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41) Third degree
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tale spanning a traumatic single day follows Liz Pike, who awakens in her small-town home to discover her husband frantically preparing for what he claims is an IRS audit, but she soon realizes that he has discovered the truth about her affair with another man.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
viii, 307 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning journalist's intimate investigation of the true scope of domestic violence, revealing how the roots of America's most pressing social crises are buried in abuse that happens behind closed doors. We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate terrorism. But whatever we call it, we generally do not believe it has anything at all to do with us, despite the World Health Organization deeming it...
Author
Series
David Pelzer trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
45) Raging bull
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 129 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A biographical film about psychologically destructive, violent middleweight champion Jake La Motta.
48) Falling down
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
Follows a troubled man, Bill Foster, who has a mental breakdown and embarks upon an increasingly violent crime spree across Los Angeles. A police detective, Sgt. Prendergast, who is working his last day before retiring, is the only one who correctly pieces together the clues. Prendergast races to find and arrest Foster before the dangerous and unpredictable man reaches his destination: his ex-wife and young daughter.
49) Whispers
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1993
Physical Desc
331 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Anna Curtis novels volume 1
Publisher
Tantor Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
8 sound discs (10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A thrilling ride through D.C.'s criminal justice, as Assistant U.S. Attorney Anna Curtis makes a series of choices that jeopardizes her career, her relationships, and her very life.
53) Raging bull
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Special ed., 2-disc DVD collector's set.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 129 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert ([14] p. ; 18 cm.)
Language
English
Description
Jake La Motta is a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. His brother Joey falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy, while fifteen-year-old Vickie, becomes Jake's wife and most prized trophy. The same anger that drives Jake in the ring, ultimately drives him to beat his wife and brother, and sends Jake down a self-destructive spiral of paranoia and rage.
54) Entre los rotos
Author
Publisher
Literatura Random House
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Primera edicion: noviembre, 2019.
Physical Desc
171 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Appears on list
Description
"Una joven encuentra la coleccion de fotos de su hermano menor. No entiende por que Julian decidio conservar esas imagenes. No retratan momentos particularmente alegres, por el contrario, casi todas pueden verse como la antesala de una catastrofe domestica. Pensandolo bien, eso fue su infancia en Veracruz: la antesala y las secuelas de una catastrofe continua, la construccion minuciosa de las ruinas que son ella, su hermano y su madre. Su padre, un...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages, 18 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Alice gets off a bus in the middle of a snowstorm in Delphi, NY. She is fleeing an abusive relationship and desperate to protect... Oren, ten years old, a major Star Wars fan and wise beyond his years. Though Alice is wary, Oren bonds nearly instantly with... Mattie, a social worker in her fifties who lives in an enormous run-down house in the middle of the woods. Mattie lives alone and is always available, and so she is the person the hotline always...
57) A safe place
Author
Publisher
A. Whitman
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
[28] p. : ill. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
To escape her father's abuse, Emily and her mother come to a shelter where they find a safe place to stay with other women and children in similar circumstances.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xiii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The problem of domestic violence and partner abuse knows no bounds, can affect anyone, and when kept silent and in the dark can become deadly. Hon. John Leventhal presided over the Brooklyn Felony Domestic Violence Court, the first felony domestic violence part in the nation, since it opened in June 1996 until he was elevated to the appellate court January 2008. While domestic violence has greater social and legal visibility today then it did in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st printing.
Physical Desc
128 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Home is supposed to be a safe place. But for too many, home is not a safe place at all. Those who have lived through domestic violence can teach us how to recognize the signs of abuse and what to do if abuse is happeninig.
60) My darling girl
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Alison has never been a fan of Christmas. But with it right around the corner and her husband busily decorating their cozy Vermont home, she has no choice but to face it. Then she gets the call. Mavis, Alison's estranged mother, has been diagnosed with cancer and has only weeks to live. She wants to spend her remaining days with her daughter, son-in-law, and two granddaughters. But Alison grew up with her mother's alcoholism and violent abuse and...
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