James Greer
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English
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A tale of a slacker, an MIT professor, and a heist. Set in Los Angeles, this novel tells the story of a sibling rivalry, a get-rich-quick scheme, and two guys who conceive and badly execute a plan to rob a Korean check-cashing store in order to finance the prototype for an impossibly ridiculous Internet application.
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English
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The true story of the fourth-grade teacher in Dayton, Ohio, who created one of the most influential bands of our times.
Devoted fans have followed Guided by Voices for decades-and critics around the world have lauded the band's brain trust, Robert Pollard, as a once-in-a-generation artist. Pollard has been compared by the New York Times to Mozart, Rossini, and Paul McCartney (in the same sentence) and everyone from P. J. Harvey, Radiohead, R.E.M.,...
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English
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In his ambitious and intriguing debut novel, indie rock expert Greer, author of Guided by Voices, employs one of literature's oldest gambits, the book-within-a-book structure, three times over. A young librarian calling herself Fiat Lux fills a set of notebooks with her passion for books and an enigmatic account of her interlude with Kurt C, a famous indie rock star who appears unheralded in Dayton, Ohio, and buys the long-abandoned Orville Wright...
4) Bad Eminence
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Meet Vanessa Salomon, a privileged and misanthropic French-American translator hailing from a wealthy Parisian family.
Her twin sister is a famous movie star, which Vanessa resents deeply and daily. The only man Vanessa ever loved recently killed himself by jumping off the roof of her building. It’s a full life.
Vanessa has just started working on an English translation of a titillating, experimental thriller
...6) Unsane
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Still scarred from the trauma of being terrorized by a stalker, Sawyer Valentini receives treatments at the Highland Creek Behavioral Center. However, shortly after she unwittingly commits herself to the mental institution and is unable to leave, she catches sight of a facility staffer who, she is convinced, is actually her stalker. But is he real or a product of her delusion?
8) Just my luck
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Ashley is a Manhattan socialite who is the luckiest person in New York. One night she goes to a masquerade ball and meets Jake. Jake, on the other hand, has the worst luck. After Ashley kisses Jake, she is horrified to find out that the two have swapped luck. But what starts outs as a terrible twist-of-fate, ends up being the best thing that has ever happened to her.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Larry is a big city health inspector who's happy with his usual beat of greasy spoon diners and low-rent ethnic restaurants. His easygoing life is turned upside-down when he becomes saddled with a straight-laced rookie partner. They are assigned Larry's biggest case of his career: investigating an outbreak of mysterious food poisonings at the city's swankiest restaurants. Infuriating restaurateurs with his bad manners, Larry still manages to charm...
10) Bait Shop
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English
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Something fishy is happening at Bill's Bait Shop. Forced to come up with $15,000 or else witness his small-town bait shop become the one that got away, Bill (Bill Engvall) must rely on a comedic cast of friends and family to hook the "the big one." Putting his reel skill to the test, Bill enters the annual Bass Tournament against rival bait shop owner Hot Rod Johnson (Billy Ray Cyrus), who's determined to put his money where his large mouth is. It's...