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361) Krampus
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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A darkly festive tale of a yuletide ghoul, reveals an irreverently twisted side to the holiday. The horror-comedy tells the story of young Max, who turns his back on Christmas as his dysfunctional family comes together and comically clashes over the holidays. When they accidentally unleash the wrath of Krampus, an ancient entity from European folklore, all hell breaks loose and beloved holiday icons take on a monstrous life of their own.
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
A.C.O.D. follows Carter, a seemingly well-adjusted Adult Child of Divorce. Having survived the madness of his parents' divorce, Carter now has a successful career and supportive girlfriend. But when his younger brother gets engaged, Carter is forced to reunite his bitterly divorced parents and their new spouses for the wedding, causing the chaos of his childhood to return including his wacky therapist.
363) Purple rain
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
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Description
Prince stars as "The Kid," a Minneapolis club musician, who struggles with both a tumultous homelife and his own smoldering anger while taking refuge in his music and his steamy love for sultry Apollonia Kotero. Semi-autobiographical.
A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs. A complicated tale of his repeating his father's...
365) A stir of bones
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After discovering the secrets that lie in an abandoned house, fourteen-year-old Susan Backstrom, with the help of some new friends, has the ability to make a safe, new life for herself.
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Revenge, justice, or closure? Family crimes can’t be hidden forever in this provocative novel of suspense by #1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen. Violet knows that time is a futile healer. When she thinks of her happily married grandfather—a predator lovingly referred to as Papa—the feelings of rage and betrayal still swell. Her younger sister, Lily, just discovered the numbing truth about him. Their mother, Rose? She can’t...
367) Someone you trust
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A domestic thriller about a nanny whose new job working for a picture-perfect family is not everything it seems"--
"Amy jumps at the opportunity when she’s offered a nannying job in picturesque West Cork. The assignment is for the friendly and welcoming Carroll family, whose stunning house is situated on a stretch of remote and rugged coastline overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. It’s the perfect chance for Amy to escape the suffocating city and...
368) Paris, Texas
Series
Criterion collection volume 501
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
After four years' absence, a social dropout reappears in L.A. to claim his abandoned son and then heads to Texas to reunite the boy with his mother. Bonus features include commentary with Director Wim Wenders, interviews, deleted scenes, Super 8 home movies, gallery of photos, and a booklet with an essay from film critic Nick Roddick and interviews with cast and crew.
After four years' absence, a social dropout reappears in L.A. to claim his abandoned...
369) One last shot
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
For as long as he can remember, Malcolm has never felt like he was good enough. Not for his parents, who have always seemed at odds with each other, with Malcolm caught in between. And especially not for his dad, whose competitive drive and love for sports Malcolm has never shared. That is, until Malcolm discovers miniature golf, the one sport he actually enjoys. Maybe it's the way in which every hole is a puzzle to be solved. Or the whimsy of the...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
"Pumkin Patterson is a thirteen-year-old girl living in a tiny two-room house in Kingston, Jamaica, with her grandmother (who wants to improve the family’s social standing), her Aunt Sophie (who dreams of a new life in Paris for her and Pumkin), and her mother Paulette (who’s rarely home). When Sophie is offered the chance to move to France for work, she seizes the opportunity, and promises to send for her niece in one year’s time. All Pumkin...
Author
Publisher
Experiment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The groundbreaking guide to self-healing and getting the love you missed to secure a happier future for yourself (and perhaps for your children) Was your mother preoccupied, distant, or even demeaning? Have you struggled with relationships—or with your own self-worth? Often, the grown children of emotionally absent mothers can’t quite put a finger on what’s missing from their lives. The children of abusive mothers, by contrast, may recognize...
373) The gaslight effect: how to spot and survive the hidden manipulation others use to control your life
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Are You Being Gaslighted? Check for these telltale signs: You constantly second-guess yourself. You wonder, "Am I being too sensitive?" a dozen times a day. You wonder frequently if you are a "good enough" girlfriend/wife/employee/friend/daughter. You have trouble making simple decisions. You think twice before bringing up innocent topics of conversation. You frequently make excuses for your partner's behavior to friends and family. Before...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 20
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the latest book in the widely beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe takes on a case for a childhood acquaintance but her inquiries will require an even more delicate touch than usual. Mma Ramotswe reconnects with an old friend who has been having problems with her daughter. Though Precious feels compelled to lend a hand, she discovers that getting involved in family affairs is always a delicate proposion. Mr. J.L.B....
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Tony Soprano is a middle-aged businessman with a wife, a daughter, a son, and an elderly mother. He's also a mob boss.
Tony Soprano is your average, middle-aged businessman. Tony's got a dutiful wife, a not-so-dutiful daughter, a son named Anthony Jr. a mother he's trying to coax into a retirement home, a hot-headed uncle, a not-too-secret mistress and a shrink to tell all his secrets, except the one she already knows: Tony's a mob boss.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
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.
377) Dombey and Son
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 167
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
A rich and pompous merchant is plagued by loneliness and misfortune
To Paul Dombey, business is everything and money can do anything. He runs his family life as he runs his firm: coldly, calculatingly and commercially... A depiction of a man imprisoned by his own pride, this title explores the devastating effects of emotional deprivation on a dysfunctional family and on society as a whole.
Introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett Annotation. Dickens...
378) Cuando seas mio
Author
Series
Publisher
Titania
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
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Description
"Rosaline sabe que ella y Rob están destinados a estar juntos. Rose lleva años esperando a que Rob la bese. y cuando finalmente lo hace, todo es perfecto. Pero entonces Juliet regresa a la ciudad. Juliet, que solía ser la mejor amiga de Rose. Juliet, que ahora, inexplicablemente, la odia. Juliet, que es preciosa, vengativa y un poco salvaje. y que ha puesto la mira en Rob. A él ni quisiera le queda opción. Rose está destrozada por perder a...
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this contemporary poetic retelling of the iconic myth, a teenage girl fleeing an abusive home takes refuge in the woods with a fairy-tale witch.
A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: a house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice,...
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