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41) A dog's purpose
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
It shares the soulful and surprising story of one devoted dog who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love.
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Twilight volume 4 Part 2
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen.
Description
After becoming a vampire, Bella finds her and her daughter's futures threatened by a series of events with potentially disastrous consequences.
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Pub. Date
p2009
Description
The collection of magical songs from this amazing soundtrack features Anika Noni Rose, Ne-Yo, and Academy Award-winning composer Randy Newman. Set in the great city of New Orleans, the sounds of jazz, zydeco, blues, gospel, and more are all present for an unforgettable musical experience.
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"Man, I believe the older generation doesn't want the younger generation have any fun," complained one Arizona high school student in the midst of what has often been called "The Fabulous Fifties." For the first time in history, thanks to a booming post-war economy and an emerging middle class, teenagers had money to spend. They developed their own culture, language and fashion and by 1957 it was their music coming out of the radios and the jukeboxes,...
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It wasn't the first or last of the disaster pictures, but it was the best of them all, yet its producer had no way of knowing that his career would never again reach those heights.The Towering Inferno (1974) was the crowning achievement of über-producer Irwin Allen, the self-proclaimed "Master of disaster." Crafted from two best-selling books and with a budget-busting cast headed by two mega-stars, it took two studios to bring it to the screen.In...
Pub. Date
1997, c1993
Edition
Standard or widescreen format.
Description
A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of her crippled cousin Colin, and Dickon the country boy, her spirit is gradually reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Mattie Ross is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney, the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshal with an affinity for drinking, and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf to track the fleeing Chaney. Despite their differences, their ruthless determination leads them on a perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution....
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Meet some of today's leading filmmakers as they share their career journeys. Find out how they tackle challenges and solve problems as you strategize with adding and subtracting mixed numbers. Before you see anything on the big screen, discover the big dreams of some master storytellers-filmmakers. By integrating math and literacy skills, this high-interest math reader makes learning math fun and easy as students are engaged in reading about famous...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Description
George and Harold are fourth-grade BFFs who love dreaming up funny pranks. One day, they accidentally hypnotize their principal into believing he's a dimwitted hero named Captain Underpants. But when the new schoolteacher turns out to be a disgraced scientist bent on ridding the world of laughter, George, Harold and Captain Underpants must band together to stop his evil agenda.
53) The Danish girl
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Full screen.
Description
The neverending story: Jeopardized by an encroaching void known as the Nothing, the creatures of Fantasia and its child-Empress must rely on the young warrior Atreyu, and on the faith of Bastian who is reading the book about Atreyu's adventures. The neverending story II: Bastian returns to his fantasy world, where he must save it from an evil sorceress, and discovers the courage he lacks in real life.
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El libro presenta una compilación de 57 películas cuidadosamente seleccionadas donde los protagonistas son personas próximas a jubilarse o jubiladas. Representa el primer paso para la promoción del ocio a través del cine en personas que se encuentran en el retiro laboral. El listado de las películas que se ofrece es un recurso valioso porque orienta a las personas jubiladas sobre las siete etapas que se vivien durante la jubilación y muestra...
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A 25th anniversary history and celebration of The Shawshank Redemption, one of the most cherished American films of the late twentieth century and one of the finest movies made from a Stephen King story. The movie not only boasts a great story, it has a great backstory, starting with the dollar deal that eventually led King and co-stars Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman to put their trust in a largely untested director making his first feature film....
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
"Vermont's first woman governor (1985-91), reflects on her ground-breaking political career and the work she continues to do. After leaving office, she served as Deputy Secretary of Education and Ambassador to Switzerland in the Clinton administration and started an international organization to help communities solve problems. With her activism and writing, including 'The New Feminist Agenda,' she fights for parity for women and better circumstances...
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Have digital technologies transformed cinema into a new art, or do they simply replicate and mimic analogue, film-based cinema? Newly revised and expanded to take the latest developments into account, Cinema in the Digital Age examines the fate of cinema in the wake of the digital revolution. Nicholas Rombes considers Festen (1998), The Blair Witch Project (1999), Timecode (2000), Russian Ark (2002), and The Ring (2002), among others. Haunted by their...
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