John Washington
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Because of restrictive borders, human beings suffer and die. Closed borders force migrants seeking safety and dignity to journey across seas, trudge through deserts, and clamber over barbed wire. In the last five years alone, over 60,000 people have died or gone missing while attempting to cross a border. As we deny, cast out, and crack down, we have stripped borders of their potential--as lines of contact, catalyst, and blend--turning our thresholds...
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The definitive account of the mass disappearance of 43 Mexican students and the government that tried to cover it up On September 26, 2014, 43 male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College went missing in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico. According to official reports, the students commandeered several buses to travel to Mexico City to commemorate the anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre. During the journey, local police intercepted the...
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The sun-soaked world of a group of past and present football players in and around Miami, Florida. Leading the pack is Spencer, a retired football superstar who is trying to find a foothold as a financial manager to current players. In an industry where the career span is unbelievably short, Spencer and his crew must figure out where the game ends and life begins, all while keeping their cool and having each other's backs.
7) The creator
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory...
8) Tenet
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Armed with only one word and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real-time.
9) Amsterdam
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
Author
Publisher
Verso Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
The compelling story of the life and death of a Salvadoran gangster
As a boy, Miguel Ángel Tobar’s small town in El Salvador was torn apart by guerrillas and US- backed death squads. Still a preteen, he joined a different kind of death squad—the Hollywood Locos Salvatrucha—a clique of the Mara Salvatruchas, better known as MS-13. This international criminal organization began on the streets of Los Angeles in the...
As a boy, Miguel Ángel Tobar’s small town in El Salvador was torn apart by guerrillas and US- backed death squads. Still a preteen, he joined a different kind of death squad—the Hollywood Locos Salvatrucha—a clique of the Mara Salvatruchas, better known as MS-13. This international criminal organization began on the streets of Los Angeles in the...