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Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A collection of eighteen science fiction short stories features "The Minority Report," in which Commissioner John Anderton's clever use of "precogs," people who can identify criminals before they can do any harm, turns against him when they identify him as the next criminal.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The very first police in what is now the United States were Native American warriors who kept order during hunts. Today, American law enforcement includes the Texas Rangers, Secret Service, and U.S. Marshals Service, among many others. Find out more in Law Enforcement, one of the titles in The Hidden World of Crime series." -- Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Since the summer of 2014, America has been convulsed with a protest movement known as Black Lives Matter. That movement holds that police officers are among the greatest threatsif not the greatest threatfacing young black males today. Policing and the rest of the criminal justice systemfrom prosecutors to drug lawssingle out minority communities for gratuitous and heavy-handed enforcement, the charge goes, resulting in an epidemic of mass incarceration”...
6) Self-defense
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Providing a self-defense system that actually works in the real world, this action-packed guide to avoiding attacks, neutralizing attackers and protecting yourself and your loved ones helps you to sharpen your instincts and respond proactively to impending danger, master hand-to-hand combat basics and more.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Spider-Man's conflict has been within himself: the struggle between Peter Parker and the responsibilities of Spider-man. But Peter Parker finds that his greatest battle is about to begin. It's great to be Spider-Man, but it comes at a price: only he can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In the United States today, one in every 31 adults is under some form of penal control, including one in eleven African American men. How did the "land of the free" become the home of the world's largest prison system? Challenging the belief that America's prison problem originated with the Reagan administration's War on Drugs, Elizabeth Hinton traces the rise of mass incarceration to an ironic source: the social welfare programs of Lyndon Johnson's...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The Person of Interest team suffers a devastating loss and confronts staggering challenges in the hit series₂ most explosive season yet. Adapting to the evolution of The Machine, now completely self-governed and hidden from all, technical wizard Finch and ex-CIA operative Reese team with rogue agent Samantha Shaw to save lives and seek justice, but their missions now threaten to tear them apart. NYPD Detectives Carter and Fusco finally unravel the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
As Lu waits in the rain after school, many people offer to take her home but she will only go with someone on the list of those allowed to pick her up. Includes resources for adults and a form for the reader to make his or her own list, with a parent or guardian's help.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In 2007 a group of Aboriginal women from the Fitzroy Valley in Australia's remote northwest decided enough was enough. Their community had experienced 13 suicides in 13 months. Reports of family violence and child abuse were commonplace and alcohol consumption was rising at an alarming rate. Something had to be done. Something had to change. A group of courageous Aboriginal women from across the Valley came together to fight for a future. For everyone...
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Series
Real pigeons volume 5
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
It's a bird! It's... another bird? Well, actually it's a whole flock of crime-fighting pigeons! The hilarity continues in this reluctant-reader favorite, perfect for fans of BAD GUYS and DOG MAN.
With the Real Pigeons World Wild Network, more pigeons are fighting crime than ever before! But that doesn't mean the squad can rest. There are still thieves to catch and endangered birds to protect! But what will the Real Pigeons do when they find a traitor...
19) Smokin' Aces
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An FBI agent hunts for Las Vegas stand up comedian and illusionist Buddy 'Aces' Israel. Aces has decided to squeal on the mob but, before he heads off for protective custody, decides to go to the casinos at Lake Tahoe for one last good time, drawing a crowd of assassins. Now Aces will have to pull his greatest disappearing act before the assassins can get to him.
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