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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The astonishing story of twenty-four British prisoners who used tunnels to break out of a highly fortified Italian castle-turned-prison during World War II. In March 1943, at Vincigliata Castle, a menacing medieval fortress set in the beautiful Tuscan hills of Italy, an extraordinary assemblage of middle-aged British POWs were finally ready to execute an escape. The castle, which became a special prisoner of war camp on Benito Mussolini's personal...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition ; Unabridged.
Physical Desc
455 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Based on the true story of Ellen Craft, a light-skinned slave who escaped from Georgia in 1848. By posing as an ailing white man while her husband pretended to be her slave, Ellen and William Craft traveled over one thousand miles to freedom." --
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Murder over New York: Charlie Chan and his son are on vacation in the Big Apple where they find themelves in the middle of a murder investigation after a policeman turns up dead.
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum: When a convicted murderer, who was brought to justice by Charlie Chan himself, breaks free of his shackles and escapes into the night, the resourceful Chan knows it's only a matter of time before he will strike again.
266) Rumaysa: a fairytale
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
217 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"For as long as she can remember Rumaysa has been locked away in her tall, tall tower, forced to use her magic to spin straw into gold for the evil Witch and unable to leave. Until one day, after dropping a hijab out of her small tower-window, Rumaysa realizes how she might be able to escape. Join Rumaysa as she adventures through enchanted forests and into dragon's lairs, discovers her own incredible magical powers and teams up with Cinderayla and...
268) Last shot
Author
Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
12 audio discs (14 hr., 31 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Assigned to track down a dishonored recon Marine who escaped from an island penitentiary after causing the death of a murderous fellow inmate, Deputy U.S. Marshal Tim Rackley investigates the underworld of a large pharmaceutical company and finds himself questioning the circumstances under which his target was convicted.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
367 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
It starts with a prison break in Missouri. When notorious bank robber Ansel McCoy busts out, he teams up with five other outlaws. Then he and his gang rob a bank in Kansas. Now theyre crossing state lines into Oklahoma Indian Territory. And thats where U.S. Marshal Will Tanner steps in. Other marshals from Kansas and Missouri have already lost the trail. Which means Tanner has to go it alone. Deep in the wilderness. Outnumbered and outgunned. One...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 384 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In September 1970, ex-Harvard professor and 'High Priest of LSD' Dr. Timothy Leary escaped from prison with the aid of the radical Weather Underground. Spanning twenty-eight months, President Nixon's careening, global manhunt for Dr. Timothy Leary winds its way among homegrown radicals, European aristocrats, a Black Panther outpost in Algeria, an international arms dealer, hash-smuggling hippies from the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, and secret agents...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
vii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A World War II paratrooper describes landing in Normandy on D-Day, being captured by the Germans, escaping a POW train, traveling behind enemy lines in France, and hooking up to fight with Patton's army.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
4 audio discs (approximately 4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1947, Andy Dufresne, an established banker, is wrongly imprisoned at Shawshank prison in Maine, for the murder of his wife and her secret lover. Andy faces many struggles that happen within the prison walls, but manages to have a great friendship with a man named, Red.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 809 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Attack force: After Marshall Lawson loses his strike force team in a seemingly random, cold-blooded attack, he takes it upon himself to investigate the killings. He uncovers a covert military operation so secret that the military wants Lawson dead so their secret will be protected. Lawson engages in a merciless battle with a drug-dealing operation that appears to be funded by a rogue arm of the military.
Into the sun: When the governor of Tokyo is...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
x, 320 pages : 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young survivor of the Bosnian War returns to his homeland to confront the people who betrayed his family. At age eleven, Kenan Trebincevic was a happy, karate-loving kid living with his family in the quiet Eastern European town of Brcko. Then, in the spring of 1992, war broke out and his friends, neighbors and teammates all turned on him. Pero - Kenan's beloved karate coach - showed up at his door with an AK-47, screaming: "You have one hour to...
Author
Description
"A young survivor of the Bosnian War returns to his homeland to confront the people who betrayed his family. At age eleven, Kenan Trebincevic was a happy, karate-loving kid living with his family in the quiet Eastern European town of Brcko. Then, in the spring of 1992, war broke out and his friends, neighbors and teammates all turned on him. Pero - Kenan's beloved karate coach - showed up at his door with an AK-47, screaming: "You have one hour to...