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Popular crime : reflections on the celebration of violence / by James, Bill,1949-;
Subjects: Crime;
© c2011., Scribner,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The wives / by Fisher, Tarryn,author.;
She's never met the other wives. None of them know each other, and because of this unconventional arrangement, she can see her husband only one day a week. But she loves him so much she doesn't care. Or at least that's what she told herself. But one day, while she's doing laundry, she finds a scrap of paper in his pocket, an appointment reminder for a woman named Hannah, and she knows it's another of the wives. She thought she was fine with her arrangement, but she can't help herself: she tracked her down, and, under false pretenses, she strikes up a friendship. Hannah has no idea who she is. Then, Hannah starts showing up to her coffee dates with telltale bruises, and she realize she's being abused by her husband. Who, of course, is also her husband. But shes never known him to be violent, ever. Who exactly is her husband, and how far would she go to find the truth? Would she risk her own life? And who is his mysterious third wife?
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Family violence; Married people; Polygamy;
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Under currents / by Roberts, Nora,author.;
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a novel about the power of family to harm--and to heal. Within the walls of a tasteful, perfectly kept house in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, young Zane Bigelow feels like a prisoner of war. Strangers--and even Zane's own aunt across the lake--see his parents as a successful surgeon and his stylish wife, making appearances at their children's ballet recitals and baseball games. Zane and his sister know the truth: There is something terribly wrong. As his father's violent, controlling rages--and his mother's complicity--become more and more oppressive, Zane counts the years, months, days until he can escape. He looks out for little Britt, warning her: Be smart; Be careful. In fear for his very life, he plays along with the insidious lie that everything is fine, while scribbling his real thoughts in a secret journal he must carefully hide away. When one brutal, shattering night finally reveals cracks in the façade, Zane begins to understand that some people are willing to face the truth, even when it hurts. As he grows into manhood and builds a new kind of family, he will find that while the darkness of his past may always shadow him, it will also show him what is necessary for good to triumph--and give him strength to draw on when he once again must stand up and defend himself and the ones he loves ..."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Family violence; Adult child abuse victims;
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Under currents [sound recording] / by Roberts, Nora,author.; LaVoy, January,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by January LaVoy."From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a novel about the power of family to harm--and to heal. Within the walls of a tasteful, perfectly kept house in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, young Zane Bigelow feels like a prisoner of war. Strangers--and even Zane's own aunt across the lake--see his parents as a successful surgeon and his stylish wife, making appearances at their children's ballet recitals and baseball games. Zane and his sister know the truth: There is something terribly wrong. As his father's violent, controlling rages--and his mother's complicity--become more and more oppressive, Zane counts the years, months, days until he can escape. He looks out for little Britt, warning her: Be smart; Be careful. In fear for his very life, he plays along with the insidious lie that everything is fine, while scribbling his real thoughts in a secret journal he must carefully hide away. When one brutal, shattering night finally reveals cracks in the façade, Zane begins to understand that some people are willing to face the truth, even when it hurts. As he grows into manhood and builds a new kind of family, he will find that while the darkness of his past may always shadow him, it will also show him what is necessary for good to triumph--and give him strength to draw on when he once again must stand up and defend himself and the ones he loves ..."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Domestic fiction.; Family violence; Adult child abuse victims;
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My darling girl / by McMahon, Jennifer,1968-author.;
"Alison has never been a fan of Christmas. But with it right around the corner and her husband busily decorating their cozy Vermont home, she has no choice but to face it. Then she gets the call. Mavis, Alison's estranged mother, has been diagnosed with cancer and has only weeks to live. She wants to spend her remaining days with her daughter, son-in-law, and two granddaughters. But Alison grew up with her mother's alcoholism and violent abuse and is reluctant to unearth these traumatic memories. Still, she eventually agrees to take in Mavis, hoping that she and her mother could finally heal and have the relationship she's always dreamed of. But when mysterious and otherworldly things start happening upon Mavis's arrival, Alison begins to suspect her mother is not quite who she seems. And as the holiday festivities turn into a nightmare, she must confront just how far she is willing to go to protect her family"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Family violence; Mothers and daughters; Psychic trauma; Victims of family violence;
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Mom and Dad [videorecording] / by Arthur, Zackary,2007-actor.; Blair, Selma,1972-actor.; Cage, Nicolas,1965-actor.; Lemole, Christopher,film producer.; Taylor, Brian(Director-Screenwriter),film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Winters, Anne,actor.; Zajaros, Tim,1980-screenwriter.; Momentum Pictures,production company.; Videoville Showtime,film distributor.;
Editors, Rose Corr, Fernando Villena ; music, Mr. Bill ; director of photography, Daniel Pearl.Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Zackary Arthur, Lance Henriksen, Anne Winters.A teenage girl and her little brother must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origins causes parents to turn violently on their own kids.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for disturbing horror violence, language throughout, some sexual content/nudity and teen drug use.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Dark comedy films.; Feature films.; Horror films.; Family violence; Parent and child; Survival;
For private home use only.
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Fights [graphic novel] : one boy's triumph over violence / by Gill, Joel Christian,author.; Scott, Shannon,artist.; Rodriguez, Jade.;
Fights is the visceral and deeply affecting memoir of artist/author Joel Christian Gill, chronicling his youth and coming of age as a Black child in a chaotic landscape of rough city streets and foreboding backwoods. Propelled into a world filled with uncertainty and desperation, young Joel is pushed toward using violence to solve his problems by everything and everyone around him. But fighting doesn't always yield the best results for a confused and sensitive kid who yearns for a better, more fulfilling life than the one he was born into, as Joel learns in a series of brutal conflicts that eventually lead him to question everything he has learned about what it truly means to fight for one's life.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Gill, Joel Christian; Cartoonists; African American cartoonists; Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc.;
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No bad deed : a novel / by Chavez, Heather,author.;
Driving home one rainy night, Cassie Larkin sees a man and woman fighting on the side of the road. After calling 911, the veterinarian makes a split-second decision that will throw her sedate suburban life into chaos. Against all reason and advice, she gets out of her minivan and chases after the violent man, trying to help his victim. When Cassie physically tries to stop him, he suddenly turns on her and spits out an ominous threat: "Let her die, and I'll let you live." A veterinarian trained to heal, Cassie can't let the woman die. But while she's examining the unconscious victim, the attacker steals her car. Now he has her name. Her address. And he knows about her children. Though they warn her to be careful, the police assure her that the perpetrator-- a criminal named Carver Sweet-- won't get near her. Cassie isn't so sure. The next day-- Halloween-- her husband disappears while trick-or-treating with their six-year-old daughter. Are these disturbing events a coincidence or the beginning of a horrifying nightmare? Her husband has been growing distant-- is it possible he's become involved with another woman? Is Cassie's confrontation with the road-side attacker connected to her husband's disappearance? With all these questions swirling in her mind Cassie can trust no one, maybe not even herself. The only thing she knows for sure is that she can't sit back while the people she loves are in danger. As she desperately searches for answers, Cassie discovers that nothing is as random as it seems, and that she is more than willing to fight-- to go the most terrifying extremes-- to save her family and her marriage.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Missing persons; Stalkers; Women;
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Quantum night / by Sawyer, Robert J.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Experimental psychologist Jim Marchuk has developed a flawless technique for identifying the previously undetected psychopaths lurking everywhere in society. But while being cross-examined about his breakthrough in court, Jim is shocked to discover that he has lost his memories of six months of his life from 20 years previously - a dark time during which he himself committed heinous acts.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Psychologists; Quantum theory; Violence;
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Heaven / by Kawakami, Mieko,1976-author.; Bett, Sam,1986-translator.; Boyd, David,translator.; translation of:Kawakami, Mieko,1976-Hevun.English.;
"Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Kawakami's novel is told in the voice of a 14-year-old student subjected to relentless torment for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, the boy chooses to suffer in complete resignation. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her tormenters. These raw and realistic portrayals of bullying are counterbalanced by textured exposition of the philosophical and religious debates concerning violence to which the weak are subjected."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Bullying; Friendship; School violence;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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