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1) Insurgent
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris₂s family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past...
2) Ca$h
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each is pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence... all in the name of cash.
3) The fugitive
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A Chicago surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife is determined to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the one-armed man who actually committed the crime.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The red-hot third season of the show. Though many of the firefighters still grieve over the loss of one of their own in a brutal explosion, they are faced with new challenges: a determined arsonist, the complications of staff romance and tension inside the house with shocking results. Watch the passion and conflicts flare amongst the brave men and women of Firehouse 51 in Season Three, presented back-to-back and uninterrupted for maximum impact.
6) Chicago
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves on Chicago's famed Murderess Row. They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends.
7) I, robot
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chicago, 2035. Detective Del Spooner distrusts robots. But why? The Three Laws of Robotics form a perfect circle of logic and protection for humans--all robots are "3 laws safe" from the instant they roll off the assembly line. When U.S. Robotics founder Dr. Alfred Lanning apparently commits suicide, Spooner is assigned to investigate. It appears that Dr. Lanning, the father of robotics, was murdered by a prototype of the latest generation robot,...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Harry Dresden is a private detective who also happens to be a real wizard. Although he tries to be a regular guy, Harry finds himself helping the Chicago police solve inexplicable crimes and battle dark forces that lurk around the city streets. Harry deals in all matters of supernatural threats.
9) Rampage
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago.
10) Just visiting
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Count Thibault is a brave warrior and respected nobleman in 12th century France. Count Thibault has a loyal servant in the half-bright Andre. An aging wizard demonstrates a new potion and Thibault and Andre find themselves transported to the year 2000. Julia, a museum employee who bears a striking resemblance to the Counts love, finds the visitors and becomes their unofficial guide to life in the Windy City. Thibault soon discovers that the young...
11) Shattered
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Abby and Neil Randall have it all: perfect marriage, perfect home, perfect child. But when their daughter, Sophie, is kidnapped by ruthless sociopath Tom Ryan, their existence is turned upside down. Forced to comply with his twisted wishes, the couple are soon faced with the ultimate choice: kill an innocent man or never see their daughter alive again.
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English
Formats
Description
After Jake Blues is release from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church is no longer supporting the institution and will sell the place to the education authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within the next 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the the money by staging a...
14) Source Code
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of an experimental government program called the 'Source Code' that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last eight minutes of his life. Armed with the task of identifying the bomber of a Chicago commuter train, Colter must relive the incident over and over again, gathering clues until he can solve the mystery and prevent an even deadlier...
15) Widows
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica, Alice, Linda and Belle take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
For the first time in years the entire Rodriguez clan comes home to Chicago to celebrate Christmas where traditions will be celebrated. During the course of this eventful week they will celebrate one member's safe return from Iraq, secrets will be revealed, old resentments forgotten, each family member will learn something about themselves and each other, and the healing power of laughter will work its magic.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade: As Chicago gears up for its annual Thanksgiving Day parade, Emily Jones, an eager parade coordinator is shocked when Henry Williams, a wealthy new development consultant, is brought in to analyze the parade's finances. Faced with the challenge of teaching him that the parade means so much more to her than dollar signs, she suddenly finds herself reluctantly falling for him.
Christmas Song: Though two schools have...
20) Public enemies
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone, from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang thrilled many, Hoover made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One.
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