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68) Spellbound
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English
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A Darker Shade of Black...Sixteen-year-old Matilda Crowley lives on the dark side of being light skinned. When a series of events sends the biracial teenager further down the Tragic Mulatto's road to Hell she enters the world of the Goth Subculture and begins a journey that will change her perceptions of race, culture, and identity. Will she find light in darkness? Or will she be driven to madness?
70) The Leopard
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Italiano
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Based on the acclaimed novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard chronicles the fortunes of Prince Fabrizio Salina and his family during the unification of Italy in the 1860s.
71) Wild River
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English
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A 1930s Tennessee Valley Authority Agent is sent to oversee the completion of the Tennessee River Dam and encounters opposition from locals who do not want to leave their homes.
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English
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When a solar flare engulfs an interstellar space route, the vacation ship Star Chaser crash-lands on a hostile planet. Sixteen-year-old Zenna finds herself separated from her parents and in charge of her younger brother. They must traverse the alien wilderness to find her parents-if they are even still alive. Worse yet, Star Chaser wasn't the only ship to crash. Zenna soon comes face-to-face with juvenile delinquents that were being transported to...
73) Samson & Domingo
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English
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Samson and Domingo fall in love during the summer before their junior year of high school. But Samson is the star player of Weslaco North's football team and Domingo is a French horn player for Weslaco South's marching band. Once school starts, their new love is challenged by those who don't agree with their rival schools mixing, especially Domingo's older brother, Pablo, a football player for South. As if that wasn't enough, Samson's Olympian-like...
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Invincible ; 48
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English
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It's here: the second massive paperback collection of the greatest superhero comic in the universe! Witness Invincible's transition from new kid on the block to established superhero!
75) Niagara
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English
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Set against Niagara Falls, Marilyn Monroe portrays Rose, a femme fatale possessing two of the most powerful weapons: an erotic body and an evil mind. Planning to murder her troubled husband, Rose uses her double-edged sword to drive him to the brink of total insanity. Then, she torments a series of strangers while her lover waits in the shadows.
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English
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This is the tale of a wealthy spinster Charlotte Hollis (Bette Davis) who lives with her eccentric maid in a decaying mansion, shunned by the townsfolk after the axe-murder of her late lover. When her jealous cousin (Olivia de Havilland) and her cousin's husband arrive for a visit, the two drive Charlotte insane, so they can sell off her estate.
77) Let's Make Love
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English
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A billionaire, to be satirized in off-Broadway musical revue, unrecognized by producer-director, is hired to impersonate himself. Takes job to be close to leading lady but has trouble persuading her of his real identity.
78) Nightmare Alley
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English
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Stanton Carlisle is working in a carnival. Knowing a good con when he sees one, he learns the tricks of mind-reading and eventually becomes "The Great Stanton," star attraction of swanky nightclubs and the darling of society. But with all his notoriety built on lies, it's only a matter of time before Stanton's world comes crashing down around him.
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English
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One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal immigrant who won too much in a card game. When Dr. Clint Reed confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague he must find and inoculate the killers and their associates. Can a doctor turn detective? He has 48 hours to try....
80) Quiz Show
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English
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A big-money, high-stakes TV game show becomes the subject of scandal when a Washington investigator uncovers corruption behind-the-scenes implicating both the current and former champs.
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