Tim Dekay
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"Before Ibsen, tragedies examined the lives of the aristocracy and upper classes, but A Doll's House was the first serious play to be written in prose about ordinary people in everyday situations. The plot revolves around Nora Helmer who is married to Torvald, an ambitious banker. Initially, the couple seem ideally matched, but as a consequence of blackmail Nora is forced to re-examine her life along with her role as a frivolous, scatter-brained wife."--p....
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Back at it again, L.A. cop Lucky Dey is determined to protect those he loves.
This time, the deadly chain of events starts when a teenager's thoughtless transgression turns fatal. The chaos the sudden outburst sets in motion extends beyond anyone's imagination.
Now Lucky's facing a cabal of corrupt cops and Armenian gangsters who want blood-if not his, then they'll settle for his family's. No matter which way he turns, Lucky's enemies-old and new-lie...
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How deep would you sink to avenge the one you love?
A deadly hit and run targeting a loved one sends L.A. cop Lucky Dey on a five-day rush for justice. Hell-bent for answers to a mystery he struggles to solve, Lucky uncovers a multimillion-dollar kidnapping and extortion plot as old as Chinatown that reaches all the way to the most hallowed office in city hall. With the powers that be angling to take away his badge-this time for good-Lucky damns...
4) Blood Money
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When deputy Lucky Dey discovers his little brother has been murdered, he'll stop at nothing until he takes down the cop-killer.
Hell-bent on getting answers, he disobeys his superiors and follows the trail of a killer, who's driving a hijacked truck full of illegal contraband.
Lucky finds himself in L.A., trapped in a storm of media and political indifference. The entire city is whirling in the wake of a major star's fatal accident and people want...
5) Reaper
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Reap what you sow, especially if it's murder...
L.A. cop Lucky Dey knows better than anyone that in some corners of the city no lives matter. Fed up with how the system tends to neglect society's broken and defeated, Lucky ignores policy to hunt down the gangbangers who murdered an eccentric homeless vet. But the more he uncovers about the crime, the more Lucky realizes that his enemies are closer and more politically connected than he could imagine....
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When the real enemy is closer than you think...
Lucky Dey is at it again. This time, the on-again/off-again Los Angeles cop is more willful and acerbic than he's ever been before. Awaiting his official reinstatement, Lucky accepts a one-time gig to track down the missing teenage daughter of a Midwestern millionaire.
Determined to find the girl, Lucky tangles with Tinseltown's dark underbelly to locate the millionaire's daughter. Winding his way...
7) Denial
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In a contest of intellect and wills, Abby Gersten, a tenacious civil liberties attorney, defends a right-wing Holocaust denier, arguing her case against a young, committed Jewish federal prosecutor. But Abby may have to sacrifice everything to prove that truth and justice do not always go hand in hand.
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Lillian Hellman examines a wealthy southern family and the greed that tears them apart. Regina's brothers have inherited their father's wealth, while after years of neglect, her dying husband is determined to see she gets nothing. It will take every ounce of her ruthless guile to outwit her relations and assure herself a gilded future.
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"Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English."—The New Yorker
There have always been two versions of Chekhov's heartrending and humorous masterwork: the one with which we are all familiar, staged by Konstatine Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1904, and the one Chekhov had originally envisioned. Now, for the first time, both are available and published here in a single volume
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The tension has never been greater as Neal Caffrey re-teams with FBI agent Peter Burke in their most ambitious sting operation yet--infiltrating a sophisticated gang of deadly thieves. With Elizabeth Burke pregnant, Neal desperate for his freedom, and amidst pressure from Mozzie for Neal to cut ties with the FBI, the scheme unfolds, culminating in the series' most shocking plot twist of all.
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In season five, $1.8 million in gold coins is missing, an elusive precious diamond is about to be found, and Neal Caffrey has a new handler, and a new love interest. But all is fair in love and crime, and the closer Neal gets to the mysterious Rebecca Lowe, the greater the danger for everyone in his life.
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Charming con man Neal Caffrey escapes from a maximum security prison, only to be recaptured by his nemesis, FBI Agent Peter Burke. With few options, Caffrey agrees to help the bureau bring down other elusive criminals in exchange for his eventual freedom. But before long, Caffrey finds himself playing a game of cat and mouse with those who want him back in prison or dead.
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Neal Caffrey is racing to stay one step ahead of the feds even as he helps his partner, Agent Peter Burke, bring down some of the world's most clever criminals. The stakes are at an all-time high as Neal struggles to come to terms with his own checkered past, but will his greatest con cost him everything?
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Sophisticated conman Neal Caffrey teams up with FBI Agent Peter Burke to investigate an intriguing array of crimes ranging from extortion to murder. Now, reeling from the death of his girlfriend, Neal struggles to unlock the secret behind a mysterious music box and find Kate's killer, even as his partnership with Peter begins to crumble.
16) Walkout
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Based on a true story, the film describes how L.A.'s public schools treat Mexican-American students in 1968, with a mixture of negligence, apathy, and occasional cruelty. Graduation rates are low, students caught speaking Spanish in class are paddled on the spot, they are denied access to bathrooms at lunch. Paula Crisostomo is smart and gets good grades, but when she attends a student leadership conference at a wealthy Westside facility, she begins...