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Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The MS-13 was born from war.
In the 1980s, Alex and his brother fled El Salvador for the US and formed the Mara Salvatrucha Stoners. Initially bound by a love of heavy metal music, the group soon took on a harder edge, selling drugs, stealing cars and killing rivals. Gang members like Alex were incarcerated and deported. But in the prison system, the group only grew stronger.
Today, MS-13 is one of the most infamous street gangs on earth-and also...
Author
Series
Alexandra chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Crown Pbulsihers, Inc
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
A novel
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Roger Murtaugh just turned 50. He is an aging family man and sensible veteran LAPD officer who is just trying to make it through the day unscathed. Martin Riggs is a suicidal loose cannon cop who doesn't care if he lives to see the end of the day. They are thrown together to solve a mystery murder of a banker's daughter.
6) Point Break
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Young FBI agent Johnny Utah goes undercover at the suggestion of his partner to learn if a group of wild surfers is actually a gang of bank robbers.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
At the dawn of a new century, America is falling in love with silent movies, including young Wong Liu Tsong. The daughter of Chinese immigrants who own a laundry, Wong Liu and her older sister Lew Ying (Lulu) are taunted and bullied for their Chinese heritage. But while Lulu diligently obeys her parents and learns to speak Chinese, Wong Liu sneaks away to the local nickelodeons, buying a ticket with her lunch money and tips saved from laundry deliveries....
8) Training day
Publisher
Warner Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
A rookie police officer joins an elite narcotics squad and learns that there is a blurred line between right and wrong.
Author
Series
Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels volume 11
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
10) Heat
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
A determined LAPD detective tracks down a slick crew of criminals, even though he admires the leader of the group.
Publisher
Santa Monica, California
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Veteran detective Hames Knight is dedicated to navigating the demanding streets of Los Angeles, in this thrilling first of a trilogy of films. As the city prepares for Halloween, mask-wearing armed robbers critically wound Knight's partner in a shootout following a heist. With Knight in hot pursuit, the bandits flee L.A. for New York, where the detective's dark past collides with his present case and threatens to tear his world apart, unless redemption...
Author
Series
Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs mysteries volume 2
Publisher
MacAdam Cage Publishing
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Author
Series
Harry Bosch mysteries volume 13
Language
English
Description
From bestselling author Connelly comes this electrifying new Harry Bosch novel. In his first case since he left the LAPDs Open Unsolved Unit for the Homicide Special squad, Bosch is called out to investigate a murder that may have chilling consequences for national security.
Author
Publisher
Contemporary Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
"Now featuring a great new look and a Foreword by hoop Hall of Famer Bill Walton, this classic bestselling sports bio by America's "winningest coach" is back. Still charming fans everywhere, college basketball legend John Wooden reflects on his record-breaking career, his inspired life behind the scenes, and how his top players went on to shape and change the NBA. With worldly wisdom, Wooden offers a very personal history of an unforgettable time...
17) Smoky night
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the values of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.
19) Self-Defense
Author
Series
Alex Delaware novels volume 9
Language
English
Description
A woman suffering from recurring nightmares sees a psychiatrist. He traces them back to a crime committed 20 years earlier and goes to the scene to obtain confirmation.