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1) Stella Bain
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
An epic story, set against the backdrop of World War I, from bestselling author Anita Shreve.
When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in an exclusive garden in London, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in.
A gesture of goodwill turns into something more as Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his houseguest. Stella had been working as a nurse's aide near...
When an American woman, Stella Bain, is found suffering from severe shell shock in an exclusive garden in London, surgeon August Bridge and his wife selflessly agree to take her in.
A gesture of goodwill turns into something more as Bridge quickly develops a clinical interest in his houseguest. Stella had been working as a nurse's aide near...
Author
Language
English
Description
The story of two people destined to be together and the hilarious chain of accidents that keep them apart! Erin thinks her love life has hit rock bottom…until her mom places a personal ad for her in the newspaper! As she endures a hilarious series of disastrous dates, a lonely ex-plumber named Alan clumsily searches for his dream job... narrowly missing one chance meeting with Erin after another!
4) Mumford
Author
Language
English
Description
Dr. Mumford has a talent for listening. He's only been in town four months, but he's already the most popular psychologist around. He listens to his clients' problems, gets involved in their lives and helps them in unexpected ways. But the man who hears the secrets has the biggest secret of all.
Publisher
Castle Rock Entertainment
Pub. Date
0000.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An 11-year-old boy discovers a courage and self-reliance he didn't know he had when he tries to help a friendly boarder with unique powers elude equally mysterious figures pursuing him.
"A poignant and often beautifully acted film."--Dallas Morning News
"A wonderful, wonderful movie."--Joel Siegel, Good Morning America
"Two big thumbs up!"--Ebert & Roeper And The Movies
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From executive producer M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), and based on the rich world created by international best-selling author Blake Crouch, comes the psychological thriller, Wayward Pines. Starring Jason Patric (Rush), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond) and Hope Davis (TV's The Newsroom), Season Two finds the residents of Wayward Pines battling for the survival of the human race against the iron-fisted rule of the First Generation. As the mysteries...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
The acclaimed, bestselling author--winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize--tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly--thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
"A nail-biting narrative, setting stark human dilemmas against a lush, exotic backdrop."— People
"Extraordinary. . . . Nothing is as it seems, and the ending is as shocking as it's satisfying." — Boston Globe
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett, a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest
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Language
English
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Description
Six kids on the run must face a villain who threatens the future of human existence . . . but winning comes at a high price.
Six children have escaped horrifying government experiments, a childhood in captivity, and a frightening brush with death. Living out in the world for the first time, they yearn to be reunited with Kit and Frannie, the couple who saved their lives. And Max, the leader of the flock, is seized by an overpowering...
Six children have escaped horrifying government experiments, a childhood in captivity, and a frightening brush with death. Living out in the world for the first time, they yearn to be reunited with Kit and Frannie, the couple who saved their lives. And Max, the leader of the flock, is seized by an overpowering...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mary Beth Latham is first and foremost a mother, whose three teenaged children come first, before her career as a landscape gardener, or even her life as the wife of a doctor. Caring for her family and preserving their everyday life is paramount. And so, when one of her sons, Max, becomes depressed, Mary Beth becomes focused on him, and is blindsided by a shocking act of violence.
11) The hoax
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the unbelievable true story of the man who faked the authorized biography of Howard Hughes and nearly pulled off the media scam of the 20th century.
Two thumbs up.--Roeper & Tony Scott
A devilish satire with mischievous wit. --Rolling Stone
Richard Gere is sensational. --People
12) Fear of Flying
Author
Publisher
Caedmon
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Originally published in 1973, the groundbreaking, uninhibited story of Isadora Wing and her desire to fly free caused a national sensation. In The New York Times, Henry Miller compared it to his own classic, Tropic of Cancer and predicted that "this book will make literary history..." It has sold more than twelve million copies. Now, after thirty years, the revolutionary novel known as Fear of Flying still stands as a timeless tale of self-discovery,
...13) Charlie Bartlett
Author
Language
English
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Description
Wealthy teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) is failing miserably at fitting in at a new public high school run by the world-weary Principal Gardner (Robert Downey, Jr.). As he begins to better understand the social hierarchy, Charlie's honest charm and likeability positions him as the resident 'psychiatrist' dishing out advice, and the occasional prescription, to his fellow students in need. Along the way, he decides to take some of his own...
14) Proof
Author
Language
English
Description
The powerful story of a young woman haunted by her father's past and the shadow of her own future. Catherine has devoted years to caring for her brilliant but mentally unstable father, Robert, a mathematical genius. But when his genius slips away, he leaves behind a mystery that affects her life...and her own sanity. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
15) The Hoax
Author
Language
English
Description
The thrilling and unbelievably true story of the man who almost pulled off the biggest literary con of the 20th century. When Clifford Irving convinces a major publishing house that Howard Hughes, the bigger-than-life billionaire recluse, has asked Irving to pen his authorized autobiography, Irving must concoct an elaborate scheme to prove his fake manuscript is real.