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Author
Series
orphan X volume 2
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Spoken about only in whispers, it is said that when the Nowhere Man is reached by the truly desperate, he can and will do anything to save them. Evan Smoak is the Nowhere Man. Taken from a group home at twelve, Evan was raised and trained as part of the Orphan program, an off-the-books operation designed to create deniable intelligence assets. Evan was Orphan X. He broke with the program, using everything he learned to disappear and reinvent himself...
5) The rope
Author
Series
Anna Pigeon volume 17
Language
English
Description
The story of Anna Pigeon's past traces her 1995 relocation from New York City and first days as a Glen Canyon park ranger, a new start that is shattered by her abduction and imprisonment in the bottom of a dry well without supplies.
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
187 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In December, 2009, Susan Cox Powell was reported missing from her home in West Valley City, Utah. Her husband, Josh Powell, became the prime suspect in the case. Josh's sister, Jennifer Graves, realized her brother was probably the killer. She devoted herself to the safety of Susan's boys Charlie and Braden, but they too were murdered by their father in February 2012. Jennifer shares her struggles and triumphs in coming to terms with with this tragedy....
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
319 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Days after 9/11, an avowed "American terrorist" named Mark Stroman, seeking revenge, walks into a Dallas mini-mart and shoots Raisuddin Bhuiyan, a Bangladeshi immigrant, maiming him. Ten years after the shooting, Bhuiyan wages a campaign against the State of Texas to have his attacker spared from the death penalty.
Author
Publisher
Quantum Publishing Group
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
256 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Life, Reinvented is a guide to healing. Beginning with the myths and facts about sexual trauma, the author introduces common symptoms and describes what happens in the brain when trauma occurs. Friends, family members, and spouses will find support, validation, and tools to both help the survivor in their lives and recover from their own vicarious trauma.
Author
Series
Publisher
New American Library
Language
English
Description
"Seven years ago, Terry Archer and his family experienced a horrific ordeal that nearly cost them their lives. Today, the echoes of that fateful night are still audible. Terry's wife, Cynthia, is living separate from her husband and daughter after her own personal demons threatened to ruin her relationship with them permanently. Their daughter, Grace, is rebelling against her parents' seemingly needless overprotection. Terry is just trying to keep...
10) A dark lure
Author
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
c2015
Physical Desc
408 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Struggling with PTSD, Sarah Baker changes her name and finds sanctuary working on Broken Bar Ranch after being abducted and held against her will for months. As her scars begin to heal, a cop involved in the case remains convinced that the offender is still out there.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
12) Demon seed
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
c1973
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (ca. 6 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the privacy of her own home, and against her will, Susan Harris will experience an inconceivable act of terror. She will become the object of the ultimate computer's consuming obsession: to learn everything there is to know about human flesh.
Author
Publisher
[Create Space Independent Publishing]
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
444 ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Misty Griffin writes about her life as a child where she lived as a slave on a mountain ranch where she was subjected to complete isolation, sexual abuse and extreme physical violence.
14) Under my skin
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Language
English
Description
"It's been a year since Poppy's husband, Jack, was brutally murdered during his morning run through Manhattan's Riverside Park. In the immediate aftermath, Poppy spiraled into an oblivion of grief, disappearing for several days only to turn up ragged and confused wearing a tight red dress she didn't recognize. What happened to Poppy during those lost days? And more importantly, what happened to Jack? The case was never solved, and Poppy has finally...
15) Destroyer angel
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a summer fighting wildfire, park ranger Anna Pigeon is enjoying a weekend away camping in Minnesota's National Park with her girlfriends. Leah Hendricks is the genius behind a high-end sports gear manufacturer and Heath Jarrod has volunteered to test out some of the equipment. But when they encounter a band of violent kidnappers little do they realize that their ultimate challenge will be to stay alive.
Anna Pigeon, a ranger for the U.S. Park...
Author
Publisher
Dog Ear Publishing
Pub. Date
c2017
Physical Desc
110 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Masked explains the dynamics of abuse in clear and straightforward language and outlines steps to take to get out of an abusive situation, how to start the recovery process, and what to consider when beginning new relationships.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Berkley Trade Paperback Edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 408 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bancroft shows the reader how to improve, survive, or leave an abusive relationship while learning about ten abusive personality types, the role of drugs and alcohol, and what you can fix and what you can't.
Author
Publisher
Hardie Grant Books
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
xii, 292 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 2013, journalist Ginger Gorman was trolled online. She received scores of hateful tweets, including a death threat. A picture of Ginger heavily pregnant alongside her husband and two-and-half year old daughter appeared on a fascist website. Understandably she was terrified, but once the attack subsided, she found herself curious. Who were these trolls? How and why did they coordinate such an attack? And how does someone fight back against a troll?...
19) Nebraska bridge
Author
Publisher
Booklocker
Pub. Date
c2016
Physical Desc
271 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nebraska Bridge is the only standing structure of the once bustling town of Nebraska, Pennsylvania. Why would a healthy, prosperous small town just vanish? Why would the United States Army choose to control that area to this very day? What happened to all those people? The answer is troublesome.
20) My story
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
For the first time, ten years after her abduction from her Salt Lake City bedroom, Elizabeth Smart reveals how she survived and the secret to forging a new life in the wake of a brutal crime On June 5, 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart, the daughter of a close-knit Mormon family, was taken from her home in the middle of the night by religious fanatic, Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee.