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Author
Series
Publisher
Signet/New American Library
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
With trouble dodging his heels at every turn, legendary gunfighter Chance Tyree, after being saved from the hangman's noose by Owen Fowler, helps his newfound friend stop a local rancher who has resorted to murder in an attempt to steal Fowler's property.
82) Desperation Road
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"For eleven years the clock has been ticking for Russell Gaines as he sits in Parchman Penitentiary in the Mississippi Delta. His sentence is now up, and he believes his debt has been paid. But when he returns home, he soon discovers that revenge lives and breathes all around him. On the same day that Russell is released from prison, a woman named Maben and her young daughter trudge along the side of the interstate under the punishing summer sun....
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"There's Arnoldo, who came of age inside a maximum security penitentiary, now free after nineteen years. Trevor and Catherine, who spent half of their young lives behind bars for terrible crimes committed when they were kids. Dave, inside the walls for 34 years, now about to reenter an unrecognizable world. Vicki, a five-time loser who had cycled in and out of prison for more than a third of her life. They are simultaneously joyful and overwhelmed...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Leadership
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Researched, tested, and written by the chief investment strategist of one of the country's leading business banks--Untapped Talent includes dozens of examples of businesses (from factories to restaurants to retail) that have successfully implemented the second chance hiring practices outlined in this book."--Amazon.
88) Going home
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Company
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen years ago, boozed-up Harry Graham (Robert Mitchum) savagely murdered his wife. A witness-- his horrified little son- provided the testimony that put him behind bars. Now Harry is out, living in a seedy trailer park with a loving woman (Brenda Vacarro), when a reminder of his past shows up: his now-grown son (Jan-Michael Vincent). As father and son circle each other, as past and present intersect, tension grows until it finally erupts in...
Author
Series
Van Shaw novel volume 5
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An invitation addressed to his long-dead mother sparks Van Shaw's curiosity about the woman he barely knew. As he digs into young Moira Shaw's past, he uncovers startling details about her life, including her relationship to a boy named Sean Burke, a boy Moira may have been seeing when she became pregnant. Could this Burke be the biological father who abandoned Van before he was born? Although Van knows all too well that some doors shouldn't be opened,...
91) Reminders of him
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. Everyone in her daughter's life is determined to shut Kenna out, no matter how hard she works to prove herself. The only person who hasn't closed the door on her completely is Ledger Ward, a local bar owner and one of the...
92) Adopt a highway
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a third strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn't recognize, including trying to learn how to use the internet, he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the fast-food restaurant where he works as a dishwasher. Unsure of what to do, and caught between impulses of kindness and panic, Russ soon realizes this could...
93) The upside
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A recently paroled ex-convict, Dell, strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a quadriplegic billionaire, Philip Lacasse, in this ₁funny and warm-hearted buddy comedy.₂ From worlds apart, Dell and Philip form an unlikely bond, bridging their differences and gaining invaluable wisdom in the process, giving each man a renewed sense of passion for all of life's possibilities.
Author
Series
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"First she served as a mob enforcer. Then she found Christ in prison. Now, Tessa Lancaster is protecting an heiress whose spouse seeks to kill her. In this action-packed read, Tessa and a handsome Southern lawyer discover the reality of being made new in Christ"--
Author
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the first caper from a 'promising new talent' (Publishers Weekly), a skilled counterfeiter hires a crew of career criminals to steal an artwork from a speeding train. When former platoon sergeant Matt Kubelsky is paroled from Ray Brook Federal Correctional Institute in upstate New York, he's surprised to find his ex-girlfriend waiting for him out in the parking lot. An ex-girlfriend he's spent years pining for after she dumped him and stopped...
Author
Publisher
Impact Publications
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Successful re-entry to the free world for ex-offenders requires strong communication and job interview skills. Includes 101 frequently asked job interview questions, ranging from "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" to "Why should I hire you?" and addresses the best way to answer them.
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
This one hour drama centers on an intuitive tough guy named Chester "Ace" Bernstein, who has always been involved with gambling, from bookmaking and money laundering to casino operations. Recently released from prison after three years, he teams with Gus Demitriou, his longtime chauffeur and muscle, to craft a complex plan involving the Santa Anita Racetrack in California.