Summary: Michael Peterson was 19 years old in 1974. Reckless, and hoping to make a name for himself, he picked up a homemade sawed-off shotgun and set off to rob a post office. Caught and arrested soon after, he was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison. Ultimately, Peterson ended up behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which were spent in solitary confinement. While incarcerated, his alter ego,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2010

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Summary: Directors Albert and Allen Hughes and screenwriter Tyger Williams were barely into their twenties when they sent shock waves through American cinema and hip-hop culture with this fatalistic, unflinching vision of life and death on the streets of Watts, Los Angeles, in the 1990s. There, in the shadow of the riots of 1965 and 1992, young Caine is growing up under the influence of his ruthless,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: Presents the story of Rollen Stewart, also known as the Rainbow Man, who achieved notoriety in the late 1970s by appearing in the crowd at thousands of televised sporting events wearing a rainbow-colored afro wig and carrying signs encouraging the audience to be saved by Jesus Christ. Follows his obsession with attracting attention from the media, and his descent into violent behavior.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Other Cinema DVD 2004

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Motz, Anna

Summary: "An examination of the psychology of women who commit violent crimes"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024

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Summary: The story follows a young mother who, when on a day trip with her husband and son, commits a startling act of violence and, to her horror, has no idea why. The event launches an inverted and utterly surprising crime thriller whose driving force is not the 'who' or the 'what,' but the 'why.' When an investigator finds himself obsessed with uncovering the woman's buried motive, together they...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018

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Summary: Following the murder of a couple by their eleven-year old son, Detective Harry Ambrose returns to his hometown in rural New York to assess the unsettling and heart wrenching crime. He finds himself pitted against those who'll stop at nothing to protect its secrets.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018

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Li, Winnie M.

Summary: "One bright spring afternoon in West Belfast, cosmopolitan Taiwanese-American tourist Vivian's path collides with fifteen-year-old Irish teenager Johnny and culminates in a horrifying act of violence. Inspired by true events, a riveting novel of suspense about of the dark chapters and chance encounters that can irrevocably determine the shape of our lives"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2018

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Vivaldi, Antonio

Contents: Concerto for violoncello, strings and basso continuo in A minor, RV 418 -- Concerto for strings and basso continuo in C major, RV 117 -- Concerto for strings and basso continuo in F minor, RV 143 -- Concerto for violin, violoncello, strings and basso continuo in B-flat major, RV 547 -- Concerto for 2 violins, 2 violoncelli, strings and basso continuo in G major, RV 575 -- Concerto for 4...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1992

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Summary: Life in Judge Harry Stone's court starts with a tear (as the gang says farewell to Selma) and a horselaugh (as they welcome wiseacre Flo to the municipal menagerie). Harry and his staff contend with New York's zaniest nuts and dolts: the usual winos, weirdos, hookers and con artists, plus an orangutan, a rock star, a man from Saturn and a gorgeous witch who has Harry under her spell.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010

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Summary: Pittsburgh corporate lawyer Nick Fallin's high life has gotten the best of him. Arrested for drug use, he is sentenced to 1,500 hours of community service. He must now squeeze those hours into his 24/7 cutthroat world of mergers, acquisitions, and board meetings. Reluctantly, he is now a part-time child advocate at Legal Aid Services, where one case after another is an eye-opening instance of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2010

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Summary: The extraordinary story of the iconic poet, musician and folksinger Violeta Parra, whose songs have become hymns for Chileans and Latin Americans alike. Director Andres Wood traces the intensity and explosive vitality of her life, from humble origins to international fame, her defense of indigenous cultures and devotion to her art.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Summary: 61st Street follows Moses Johnson, a promising Black high school athlete who is swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system, and Franklin Roberts, the public defender who takes up his case. While Roberts has promised his wife he'll retire, he takes on this case because he recognizes its potential to upend the entire Chicago judicial system, challenging the institutional...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Summary: When Paul Mason is recruited into a group of thieves looking for a big score, he has no idea their target is the famed Monte Carlo casino. Taking the reins of the operation, Mason guides the band in their carefully organized plan to life $4 million from the heavily guarded vault. But even the best plans can hit snags, and the team quickly find out that getting into a vault is only half the game.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007

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Bach, Johann Sebastian

Contents: Violin sonata in A, BWV 1015 -- Violin Sonata in G, BWV 1019 -- Toccata and fugue A minor, BWV 565 -- Violin sonata in G, BWV 1021 -- Violin sonata in C minor, BWV 1024.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Music 1999

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Summary: A down on his luck detective travels from the tough streets of Brooklyn, to the hot jazz clubs of New Orleans, and finally to voodoo rituals in the swamps of Louisiana.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2004

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Logan, T. M.

Summary: When Sarah Haywood rescues a young girl in trouble, she expects nothing in return. But her instinctive act of bravery puts her in the debt of a powerful and dangerous man, and he has other ideas. He lives by his own brutal code, and all debts must be repaid - in the only way he knows how. He offers Sarah a way to solve an impossible situation with her intolerable boss. A once-in-a-lifetime deal...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019

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Summary: Desire and a series of deadly double-crosses erupt between a married voyeuristic cop and a violent woman gangster.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Summary: Bridget Gregory makes her husband Clay steal more than half a million dollars, and then steals it from him. Hiding out in a small town, she grabs the first man she sees, Mike, to keep her cover. When Clay tracks her down, she stands to lose everything unless she can use her sexual power over Mike to lead him to murder.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2002

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Summary: After twelve years in prison, a convicted sex offender struggles to regain the life he lost, while grappling with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005

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Summary: "A self-centered New York City publicist suddenly finds himself on the deadly end of a high-powered rifle scope. Now it's a real-time race against the clock as [he] must outwit a psychotic sniper in a frantic scramble from phone booth to freedom"--Container.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003

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