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Checkpoint Charlie : the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, and the most dangerous place on earth / by MacGregor, Iain,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-326) and index."Checkpoint Charlie is the story of the men and women - from both sides of the Cold War's political divide - who lived, served on, or escaped through the Berlin Wall during its life span (13th August 1961 - 9th November 1989). This physical monstrosity created by the East German communist state was to divide one of the most beautiful and by 1961, ruined cities of the world; dividing families, friends and lovers. Its creation, and its sudden collapse twenty-seven years later, were the key moments of the Cold War. Checkpoint Charlie was the one place in a paranoid continent where East faced West across one hundred yards of No Man's Land. Where soldiers served, spies watched through trained binoculars, escapees fled, politicians made speeches, people died and, mothers wept. The Wall was seen by many as permanent as the Himalayas. Across the Wall's almost three decades of existence, over two hundred people died trying to escape through it to the West, and these are just the recorded deaths. Many more who attempted and failed to break to freedom, would later die of their wounds in an East German hospital or prison. Historian Iain MacGregor travels to America, Britain, Germany and France to talk to the many people the Berlin Wall affected and who found themselves at the gates of Checkpoint Charlie - either on the Allied, or Soviet side. He interviews soldiers, politicians, journalists, spies, policemen, refugees and escapees to build a picture of what life was like in the city that was universally seen as the "hot spot" of the Cold War for four decades"--
Subjects: Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989; Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989; Cold War;
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The sinners / by Atkins, Ace,author.;
"In the new novel from New York Times-bestselling crime master Ace Atkins, violence comes in many forms ... and this time it may be more than Quinn Colson can handle. The Pritchards had never been worth a damn--an evil, greedy family who made their living dealing drugs and committing mayhem. Years ago, Colson's late uncle had put the clan's patriarch in prison, but now he's getting out, with revenge, power, and family business on his mind. To make matters worse, a shady trucking firm with possible ties to the Gulf Coast syndicate has moved into Tibbehah, and they have their own methods of intimidation. With his longtime deputy Lillie Virgil now working up in Memphis, Quinn Colson finds himself having to fall back on some brand-new deputies to help him out, but with Old West-style violence breaking out, and his own wedding on the horizon, this is without a doubt Colson's most trying time as sheriff. Cracks are opening up all over the county, and shadowy figures are crawling out through them--and they're all heading directly for him" --
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); United States. Army; Retired military personnel; Revenge; Sheriffs;
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The next three days [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by RZA(Rapper); Atias, Moran.; Banks, Elizabeth,1974-; Buie, Michael.; Crowe, Russell,1964-; Delbosc, Olivier.; Dennehy, Brian.; Haggis, Paul.; Neeson, Liam.; Nozik, Remy.; Wilde, Olivia.; High 61 Films.; Lions Gate Home Entertainment.; Lionsgate (Firm); Maple Pictures.;
Music by Danny Elfman ; edited by Jo Francis ; director of photography, Stéphane Fontaine.Brian Dennehy, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, RZA, Liam Neeson, Russell Crowe, Michael Buie, Moran Atias, Remy Nozik.Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.BLURAY.
Subjects: Escapes; Feature films.; Judicial error; Man-woman relationships; Married people; Murder; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women prisoners;
© c2011., Lions Gate Entertainment ; Distributed by Maple Pictures,
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Orange is the new black. [videorecording]. by Schilling, Taylor,1984-actor.; Brooks, Danielle,actor.; Manning, Taryn,actor.; Mulgrew, Kate,1955-actor.; Prepon, Laura,1980-actor.; Kerman, Piper.Orange is the new black.; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),film distributor.;
Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Taryn Manning, Kate Mulgrew, Laura Prepon.A new regime has arrived at Litchfield and with it comes new business interests, spiritual movements, and parental problems that turn life behind bars upside down and ignite power struggles among Litchfield's residents and guards.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Kerman, Piper.; Federal Correctional Institution (Danbury, Conn.); Women prisoners; Reformatories for women; Female friendship;
For private home use only.
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The eternal Nazi : from Mauthausen to Cairo, the relentless pursuit of SS doctor Aribert Heim / by Kulish, Nicholas.; Mekhennet, Souad.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The compelling story of the hunt for Aribert Heim, whose decades-long flight from justice turned a mid-level SS officer and concentration camp doctor into the most wanted Nazi war criminal in the world. Dr. Aribert Heim worked at the Mauthausen concentration camp for only a few months in 1941 but left a horrifying mark on the memories of survivors. According to their testimony, Heim euthanized patients with injections of gasoline into their hearts. He performed surgeries on otherwise healthy people. Some recalled prisoners' skulls set out on his desk to display perfect sets of teeth. In the chaos of the postwar period, Heim was able to slip away from his dark past and establish himself as a reputable doctor in the resort town of Baden-Baden. He was tall, handsome, a bit of a charmer, and quickly settled down with a wife and children in peace and comfort. But certain rare individuals in Germany were unwilling to let Nazi war criminals go unpunished. Among them was a police investigator named Alfred Aedtner, who turned finding Heim into an overriding obsession; his quest took him across Europe and across decades, and into a close alliance with legendary Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal. This is the incredible story of how Aribert Heim evaded capture, living in a working-class neighborhood of Cairo, praying in Arabic, beloved by an adopted Muslim family, while inspiring a manhunt that outlived him by many years. He became the "Eternal Nazi," a symbol of Germany's evolving attitude toward the sins of its past, which finally crested in a desire to see justice done at almost any cost"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Heim, Aribert, 1914-1982.; Mauthausen (Concentration camp); Fugitives from justice; Fugitives from justice; Human experimentation in medicine; Physicians; War criminals; World War, 1939-1945;
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The widows / by Montgomery, Jess,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.When Lily Ross learns that her husband, Daniel Ross, the town's widely respected sheriff, is killed while transporting a prisoner, she is devastated and vows to avenge his death. Hours after his funeral, a stranger appears at her door. Marvena Whitcomb, a coal miner's widow, is unaware that Daniel has died, and begs to speak with him about her missing daughter. From miles away but worlds apart, Lily and Marvena's lives collide as they realize that Daniel was not the man that either of them believed him to be--and that his murder is far more complex than either of them could have imagined. Inspired by the true story of Ohio's first female sheriff, this is a powerful debut about two women's search for justice as they take on the corruption at the heart of their community.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Jones, Mother, 1837-1930; Collins, Maude, 1893-1972; Nineteen twenties; Widows; Murder; Secrecy;
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The Limey. by Soderbergh, Steven,film director.; Newman, Barry,actor.; Ann Warren, Lesley,actor.; Guzmán, Luis,actor.; Fonda, Peter,actor.; Stamp, Terence,actor.; Lionsgate (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Barry Newman, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmán, Peter Fonda, Terence StampOriginally produced by Lionsgate in 1999.After his release from a British prison, a former professional thief (Terence Stamp) finds out his daughter has been murdered in Los Angeles and travels there to learn the truth about her death. With the investigative assistance of another ex-con he comes face to face with a high-rolling record producer, with whom his daughter was having an affair.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Crime.; Detective and mystery films.; Drama.; Motion pictures.;
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The librarian of Saint-Malo : a novel / by Escobar, Mario,1971-author.; Abernathy, Gretchen,translator.; translation of:Escobar, Mario,1971-Bibliotecaria de Saint-Malo.English.;
"Through letters with a famous author, one French librarian tells her love story and describes the brutal Nazi occupation of her small coastal village. Saint-Malo, France: 1939. Jocelyn and Antoine are childhood sweethearts, but just after they marry and are hoping for a child, Antoine is called up to fight against Germany. As the war rages, Jocelyn focuses on comforting and encouraging the local population by recommending books from her beloved library in Saint-Malo.She herself finds hope in her letters to a famous author. After the French capitulation, the Nazis occupy the town and turn it into a fortress to control the north of French Brittany. Residents try passive resistance, but the German commander ruthlessly purges part of the city's libraries to destroy any potentially subversive writings. At great risk to herself, Jocelyn manages to hide some of the books while waiting to receive news from Antoine, who has been taken to a German prison camp. What unfolds in her letters is Jocelyn's description of her mission: to protect the people of Saint-Malo and the books they hold so dear. With prose both sweeping and romantic, Mario Escobar brings to life the occupied city and re-creates the history of those who sacrificed all to care for the people they loved."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; World War, 1939-1945;
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A peculiar combination / by Weaver, Ashley,author.;
"The first in the Electra McDonnell series from Edgar-nominated author Ashley Weaver, set in England during World War II, A Peculiar Combination is a delightful mystery filled with spies, murder, romance, and the author's signature wit. Electra McDonnell has always known that the way she and her family earn their living is slightly outside of the law. Breaking into the homes of the rich and picking the locks on their safes may not be condoned by British law enforcement, but World War II is in full swing, Ellie's cousins Colm and Toby are off fighting against Hitler, and Uncle Mick's more honorable business as a locksmith can't pay the bills any more. So when Uncle Mick receives a tip about a safe full of jewels in the empty house of a wealthy family, he and Ellie can't resist. All goes as planned-until the pair are caught redhanded. Ellie expects them to be taken straight to prison, but instead they are delivered to a large townhouse, where government official Major Ramsey is waiting with an offer: either Ellie agrees to help him break into a safe and retrieve blueprints that will be critical to the British war effort, before they can be delivered to a German spy, or he turns her over to the police. Ellie doesn't care for the Major's imperious manner, but she has no choice, and besides, she's eager to do her bit for king and country. She may be a thief, but she's no coward. When she and the Major break into the house in question, they find instead the purported German spy dead on the floor, the safe already open and empty. Soon, Ellie and Major Ramsey are forced to put aside their differences to unmask the double-agent, as they try to stop allied plans falling into German hands"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; War fiction.; Historical fiction.; Thieves; Murder; World War, 1939-1945;
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Crazy house / by Patterson, James,1947-; Charbonnet, Gabrielle.;
In a future world where teenagers are taken, imprisoned, and forced to fight for their survival, well-behaved Cassie will do whatever it takes to save her rebellious twin sister from Death Row.LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Dystopias.; Twin sisters; Prisoners; Survival; Conformity;
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