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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The unforgettable and inspiring true story of Brian Banks, whose youth was shattered by a miscarriage of justice, yet who still found a way to achieve his dream of playing in the NFL."--Back cover.
"At age sixteen, Brian Banks was a happy, popular high school junior--and a nationally recruited All-American Football player, ranked eleventh in the nation as a linebacker. But before his seventeenth birthday, he was in jail, awaiting trial on charges...
1346) El castillo de cristal
Author
Series
Bestseller) volume 1139/1
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
497 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Jeanette Walls narra en EL CASTILLO DE CRISTAL el gran secreto de su familia. Su infancia queda marcada por unos padres carismáticos pero sobrecargados de problemas: el padre es alcohólico y la madre es una pintora que aborrece la vida convencional y no asume la responsabilidad de criar a sus hijos. Los cuatro hermanos aprenden a cuidar de sí mismos, se protegen unos a otros, y finalmente consiguen salir del círculo infernal en que se convierte...
1347) American mother
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
237 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"In late 2021, Diane Foley sat at a table across from her son's killer, Alexanda Kotey, a member of the ISIS group known as "The Beatles" who plead guilty to the kidnapping, torture, and murder of her son seven years before. Kotey was about to go serve life imprisonment and this was Diane's chance to talk to the man who had been involved with brutally taking her son's last breath. What would she say to his killer? What would he reveal to her? Might...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xviii, 222 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"There is perhaps no starker example of the domestic costs and blindspots of America's modern military exploits than the continued practice of deporting men and women who have served in our armed forces. In this book, J. Malcolm Garcia reports from across the country and abroad, profiling veterans who have been deported, as well as the families and friends they have left behind. Without a Country analyzes the political and cultural climate that has...
1350) The Russian girl
Author
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A drawing room comedy featuring Richard Vaisey, an English expert on Russian literature, who falls for a Russian poetess. He is reluctant to leave his wife because she has lots of money and when he finally takes the plunge he discovers, to his regret, she also has lots of imagination--for revenge.
1351) The day freedom died: the Colfax massacre, the Supreme Court, and the betrayal of Reconstruction
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
xviii, 326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
254 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Explore the highs and lows of modern life through the sharp, dark wit of Ruby Elliot--creator of the massively popular Tumblr account, Rubyetc, which has over 210k followers and growing. Ruby's simple drawings of not-so-simple issues capture the humor and melancholy of everyday life. Her comics appeal to both new adults who are beginning to explore these subjects and to battle-tested veterans of the daily struggles of life with mental illness. Elliot...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
x, 301 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Journalist David Patrikarakos has reported on war zones from the Congo to Ukraine. Yet, it has become increasingly apparent that simultaneous battles are now being waged on social media platforms-- and this virtual warfare is only gaining in importance, becoming every bit as real and often more significant than the fighting on the ground. The traditional concept of war as a clear, military battle between two identifiable parties is dying, if not...
1355) Great generals: Vol. 2
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (216 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Second segment in a two-part documentary series profiling America's greatest generals. Presented here are the careers of Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, Joseph Stilwell, George C. Marshall and George S. Patton. Also includes six short WWII training/indoctrination films.
Bonus films: Soldiers in greasepaint: Stars of stage, screen and radio entertain the troops during WWII. The Fighting First: The 1st Infantry Division in eight campaigns and three invasions....
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