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1) Lolita
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When it was published in 1955, Lolita immediately became a cause celebre because of the freedom and sophistication with which it handled the unusual erotic predilections of its protagonist. But Vladimir Nabokov's wise, ironic, elegant masterpiece owes its stature as one of the twentieth century's novels of record not to the controversy its material aroused but to its author's use of that material to tell a love story almost shocking in its beauty...
2) The comeback
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"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 year of self-imposed exile. She knows the new private...
3) Pen 33
Author
Series
Ewert Grens thrillers volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Serial killer and child molester Bernt Lund escapes from prison custody, leading Detective Superintendent Ewert Grens to the most disturbing case of his career.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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 his son to the playground. Sarah is amazed to find these...
5) Una
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
6) Daddy Love
Author
Language
English
Description
Part-time preacher Chester Cash calls himself Daddy Love. He has abducted, tortured, and raped several young boys into being his lover and his 'son'. Kidnapping Robbie from his mother at a mall, he confines the child in a small box and gradually brainwashes him over subsequent years into believing that they are father and son. Dinah, the boy's mother, who was savagely injured during the abduction, clings to hope that her son is alive.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Written by a former teacher and school guidance counselor. Using the analogy of a butterfly caught in a spiders web, The kid trapper uses simple language to encourage children to tell an adult of any inappropriate experiences.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xviii, 220 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
For decades, in a small-town gym in Michigan, Larry Nassar honed his manipulations on generations of aspiring gymnasts. Kids from the neighborhood. Girls with hopes of a college scholarship. Athletes and parents with a dream. Pesta describes Nassar's increasingly bold predations through the years,...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
viii, 326 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"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 with the feeling of wanting him to die. Shocked by her...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiv, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"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"--
Barr and Murphy tell the full devastating story of former physician Larry Nassar's serial abuse of America's elite gymnasts and others -- for over a quarter century. They...
15) Transforming trauma: a guide to understanding and treating adult survivors of child sexual abuse
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
xxii, 353 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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