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Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Before she met Il-sun in an orphanage, Gi was a hollow husk of a girl, broken from growing up in one of North Korea's forced-labor camps. A mathematical genius, she learned to cope with pain by retreating into a realm of numbers and calculations, an escape from both the past and the present. Gi becomes enamored of the brash and radiant Il-sun, a friend she describes as "all woman and springtime." But Il-sun's pursuit of a better life imperils both...
Author
Series
Roadmap to Redemption volume work
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
©2017
Language
English
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English
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An examination of human trafficking around the world including the following countries: United States, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Colombia, Iraq, Syria, Canada, Italy, France, Iran, India, Niger, China, South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, Chile, Germany, Poland, Mexico, Russia, and Brazil.
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English
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When Richard Chapman hosts his brother's bachelor party, his wife Kristin takes their young daughter to Manhattan for the evening. What she does not expect is bacchanalian drunkenness, her husband sharing a dangerously intimate moment in the guest room, and two women stabbing and killing their Russian bodyguards before driving off into the night. As their life rapidly spirals into nightmare, their home now a crime scene, Richard's investment banking...
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English
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Human trafficking expert Nita Belles combines heart-wrenching stories, startling research, and boots-on-the-ground advice into a powerful, fast-paced primer on the devastating reality of modern-day slavery and what we can do to stop it. --Publisher's description.
8) Saint Death
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Language
English
Description
"A novel about the illicit human and drug trade at the US-Mexican border."--
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Is based on an incredible true story, and shines a light on even the darkest of places. After rescuing a young boy from ruthless child traffickers, a federal agent learns the boy's sister is still captive and decides to embark on a dangerous mission to save her. With time running out, he quits his job and journeys deep into the Colombian jungle, putting his life on the line to free himself from a fate worse than death.
13) One minute out
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Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Is it ever the wrong time to do the right thing? That's the question the Gray Man faces in the latest explosive novel from New York Times bestselling author Mark Greaney. I am Court Gentry. In my time, I've seen plenty of bad stuff. Some things worse than others, but nothing that can match this horror show. I was on a simple mission in Bosnia. A bad guy needed to be put down; in and out, no problem. But then I stumbled across a nightmare-a room full...
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English
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"The Dane family's roots tangle deep in the Ozark Mountain town of Henbane, but that doesn't keep sixteen-year-old Lucy Dane from being treated like an outsider. Folks still whisper about her mother, a bewitching young stranger who inspired local myths when she vanished years ago. When one of Lucy's few friends, slow-minded Cheri, is found murdered, Lucy feels haunted by the two lost girls--the mother she never knew and the friend she couldn't protect....
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Language
English
Description
There are more slaves in the world today than at any time in history. In this account of contemporary slavery, journalist Skinner travels around the globe to personally tell stories that need to be told--and heard. With years of reporting in such places as Haiti, Sudan, India, Eastern Europe, The Netherlands, and, yes, even suburban America, Skinner has produced a moving reportage on one of the great evils of our time. After spending four years infiltrating...
17) The lake
Author
Series
Konrad Simonsen novels volume 4
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Author
Series
Cincinnati novels (Karen Rose) volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
In this nerve-shattering novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Alone in the Dark, special agents Griffin Davenport and Kate Coppola are on the trail of a depraved criminal.
When Special Agent Griffin "Decker" Davenport opens his eyes after several days in a coma, there is unfinished business still on his mind. Decker is on the cusp of discovering the mastermind behind a human trafficking case, and he and his
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Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
They are brother and sister, twins that share an unbreakable bond and are deadly to anyone who crosses their path. And when a sex trafficking ring starts kidnapping little girls, Eric and Erica Cross can't just sit back and allow that injustice in their neighborhood. But the police already have eyes on the siblings and are just one step away from taking them down. Don't call them criminals. Don't call them heroes. And don't get on their bad side.
20) I will rise
Publisher
River Productions
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An award-winning and eye-opening documentary that exposes the brutal reality of human trafficking. This film not only takes viewers on a journey into part of Christine McDonald's life, a survivor of 20 years of being commercially exploited, but viewers will hear from subject matter experts as well. This film shines a light on the complex truth of the exploitation of the vulnerable, especially children. It also educates on the efforts of several organizations...
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