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1) Inkheart
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When Mo Folchart reads a story aloud, the characters leap off the page. Literally. And that's a problem. One night he brings out three characters from Inkheart, a story set in medieval times and filled with magical beings. Capricorn and Basta are two villains. Dustfinger is a fire-eater. Now, 10 years later Mo's daughter, Meggie, discovers the truth and it's up to her to escape Capricorn's evil grasp. Mo has been searching for a long lost book that...
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King Leontes of Sicilia begs his childhood friend, King Polixenes of Bohemia, to extend his visit to Sicilia. Polixenes protests that he has been away from his kingdom for nine months, but after Leontes's pregnant wife, Hermione, pleads with him he relents and agrees to stay a little longer. Leontes, meanwhile, has become possessed with jealousy--convinced that Polixenes and Hermione are lovers, he orders his loyal retainer, Camillo, to poison the...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter, whom he's previously kept at arm's length to keep out of danger. First, he must complete one last mission, even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years while his wife...
5) King Lear
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Language
English
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An adapted version of Shakespeare's play, a tragedy of a foolish and self-indulgent king who learns, late in life and after terrible suffering, the value of self-knowledge. The play asks the ancient questions about God and the meaning of pain with uncompromising directness-- but provides no reassuring answers.
6) Emma
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Jane Austen's masterpiece follows the dire consequences of Emma's failed matchmaking schemes.
7) Nim's island
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from the island, Nim gets Alexandra to come to her...
8) The whale
Language
English
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Description
A reclusive English teacher, living alone in the wake of a tragedy, attempts to reconnect with his teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption in filmmaker Darren Aronofsky's transcendent, emotional epic. Nominated for three Academy Awards and featuring a career-defining performance from Brendan Fraser, THE WHALE is a deeply moving story of heartache, empathy, and grace.
10) Tomb raider
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she discovers the island where her father disappeared.
11) Beast
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Recently widowed Dr. Nate Daniels and his two teenage daughters travel to a South African game reserve managed by Martin Battles, an old family friend and wildlife biologist. However, what begins as a journey of healing soon turns into a fearsome fight for survival when a lion, a survivor of bloodthirsty poachers, begins stalking them.
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Series
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Prospero, wise Duke of Milan, has been deposed by Antonio, his wicked brother, and exiled with his daughter Miranda to a mysterious island. But Prospero possesses supernatural powers. This edition includes Shakespeare's sources for the play, dramatic criticism from past and present, and a comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of the play.
"'The Tempest' - Unique features of the Signet Classics Shakespeare...
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English
Description
A faded photograph leads powerful attorney Natalie Jones to the bittersweet secrets of her late father's past. She takes to the sprawling countryside, where horses run free, familis are bound by honor, true love really exists, and Natalie discovers her own past - and an enlightened future.
14) The Foreigner
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat and mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities.
16) Mr. Birthday
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
While working his nine-to-five maintenance job at an upscale apartment, Barry crosses paths with an older gentleman staying in the penthouse, Mister Jay. The mysterious Mister Jay introduces Barry to the International Birthday Network, an agency with one mission: to make sure children are happy on their birthdays. Barry and his daughter are tasked with delivering birthday surprises to kids all across the globe suffering from miserable birthdays.
18) Bones and all
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Maren, a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society.
19) The Lovely Bones
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When 14-year-old Susie Salmon was murdered, she left her unfinished life behind. Now from her place in a strange but beautiful in-between world, she must help her father catch her killer and protect her family before she can finally move on.
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