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The Mauritanian [videorecording] / by Cumberbatch, Benedict,1976-actor.; Foster, Jodie,actor.; Fynn, David,actor.; Johnson, Corey,1961-actor.; Kirkwood, Langley,1973-actor.; Levi, Zachary,1980-actor.; Rahim, Tahar,1981-actor.; Woodley, Shailene,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Slahi, Mohamedou Ould.Guantánamo diary.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zachary Levi, Jodie Foster, David Fynn, Langley Kirkwood, Corey Johnson.The true story of Slahi's fight for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years. Alone and afraid, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander and her associate Teri Duncan who battle the U.S. government in a fight for justice that tests their commitment to the law and their client at every turn. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by a formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch, uncovers shocking truths and ultimately proves that the human spirit cannot be locked up.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (2.40:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Legal films.; Political films.; Slahi, Mohamedou Ould; Hollander, Nancy, 1944-; Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp; False arrest; Political prisoners;
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The night is defying / by Peñaranda, Chloe C.,author.;
"Shaken from the aftermath of the Libertatem, the newly found star-maiden Astraea is determined to keep her freedom, even at the cost of betraying her heart. But time is running out to recover her memories with the hope it will unveil her killer. Embarking on a journey to discover her past, Astraea's awakening power spins the hourglass on a history threatening to repeat itself. While Nyte tries to regain control of the vampires hungry for bloodshed, a sinister plan by his brother to overthrow him sparks a dangerous feud. But are they willing to wear the blood of their kin to see it through?"--
Subjects: Vampire fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Astraea (Greek deity); Contests; Imaginary places; Kings and rulers; Man-woman relationships; Memory; Quests (Expeditions); Vampires; Women prisoners;

Papillon [videorecording] / by Flanagan, Tommy,1965-actor.; Guzikowski, Aaron,screenwriter.; Hewson, Eve,actor.; Hunnam, Charlie,1980-actor.; Koplan, David,film producer.; Malek, Rami,actor.; McFarland, Joey,film producer.; Noer, Michael,film director.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Charrière, Henri,1906-1973.Banco.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Charrière, Henri,1906-1973.Papillon.; Bleecker Street (Firm),production company.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Tommy Flanagan, Eve Hewson, Michael Socha, Ian Beattie.The epic story of Henri Charriere, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who, in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon's escape.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for violence including bloody images, language, nudity, and some sexual material.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Crime films.; Charrière, Henri, 1906-1973; Escapes; Prisons; Prisons;
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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;

Bonds of Hercules / by Mas, Jasmine,author.;
"I'm Hercules, but my powers are not what they seem. I'm trapped in a marriage with my two enemies and I've accidentally joined a cult. To make matters worse, Augustus and Kharon are trying to seduce me. It doesn't help that my mentors, Achilles and Patro, are acting really strange. Now, a dangerous prisoner has escaped from the Underworld, and things are spiraling out of control. Men are fighting over me. Mysteries are unfolding left and right. And I've had enough"--
Subjects: Queer fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Mythological fiction.; Novels.; Heracles (Greek mythological character); Cults; Gods, Greek; Hand-to-hand fighting; Immortality; Magic; Mythology, Greek; Non-monogamous relationships; Polygamy; Prisoners; Social stratification; Young women;

No good deed [videorecording] / by Bibb, Leslie,actor.; Castillo, Kate del,1972-; Elba, Idris,actor.; Henson, Taraji P,actor.; Miller, Sam,1962 September 28-; Simmons, Henry,1970-; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Idris Elba, Taraji P. Henson, Leslie Bibb, Kate del Castillo, Henry Simmons.A charming escaped convict gains entry to a mother's home by claiming car trouble, and proceeds to terrorize her and her children, shattering her idyllic suburban life.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen 2.40:1 ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Escaped prisoners; Feature films.; Home invasion; Mother and child; Murder; Thrillers (Motion pictures);
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Apostle's Cove : a novel / by Krueger, William Kent,author.;
"A few nights before Halloween, as Cork O'Connor gloomily ruminates on his upcoming sixtieth birthday, he receives a call from his son, Stephen, who is working for a nonprofit dedicated to securing freedom for unjustly incarcerated inmates. Stephen tells his father that twenty years ago, as the newly elected sheriff of Tamarack County, Cork was responsible for sending an Ojibwe man named Axel Boshey to prison for a brutal murder that Stephen is certain he did not commit. Cork feels compelled to reinvestigate the crime, but that is easier said than done. Not only is it a closed case but Axel Boshey is, inexplicably, refusing to help. The deeper Cork digs, the clearer it becomes that there are those in Tamarack County who are willing once again to commit murder to keep him from finding the truth. At the same time, Cork's seven-year-old grandson has his own theory about the investigation: the Windigo, that mythic cannibal ogre, has come to Tamarack County ... and it won't leave until it has sated its hunger for human blood"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; O'Connor, Cork (Fictitious character); Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Fathers and sons; Grandsons; Murder; Prisoners; Private investigators; Ojibwe;

Punching the air / by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu.; Salaam, Yusef; Pasha, Omar T.;
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. The story that I thought was my life didn't start on the day I was born. Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. "Boys just being boys" turns out to be true only when those boys are white. The story that I think will be my life starts today. Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it' With spellbinding lyricism, award-winning author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam tell a moving and deeply profound story about how one boy is able to maintain his humanity and fight for the truth, in a system designed to strip him of both.LSC
Subjects: Novels in verse.; False imprisonment; African American teenage boys; Teenage artists; Judicial error; Prisoners; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Criminal justice, Administration of; Justice;

Sisters under the rising sun [sound recording] / by Morris, Heather(Screenwriter),author.; Carmichael, Laura,1986-narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Laura Carmichael."A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris. In the midst of World War II, an English musician, Norah Chambers, places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific. Norah remains to care for her husband and elderly parents, knowing she may never see her child again. Sister Nesta James, a Welsh Australian nurse, has enlisted to tend to Allied troops. But as Singapore falls to the Japanese she joins the terrified cargo of people, including the heartbroken Norah, crammed aboard the Vyner Brooke merchant ship. Only two days later, they are bombarded from the air off the coast of Indonesia, and in a matter of hours, the Vyner Brooke lies broken on the seabed. After surviving a brutal 24 hours in the sea, Nesta and Norah reach the beaches of a remote island, only to be captured by the Japanese and held in one of their notorious POW camps. The camps are places of starvation and brutality, where disease runs rampant. Sisters in arms, Norah and Nesta fight side by side every day, helping whoever they can, and discovering in themselves and each other extraordinary reserves of courage, resourcefulness and determination. Sisters under the Rising Sun is a story of women in war: a novel of sisterhood, bravery and friendship in the darkest of circumstances, from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and Three Sisters"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Hope; Musicians; Nurses; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;

Sisters under the rising sun / by Morris, Heather(Screenwriter),author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris. In the midst of World War II, an English musician, Norah Chambers, places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific. Norah remains to care for her husband and elderly parents, knowing she may never see her child again. Sister Nesta James, a Welsh Australian nurse, has enlisted to tend to Allied troops. But as Singapore falls to the Japanese she joins the terrified cargo of people, including the heartbroken Norah, crammed aboard the Vyner Brooke merchant ship. Only two days later, they are bombarded from the air off the coast of Indonesia, and in a matter of hours, the Vyner Brooke lies broken on the seabed. After surviving a brutal 24 hours in the sea, Nesta and Norah reach the beaches of a remote island, only to be captured by the Japanese and held in one of their notorious POW camps. The camps are places of starvation and brutality, where disease runs rampant. Sisters in arms, Norah and Nesta fight side by side every day, helping whoever they can, and discovering in themselves and each other extraordinary reserves of courage, resourcefulness and determination. Sisters under the Rising Sun is a story of women in war: a novel of sisterhood, bravery and friendship in the darkest of circumstances, from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and Three Sisters"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Hope; Musicians; Nurses; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;

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