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The railway man : a POW's searing account of war, brutality and forgiveness / by Lomax, Eric.;
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Subjects: Lomax, Eric.; Burma-Siam Railroad; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war;
© 2012, c1995., W.W. Norton,
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A knock at midnight : a story of hope, justice, and freedom / by Barnett, Brittany K.,author.;
"An urgent call to free those buried alive by America's legal system, and an inspiring true story about unwavering belief in humanity--from a gifted young lawyer and important new voice in the movement to transform the system. Brittany K. Barnett was only a law student when she came across the case that would change her life forever--that of Sharanda Jones, single mother, business owner, and, like Brittany, Black daughter of the rural South. A victim of America's devastating war on drugs, Sharanda had been torn away from her young daughter and was serving a life sentence without parole--for a first-time drug offense. In Sharanda, Brittany saw haunting echoes of her own life, both as the daughter of a formerly incarcerated mother and as the once-girlfriend of an abusive drug dealer. As she studied this case, a system came into focus: one where widespread racial injustice forms the core of America's addiction to incarceration. Moved by Sharanda's plight, Brittany set to work to gain her freedom. This had never been the plan. Bright and ambitious, Brittany was a successful accountant on her way to a high-powered future in corporate law. But Sharanda's case opened the door to a harrowing journey through the criminal justice system. By day she moved billion-dollar deals, and by night she worked pro bono to free clients in near-hopeless legal battles. Ultimately, her path transformed her understanding of injustice in the courts, of genius languishing behind bars, and the very definition of freedom itself. Brittany's riveting memoir is at once a coming-of-age story and a powerful evocation of what it takes to bring hope and justice to a system built to resist them both"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Barnett, Brittany K.; Jones, Sharanda; Clemency; Criminal defense lawyers; Judicial error; Prisoners;
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Lightning down : a World War II story of survival / by Clavin, Thomas,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The incredible true story of fighter pilot Joe Moser's war in the sky and secret survival at Buchenwald during World War II. On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his 44th combat mission over occupied France. Soon, he would join almost 150 other Allied airmen as prisoners in Buchenwald, one of the most notorious and deadly of Nazi concentration camps. Tom Clavin's Lightning Down tells this largely untold and riveting true story. Moser was just 22 years old, a farmboy from Washington State who fell in love with flying. During the war he realized his dream of piloting a P-38 Lightning, one of the most effective weapons the Army Air Corps had against the powerful German Luftwaffe. But on that hot August morning he had to bail out of his damaged, burning plane. Captured immediately, Moser's journey into hell began. Joe Moser and his courageous comrades from England, Canada, New Zealand, and elsewhere endured against impossible odds in the most horrific surroundings ... until the day the orders are issued by Hitler himself to execute them. Only a most desperate plan might save them. The page-turning momentum of Lightning Down is like that of a thriller, but the stories of imprisoned and brutalized airmen are true and told in unforgettable detail, led by the distinctly American voice of Joe Moser, who prays every day to be reunited with his family. Lightning Down is a can't-put-down inspiring saga of brave men confronting great evil and great odds against survival"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Moser, Joseph F.; United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 429th; Buchenwald (Concentration camp); Fighter pilots; Prisoners of war; Prisoners of war; World War, 1939-1945;
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Moscow exile / by Lawton, John,1949-author.;
"From "quite possibly the best historical novelist we have" (Philadelphia Inquirer), the fourth Joe Wilderness spy thriller, moving from Red Scare-era Washington, DC to a KGB prison near Moscow's Kremlin. In Moscow Exile, John Lawton departs from his usual stomping grounds of England and Germany to jump across the Atlantic to Washington, DC, in the fragile postwar period where the Red Scare is growing noisier every day. Charlotte is a British expatriate who has recently settled in the nation's capital with her second husband, a man who looks intriguingly like Clark Gable, but her enviable dinner parties and soirées aren't the only things she is planning. Meanwhile, Charlie Leigh-Hunt has been posted to Washington as a replacement for Guy Burgess, last seen disappearing around the corner and into the Soviet Union. Charlie is soon shocked to cross paths with Charlotte, an old flame of his, who, thanks to all her gossipy parties, has a packed pocketbook full of secrets she is eager to share. Two decades or so later, in 1969, Joe Wilderness is stuck on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain, held captive by the KGB, a chip in a game way above his pay grade--but his old friends Frank and Eddie are going to try to spring him out of the toughest prison in the world. All roads lead back to Berlin, and to the famous Bridge of Spies ... Featuring crackling dialogue, brilliantly plotted Cold War intrigue, and the return of beloved characters, including Inspector Troy, Moscow Exile is a gripping thriller populated by larger-than-life personalities in a Cold War plot that feels strangely in tune with our present"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Spy fiction.; Novels.; Wilderness, Joe (Fictitious character); Cold War; Intelligence officers; Prisoners; Traitors;
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The traitor's daughter : captured by Nazis, pursued by the KGB, my mother's odyssey to freedom from her secret past / by Spicer, Roxana,author.;
"The masterful narration of a daughter's decades-long quest to understand her extraordinary mother, who was born in Lenin's Soviet Union, served as a combat soldier in the Red Army, and endured three years of Nazi captivity -- but never revealed her darkest secrets. As a child, Roxana Spicer would sometimes wake to the sound of the Red Army choir. She would tip-toe downstairs to find her mother, cigarette in one hand and Black Russian in the other, singing along. Roxana would keep her company, and wonder ... Everyone in their village knew Agnes Spicer was Russian, that she had been a captive of the Nazis. And that was all they knew, because Agnes kept her secrets close: how she managed to escape Germany, what the tattoo on her arm meant, even her real name. Discovering the truth about her beloved, charismatic, volatile mother became Roxana's obsession. Throughout her career as a journalist and documentarian, between investigations across Canada and around the world, she always went home to ask her mother more questions, often while filming. Roxana also took every chance to visit the few places that she did know played a role in her mother's story: Bad Salzuflen, Germany, home to POW slave labourers during the war; notorious concentration camps; and Russia. Under Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and the early years of Putin, she was able to find people, places, and documents that are now -- perhaps forever -- lost again. The Traitor's Daughter is intimate and exhaustively researched, vividly conversational, and shot through with Agnes Spicer's irrepressible, fiery personality. It is a true labour of love as well as a triumph of blending personal biography with sweeping history."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Spicer, Agnes.; Spicer, Roxana; Auschwitz (Concentration camp); Ex-Nazi concentration camp inmates; Family secrets.; Mothers and daughters.; World War, 1939-1945; Russian Canadians;
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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;
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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.
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Fighting words / by Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.;
Depending on an older sister who protected her when their mother went to prison and their mother's boyfriend committed a terrible act, 10-year-old Della tries to figure out what to do when her older sister attempts suicide."Ten-year-old Della can rely on her older sister, Suki, for anything, but when Suki attempts suicide, Della must seek help and speak out about the sexual abuse they've both suffered at the hands of their mother's boyfriend"-- Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Sisters; Middle school students; Suicidal behavior; Children of prisoners; Sex crimes; Foster children;
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Milo imagines the world / Milo imagina el mundo (English & Español) [yoto card] : Yoto card / by de la Peña, Matt.; Robinson, Christian.;
Read by Dion Graham (English narrator); Alejandro Vargas-Lugo (Spanish narrator).For use with a Yoto Player, the Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.Milo is on a long subway ride with his older sister. To pass the time, he studies the faces around him and makes pictures of their lives. There's the whiskered man with the crossword puzzle; Milo imagines him playing solitaire in a cluttered apartment full of pets. There's the wedding-dressed woman with a little dog peeking out of her handbag; Milo imagines her in a grand cathedral ceremony. And then there's the boy in the suit with the bright white sneakers; Milo imagines him arriving home to a castle with a drawbridge and a butler. But when the boy in the suit gets off on the same stop as Milo - walking the same path, going to the exact same place - Milo realizes you can't really know anyone just by looking at them. Está el hombre de bigotes con un crucigrama; Milo lo dibuja jugando al solitario en un apartamento desordenado. Está la mujer vestida de novia; Milo la dibuja en una gran ceremonia en la catedral. Y luego está el chico del traje; Milo lo dibuja llegando a su hogar, que es un castillo. ¿Pero qué pasa si la vida de cada uno es diferente de lo que Milo imaginó inicialmente?Ages 4 to 8.System requirements: 1 Yoto Player smart speaker or Yoto Player app on a device or NFC touchpoint to stream.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Sound recordings.; Drawing; Imagination; Prisoners' families; Brothers and sisters; Subways; Spanish language materials; Preloaded audiobook.; Yoto audio card.;
© 2021., Yoto Inc.
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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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