Earley, Pete.
Summary: "From New York Times bestselling author Pete Earley comes the true story of a young man who suffers a traumatic brain injury that renders him incapable of judging or feeling repulsion, and subsequently becomes the most trusted confidant of numerous imprisoned serial killers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 EARBeales, Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9337 BEAEarley, Pete.
Summary: A journalistic investigation into the criminalization of America's mentally ill describes the author's battle with the shortcomings of the mental health system and the Miami-Dade County jail after his son was declared bipolar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 EAREarley, Pete.
Summary: "Pete Earley takes a look at the checkered history of Las Vegas--when moguls, mobsters, and the world's top entertainers came together to create this ultimate monument to American excess. This book reveals the real stories of well-known power brokers like Steve Wynn, Vegas legends like Howard Hughes and Bugsy Siegel, and the rise and fall and rise again of the entrepreneurs behind one of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.3 EARWynne Pechter, Lesley
Summary: Illustrations of animals from an alligator to a zebra, including such creatures as a loon, an urchin, and a vole, introduce the letters of the alphabet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WYN BOARDBergen, Peter L.
Summary: The gripping account of the decade-long hunt for the world's most wanted man. It was only a week before 9/11 that Peter Bergen turned in the manuscript of Holy War, Inc ., the story of Osama bin Laden--whom Bergen had once interviewed in a mud hut in Afghanistan--and his declaration of war on America. The book became a New York Times bestseller and the essential portrait of the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2012
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Summary: Forget about the straight and narrow. Clever con Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) intends to go straight to the bank. Fresh from the slammer, he begins work on a heist that will either set him up for life or send him up forever. Croker and his unruly lot of thieves take on the mob, the police and the gridlocked traffic of Turin to rob a heavily armed shipment of gold bullion in The Italian job.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2003
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ITASummary: Rachel, a young Jewish girl hiding from the Nazi's during World War II in The Netherlands, sees her hiding place blown up. She escapes with her rescuer, a young sailor, but the boat sails into a trap set by the Germans. She escapes and joins the resistance, and under the false name Ellis de Vries she meets SS-hauptsturmf┬⌐╞´hrer Ludwig Muntze on a train smuggling weapons. She goes to his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLASummary: Seventh continent: The day-to-day routines of a seemingly ordinary Austrian family begin to take on a sinister complexion in Michael Haneke's chilling portrait of bourgeois anomie giving way to shocking self-destruction.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Bergen, Peter L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 958.1046 BINBergen, Peter L.
Summary: "The world's leading expert on Osama bin Laden delivers for the first time the definitive biography of a man who set the course of American foreign policy for the 21st century, and whose ideological heirs we continue to battle today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BIN LADEN, OSAMA BERBergen, Peter L.
Summary: Based on exhaustive research and unprecedented access to White House officials, CIA analysts, Pakistani intelligence, and the military, this is the definitive account of ten years in pursuit of bin Laden and of the twilight of Al-Qaeda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.325 BERBergen, Peter L.
Summary: The gripping account of the decade-long hunt for the world's most wanted man. It was only a week before 9/11 that Peter Bergen turned in the manuscript of Holy War, Inc ., the story of Osama bin Laden--whom Bergen had once interviewed in a mud hut in Afghanistan--and his declaration of war on America. The book became a New York Times bestseller and the essential portrait of the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishing Group 2012
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Bergen, Peter L.
Summary: Since 9/11, some 300 Americans--born and raised in Minnesota, Alabama, New Jersey, and elsewhere--have been indicted or convicted of terrorism charges. Some have taken the fight abroad: Americans were among those who planned the attacks in Mumbai, and more recently a dozen US citizens have sought to join ISIS. Others have acted entirely on American soil. What motivates them, how are they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931Bentley, Elizabeth Petty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Publishing Company 0000
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929-102 BENBentley, Elizabeth Petty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1980
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3755 BentlWagner, Richard
Contents: Disc one. Ouvertüre (14:36) -- Naht Euch dem Strande (4:32) -- Geliebter, sag, wo weilt dein Sinn? (5:19) -- Dir töne Lob (2:46) -- Dank deiner Huld! (3:03) -- Geliebter, komm! Sieh dort die Grotte (5:05) -- Stets soll nur dir mein Lied ertönen (1:43) -- Zieh hin, Wahnbetörter (3:31) -- Nein! Mein Stolz soll dir den Jammer sparen (6:37) -- Frau Holda kam aus dem Berg hervor (2:22) -- Zu dir...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teldec Classics 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD OPERA WAGSummary: PBS explores the snowy owl, the official bird of Quebec made popular by the Harry Potter series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Mule: Earl Stone is a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. Even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl's past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it's uncertain if he'll...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CLIBerger, Peter L.
Summary: Two top sociologists map out how people can reclaim their convictions from the twin dangers of fundamentalism and a loss of moral values, exploring the roles of humor, doubt, and social norms in moderating views to avoid becoming fanatical.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne/HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 121.63 BERContents: Disc one Star revue / Warren Lee -- Why you wanna do it / Willie Harper -- Blues tears and sorrow / John Williams -- Sinner girl / Benny Spellman -- Love affair / Eldridge Holmes -- Let's make it / Joe Haywood -- Get low down / Curly Moore -- Hercules / Aaron Neville -- Struttin' on Sunday / Aaron Neville -- Climb the ladder / Warren Lee -- Don't pity me / Curly Moore -- Oh love this is Sonny /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Snapper UK 0000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES SEESummary: The search begins. For the mistress and the son of a mob boss. For Barry 'Bottomless Pit' Rosen, missing soon after he won a competitive chili-eating contest. For an air traffic controller who reported possible terrorist activity. For a basketball star, a stripper, a victim of Hurricane Katrina. Some of them are reunited with loved ones. Some remain forever missing. All are part of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WITSummary: Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board the slave ship Amistad bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Home Entertainment 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AMISummary: Garfield's owner, Jon, takes in sweet, but dimwitted pooch Odie, turning Garfield's perfect world upside-down. Now Garfield wants only one thing: Odie out of his home and his life! But when the hapless pup disappears and is kidnapped by a nasty dog trainer, Garfield, feeling responsible, tears himself away from the TV and springs into action.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004