Cell by Robin Cook: Entering a profession on the brink of radical transformation
by a new smartphone technology capable of diagnosing and treating patients,
radiology resident George Wilson is horrified when his fiancee and several
patients die after beta testing the technology. Check Availability
Confessions of a Wild Child by Jackie Collins: Lucky Santangelo. A fifteen-year-old wild
child ready to discover life, love and independence. Daughter of the notorious
Gino, Lucky discovers her mother's murdered body floating in the family
swimming pool at the tender age of four. Since then Gino has kept her protected
from life closeted in their Bel Air mansion. But in Confessions of a Wild Child
Lucky finally breaks free, and running away from boarding school the adventures
begin. Boys, sex, drugs and rock n' roll - Lucky explores it all in preparation
for the strong, kick-ass woman she eventually becomes. Delve into the world
that Lucky rules! Check Availability
The Triple Package by Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld: It may be taboo to say, but some groups
in America do better than others. Why do some groups rise? Drawing on
groundbreaking original research and startling statistics, The Triple Package
uncovers the secret to their success. A superiority complex, insecurity,
impulse control--these are the elements of the Triple Package, the rare and
potent cultural constellation that drives disproportionate group success. Americans
are taught that everyone is equal, that no group is superior to another. But
remarkably, all of America's most successful groups believe (even if they don't
say so aloud) that they're exceptional, chosen, superior in some way. Americans
are taught that self-esteem--feeling good about yourself--is the key to a
successful life. But in all of America's most successful groups, people tend to
feel insecure, inadequate, that they have to prove themselves. But the Triple
Package has a dark underside too. Each of its elements carries distinctive
pathologies; when taken to an extreme, they can have truly toxic effects.
Should people strive for the Triple Package? Should America? Ultimately, the
authors conclude that the Triple Package is a ladder that should be climbed and
then kicked away, drawing on its power but breaking free from its constraints. Check Availability
Closed Circuit (DVD): One morning, a busy London market is
decimated by an explosion. In the manhunt that follows, only one member of the
suspected terrorist cell survives: Farroukh Erdogan, who is arrested and
jailed. Martin and Claudia are lawyers and ex-lovers who find themselves bound
together again and put at risk after they join the defense team for an international
terrorist's trial. Check Availability.
Escape Plan (DVD): Ray Breslin, one of the world's foremost authorities on
structural security, agrees to take on one last job: breaking out of an
ultra-secret, high-tech facility called The Tomb. Deceived and wrongly
imprisoned, Ray must recruit fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer to help devise a
daring, nearly impossible plan to escape from the most protected and fortified
prison ever built.
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