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Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
iv, 242 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
It has been call the "Ferguson effect": Since the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, officers have been backing off of proactive policing, and criminals are becoming emboldened. Mac Donald deconstructs the central narrative of the Black Lives Matter movement: that racist cops are the greatest threat to young black males. She argues that it is criminals and gangbangers who are responsible for the high black homicide...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Elastigirl works to protect the people of Municiberg using her stretchy powers as she tries to find a better mode of transportation, attends a Super event she does not agree with, and meets an arrogant Super named Mr. Incredible.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
291 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of the American gun market as reflected by an Austrian six-cylinder revolver, tracing how it has become a weapon of choice on both sides of the law, in the entertainment industry, and among Second Amendment enthusiasts.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment: to push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.
5) Spider-Man 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, is desperately trying to balance his dual identities. Relationships with all those he holds dear are unraveling, and he encounters a new foe, Doctor Octopus. Peter must use all his powers to stop this diabolical madman.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero. Includes French audio description track.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Encompassing nearly 2,000 years of heists and tunnel jobs, break-ins and escapes, A Burglar's Guide to the City offers an unexpected blueprint to the criminal possibilities in the world all around us. You'll never see the city the same way again. At the core of A Burglar's Guide to the City is an unexpected and thrilling insight: how any building transforms when seen through the eyes of someone hoping to break into it. Studying architecture the way...
8) Orientation
Author
Series
Avengers assembly volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
175 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Kamala Khan was an average middle school kid. That is, until a cloud called a Terrigen Mist swept through the New Jersey waterfront and activated her super powers! After taking on the persona of Ms. Marvel, she's been fighting crime in Jersey City, and has caught the eye of some pretty well-established super heroes. But that's not always a good thing...After Kamala is caught by news cameras taking on a super villain -- and accidentally destroying...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xiv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With blackmail, bombings and kidnappings terrorizing New York, courageous Italian immigrant detectives teamed up as the NYPD's Italian Squad. This explosive story follows them across the first two decades of the twentieth century as they battle increasingly powerful gangsters and deeply engrained prejudice against their beloved immigrant community"--
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This film empowers parents with the essential information needed to help keep children safe from abductions and other hazards. Parents and children will be trained to recognize potentially dangerous situations before they happen.
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (16 hours, 52 minutes) sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Using data siphoned off the U.S. intelligence agencies' threat matrix, information not related to terrorism, but rather violent crimes of a personal nature, during each episode, the former CIA agent and his enigmatic partner identify a 'person of interest' and set about solving the mystery of the impending crime. Tapping into the world's Big Brother-like surveillance network, the shadowy duo knows that something bad is going to happen; it's their...
16) Spider-man 2
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Formats
Description
Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man, is desperately trying to balance his dual identities. He can't keep up at college, pay his rent or seem to make amends with his estranged best friend Harry. Mary Jane is more skeptical than ever of Peter. One day Peter's idol, the renowned scientist Otto Octavius, resurfaces after a failed science experiment. Peter begins to notice he's losing some of his powers and wonders at the stress in his personal life. He realizes...
17) Stranger safety
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Learn how to keep safe near strangers.
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
380 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A collection of eighteen science fiction short stories features "The Minority Report," in which Commissioner John Anderton's clever use of "precogs," people who can identify criminals before they can do any harm, turns against him when they identify him as the next criminal.
Author
Series
Real pigeons volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
208 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A group of crime-fighting birds-who are also best friends-must stick together to protect the city from an evil ostrich and other dangers"--
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