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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Set in 1885, The Ox-Bow Incident is a searing and realistic portrait of frontier life and mob violence in the American West. First published in 1940, it focuses on the lynching of three innocent men and the tragedy that ensues when law and order are abandoned. The result is an emotionally powerful, vivid, and unforgettable re-creation of the Western novel, which Clark transmuted into a universal story about good and evil, individual and community,...
Author
Language
English
Description
First published in 1841, this history chronicles the popular foolishness of Mackay's day. It is divided into three broad categories, including 'National Delusions,' 'Peculiar Follies,' and 'Philosophical Delusions.' The author discusses and usually debunks a wide variety of subjects and events. These include economic bubbles like the tulip craze of Holland in 1637 or the Mississippi Company financial bubble of 1719; alchemy, which was of particular...
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English
Description
And the Halloween night when Michael Myers returned isn't over yet. Minutes after Laurie Strode, her daughter Karen and granddaughter Allyson left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie's basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie's trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her pain...
4) The enforcer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Miami's top mob enforcer Cuda sacrifices it all to tear down the criminal organization he's spent his whole life building up when he discovers his boss Estelle is putting a young runaway's life in grave danger. Now he has one last chance to make up for his past and find redemption, both for himself and his family, before the mob hunts him down for his betrayal.
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer and soon falls in love with Sean, a young man who leads a dance crew called 'The Mob'. When a wealthy businessman threatens to develop The Mob's historic neighborhood and displace thousands of people, they all work together to turn their performance art into protest art, and risk losing their dreams to fight for a greater cause.
7) Rob the mob
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A thrilling and poignant crime-thriller about two lovers whose daring heists of Mafia social clubs result in a discovery that could forever change the face of organized crime in America. The film is based on the true story of Thomas and Rosemarie Uva.
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Series
Minecraft : Mob squad volume 2
Minecraft. Mob Squad volume 03
Minecraft Mob squad volume 03
Minecraft Mob squad volume 2
Minecraft. Mob Squad volume 03
Minecraft Mob squad volume 03
Minecraft Mob squad volume 2
Language
English
Description
The Mob Squad must outwit a mysterious new enemy as they journey across the Overworld of Minecraft in this official novel! The Mob Squad are the greatest heroes the town of Cornucopia has produced since it was founded: Mal the bold, Lenna the strong, Tok the wise, and Chug the steadfast. And Jarro, who's renounced his bullying ways to reveal a truly kind heart. Together they've journeyed across the Overworld, delved into the Nether, and saved the...
10) Three comrades
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three German veterans run a car repair business and fall in love with the same girl, who has tuberculosis.
11) The hive
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Language
English
Description
"It's the near future -- the day after tomorrow -- and the government has shut down online bullying once and for all. With BLINQ, its new social media platform, users can "like" or "share," but they can also "condemn" posts -- and if condemns reach a certain level, users can exact punishment from the original poster in real life. No more anonymous trolling! Instead... hive justice. Seventeen-year-old Cassie McKinney is angry at everything. She's just...
12) The machine
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Bert Kreischer rose to fame as a stand-up comedian known as The Machine, and in his signature set he recounts his true experience with Russian mobsters while on a booze-soaked college trip. Now, 23 years later, that trip has come back to haunt him as he and his estranged father are kidnapped back to Russia by the mob to atone for something they say he did. Together, Bert and his father must retrace the steps of his younger self amid a war within a...
13) Narrow margin
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
An unwilling murder witness on his way to testify against a mob boss and the district attorney who is escorting him back to the United States must try to escape hit men on a train trip across the Canadian wilderness.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Murderous jewel thief and mobster Frank Stone is a very deeply disturbed, anti-social killer who patrols the mean streets of New York City. Haunted by visions of the past, Frank seeks therapy through a creative writing class where he forms a relationship with Jackie who encourages him to write his memoirs. Once the mob discovers that Frank is writing about their organized crime operation, a hit is put out on him, ultimately leaving Frank in a deep...
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Definitive Guide to The Mob, a two hour special, takes viewers through the varied and captivating history of organized crime in the United States. From the Cosa Nostra to the Irish Mob, Definitive Guide to The Mob touches upon the origins, structure and culture of America's most notorious and prominent organized crime groups. In doing so, the special explores these groups' relationship to each other and their roles in America's Mafia landscape.
18) The enforcer
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Miami's top mob enforcer Cuda sacrifices it all to tear down the criminal organization he's spent his whole life building up when he discovers his boss Estelle is putting a young runaway's life in grave danger. Now he has one last chance to make up for his past and find redemption, both for himself and his family before the mob hunts him down for his betrayal.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"This book details the lynching of William 'Billy' Keemer, which took place, June 26, 1875 at Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana. Keemer was accused of stopping at the farm house of a white family and raping a white woman while her husband was working in the field. This book attempts to detail as much of the history as possible, followed by 'what happened next' to the families and descendants of both the accuser and the accused."--Publisher's description....
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This collection includes a typewritten transcription of a September 22, 1843 letter written by William A. White at Newcastle, Indiana and published in the October 13, 1843 edition of The Liberator, a Boston abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison. The letter is addressed to "Dear Friend" and relates what happened when a mob assaulted White, Frederick Douglass, George Bradburn, and others at an anti-slavery meeting in Pendleton, Indiana....
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