Fisher Stevens
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English
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"Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy. A little hapless, somewhat neurotic, sort of a hypochondriac. He's what's known as a Beta Male: the kind of fellow who makes his way through life by being careful and constant -- you know, the one who's always there to pick up the pieces when the girl gets dumped by the bigger/taller/stronger Alpha Male. But Charlie's been lucky. He owns a building in the heart of San Francisco, and runs a secondhand store with...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 23
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English
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A bold, hilarious, speculative novel fills in the lost years of Jesus life, told from the perspective of Biff, Christ's childhood best buddy. By the author of The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove. Reprint.
A humorous, speculative novel fills in the lost years of Jesus' life, told from the perspective of Biff, his childhood best friend.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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One moonlit night, thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley slips out of his house, packs up his kayak and goes exploring on the flats of Puget Sound. But what begins as an ordinary hunt for starfish, snails, and clams is soon transformed by an astonishing sight: a beached giant squid. As the first person to ever see a giant squid alive, the speed-reading Rachel Carson-obsessed insomniac instantly becomes a local curiosity. When he later finds a rare deepwater...
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[National Geographic Channel?]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change. Leonardo DiCaprio travels to five continents and the Arctic to witness climate change firsthand, going on expeditiions with scientists and meeting with political leaders. Also presents steps individuals and society can take to prevent the disruption of life on our planet.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c1993
Language
English
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A woman is deeply in love with her husband despite his infidelity and frequent absences. But when he leaves town and her best friend borrows Nina's apartment for an extramarital tryst, Nina starts to reconsider her own ideas about love. Reluctantly, she enters an affair with a handsome stranger. And just when you think you understand Nina's change of heart, an astonishing secret reveals her path to true love.
7) Crazy love
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Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
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An examination of the human psyches of Burt and Linda Pugach. Tells the astonishing and unbelievable story of the obsessive roller-coaster relationship the couple shared. Their whirlwind romance culminated in a violent and psychologicall complex set of actions that landed the pair on the cover of endless newspapers.
8) The cove
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Lionsgate
Language
English
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In a sleepy lagoon off the coast of Japan is a highly guarded secret. During the night, Taiji fishermen engage in an unseen hunt for thousands of dolphins. The work is so horrifying, the fishermen will stop at nothing to keep it hidden from the outside world. When a team of elite activists, filmmakers, and free-divers embark on a secret mission to penetrate their cover, the shocking discoveries they find there are just the tip of the iceberg. Includes...
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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The brothers find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs rule. They must save Princess Daisy from King Koopa.
Mario and Luigi face deadly challenges from a diabolical lizard king and battle to save the world from the king's sinister scheme.
10) Secondhand souls
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2015.
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English
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In San Francisco, the souls of the dead are mysteriously disappearing-and you know that can't be good-in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore's delightfully funny sequel to A Dirty Job. Something really strange is happening in the City by the Bay. People are dying, but their souls are not being collected. Someone-or something-is stealing them and no one knows where they are going, or why, but it has something to do with that big orange...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Ambushed by his rebellious son Kendall at the end of Season two, Logan Roy begins Season Three in a perilous position, scrambling to secure familial, political, and financial alliances. Tensions rise as a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war.