victims of crimes

Presents the memoir of a courageous young woman whose public accusation of rape against the deposed president of Gambia sparked an outpouring of support on social media from other survivors of sexual violence in West Africa.

"An . . . account of the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls of Highway 16, and an . . . indictment of the society that failed them"--Amazon.

"An immigrant youth struggling to assimilate, a middle-aged housewife with a troubled marriage, a Vegas social worker, and a wounded soldier connect with each other and rescue themselves in the wake of an unthinkable incident"--Provided by OCLC.

"Author Kindra Neely recounts her journey to healing after surviving a mass shooting during her first year of college"--Provided by publisher.

A memoir that discusses Jennifer Thompson's rape at knifepoint in her apartment, subsequent escape, and identification of Ronald Cotton as her assailant before a DNA test eleven years later proved Ronald's innocence, which led to an unlikely friendship between the innocent man and the victim.

Sports agent Myron Bolitar comes face-to-face with a past he would rather not relive when Greg Downing, a man with whom he competed in sports and for the love of the same woman, disappears.

Black lawyer Ellice Littlejohn's perfect life--with an Ivy League degree under her belt and a high-paying job as a midtown Atlanta corporate attorney--comes crashing down when her charming white boss and "just for fun" boyfriend is found dead in his executive suite with a bullet in his head. She hopes to not be thrust into the spotlight, given her past and a brother who often has been on the wrong side of the law, but when her firm offers her the dead man's job, she can't pass up the opportunity--but something is off, and shady dealings come to light within the firm that lead Ellice to discover a dangerous conspiracy.

"Demon King Twilight's childhood friend Agave sneaks into the castle determined to reunite with him, but the princess keeps getting in her way. Hades tries to reconcile with his little brother Zeus, but the princess gets mixed up in their business too. Meanwhile, Alazif the grimoire gets a form of hay fever that has unfortunate magical symptoms. Then, if stepping on a butterfly in a primeval forest can drastically change the future, what would be the impact of a princess stealing an ancient duvet ten years ago? Plus, Syalis goes fishing with the Demon King and Poseidon, God of the Sea. What could possibly go right?"--Back cover.

The author shares her experience being abused, groomed, and trafficked for sex during childhood, and how she was sentenced to life in prison without parole after killing her trafficker.

"The numbers are staggering: Over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and communities? Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing of those who have emerged from the violence and whose stories reveal the capacity--and the breaking point--of the human heart and soul. The result is a . . . collection of deeply intimate stories that upend what we think we know about gun violence in America"--Provided by publisher.