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This is my America / by Johnson, Kim,1979-;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.While writing letters to Innocence X, a justice-seeking project, asking them to help her father, an innocent black man on death row, teenaged Tracy takes on another case when her brother is accused of killing his white girlfriend.LSC
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; African Americans; Teenage girls; Brothers and sisters; Prisoners; Dysfunctional families; Racism; Judicial error; Race relations; Murder;
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The warden's daughter / by Spinelli, Jerry.;
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Subjects: Children of single parents; Prison wardens; Fathers and daughters; Reformatories for women; Jails;
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Luck of the draw : my story of the air war in Europe / by Murphy, Frank D.,1921-2007,author.; Melas, Chloe,writer of foreword.; Murphy-Melas, Elizabeth,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-442) and index."Beginning on August 17, 1942, American heavy bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force took off for combat in the hostile skies over occupied Europe. The final price was staggering. 4,300 B-17s and B-24s failed to return; nearly 21,000 men were taken prisoner or interned in a neutral country, and a further 17,650 made the ultimate sacrifice. Luck of the Draw is more than a war story. It's the incredible, inspiring story of Frank Murphy, one of the few survivors from the 100th Bombardment Group, who cheated death for months in a German POW camp after being shot out of his B-17 Flying Fortress. Now with a new foreword written by his granddaughter Chloe Melas, of CNN, and daughter Elizabeth Murphy.--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Murphy, Frank D., 1921-2007.; United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 100th.; United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Squadron (H), 418th.; Stalag Luft III.; Flight navigators, Military; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The silver mask / by Black, Holly.; Clare, Cassandra.; Fischer, Scott M.;
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Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Wizards; Escaped prisoners; Magic; Good and evil; Secrecy; Schools; Friendship;
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The confidence men : how two prisoners of war engineered the most remarkable escape in history / by Fox, Margalit,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Imprisoned in a remote Turkish prison camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around camp, and one day, a Turkish officer approaches Jones with a query: Could Jones contact the spirit world to find a vast treasure rumored to be buried nearby? Jones, a trained lawyer, and Hill, a brilliant magician, use the Ouija board--and their keen understanding of the psychology of deception--to build a trap for the Turkish officers that will ultimately lead them to freedom. The Confidence Men is the story of the only known con game played for a good cause--and of a profound but unlikely friendship. Had it not been for "the Great War," Jones, the Oxford-educated son of a British lord, and Hill, a mechanic from an Australian sheep farm, would never have met. But in pain, loneliness, hunger, and isolation, they formed a powerful emotional and intellectual alliance that saved both of their lives. Margalit Fox brings her "nose for interesting facts, the ability to construct a taut narrative arc, and a Dickens-level gift for concisely conveying personality" (Kathryn Schulz, New York) to this gripping tale of psychological strategy that is rife with cunning, danger, and moments of high farce that rival anything in Catch-22"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Hill, C. W. (Cedric Waters), 1891-1975.; Jones, E. H. (Elias Henry), 1883-1942.; Escaped prisoners of war; Escaped prisoners of war; Male friendship.; Prisoner-of-war camps; Prisoner-of-war escapes; Swindlers and swindling.; World War, 1914-1918;
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Made in China : a prisoner, an SOS letter, and the hidden cost of America's cheap goods / by Pang, Amelia,1991-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."After an Oregon mother finds an SOS letter in a box of Halloween decorations, a story unfolds about the man who wrote it: a Chinese political prisoner, sentenced without trial to work grueling hours at a "reeducation" camp--manufacturing the products sold in our own big-box stores"--
Subjects: Costs, Industrial; Political prisoners; Work environment; Manufacturing industries;
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Little Dorrit [videorecording] / by Courtenay, Tom.; Davies, Andrew,1936-; Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.Little Dorrit.Videorecording.; Foy, Claire.; Lawrence, Diarmuid.; Macfadyen, Matthew,1974-; Osborne, Lisa.; Smith, Adam,director.; Walsh, Dearbhla.; 2 Entertain (Firm); BBC Video (Firm); BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.); Warner Home Video (Firm);
Claire Foy, Matthew Macfadyen, Tom Courtenay, Alun Armstrong, Judy Parfitt, Emma Pierson, Ruth Jones, Sue Johnston, Bill Paterson, Andy Serkis, James Fleet, Freema Agyeman.A man returns from abroad and finds himself intrigued by a seamstress working for his mother; his interest leads him to discover the hard truths about debt and deceit in 1820's London.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.; Marshalsea Prison (Southwark, London, England); Children of prisoners; Inheritance and succession; Love; Man-woman relationships; Prisons; Social classes; Television adaptations.; Television mini-series.; Young women;
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The wicked and the dead : the hair-raising tale of Hack Long and his outlaw gang / by Johnstone, William W.,author.; Johnstone, J. A.,author.;
As hardworking families and ambitious dreamers set down roots across the American West, others swooped down to prey upon them. And after the smoke cleared, those who lived by the gun found themselves facing justice--and vengeance. It was supposed to be a simple robbery. A fortune in gold for the taking. What Hack Long and his outlaws hadn't figured on was the Texas Rangers pouncing on them like a pack of rabid wolves. Desperate to escape, Long led his men south of the Rio Grande where they ran afoul of Mexican Rurales and were imprisoned. Unwilling to die behind the bars of the hellish prison where life is worth less than a peso, Long's band of desperadoes break out of jail and split up to escape. Now, Two-Horses, Luke Fischer, Gabriel Santana, Billy Lightning, and Long are scrabbling along a desolate landscape, heading for Texas to reclaim their ill-gotten gains, hunted by dogged lawmen, merciless Comaches, and a violent gang of bandits who also want the stolen gold.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Novels.; Brigands and robbers; Escaped prisoners; Outlaws;
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The Black Swan of Paris / by Robards, Karen,author.;
"A world at war. A beautiful young star. A mission no one expected. Paris, 1944. Celebrated singer Genevieve Dumont is both a star and a smokescreen. An unwilling darling of the Nazis, the chanteuse's position of privilege allows her to go undetected as an ally to the resistance. When her estranged mother, Lillian de Rocheford, is captured by Nazis, Genevieve knows it won't be long before the Gestapo succeeds in torturing information out of Lillian that will derail the upcoming allied invasion. The resistance movement is tasked with silencing her by any means necessary--including assassination. But Genevieve refuses to let her mother become yet one more victim of the war. Reuniting with her long-lost sister, she must find a way to navigate the perilous cross-currents of Occupied France undetected--and in time to save Lillian's life."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Entertainers; Singers; Sisters; Mothers; World War, 1939-1945; Search and rescue operations; Prisoners of war; Antiquities;
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Skyhunter / by Lu, Marie,1984-;
The Karensa Federation has conquered a dozen countries, leaving Mara as one of the last free nations in the world. Refugees flee to its borders to escape a fate worse than death, transformation into mutant war beasts known as Ghosts, creatures the Federation then sends to attack Mara. The legendary Strikers, Mara's elite fighting force, are trained to stop these monsters. But as the number of Ghosts grows and Karensa closes in, defeat seems inevitable. Still, one Striker refuses to give up hope. Robbed of her voice and home, Talin Kanami knows firsthand the brutality of the Federation. After another devastating battle, Mara seems ready to fall. But when a mysterious prisoner is brought from the front, Talin senses there's more to him than meets the eye. Is he a spy from the Federation? Or could he be the weapon that will save them all?--Publisher's description.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Epic fiction.; Dystopias.; Imaginary wars and battles; Refugees; Soldiers; Prisoners; Government, Resistance to;
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