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1) The girl
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
For two years, Ashley, a rough and rugged beauty in her mid-twenties, has walked a tightrope, trying to prove that she is fit to be a mother and regain custody of her son. She discovers her father is smuggling immigrants across the border. Ashley is lured by the prospect of easy money in the role of a coyote. Her plans go awry, and she finds herself quickly stranded with a young girl whose mother disappeared in the late night river crossing. She soon...
2) Frontera
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Along the tumultuous Arizona-Mexico border, Miguel, a hardworking father and devoted husband, crosses the border illegally and is wrongfully accused of murdering the wife of a former sheriff. Miguel's pregnant wife lands in the hands of corrupt Mexican "Coyote" smugglers as she tries to help her husband, while the ex-lawman investigates his wife's death and unearths evidence that could destroy one family's future.
3) Desierto
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
What begins as a hopeful journey to seek a better life becomes a harrowing and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante chases a group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous US-Mexican border. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they continuously discover there's nowhere to hide from the unrelenting, merciless killer.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raised in the U.S., Claudia is an undocumented immigrant living beyond her means in a twisted version of the American dream. When she’s arrested by the FBI for credit card fraud, Claudia is quickly deported to México.. Speaking no Spanish and lost in her foreign “homeland,” she reluctantly takes refuge at her estranged father's cattle ranch. As she clashes with her unyielding father, her attempts to return home to the U.S. thrust her into a...
6) Rio
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Blu, a macaw who does not fly, discovers he is the last of his species, he sets out a journey to Rio to find Jewel, the only other bird like him, meeting a host of crazy characters along the way.
7) Rio: Rio 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Blu, a macaw who does not fly, discovers he is one of the last of his species, he sets out on a journey to Rio to find Jewel, the only other bird like him, meeting a host of crazy characters along the way; Blu, Jewel, and their three chicks travel to the Amazon to get closer to nature and discover that Jewel's family is still alive and well.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Mr. Wong Detective: Mr. Wong investigates three murders and discovers a spy ring. The mystery of Mr. Wong: Mr. Wong investigates a murder done for a famous jewel. Mr. Wong in Chinatown: Mr. Wong investigates the death of a pretty Chinese spy. The fatal hour: Mr. Wong discovers a smuggling ring amid several murders. Doomed to die: Mr. Wong investigates a shipping magnate's murder. Phantom of Chinatown: Mr. Wong investigates the murder of an archeologist...
9) The brink
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
A detective's mission to bring down a smuggling ring leads to gang involvement and revenge.
Series
Criterion collection volume 889
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Harry Morgan is an honest charter-boat captain who is facing hard times, takes on dangerous cargo to save his boat, support his family, and preserve his dignity. Left in the lurch by a freeloading passenger, Harry starts to entertain the criminal propositions of a sleazy lawyer, as well as the playful come-ons of a cheeky blonde, making a series of compromises that stretch his morality, and his marriage, farther than he'll admit.
12) The power of few
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Revolves around an enigmatic smuggling ring's efforts to steal a priceless artifact and unfolds through the unique perspective of five characters, and shows how the choices of a single person can affect the outcome of things in a world where everything is interconnected.
13) Fireball 500
Language
English
Description
Fireball 500: Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race. He is assisted by Jane Harris and Sonny Leander Fox. Soon Dave and Sonny begin a friendly rivalry for Jane.
Thunder Alley: Stock car racer Tommy Callahan is forced to join Pete Madsen's thrill circus after his blackouts cause a fatal accident and he gets thrown off the circuit. He shows Pete's daughter Francie and her...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Recently released from prison for a botched jewel heist, thief Miles Logan is anxious to retrieve the diamond he hid at a construction site two years earlier; two ex-L.A. police officers now working together as security guards bring down a smuggling ring.
15) Rio
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After Blu, a macaw who does not fly, discovers he is one of the last of his species, he sets out a journey to Rio to find Jewel, the only other bird like him, meeting a host of crazy characters along the way.
16) Desierto
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
What begins as a hopeful journey to seek a better life becomes a harrowing and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante chases a group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous US-Mexican border. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they continuously discover there's nowhere to hide from the unrelenting, merciless killer.
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
Français
Description
Tells the story of Vincent, a middle-class family man recently fired from his drab, middle-management job. Unable to tell his family about his firing, Vincent spends his workdays driving around the French countryside - "business trips" he tells his wife - keeping intact the reassuring routine of going to work and coming home to his wife and kids. As his family grows suspicious of his evasive behavior, Vincent is forced to spin a new tale, pretending...
18) Desierto
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
What begins as a hopeful journey to seek a better life becomes a harrowing and primal fight for survival when a derranged, rifle-toting vigilante chases a group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous US-Mexican border. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they continuously discover there's nowhere to hide from the unrelenting, merciless killer.
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