Aldis Hodge
1) Brian Banks
Author
Language
English
Description
The inspirational true story of Brian Banks (Aldis Hodge), an All-American football star committed to USC who finds his life upended when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Despite lack of evidence, Banks is railroaded through a broken justice system and sentenced to a decade of prison and probation. Years later, with the support of Justin Brooks (Greg Kinnear) and the California Innocence Project, Banks fights to reclaim his life...
2) Brian Banks
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
The inspirational true story, an All-American high school football star committed to USC who finds his life upended when he is wrongly convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Despite lack of evidence, Banks is railroaded through a broken justice system and sentenced to a decade of prison and probation. Years later, with the support of Justin Brooks and the California Innocence Project, Banks fights to reclaim his life and fulfill his dreams of playing...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history. Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson crossed all gender, race, and professional lines while their brilliance and desire to dream big, beyond anything ever accomplished before by the human race, firmly cemented...
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Language
English
Description
Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy scientist, Cecilia Kass escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when her abusive ex commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia's sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being...
7) Black Adam
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods - and imprisoned just as quickly - Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.
9) Clemency
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Bernadine is a stoic prison warden, but two back-to-back executions put a strain on her marriage, career and convictions.
Series
Friday Night Lights volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In the small town of Dillon, Texas, everyone comes together on Friday nights when the Dillon High Panthers play. But life is not a game and the charismatic football players, their new coach Eric Taylor, and the passionate fans find that their biggest challenges and obstacles come off the field.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Recently discharged Marine sniper John Stewart is at a crossroads in his life, one which is only complicated by receiving an extraterrestrial Power Ring which grants him the powers of the Green Lantern of Earth! Unfortunately, the ring does not come with instructions. However, it does come with baggage, a horde of interplanetary killers bent on eliminating every Green Lantern in the universe. Now, with the dubious aid of the light-hearted Green Arrow,...
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Series
Leverage Redemption volume 9
Language
English
Description
Prompted by Arthur Wilde, the team takes on a husband-wife couple who run a multi-level marketing pyramid scheme that preys on young mothers, emotionally and financially.
Author
Series
Leverage Redemption volume 9
Language
English
Description
The Leverage team's Holiday good deed goes awry when their attempt to give a small-town librarian the spy-thriller adventure of a lifetime is interrupted by a shadowy spy organization.
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Series
Leverage Redemption volume 5
Language
English
Description
While investigating the mysterious death of Eliot's friend, the Leverage Team infiltrate an infamous enclave of power to take down the corrupt head of Private Security Company.
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Series
Leverage Redemption volume 10
Language
English
Description
The Leverage team sets out to discredit a lifestyle and wellness guru targeting desperate people and peddling snake oil instead of actual medicine.
Author
Series
Leverage Redemption volume 8
Language
English
Description
The Team uses the true story of a World War I P.O.W. escape to free an innocent man framed by a pair of dirty cops.
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Series
Leverage Redemption volume 12
Language
English
Description
An old friend visits, sparking a self-doubting Harry to uncover an unlikely client on the links at his exclusive golf club.
Author
Series
Leverage Redemption volume 4
Language
English
Description
One member of the team seeks redemption and justice by convincing Leverage to con a developer out of an entire luxury apartment building.
Author
Series
Leverage Redemption volume 14
Language
English
Description
Two local farmers are targeted by a hate group, but something more poisonous on the farm leads Team Leverage to a crooked green energy innovator and an old-fashioned Train Heist.
Author
Series
Leverage Redemption volume 3
Language
English
Description
The team has to infiltrate an e-sports tournament to stop a ruthless team owner from mentally and physically abusing his young players.