victims of violent crimes

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victims of violent crimes

Whitegirl

2002
A thirty-five-year-old white woman lies in her secluded home, unable to speak after a violent assault that has nearly taken her life; her husband, a famous black actor, is in jail, accused of the crime, but she is sure her husband isn't the man who attacked her and must find a way to prove his innocence.

The riot within

my journey from rebellion to redemption
2012
"An autobiography of Rodney King, who was the defendant in the judicial case that sparked the L.A. Riots in 1992"--Provided by publisher.

No second chance

2011
A surgeon suspected of killing his wife attempts to save his kidnapped infant daughter without the help of the authorities.

I choose to be happy

a school shooting survivor's triumph over tragedy
2008
Missy Jenkins discusses the school shooting in which she was paralyzed and reflects on how it has affected her life and her ability to forgive the assailant.

No second chance

2003
A surgeon suspected of killing his wife attempts to save his kidnapped infant daughter without the help of the authorities.

Still life

2006
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team of investigators are called in to investigate a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal, and discover that the death was not a careless hunting accident, but something much more sinister.

No second chance

2004
A surgeon suspected of killing his wife attempts to save his kidnapped infant daughter without the help of the authorities.

Dear Marcus

speaking to the man who shot me
2012
A memoir written in the form of a letter to an unknown man who shot the author in the back and rendered him a paraplegic describes how he embraced forgiveness, earned a master's degree, and became an advocate for the disabled.

War is not over when it's over

women speak out from the ruins of war
2010
Collects the stories of women who describe their lives in the aftermath of war, including women from Africa, East Asia, and the Middle East, and describing injuries, displacement, the destruction of communities, violence against women, and more.

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