Berman, Ella
Summary: "A deep dive into the psyche of a young actress raised in the spotlight under the influence of a charming, manipulative film director and the moment when she decides his time for winning is over. At the height of her career and on the eve of her first Golden Globe nomination, teen star Grace Turner disappeared. Now, tentatively sober and surprisingly numb, Grace is back in Los Angeles after her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERSummary: A grown woman confronts an older man, her former neighbor, to find out why he abandoned her after they had a sexual relationship when she was thirteen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Vision Films 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA UNABarr, John
Summary: "From ESPN journalists whose investigation garnered a Peabody Award, the full devastating story of former physician Larry Nassar's serial abuse of America's elite gymnasts and others, revealing the win-at-all-costs culture in youth athletics and higher education that enabled him"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.15 BARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 364.15 BARSummary: Tensions erupt when white prisoner Clark, an accused child molester, joins their ranks. Universally detested by his fellow inmates for committing the most heinous crime imaginable, clark becomes a catalyst for anger and violence that breeds behind bars and sets off a horrifying chain of events.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber Corporation 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SHOPesta, Abigail
Summary: Chronicles the story of how serial sexual predator Larry Nassar got away with decades of abuse before a team of brave women banded together to stop him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 364.15 PESCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.15 PESSummary: Investigates the 2011 Penn State child molestation scandal, in which Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was accused of several accounts of child sexual abuse and head coach Joe Paterno and university administration were implicated in a coverup. Looks at the effects of the scandal on the Penn State student body, Penn State alumni, and residents of State College, Pennsylvania. Covers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HAPTarbox, Katherine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.153 TARBernhardt, William
Summary: Oklahoma lawyer Ben Kincaid, assigned to defend a black man accused of a ten-year-old murder, finds a link to a missing boy and a child molester.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERSalter, Anna C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pocket Star Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SALPerrotta, Tom
Summary: A group of young suburban parents, including a stay-at-home dad, a former feminist, and an over-structured mom, finds its sleepy existence shattered when a convicted child molester moves back into town and two of the parents have an affair.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PERSummary: Investigates the secret crimes of Father Lawrence Murphy, a Milwaukee priest who abused more than 200 deaf children in a school under his control. The film documents the first known public protest against the pontiff himself. The investigation helped uncover documents from the secret Vatican archives that show the Pope, who must operate within the mysterious rules of the Roman Curia, as both...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docuramafilms 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MEAWalters, Minette.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WALSummary: The true story of the most notorious pediphile priest in the modern history of the Catholic church. Amy Berg travels to Ireland where Father Oliver O'Grady now lives free under church protection.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2007
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DELSummary: Sarah Pierce is a new stay at home mom struggling with the solitude of her new role. Spending every moment with a three year old tests the patience of the one-time English scholar. One day, at a local playground, she interacts with a group of moms and the differences are clear. They embrace motherhood and seem to relish all that their new role brings. One day, Brad, a stay at home dad brings...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LITMarzano-Lesnevich, Alexandria
Summary: "Before Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich begins a summer job at a law firm in Louisiana, working to help defend men accused of murder, she thinks her position is clear. The child of two lawyers, she is staunchly anti-death penalty. But the moment convicted murderer Ricky Langley's face flashes on the screen as she reviews old tapes -- the moment she hears him speak of his crimes -- she is overcome...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARZANO-LESNEVICH, ALEXANDRIA MARSummary: A dark comedy that centers around three sisters struggling to achieve happiness and middle class perfection. Includes illicit sexual behavior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HAPSummary: A psychopathic murderer of young girls terrorizes a German city causing public hysteria and intense police investigations, which in turn disrupts organized crime. The contrasting worlds of the police and the underworld are juxtaposed as they both resolve to hunt, capture, and try the murderer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic-Film S.A. 1998
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MDisher, Garry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DISWalters, Minette.
Summary: When Dr. Sophie Morrison answers a call for help at the housing project known as Acid Row, she is unaware that she's entering the home of a known pedophile and a minefield of hatred.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M WALSalter, Anna C.
Contents: The problem -- Deception -- Techniques of deception -- Child molesters -- Rapists -- Sadists -- Psychopaths: fooling people for the thrill of it -- Staff seductions -- Rose-colored glasses and trauma -- Detecting deception -- Protecting our children and ourselves : deflecting sex offenders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2004