda.; Judicial error; Murder; Prisoners;
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The man from Waco / by Johnstone, William W.,author.; Johnstone, J. A.,author.;
As a young man, John Bannack worked hard on his brother's farm -- until times got tough and his brother grew desperate. Desperate enough to rob a bank. Unfortunately, John's brother left a trail that led straight to the Bannack farm. When a posse showed up to make an arrest, John made a fateful decision: He confessed to his brother's crime. Sacrificed his freedom for the sake of his brother's family. And doomed himself to a hard, hellish life in a rat-hole state prison ... A man's got two choices in a place like that: Get tough or get killed. Bannack is on a work detail outside the prison. On the way back, Judge Wick Justice, who sentenced Bannack, tags along with the prison wagon, only to find he has involved himself in a planned prison break. When a gang ambushes the wagon and frees the prisoners, they bullet-blast the guards -- and the judge takes a hunk of lead himself. But Bannack finds the judge alive and takes him to safety. In return, the judge releases him from prison and employs him as his bodyguard and avenger. For John Bannack it means this will be a one-way trip to Hell.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Novels.; False imprisonment; Frontier and pioneer life; Gunfighters;
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Dog Man. [electronic resource]. by video game adaptation of (work):Pilkey, Dav,1966-Dog Man.; Sony Computer Entertainment.;
Game.Join Dog Man and the Supa Buddies on an epic adventure! Dog Man: Mission Impawsible brings the beloved book series to life! Dive into this action-packed, humor-filled adventure. The key to the city has fallen into the hands of a supa bad guy, unlocking all the prison doors and releasing many evildoers. Help Dog Man and his friends chase down the supa bad guys in their most impawsible mission yet! Switch between Dog Man and his Supa Buddies, each with their own special abilities and gadgets such as Rocket Boots, Retractable Claws and Dirt Proof Pants. Together you can overcome challenging obstacles and defeat powerful bosses.ESRB Content Rating: E, Everyone (Mild fantasy violence).Ultra HD Blu-ray disc compatible with Playstation 5 console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p/4K/8K ; in game surround sound ; 1.4 GB storage required.
Subjects: Arcade-style video games.; Adventure video games.; Video games.; Platform video games.; Action adventure video games.; Sony video games.; Dog Man (Fictitious character); Playstation 5 (Video game console); Video games.; Dogs; Dog Man Mission impawsible (Game); Good and evil;
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The girl who beat ISIS : Farida's story / by Khalaf, Farida,author.; Hoffman, Andrea C.,author.; Bulloch, Jamie,translator.;
In August 2014, Farida Khalaf was just a normal Yazidi girl, living in northern Iraq. Then her village was attacked and swiftly taken by ISIS fighters, and her whole world changed. This is the story of what happened to Farida after she was captured: the beatings, the rapes, and the markets where ISIS sold their female prisoners like cattle.
Subjects: Khalaf, Farida; IS (Organization); Yezidi women; Yezidis; Terrorism; Abduction; Escaped prisoners of war;
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An ordinary violence : a novel / by Chartrand, Adriana,author.;
Dawn hasn't spoken to her brother, Cody, since he was sent to prison for a violent crime seven years ago. Now living in a shiny new Toronto condo, Dawn is haunted by uncanny occurrences, including cryptic messages from her dead mother, that have followed her most of her life. When the life Dawn thought she wanted implodes, she is forced to return to her childhood home and the prairie city that hold so much pain for her and her fractured family. Cody is unexpectedly released from prison with a mysterious new friend by his side, who seems to be the charismatic leader of a dangerous supernatural network. Trying to uncover their plans, Dawn follows increasingly sinister leads until the lines between this world and the next, now and then, and right and wrong begin to blur and dissolve. What unfolds is an eerie, incisive, and at times darkly funny horror novel about a young Indigenous woman reckoning with trauma and violence, loss and reclamation in an unsettling world where spirit realms entwine with the living-and where it is humans who carry out the truly monstrous acts.
Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Ex-convicts; Homecoming; Indigenous women; Right and wrong; Siblings;
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