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Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author T.C. Boyle makes his Ecco debut with a powerful, gripping novel that explores the roots of violence and anti-authoritarianism inherent in the American character.
Set in contemporary Northern California, The Harder They Come explores the volatile connections between three damaged people—an aging ex-Marine and Vietnam veteran, his psychologically unstable son, and the son's paranoid, much older
...2) Calico Joe
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English
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In the summer of 1973 Calico Joe is the idol of every baseball fan in America, including Paul Tracey, the young son of a hard-partying and hard-throwing Mets pitcher; when Warren Tracey finally faces Calico Joe, he throws a fastball that will change their lives forever.
3) Cowboys
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
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Troy (Steve Zahn), a troubled but well-intentioned father who has recently separated from his wife Sally (Jillian Bell). Aghast at Sally's refusal to let their trans son Joe (Sasha Knight) live as his authentic self, Troy runs off with Joe into the Montana wilderness. Meanwhile police detective (Ann Dowd) pursues them, but her resolve about the case is tested the more she learns about Joe's family.
Publisher
Viva Pictures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Adam, a thirteen year old outsider, sets out on a daring and epic quest to uncover the mystery behind his long-lost dad. He quickly discovers that his father is none other than the legendary Bigfoot, who has been hiding in the forest for years to protect himself and his family from HairCo., a giant corporation eager to run scientific experiments with his special DNA. As father and son start making up for the lost time, Adam soon finds out that he...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Renato, a successful Mexican aviation executive, is shocked to discover he has an American half-brother he never knew about, the free-spirited Asher. The two very different half-brothers are forced on a road journey together masterminded by their ailing father, tracing the path their father took as an immigrant from Mexico to the US.
7) Transfusion
Publisher
Saban Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Ex-special forces operative Ryan Logan has a sharply honed set of survival skills that have allowed him to walk the line between courage and fear. But after a personal tragedy shatters his family and sends his teenage son, Billy, into a world of drugs and delinquency, he is pushed to the edge. Desperate to make a new life for Billy, Ryan plunges into the criminal underground for one final mission in this muscular, emotionally charged thriller.
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"From the beloved and best-selling Anne Tyler, a sparkling new novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection. Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses...
11) The son
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English
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"Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power, this is a novel that maps the legacy of violence in the American West through the lives of the McCulloughs, an ambitious family as resilient and dangerous as the land they claim. Spring, 1849. Eli McCullough is thirteen years old when a marauding band of Comanches takes him captive. Brave and clever, Eli quickly adapts to life among the Comanches,...
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There's little love in eight-year-old Tom Bedford's life. His parents are old and remote and the boarding school they've sent him to bristles with bullies and sadistic staff. The only comfort he gets is from his fantasy world of Cowboys and Indians. But when his sister Diane, a rising star of stage and screen, falls in love with one of his idols, the suave TV cowboy Ray Montane, Tom's life is transformed. They move to Hollywood and all his dreams...
13) Un papa pirata
Publisher
Zima Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Ian discovers that André, a former soap opera star and a current alcoholic, is his birth father. Ian decides to go work at his ruined mascot business, where he finds a place populated by extravagant people and discovers the meaning of fatherhood.
14) Plainsong
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Series
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English
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A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver.
17) About my father
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Sebastian is encouraged by his fiancé to bring his Italian hairdresser father Salvo to a weekend get-together to meet her wealthy and eccentric family. As the weekend turns into an outrageous clash of cultures, Sebastian and Salvo discover that the great thing about family is everything about family.
20) Retablo
Publisher
Wolfe
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
In the remote mountains of Peru, Segundo is being groomed to follow his father's footsteps in the traditional folk art of crafting intricate, artisan story-boxes. Segundo reveres his father, but realizes that the weight of carrying the family legacy will keep him on the mountain forever. When he stumbles across a secret his father is harboring, Segundo will come to face the reality of his religious and conservative landscape.
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