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Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and social justice that is rapidly transforming America--and explains why it will fail to accomplish its noble goals. For much of history, societies have violently oppressed ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities. It is no surprise that many who passionately believe in social justice came to believe that members of marginalized groups need to take pride in...
2) Peril
Author
Publisher
ZEBRA BOOKS, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"When a cop killer resurfaces in Denver, enlisting the help of a pair of local lowlifes, it marks the beginning of a violent crime spree that will wreak havoc and endanger lives. Law enforcement is on alert from the first sighting of the cold-blooded trio. To take down this brutal gang, only those willing to risk everything they hold dear stand a chance . . .First, a pair of Denver police officers facing each other for the first time after one night...
3) Metro
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
1997.
Description
Roper, a hostage negotiator, catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"For nearly a century, Rikers Island has stood on a 416-acre strip of land in the East River, housing an average daily population of 10,000 prisoners (the majority of whom are awaiting arraignment and trial), employing about the same number of corrections officers and civilian workers, and costing just over $$800 million per year to operate. Which is why, when Mayor Bill De Blasio announced in 2017 that Rikers would be closed within the next decade,...
Author
Series
Publisher
UDON Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
In a new graphic novel adaptation, escaped convict Jean Valjean risks his freedom to take care of a motherless young girl during a period of political unrest in Paris while Inspector Javert relentlessly pursues him for a minor crime.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"With [this book], ... Oluo aims to show how people across America are working to create real positive change in our structures. Looking at many of our most powerful systems--like education, media, labor, health, housing, policing, and more--she highlights what people are doing to create change for intersectional racial equity. She also illustrates various ways in which the reader can find entryways into change in these same areas, or can bring some...
Author
Series
Saga volume 11
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
In this latest "season," single mother Alana and her children fight for scraps to survive, while the rich and powerful race to forge new allegiances in the universe's never-ending war.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Stephen Bright emerged on the scene as a cause lawyer in the early decades of mass incarceration, when inflammatory politics and harsh changes to criminal justice policy were crashing down on the most vulnerable members of society. He dedicated his career to unleashing social change by representing clients that society had long ago discarded, and advocated for all to receive a fair trial. In Demand the Impossible, Robert L. Tsai traces Bright's remarkable...
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Timed to the start of the first trial in March 2024, this essential volume collects the four unprecedented indictments against Donald Trump and features extensive commentary by NYU law professors and MSNBC contributors Melissa Murray and Andrew Weissmann. In the long span of American history, Donald Trump is the first former president to face criminal indictment. He is the subject of a series of explosive charges across four cases: the January 6...
13) Born to hang
Author
Series
Jeremiah Halstead western volume 4
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Jeremiah Halstead knew it would be hard to uphold the law in a buckwild boomtown like Silver Cloud, Montana. He also knew it would be easy to make some dangerous enemies. But he never counted on a foe as flat-out evil as Ed Zimmerman. This cold, conniving cutthroat may be awaiting trial, but the outlaw bounty he placed on Halstead's head is still in effect. Warrants have been issued for Halstead's arrest -- and even his once-close friends are looking...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Racism has persisted throughout history - but so have antiracist efforts to dismantle it. Through deep research and a gripping narrative that illuminates the lives of 5 key American figures, preeminent historian Dr. Ibram X. Kendi reveals how understanding and improving the word cannot happen without identifying and facing the racist forces that shape it.Stamped from the Beginning explores, with vivid clarity and dimensionality, the living history...
15) Miranda's victim
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
2024, 2023
Description
"In 1963, Trish Weir is sexually assaulted and her assailant is caught and tried. But after he confesses without legal aid and is granted a retrial, it triggers a legal proceeding that forever alters the nation's justice system." --container.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"When Nazis looked to flee Europe with stolen art, gems, and gold in tow, certain "neutral" countries were all too willing to assist them. By the end of January 1945, it was clear to Germany that the war was lost. The Third Reich was in freefall, and its leaders, apart from those clustered around Hitler in his Berlin bunker, sought to abscond before they were besieged. But they wanted to take their wealth with them. Their escape routes were diverse:...
17) Rhythm
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
In a town once vibrant but now affected by unemployment and food insecurity, a young girl watches the seasons go by.
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