Del Norte Public Library

Well over a century has passed since the publication of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 1876, but time has done little to diminish the appeal and enjoyment of this classic story of growing up in Midwestern America. The world Mark Twain envisioned for his precocious hero is a "boy-perfect" one, where life is perpetual vacation, where good and evil are clearly defined, awe-inspiring contradictions, and where the joys of independent discovery always...

Perry Mason, the popular TV franchise that inspired a genre of courtroom dramas returns with the second half of the ninth and final season. Raymond Burr continues igniting the screen as a brilliant attorney who will stop at nothing to crack the most impossible cases to uncover the truth.

"Raymond Burr stars as Mason, the famous defense attorney who must outwit determined prosecutor Hamilton Burger, and the sly Lt. Tragg, always with loyal support from secretary Della Street and sidekick Paul Drake."--Container.

Account of the fight by Native American lawyers (the Coyote Warriors of the title) to protect Indian rights. The story revolves around Martin Cross, who fought and lost a life-long campaign against a government project to build a dam on the Upper Missouri, which flooded Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara land.

Tempers rise as a jury of middle-aged men find themselves unable to sway a single member of their group to the majority opinion. Confronted with a seemingly clear-cut case, bolstered by opinions and assumptions, but with no verdict in sight the group threatens to become deadlocked. Will the 12th juror, stubbornly convinced of a young defendant's innocence, be able to sway the entire group to his viewpoint, or will the group ultimately force the holdout...

This popular series remains one of the most highly rated courtroom dramas of all time. Raymond Burr's portrayal defined the role of defense attorneys and stands today as an icon on par with Superman and the Lone Ranger.

When four Nazi officials are tried for war crimes in 1948, the American and German judge and lawyers begin to understand how the war changed both countries.

Attorney Perry Mason, along with the help of his secretary Della Street and investigator Paul Drake, takes on seemingly indefensible cases. With outstanding courtroom skills, Mason will often use tricks or traps to unwittingly get people to admit their guilt.

A suspense-filled glimpse into the dark corridors of political power, a riveting action-thriller based on the autobiography of real-life undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame, whose career was destroyed and marriage strained to its limits when her covert identity was exposed.

The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his 'family'.