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Author
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Language
English
Description
"This intimate memoir by an American GI who served in Vietnam offers a powerful narrative for readers with an interest in the effects of war and violence, American involvement in Vietnam and how trauma can be a catalyst for transformation"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Werner Herzog explores a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas and "probes the human psyche to explore why people kill--and why a state kills." Through intimate conversations with those involved, including 28-year-old death row inmate Michael Perry (scheduled to die within eights days of appearing on-screen), Herzog achieves what he describes as 'a gaze into the abyss of the human soul.' Herzog's inquiries also extend to the families of...
Series
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Helen McCarter would seem to have it all. She's married to Charles who is one of Atlanta's most successful attorneys. But despite having wealth and prestige, things are not as they seem in the McCarter home. On the evening of their anniversary, Charles drops a bombshell on Helen-- he's divorcing her for another woman. Thrown out of the house with nowhere to go, Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, a sassy woman with no shortage of opinions and...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Matteson Perry is a Nice Guy. He remembers birthdays, politely averts his eyes on the subway, and enjoys backgammon. A serial monogamist, he's never asked a stranger out. But when the girl he thought might be The One dumps him, he decides to turn his life around. He comes up with The Plan: 1. Be single for a year. 2. Date a lot of women. 3. Hurt no one's feelings. He's not out to get revenge or to become a pickup artist; he just wants to disrupt...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1994, director Peter Jackson released the movie Heavenly Creatures, based on a famous 1950s matricide committed in New Zealand by two teenage girls embroiled in an obsessive relationship. The movie launched Jackson's international career. It also forever changed the life of Anne Perry, an award-winning, bestselling crime writer, who at the time of the movie's release was publicly outed at Juliet Hulme, one of the murderers. A new light was now...
46) The bamboo sword
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Majiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships. Includes historical notes and glossary.
47) Infamous
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
While researching his book "In cold blood", writer Truman Capote develops a relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and, in particular Perry Smith, while both men waited for their date of execution on death row.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Oprah Winfrey, sharing stories from her own past, and a renowned brain development and trauma expert discuss the impact of trauma and adversity and how healing must begin with a shift to asking, "What happened to you?" rather than "What's wrong with you?"
49) Perry Mason: movie collection.Double feature 1,Perry Mason returns ; The case of the notorious nun
Series
Perry Mason volume 1
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Perry Mason returns: Perry Mason resigns his judgeship and returns to practicing law when his former secretary Della Street is accused of murdering the wealthy businessman she was working for. The case of the notorious nun: Perry Mason defends a nun accused of murdering a priest with whom she was suspected of having an affair.
Author
Publisher
Riley Books, an imprint of Avery Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"On Thanksgiving Eve 2011, Karen Perry's life changed forever when her three young children and their father died in a plane that crashed into Superstition Mountain in Arizona. The story made national headlines and was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Network as part of its Super Soul Sunday series. Everyone wanted to know--how does a mother comprehend, let alone process, such a loss? Angels three takes a readers deep inside Karen Perry's world of aviation,...
Author
Publisher
Literati Editions
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Truman Capote’s bestselling book (3z(BIn Cold Blood(3y (Bhas captivated worldwide audiences for over fifty years. It is a gripping story about the consequences of a trivial robbery gone terribly wrong in a remote village of western Kansas. But what if robbery was not the motive at all, but something more sinister? And why would the Kansas Bureau of Investigation press the Attorney General to launch a ruthless four-year legal battle to prevent...
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