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Second Watch A J. P. Beaumont Novel [electronic resource] : by Jance, J. A..aut; CloudLibrary;
With Second Watch, New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance delivers another thought-provoking novel of suspense starring Seattle investigator J. P. Beaumont.   Second Watch shows Beaumont taking some time off to get knee replacement surgery, but instead of taking his mind off work, the operation plunges him into one of the most perplexing mysteries he's ever faced.   His past collides with his present in this complex and thrilling story that explores loss and heartbreak, duty and honor, and, most importantly, the staggering cost of war and the debts we owe those who served in the Vietnam War, and those in uniform today.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Legal; War & Military; Historical; International Mystery & Crime; Hard-Boiled; Police Procedural; Traditional; Suspense; Crime;
© 2013., HarperCollins,
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A Better Tomorrow II. by Woo, John,film director.; Yun-Fat, Chow,actor.; Shek, Dean,actor.; Chu, Emily,actor.; Cheung, Leslie,actor.; Ti, Lung,actor.; Kwan, Shan,actor.; Shout Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Chow Yun-Fat, Dean Shek, Emily Chu, Leslie Cheung, Lung Ti, Shan KwanOriginally produced by Shout Studios in 1987.A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend's daughter.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; War films.; Horror films.; Crime.; Motion pictures--China.; Martial arts.; Motion pictures--Asia.; Action films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Motion pictures--China--Hong Kong.; Action and adventure films.;
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The last girl : my story of captivity, and my fight against the Islamic State / by Murad, Nadia,author.; Clooney, Amal,writer of foreword.;
"In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story. Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in northern Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia had dreams of becoming a history teacher or opening her own beauty salon. On August 15th, 2014, when Nadia was just twenty-one years old, this life ended. Islamic State militants massacred the people of her village, executing men who refused to convert to Islam and women too old to become sex slaves. Six of Nadia's brothers were killed, and her mother soon after, their bodies swept into mass graves. Nadia was taken to Mosul and forced, along with thousands of other Yazidi girls, into the ISIS slave trade. Nadia would be held captive by several militants and repeatedly raped and beaten. Finally, she managed a narrow escape through the streets of Mosul, finding shelter in the home of a Sunni Muslim family whose eldest son risked his life to smuggle her to safety. Today, Nadia's story--as a witness to the Islamic State's brutality, a survivor of rape, a refugee, a Yazidi--has forced the world to pay attention to the ongoing genocide in Iraq. It is a call to action, a testament to the human will to survive, and a love letter to a lost country, a fragile community, and a family torn apart by war"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Murad, Nadia.; IS (Organization); Detention of persons; Human rights workers; Prisoners; Women and war; Women; Yezidis;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A Better Tomorrow. by Woo, John,film director.; Yun-Fat, Chow,actor.; Chu, Emily,actor.; Cheung, Leslie,actor.; Ti, Lung,actor.; Fui-On, Shing,actor.; Lee, Waise,actor.; Shout Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Chow Yun-Fat, Emily Chu, Leslie Cheung, Lung Ti, Shing Fui-On, Waise LeeOriginally produced by Shout Studios in 1986.A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; War films.; Horror films.; Crime.; Motion pictures--China.; Martial arts.; Film noir.; Motion pictures--Asia.; Action films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Motion pictures--China--Hong Kong.; Action and adventure films.;
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Spider bones / by Reichs, Kathy.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Brennan, Temperance (Fictitious character); Serial murders; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Women forensic anthropologists;
© 2010., Scribner,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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City on Fire. by Lam, Ringo,film director.; Ng, Carrie,actor.; Yun-Fat, Chow,actor.; Lee, Danny,actor.; Lau, Kong,actor.; Cheung, Roy,actor.; Sun, Yueh,actor.; Shout Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Carrie Ng, Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Kong Lau, Roy Cheung, Yueh SunOriginally produced by Shout Studios in 1987.An undercover cop infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; War films.; Horror films.; Crime.; Cult films.; Motion pictures--China.; Martial arts.; Film noir.; Motion pictures--Asia.; Action films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Motion pictures--China--Hong Kong.; Action and adventure films.;
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Dead of night / by Scarrow, Simon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.After Germany's invasion of Poland, the world is holding its breath and hoping for peace. At home, the Nazi Party's hold on power is absolute. One freezing night, an SS doctor and his wife return from an evening mingling with their fellow Nazis at the concert hall. By the time the sun rises, the doctor will be lying lifeless in a pool of blood. Was it murder or suicide? Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke is told that under no circumstances should he investigate. The doctor's widow, however, is convinced her husband was the target of a hit. But why would anyone murder an apparently obscure doctor? Compelled to dig deeper, Schenke learns of the mysterious death of a child. The cases seem unconnected, but soon chilling links begin to emerge that point to a terrifying secret. Even in times of war, under a ruthless regime, there are places in hell no man should ever enter. And Schenke fears he may not return alive.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; Criminal investigation; Physicians; Spouses; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hard Boiled. by Woo, John,film director.; Chau-Sang Wong, Anthony,actor.; Yun-Fat, Chow,actor.; Chan, Philip,actor.; Chung-Fung Kwok, Phillip,actor.; Sun-Kwan Mo, Teresa,actor.; Leung Chiu-wai, Tony,actor.; Shout Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Chow Yun-Fat, Philip Chan, Phillip Chung-Fung Kwok, Teresa Sun-Kwan Mo, Tony Leung Chiu-waiOriginally produced by Shout Studios in 1992.A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; War films.; Horror films.; Crime.; Motion pictures--China.; Martial arts.; Motion pictures--Asia.; Action films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Revenge in motion pictures.; Motion pictures--China--Hong Kong.; Action and adventure films.;
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38 Londres Street : on impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia / by Sands, Philippe,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In this intimate legal and historical detective story, the world-renowned lawyer and acclaimed author of East West Street traces the footsteps of two of the twentieth century's most merciless criminals -- accused of genocide and crimes against humanity -- testing the limits of immunity and impunity after Nuremberg. On the evening of October 16, 1998, Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested at a medical clinic in London. After a brutal, seventeen-year reign marked by assassinations, disappearances, and torture -- frequently tied to the infamous detention center at the heart of Santiago, Londres 38 -- Pinochet was being indicted for international crimes and extradition to Spain, opening the door to criminal charges that would follow him to the grave, in 2006. Three decades earlier, on the evening of December 3, 1962, SS-Commander Walter Rauff was arrested in his home in Punta Arenas, at the southern tip of Chile. As the overseer of the development and use of gas vans in World War II, he was indicted for the mass murder of tens of thousands of Jews and faced extradition to West Germany. Would these uncommon criminals be held accountable? Were their stories connected? The Nuremberg Trials -- where Rauff's crimes had first been read into the record, in 1945 -- opened the door to universal jurisdiction, and Pinochet's case would be the first effort to ensnare a former head of state. In this unique blend of memoir, courtroom drama, and travelogue, Philippe Sands gives us a front row seat to the Pinochet trial -- where he acted as a barrister for Human Rights Watch -- and teases out the dictator's unexpected connection to a leading Nazi who ended up managing a king crab cannery in Patagonia. A decade-long journey exposes the chilling truth behind the lives of two men and their intertwined destinies on 38 Londres Street"--
Subjects: Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto; Rauff, Walter; Crimes against humanity (International law); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Political crimes and offenses; State-sponsored terrorism; Trials (Political crimes and offenses); War crimes;
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Agatha and the Midnight Murders. by Stephenson, Joe,film director.; Petrie, Alistair,actor.; Harrison, Blake,actor.; Bramhill, Gina,actor.; Baxendale, Helen,actor.; Boatswain, Jacqueline,actor.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Alistair Petrie, Blake Harrison, Gina Bramhill, Helen Baxendale, Jacqueline BoatswainOriginally produced by PBS in 2020.This film imagines what might have happened to the author Agatha Christie. London 1940: As the Blitz rages and her future is threatened by fallout from the war, Agatha Christie makes the decision to kill off her most famous creation. With Blake Harrison, Jacqueline Boatswain, Gina Bramhill, and Helen Baxendale as Agatha Christie.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Crime.; Motion pictures, British.; Historical films.; World War, 1939-1945.; Nineteen forties.; Detective and mystery films.; Authors.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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