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"In the uneasy peace following World War I, nurse Bess Crawford runs into trouble and treachery in Ireland-in this twelfth book in the New York Times bestselling mystery series. The Great War is over-but in Ireland, in the wake of the bloody 1916 Easter Rising, anyone who served in France is now considered a traitor, including nurse Eileen Flynn and former soldier Michael Sullivan, who only want to be married in the small, isolated village where she...
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Introduction: a few questions readers might have, before we get started -- Part One: in which we learn various theories about how to be good people from the three main schools of western moral philosophy that have emerged over the last 2,400 years, plus a bunch of other cool stuff, all in like eighty pages. Should I punch my friend in the face for no reason? ; Should I let this runaway trolley I'm driving kill five people, or should I pull a lever...
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Breaking out of maximum security at Fox River was the easy part. Now, Michael Scofield must fight to survive inside Sona, a hellish Panamanian prison where the only rule is brutal violence and the only way out is in a body bag. So, with time running out, Lincoln Burrows scrambles desperately to free his brother along with the only man who can deliver Lincoln's captive son from the sinister clutches of The Company.
4) Robocop
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English
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In a near future. Detroit has slowly become the center of criminal activity when a gang who likes to kill cops goes on the rise. Omni Consumer Products eventually seizes control of local law enforcement. Just assigned to the Metro West Precinct is Officer Alex Murphy. Alex is massacred by the gang, as his partner Anne Lewis is barely able to do nothing. At the same time, a young visionary executive, Bob Morton, seizes his chance when the ED-209 law...
6) The Iliad
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"When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017-revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that "combines intellectual authority with addictive readability" (Edith Hall, The Sunday Telegraph)-critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, The New York Times) and "a cultural landmark" (Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory...
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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English
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High school nice-guy Ted scores an unlikely prom date with beautiful Mary. Unfortunately, due to a turn of events, the night is ruined before it even begins, and shortly thereafter, Mary moves away with her family. Now, a single, thirty-something Ted descides to resolve his feelings for Mary. He is convinced by his friend Dom to hire inept detective Pat Healy to find her. Healy returns from Florida smitten with Mary, and misleads Ted about her circumstances....
8) Kidnapped
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Tells the story of David Balfour, a young man of the Lowlands, the southern part of Scotland. David's father, Alexander Balfour, has recently died, and his mother died some time before, so he is now an orphan.--SparkNotes.
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Little, Brown and Co
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2011.
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English
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When soldiers attack a small village in Zimbabwe, Deo goes on the run with Innocent, his older, mentally disabled brother, carrying little but a leather soccer ball filled with money, and after facing prejudice, poverty, and tragedy, it is in soccer that Deo finds renewed hope.
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"Spread the Christmas cheer with this whimsical retelling of Clement C. Moore's cherished poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas." This new edition of the classic features the text of Moore's original poem, illustrated with beautifully detailed LEGO brick scenes and characters. See the colorful stockings hung by the chimney in the fanciful brick house, and look on at the visions of dancing brick sugarplums. Turn the pages to reveal Saint Nicholas with his...
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Pocket Books
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2014.
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English
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"Following the resolution of the fertility crisis that nearly caused their extinction, the Andorian people now stand ready to rejoin the United Federation of Planets. But as the Federation looks to the future and the special election to name President Bacco's permanent successor, time is running out to apprehend those responsible for the respected leader's brutal assassination. Even as elements of the Typhon Pact are implicated for the murder, Admiral...
13) X-Men collection
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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X-Men: A war is brewing between people with special powers (mutants) and the rest of humanity-- and the only ones who can save the humans from certain destruction are a special group of mutants: the X-Men.
X2 : X-Men united: A new war between humans and mutants begins after an assassination attempt is made on the life of the president of the United States. Now, every mutant needs to fight together against a common enemy: General William Stryker,...
14) Six: end game
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Skyhorse Publishing
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[2017]
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English
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Based on History's series SIX, the action-packed sequel to Six: blood brothers. In this thrilling follow-up to Six: blood brothers, the elite unit known as SEAL Team Six arrives at an abandoned village in Nigeria mere minutes too late to rescue former team leader Senior Chief Richard "Rip" Taggart. What they find instead are a group of battle-hardened Chechen fighters and a lot of dead Boko Haram. After a deadly firefight, they're left only with the...
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Newport Public Library
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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EASY: Two motorcyclists travel across the U.S. in search of the real America. Cast: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson.
LITTLE: A dysfunctional family undertakes a road trip to California in order to allow their 7-year old daughter to participate in the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant. Cast: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston.
PLANES: An uptight businessman faces disaster...
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Morrow
Pub. Date
[1990]
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English
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Call them dancers. When they arrived at a taping session led by Michael Bennett in January of 1974, all they had to do was answer a few questions about their lives. Truthfully. Some felt scared. Others felt free. Everyone realized it was the first time in their careers they had ever been asked to put their life stories on the line. And however aone they might have felt, suddenly they found an unknown community of artists, like themselves, who shared...
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Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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Overview: America's story has always been best told in its newspapers. From the local and mundane-crime blotters, crop prices, and Sunday sermons-to the Federalist Papers and Watergate, the press has played an outsized role in our nation's culture and history. Newspapers in America have always been the crucible where our passions and debates are tried by the only judge this nation respects: public opinion. At a time of great transition in the news...
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Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Four brothers: Four adopted brothers come back home to avenge their mother's death at what appeared to be a random killing in a grocery store robbery. However, the boy's investigation of the death reveals more nefarious activities involving the one brother's business dealings with a notorious local gangster. Two local cops, who are trying to solve the case, may also not be what they seem.
The departed: In South Boston, the state police force are...
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Birch Lane Press
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[1992]
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English
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Here is the first in-depth, tell-all biography of the young Arkansas governor now battling for the presidency of the United States. The Comeback Kid is based on four years of research and includes extensive interviews with Clinton and his wife, Hillary, his mother, Virginia, teachers and childhood friends, as well as his critics and opponents. An intensely human and dramatic story, The Comeback Kid provides revealing information on Clinton's accomplishments...
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