When 13-year-old Adriana is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico, her 17-year-old brother, Jorge, sets off on a desperate mission to save her. As Jorge dodges overwhelming obstacles to track the girl's abductors, he meets Ray, a Texas cop whose own family loss leads him to become an ally.

Jobs are gone. Homes are being repossessed. Suicide rates are soaring. But Vernon Stynes might have the answer. Through an underground online network of similarly displaced individuals, two people agree to trade by emptying their bank accounts, selling everything they own and putting the cash into nondescript green bags. They then travel to a remote location, dig a grave and fight to the death. Winner buries the loser and takes the two bags.

The true story of Port Authority policemen John McLoughlin and William J. Jimeno, who volunteered for rescue duty and became trapped in the rubble of the Towers on September 11, 2001. The men became two of the last survivors extracted from Ground Zero. It is a story of the true heroes and of that fateful time in United States history, when buildings would fall and heroes would rise, literally from the ashes to inspire the entire human race.

Lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profits ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Reveals surprising - and often shocking truths - about what we eat, how it's produced and who we have become as a nation.

Although spices might have some medicinal properties, there is little nutrition in them, but their mysticism has affected the world throughout history. In this remarkable journey, Planet Food traverses the entire world and over five millennia, seeing how the battle for control of the spice trade made great cities and destroyed ancient civilizations cooks and tastes a variety of signature dishes including Cantonese shark fin soup, paper wrapped baked...

A history of groundbreaking automobiles and how they transformed the auto industry.

Inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately, murder.

"Sex tourism may be one of Thailand's most profitable industries... Servicing this demand are women trafficked from all over the world, including those lured to Thailand by a vicious Thai-Uzbek ring"--Container.

Interviews with Chuck D, Ani DiFranco, Michael Franti, Kathleen Hanna, Reebee Garofalo, Dave Marsh, Robert W. McChesney. Explains how popular music is produced and marketed and offers an accessible critique of the current state of popular music. Examines the shrinking number of record companies, the centralization of radio station ownership, and the increasing integration of popular music into the advertising and commercial aspects of the consumer...