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Corporations Corrupt practices Illinois Chicago Drama Corporations Corrupt practices United States Illinois Chicago Kidnapping victims United States Drama Political corruption United States Sheriffs Sheriffs United States Drama United States United States Politics and government 2001- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation DramaMorris, Dick.
Summary: Analyzes power abuses by the American government, wealthy corporations, and high-profile celebrities, in an account that addresses topics ranging from sub-prime mortgages and the secret purchases of Dubai to corporate salaries and the 2008 election.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 MORJohnston, David Cay
Summary: Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and dean of Trumpologists David Cay Johnston reveals years of eye-popping financial misdeeds by Donald Trump and his family. He takes listeners on a guided tour of how money flowed in and out of Trump's hundreds of enterprises, showing in simple terms how his family and courtiers used his presidency to enrich themselves, even putting national security at risk....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 JOHMorris, Dick.
Summary: Half of all illegal immigrants came into this country legally--and we have no way of knowing whether they're still here. Congressmen are putting their wives on their campaign payrolls--so that campaign contributions are really personal bribes. The ACLU won't allow its own directors free speech. Liberals want to strip us of the tools to stop terrorism. The UN is a cover for massive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.931 MORMueller, Tom
Summary: The author forces readers to confront fundamental questions about the balance between free speech and state secrecy, and between individual rights and corporate power as he traces the rise of whistleblowing through a series of riveting cases.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.16 MUEEisinger, Jesse
Summary: "Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing with impunity? The problem goes beyond banks deemed "Too Big to Fail" to almost every large corporation in America--to pharmaceutical companies and auto manufacturers and beyond. The Chickenshit Club--an inside reference to prosecutors too scared of failure and too daunted by legal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 EISRampton, Sheldon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 659.2 RAMSummary: Larry is a small town sheriff who witnesses what he believes is a kidnapping and rushes to rescue the woman. The kidnappers turn out to be FBI agents assigned to protect her and deliver her to a big corporation corruption trial in Chicago. The agents, it turns out, are found to be on the take and are villains who are bent on killing her.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2008