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224) Hart's war
Description
Hart's war: Honor, courage, and sacrifice are revealed in unexpected ways as a ranking U.S. prisoner in a Nazi POW camp is joined in December 1944 by a law-student lieutenant who'd been captured despite his father's powerful military connections. When a black pilot from the famous Tuskeegee airmen is falsely accused of murdering a fellow prisoner, Lt. Hart tries his case and discovers the real motivation behind the ranking officer's kangaroo court....
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Redemption: A damaged ex-special forces soldier trapped in the criminal underworld is transformed into an avenging angel when an unexpected opportunity allows him to assume another identity. Once believing he was beyond redemption, he now seeks out his own version of justice.
Safe: When a second-rate cage fighter, Luke Wright, is tormented by the Russian Mafia and wanders the streets of New York, he witnesses a young Chinese math prodigy, Mei, being...
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Bullitt: San Francisco cop Frank Bullitt is assigned to protect a mobster about to testify against his brother's crime organization. When his friend is shot and the witness is left at death's door by two hit men who seem to know exactly where the witness was hidden, Bullitt clandestinely moves the mobster while he tries to find out who is after the witness, and why it seems so easy for "them" to find him.
Papillon: Thrilling adventure of Henri...
Series
Last Chance Detectives volume case 3
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2009?]
Description
Follows the adventures of the Last Chance Detectives as the friends search for Mike who has gone missing in the wake of a bank robbery in Ambrosia, Arizona, and learn the importance of having personal faith in God.
228) Public enemies
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone, from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang thrilled many, Hoover made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Hell to pay: "A tale of brothers divided--one a reluctant hero, the other a gambler--forcing one man to make a stand alone against the ruthless killers terrorizing their small Colorado mining town"--Container.
Decoy: "When a deputy's in-laws are murdered, he must escort the accused--his former best friend--to the gallows. But along the way, the deputy discovers a startling truth about the murders that puts them both in imminent mortal danger"--Container.
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230) The lookout
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
An admired high school hockey player with a bright future, drives in the night with his girl friend and two other friends with his headlights off with devastating results. The former athlete is left with a brain injury that prevents him from remembering many things for extended periods of time. To compensate, he keeps notes in a small notebook to aid him in remembering what he is to do. He also lives with a blind friend who aids him. He is unable...
232) Argo: and, The Town
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Argo (2012, 120 min.): Based on the true-life heroics of CIA agent Tony Mendez and his efforts to rescue six American diplomats from Iran during the revolution and hostage crisis. Disguised as a film crew, they must hid in plain sight to make their escape. Town (2010, 125 min.): A longtime thief simultaneously plans his biggest score and exit from the life while dodging the FBI looking to take him and his crew down.