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"At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for Parliament. He believed that to achieve his goal he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. Despite deliberately putting himself in extreme danger as a British Army officer in colonial wars in India and Sudan, and as a journalist covering a Cuban uprising...
2) Misery
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Paul Sheldon is a best-selling novelist who is on his way home from his Colorado retreat after completing his latest book. He doesn't remember the blinding blizzard that sent his car spinning off the road. Paul is critically injured, but is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, who happens to be Paul's 'number one fan.' Annie takes Paul back to her house in the mountains, and he finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy. Unfortunately for Paul,...
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"Before the First World War, enthusiasm for a borderless world reached its height. International travel, migration, trade, and progressive projects on matters ranging from women's rights to world peace reached a crescendo. Yet in the same breath, an undercurrent of reaction was growing, one that would surge ahead with the outbreak of war and its aftermath. In Against the World, a sweeping and ambitious work of history, acclaimed scholar Tara Zahra...
4) Mad city
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
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English
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Sam is a misguided museum guard who loses his job, then tries to get it back at gunpoint. Max is a local TV reporter taken hostage with schoolchildren when Sam locks down the museum. It's a desperate move for Sam, a career move for Max. He's on the inside of a live exclusive. Now he must give Sam's story a heroic spin, keep a cynical network anchor at bay and above all, keep America watching. And as Max pulls the strings, the stakes grow higher, darker,...
5) Post grad
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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Ryden Malby has a master plan. Graduate college, get a great job, hang out with her best friend and find the perfect guy. But her plan spins out of control when she's forced to move back home with her eccentric family. By the time she lands her dream job, Ryden realizes it's meaningless without the man of her dreams, and the people she loves.
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RBA
Pub. Date
2017.
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Español
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"Cada competición es una cuestión de vida o muerte; y perder es morir. Para el agente deportivo Myron Bolitar, el Open de Estados Unidos de golf es una gran oportunidad para conseguir nuevos clientes. Una de las estrellas del circuito, Linda Coldren, quiere contratarlo, pero no para lo que el agente pudiera imaginar. Han secuestrado al hijo de la golfista y necesita la ayuda de Bolitar para rescatarlo. Ella y su marido Jack pueden ganar muchas cosas...
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Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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Laura, a Long Island dental hygienist, sneaks cigarettes and pounds back beers to cope with her unfaithful husband, overbearing family, and a brother-in-law who's loved her since high school. Her life really spins out of control when her husband suddenly dies and her 12-year-old son tells an outrageous lie at school to impress his new classmates. Laura's going to need a little help to settle into a normal life or a lot more beer!
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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As Dollhouse continues to provide its elite clientele with 'actives,' human beings imprinted with the personas of whomever the client wants them to be, its mind-altering technology spins dangerously out of control. Now, an unlikely alliance must attempt to destroy the sinister corporation behind the facade.
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20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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Everyone's favorite neighbor is back in this hilarious Family Guy spin-off! When Cleveland Brown moves back to his hometown to start a new life with his old high school sweetheart, their fledgling family faces everything from crazy redneck neighbors to an outrageously overcrowded honeymoon.
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Hanna Barbera
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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Diabolical do-badder Dick Dastardly, his snickering canine cohort Muttley and their Mean Machine takes on all for the fast and furious fun of the complete animated series Wacky Races. Gear up to keep pace with this dimwitted duo as well as their rivals: Peter Perfect in his Turbo Terrific, Luke and Blubber Bear in the Arkansas Chucgabug, the Ant Hill Mob in the Bulletproof Bomb and glamorous Penelope Pitstop in her pink Compact Pussycat.
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Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
[1922]
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English
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Synopsis: This book ambitiously brings together all Longfellow's poems into a single volume. As well as his justly famous works such as 'Hiawatha', 'The Wreck of the Hesperus' and 'Evangeline', there is much else here to delight the reader, such as his many short poems, translations and verse-dramas.
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Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
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Español
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Cinderella's wicked stepmother won't let her go to the ball. But with a little help from a Fairy Godmother, she'll be getting there in style. There's just one catch. At midnight, her magical gown will turn back into dirty old rags.
La malvada madrastra de Cenicienta no le permite asistir al baile, pero con un poco de ayuda de un hada madrina logrará llegar a la fiesta con mucho estilo. De cualquier modo, no todo es tan sencillo como parece: a medianoche,...
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NBM Graphic Novels
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Your phone reminds you all day long that you were interested in buying those shoes. Your device knows the places where you go, the books you like and your friends' faces. The world's most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data. The more they know about you, the better you can be targeted, and then, monetized. The British businessman Damian Bradfield, co-founder of WeTransfer, and the Spanish comics author David Sanchez build an ironic dystopic...
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Gale
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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Covers today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, and important documents. Includes topics such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and more.
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