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Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"In 1987, E.L. Doctorow celebrated the Constitution's bicentennial by reading it. "It is five thousand words long but reads like fifty thousand," he said. Distinguished legal scholar Garrett Epps--himself an award-winning novelist--disagrees. It's about 7,500 words. And Doctorow "missed a good deal of high rhetoric, many literary tropes, and even a trace of, if not wit, at least irony," he writes. Americans may venerate the Constitution, "but all...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
It all starts on the morning the letter D disappears from language. First, it vanishes from Dhikilo's parents' conversation at breakfast, then from the road signs outside and from her school dinners. Soon the local dentist and the neighbor's dalmatian are missing, and even the Donkey Derby has been called off.
Though she doesn't know why, Dhikilo is summoned to the home of her old history teacher Professor Dodderfield and his faithful Labrador, Nelly...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Get a fascinating global view of how the animal world adapts to the seasons with this simultaneous look at both Northern and Southern Hemispheres. In January in the Scottish Highlands, a mountain hare is camouflaged from predators in its white winter coat, while in New Guinea, a bright-green tree python guards her eggs. Come March, a warm Arctic spring lures polar bears out from their den, while in Australia, newly hatched crocodiles go for their...
Series
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A tale of two Christmases: Thanks to some holiday magic, Emma gets to experience two different Christmases -- one where she stays in the city and celebrates with a new crush and his friends, and one where she returns home for all the traditions with her family.
A big fat family Christmas: Liv gets an assignment to photograph the Chang family's annual holiday party for a front-page story--nobody at work knows that they are her family. She wants to...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Crossings is an unforgettable and explosive genre-bending debut-a novel in three parts, designed to be read in two different directions, spanning a hundred and fifty years and seven lifetimes. On the brink of the Nazi occupation of Paris, a German-Jewish bookbinder stumbles across a manuscript called Crossings. It has three narratives, each as unlikely as the next. And the narratives can be read one of two ways: either straight through or according...
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Power of Us: A young athlete whose running days might be behind her, a compulsive liar, a shy researcher, a bitter old woman, and a little girl with a big secret the only thing they have in common is the annual Wind Festival in Fula City. The festival celebrates the Legendary Pokémon Lugia, who brings the wind that powers this seaside city. When a series of threats endangers not just the festival, but all the people and Pokémon of Fula City, it'll...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Stuck On Himself" is a mix of Romance, Coming of Age and LGBTQ+ with a bit of erotica slipped in. For those of a certain age, you might think "Walton's Mountain" meets "Tales of The City." Or Mary Richards cuts loose. There are memorable quirky characters and a plot twist or two. The story takes place during the two decades, 1976 - 1996 in rural Ohio and in San Francisco.
10) Tales of Mexico
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Told across eight different stories taking place in one 100-year-old rom, the film explores the secret lives of its inhabitants from the beginning of the twentieth century to the dawn of the new millennium. This intricately-woven film gives a compelling and profound portrait of modern Mexico from eight of the country's new breed of cinematic storytellers.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging...
Publisher
Universal Studios Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2015
Language
English
Description
After being banished from the kingdom of Dor for wanting to be a knight, Despereaux, a mouse with over-sized ears, sets off with his friend Roscuro on a quest to rescue a princess and save the kingdom from darkness.
Home use only.
14) Shark tale
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Oscar is a fast talking fish who dreams big. All is going well until his fellow fish find out Oscar lied about being defender of the Reef. Oscar realizes that fame, fortune, and being a hero come with a price when his lie may make him catch of the day.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Whiting Award-winning author makes his long-awaited comeback with this epic tale, spanning from the Deep South to the Middle East, that bridges four countries, two cultures, and three families who struggle to love and survive in the face of war, natural disasters, and other calamities beyond their control. Ramadan Ramsey is the improbable love story between Alicia Ramsey, a ninth generation New Orleans African American, and Mustafah Tota, a Syrian...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Join Bob and Larry and the rest of your favorite Veggies as they explore the Fruits of the Spirit attributes in three all-new stories: God Wants Us to Make Peace: Bob learns a valuable lesson in getting along. The Power of Love: the Veggie crew learns about the kind of love that is powerful.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the Christmas favorite, Prancer, Gloria (10, raised in the U.K.) and her recently widowed, American grandfather, Bud, befriend a mysterious reindeer. The extended family has gathered at Bud's rural northeastern home for Christmas and to decide where the cantankerous senior will spend his final years. When Bud comes to believe that the mischievous Prancer might actually be magical and Gloria fears that this will seal his fate to a retirement...
18) Dumb money
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Dumb Money is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world's hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill, who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives of everyone...
20) The son
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A cautionary tale that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. Centers on Peter, whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth is upended when his ex-wife Kate appears at his door to discuss their son Nicholas, who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing school for months and is deeply troubled. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have wanted his father to have taken care of him while juggling...
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