victims of crimes

"After her girls' ice hockey team is cut for budget reasons, Michigan tries out for the boys' team, and earns a place on the starting lineup. But when she bests her teammates with her skills and her refusal to back down, hazing crosses the line into assault"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the brutal realities of domestic violence that is so often hidden behind closed doors until it's too late. Highlights cases and research, offering insight into the minds of abusers and the abused.

A short biography of Malala Yousafzai.

Provides an account of the rape and beating of twenty-eight-year-old investment banker Trisha Meili in New York's Central Park in April 1989, and the subsequent convictions of five African-American and Latino teens who confessed to the crime and spent years in jail before their convictions were overturned following the confession of a serial rapist.

FBI agent Alex Cross is assigned to investigate a string of murders where the victims are Hollywood stars.

Nora Sinclair is a woman with a deadly appetite, especially for those men who are attracted to her and FBI agent John O'Hara must stay on guard in his investigation of her hidden and unexplained past.

Tells true stories about girls involved in crime who overcame incredible odds, yielded to peer pressure, or acted heroically.

When the nations of Tempest and Eurazania send delegates to each other to improve trade relations, the delegation from Eurazania is taken aback by Rimuru. He will need to find a way to get on their good side if the two nations want to foster a friendship between them.

After being defeated and humiliated by Milim, the Demon Lord Carrion's follower Phobio is seething. That is perfect for Footman and Tear of the Moderate Harlequin Alliance's plans--they can use Phobio's anger to summon the grand beast Charybdis. Soon Rimuru learns Chardybdis has come to life, and she is heading straight for Tempest.

Milim, now a resident of Tempest, has set off a chain of destructive events, beginning with the entrance of a rival demon lord's servants. Rimuru, leader of the Jura Forest Alliance, wishes to quickly take care of this potential threat, but as he has to manage the behavior of an all-powerful yet child-like demon lord and rule a nation of monsters at the same time, that won't be easy.