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1) Wrongfully convicted: guilty pleas, imagined crimes, and what Canada must do to safeguard justice
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Description
Roach explains Canada's national tragedy of wrongful convictions, how anyone could be caught up in them, and what we can do to safeguard justice. Canada's legal system has a serious problem: a significant number of people are in prison for crimes they didn't commit. There are famous cases of wrongful convictions, such as David Milgaard, Guy Paul Morin, and Donald Marshall Jr., who were all innocent of the murders for which they were found guilty....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
Description
70 year old Grace Mallard refuses to believe her son Andrew is guilty of murder. 11 years ago Andrew was put away for life for the murder of a local jeweler. Over the course of a decade, Grace and her devastated family doggedly fight on to set him free. Along the way they recruit investigative journalist Colleen Egan, charismatic MP John Quigley and top QC Malcolm McCusker to help them. All are convinced that Andrew never got a fair trial. Together...
Author
Series
Escape from Furnace volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
When fourteen-year-old Alex is framed for murder, he becomes an inmate in the Furnace Penitentiary, where brutal inmates and sadistic guards reign, boys who disappear in the middle of the night sometimes return weirdly altered, and escape might just be possible.
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 2
Publisher
Yen Press
Language
English
Description
"The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or will Alice provide him with some...
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 9
Publisher
Yen Press, Hachette Book Group
Language
English
Description
"The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or will Alice provide him with some...
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 8
Publisher
Yen Press, Hatchette Book Group
Language
English
Description
"The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or will Alice provide him with some...
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 18
Publisher
Yen Press, Hachette Book Group
Language
English
Description
Presents additional backstory on Oz, and follows the relationship between Jack and Lacie.
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 17
Publisher
Yen Press, Hachette Book Group
Language
English
Description
When Oz's past life is revealed from his memory, his reality begins to shift into something perplexing.
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 11
Publisher
Yen Press
Language
English
Description
"The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or will Alice provide him with some...
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 20
Publisher
Yen Press, Hachette Book Group
Language
English
Description
The man who caused the Tragedy of Sablier is orchestrating the players in this tale to do his bidding like a master puppeteer.
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 14
Publisher
Yen Press, Hachette Book Group
Language
English
Description
"The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or will Alice provide him with some...
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 12
Publisher
Yen Press
Language
English
Description
"The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or will Alice provide him with some...
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 10
Publisher
Yen Press, Hachette Press Group
Language
English
Description
"The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or will Alice provide him with some...
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 15
Publisher
Yen Press, Hachette Book Group
Language
English
Description
"The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or will Alice provide him with some...
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 19
Publisher
Yen Press, Hachette Book Group
Language
English
Description
While under the control of Leo and the Baskervilles, Pandora witnesses the truth behind Oz Vessalius.
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 16
Publisher
Yen Press
Language
English
Description
While dealing with a shared tragedy, Oz and Leo are pitted against each other in a struggle that could end in catastrophe.
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 13
Publisher
Yen Press, Hachette Book Group
Language
English
Description
"The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or will Alice provide him with some...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control"-- Publisher.
Author
Series
Pandora hearts volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press, Hachette Book Group
Language
English
Description
"The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or will Alice provide him with some...
20) Guilty wives
Author
Language
English
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Description
"No husbands allowed. Only minutes after Abbie Elliot and her three best friends step off of a private helicopter, they enter the most luxurious, sumptuous, sensually pampering hotel they have ever been to. Their lavish presidential suite overlooks MonteCarlo, and they surrender: to the sun and pool, to the sashimi and sake, to the Bruno Paillard champagne. For four days they're free to live someone else's life. As the weekend moves into pulsating...
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