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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"October 1993. When single mom Eleanor Mazinski goes out a for a much-needed date night, she leaves her two young children--sweet, innocent six-year-old Ben and precocious, defiant twelve-year-old Mira--in the capable hands of their sitter, Amy. The quiet seventeen-year-old is good at looking after children, despite her anxiety disorder. She also loves movies, especially horror flicks. Amy likes their predictability; it calms the panic that threatens...
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English
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When her mother, who disappeared 16 years before, reappears while a true crime documentary about her case is being filmed, 18-year-old Bel, not buying her mom's unbelievable story about what happened to her, must uncover the real reason Rachel Price is back from the dead.
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English
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"Peter Driscoll, an underground investigator to the wealthy, has never met anyone like Lily Temple. The beautiful silent-film actress spins fairy tales and plays frivolous roles in front of the cine-camera, but beneath the costumes and stage makeup is a woman with a quick wit--and a murky past. Peter has been tasked with locating the legendary Briarwood Teardrop, an exquisite sapphire, which Lily wears beneath her gown. In order to stay close to her...
Publisher
Nickelodeon / Paramount
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Tracker discovers a cave that leads to a lush jungle oasis. In this forgotten jungle, Tracker encounters an amazing variety of unique animals, including tigers, elephants, rhinos, falcons, and more! Danger lurks around every tree and Carlos and Tracker call in some extra help. Ryder and the PAW Patrol arrive in all-new jungle gear and animal-inspired vehicles to help rescue these animals from an impending volcano eruption. Then, the pups encounter...
6) Night swim
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player is forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, he moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy, and young son Elliot. Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home's shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home's past will unleash...
Publisher
Focus Features
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A coming of RAGE love story about a teenager and her infatuation, who happens to be a corpse. After a set of horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a journey to find love, happiness, and a few missing body parts.
8) Anime world
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Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The culture of anime is not limited to Japan. Anime is among Japan's most popular exports. Given the growth and popularity of anime over the past several decades, there is no question that anime's influence can now be found well beyond the TV sets and cinemas in Japan" --
9) 57 seconds
Publisher
VVS Films
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When a tech blogger discovers a time-altering device, he unleashes its power to rewrite the past and seek revenge against the ruthless corporate empire that destroyed his family. But his actions soon trigger a terrifying chain of events, propelling him into a pulse-pounding battle for survival where every second counts.
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Publisher
Page Street YA
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Haunting of Hill House meets found-footage horror in this edge-of-your-seat thriller that explores the power of family ties and the trauma that lurks there. When Sophia Galich was twelve, she starred in her older sister Layla's amateur horror movie Vermillion, which recorded raw footage of her very real reactions to scenes her sister concocted in their old Californian house on the coast-Cashore House. In the years after the film's release, Sophia's...
Publisher
Topix Media Lab
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"A true American to the end, there was nothing John Wayne loved more than his country. In John Wayne: Made in America, John Wayne's patriotism is explored through photos, his personal letters and mementos, and more memorabilia from the Wayne family archives. Carefully curated by the editors of the Official John Wayne magazine, this book gives new insight to the man who embodied the American spirit and was a living legend for more than 40 years."
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Newly revised and updated with more than 200 characters, this action-packed guide takes readers deep into the Marvel Cinematic Universe where they'll discover the strengths, superpowers, friends, allies, weapons and more of their favorite heroes or villains. Includes characters from the Marvel Studios films starting with Iron Man (2008) up through Guardians of the Galaxy 3 (2023).
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Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
In 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches, raised by the tribe, and eventually became the wife of a warrior. Twenty-four years after her capture, she was reclaimed by the U.S. cavalry and Texas Rangers and restored to her white family, to die in misery and obscurity. Cynthia Ann's story has been told over generations to become a foundational American tale. The myth gave rise to operas and one-act plays, and...
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[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Swedish
Description
During a blackout, a woman is found murdered in the middle of the Oresund Bridge, on the border between Sweden and Denmark. Police from both countries are called to the scene, and what looks like one murder turns out to be two. It's a spectacular double murder: the bodies have been brutally cut in half at the waist and put together to form a single corpse. Half of the body belongs to a Swedish politician, the other half to a Danish prostitute. Trapped...