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In 1964 Detroit, racial tensions simmer as a racist police force, led by the brutal 'Big Four,' enforces a discriminatory curfew targeting African Americans. University friends Tony, a privileged law graduate, and Wesley, a top African American student, vow to fight injustice. Wesley, now an assistant prosecutor, confronts the Big Four's atrocities, only to meet a tragic end. Tony, devastated, abandons his prestigious career to seek justice, sparking a pivotal moment in Detroit's history of racial strife and police abuse.

Code of conduct. Good qualities in me you will find as you explore my body….and my mind. Should you like what you see, then tell it to others…. Sing praises of me In halls and corridors. But if faults are what you see in me, please, my love…tell it first to me.

One of the more difficult things about working with native English speakers is their use of expressions, or idioms. What’s a “dog and pony show”? What does it mean to “leave someone in the lurch” or to “take a beating”? Unfortunately, you can’t stop English speakers from using these idioms, so you need to understand them yourself! Each of the more than 500 idioms in this book is presented, in alphabetical order, with its meaning and a business example. Recommended for intermediate to advanced English speakers.

Chicago Attorney Robert Mazzara has just been informed of the suicide death of his childhood friend Marco Pezza. The two of them grew up together in a small suburb in Chicago during the turbulent '60s and '70s, when the issues of household violence were seldom ever addressed. Along with their best friends, Petey Rodriguez, Billy Kozar and Johnny Orozco, they all experienced the coming-of-age events that all young boys go through during grade school and high school, with one exception: They were all survivors of severe physical and sexual child abuse.

Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project is a short biography and history that tells the story of the man and his mission; his loves and his losses; and his rise and fall.

What is a phrasal verb? A phrasal verb is when you take a verb and add a preposition, but the new combination doesn’t mean what either the original verb or preposition mean. So when someone says, “We will bring up that topic at the meeting,” it doesn’t mean someone is going to carry something upstairs! Instead, the phrasal verb “bring up” means to discuss something.