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61) Paper towns
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
Adapted from the bestselling novel by author John Green, a coming-of-age story centering on Quentin and his enigmatic neighbor Margo, who loved mysteries so much she became one. After taking him on an all-night adventure through their hometown, Margo suddenly disappears; leaving behind cryptic clues for Quentin to decipher. The search leads Quentin and his quick-witted friends on an exhilarating adventure that is equal parts hilarious and moving.
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A look at what life might have been like for royal teens of the past, mixing storytelling with historical facts. Includes Cleopatra VII, daughter of the Nile ; Isabel, jewel of Castilla, Spain; and Elizabeth I, red rose of the House of Tudor, England.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Inspector Kurt Wallander, brooding and disillusioned, struggles against a rising tide of violence in southern Sweden.
Three crime dramas based on the best-selling novels by Henning Mankell--Faceless killers, The man who smiled, and The fifth woman--follow Inspector Kurt Wallander, a disillusioned everyman, as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in southern Sweden.
Author
Publisher
Publicaciones y Ediciones Salamandra, S.A
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
Español
Description
"Ser Harry Potter nunca ha sido tarea fácil, menos aún desde que se ha convertido en un atareadísimo empleado del Ministerio de Magia, un hombre casado y padre de tres hijos. Y si Harry planta cara a un pasado que se resiste a quedar atrás, su hijo menor, Albus Severus, ha de luchar contra el peso de una herencia familiar de la que él nunca ha querido saber nada. Cuando el destino conecte el pasado con el presente, padre e hijo deberán afrontar...
65) Spies of Warsaw
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Set in Poland, Paris and Berlin in the years leading up to the Second World War. At the French embassy in Warsaw, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of the city. At the same time, he is involved in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage. Risking his life, Mercier works in the shadows amid a remarkable cast of characters, some known...
67) Fences
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"From August Wilson, author of The Piano Lesson and the 1984-85 Broadway season's best play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, is another powerful, stunning dramatic work that has won him numerous critical acclaim including the 1987 Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize. The protagonist of Fences (part of Wilson’s ten-part “Pittsburgh Cycle” plays), Troy Maxson, is a strong man, a hard man. He has had to be to survive. Troy Maxson has gone...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
Baby's first Christmas:When lawyers Kyle Lockwood and Jenna Ford visit their siblings for Christmas, Jenna's sister goes into labor.
A bride for Christmas: After Jessie has called off her third engagement, she meets a man who -- unbenownst to her -- has bet his friends that he can convince a woman to marry him by Christmas -- four weeks away.
69) Country matters
Publisher
Distributed by Koch Vision
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Adaptations of short stories by A.E. Coppard and H.E. Bates. Set against the English countryside during the post-World War I period. Reveals the timeless and constant qualities of the British landscape and its people.
Author
Publisher
Plume/New American Library
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
"This volume includes: • Little Me • The Gingerbread Lady • The Prisoner of Second Avenue • The Sunshine Boys • The Good Doctor • God's Favorite • California Suite • Chapter Two • And an Introduction by the author: “As Time Flies By” Nothing can take away the pleasure that Neil Simon's plays have given literally millions of theatergoers in the past quarter of a century. They and the critics agree that a trip to see any one of...
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lizzie has been accused of murdering her husband, and her death by hanging seems all but inevitable. That is until Detective Inspector John Kildare is assigned to the case of a serial killer who murders innocent victims while leaving his distinctive signature in blood.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hassan is a culinary ingenue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, his family settles in a quaint village in the south of France. They plan to open an Indian restaurant, that is, until Madame Mallory, the owner of a classical French restaurant, gets wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restaurant so near her own escalate to all out war; until Hassan's cooking talent and love for Mme. Mallory's...
75) Sophocles: I
Author
Series
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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Description
Presents English translations of the complete plays of ancient Greek playwright Sophocles, including the Oedipus cycle, "Oedipus the King," "Oedipus at Colonus," and "Antigone"; and includes a general introduction.
76) Jeremiah Johnson
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Jeremiah Johnson, disillusioned by society, sets out to be a mountain man in the mid-1800s.
77) The wedding date
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Kat Ellis is determined to attend her younger sister's wedding with a date. Rather than face the ridicule of her family, and in order to show up her ex-fiance, she resorts to the Yellow Pages to find an escort.
Publisher
Warner Brothers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer has resigned his throne and retired to the City of Angels, where he is indulging in wine, women, and song. When a beautiful pop star is brutally murdered before his eyes, he feels something awaken deep within him, for the first time in ten billion years. Is he actually capable of feelings for a human being? The very thought disturbs him, as well as his best friend and confidante, Mazikeen, a fierce demon...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2014.
Language
English
Description
German intelligence agent Gunther Bachmann (Philip Seymour Hoffman, in his final starring role) must race against time to solve a perilous mystery: Is the half-Chechen, half-Russian Muslim who's surfaced in Hamburg a victim seeking refuge, or a terrorist seeking revenge?
80) The Fugitive
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Based on Graham Greene's novel The Power and the Glory, the story follows a priest in Latin America pursued by a ruthless police lieutenant carrying out the dictates of an oppressive, anti-clerical government. There's another fugitive as well: an American killer on the run, and the paths of the two hunted men cross with fateful consequences. A haunting paean to the resilience of faith, The Fugitive remains a filmmaking triumph.
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