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1) Gold
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the not too distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their bounty with one man leaving to secure the necessary tools. The other man remains and must endure harsh desert elements, ravenous wild dogs, and mysterious intruders while battling the sinking suspicion that he has been abandoned to his fate....
2) The estate
Language
English
Description
Two sisters attempt to win over their terminally ill, difficult-to-please aunt in hopes of becoming the beneficiaries of her wealthy estate, only to find the rest of their greedy family members have the same idea in this hilarious comedy about family being the worst.
3) Trust nobody
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A young hustler's thirst for power can make him destroy his own family, and a woman's greed can cause her to do the unthinkable.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After winning a lottery worth $370 million, Kevin Carson, a young man living in the projects, suddenly has the sexy girl who wouldn't give him the time of day wanting to hook up, a local gang boss willing to take him under his wing, and a surly thug just looking to pummel him and take the ticket.
6) 16 wishes
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When Abby receives a box of magical birthday candles for her sixteenth birthday, her wildest wishes start coming true, but after one wish turns her life upside down, she and her best friend Jay have one chance to make everything right.
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
According to a ancient Chinese legend, if three strangers come together before the Chinese idol, Kwan Yin at midnight of the Chinese New Year, she will grant their wish. Crystal Shackleford brings Johnny West and Jerome Arbutny to her apartment to fulfill the legend of the three strangers. They buy shares in a winning lottery ticket which changes their lives, but not in the ways they expected.
8) Elmer Gantry
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
One man's fervent pursuit of wealth and power leads him to religion for profit in the evangelist tents of the 1920's Midwestern Corn Belt.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Action-comedy about greed, revenge, and a desert full of dead Elvis impersonators. A priceless Apache war mask has been stolen from an Indian casino causing criminals, frat boys, tomahawk-wielding hit men, modern-day cowboys, and a six-foot-tall blonde assassin to rampage through a small town in hopes of claiming the treasure first.
12) Steamboy
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In 19th century England, young Ray Steam receives a Steam Ball, a mysterious, powerful device, from his inventor grandfather. Governments and businesses around the world covet Ray's Steam Ball, and he finds himself in a murderous conflict over its possession. He's also caught between his father who builds terrible weapons for an American arms merchant, and his grandfather, who believes science should improve people's lives.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A routine raid led by Emer Berry, a detective in the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau, reveals that a small time drug dealer has been receiving substantial funding from a seemingly untraceable source not in cash, but in rough diamonds. When these diamonds are linked to a series of bombings in Belgium, Emer is forced to work with Police Commissioner Christian De Jong. Eventually, reluctantly banding together, they unravel a political conspiracy fueling...
14) The vanishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After three lighthouse keepers arrive for work on a remote Scottish isle, they make a fateful discovery: a wrecked rowboat, with a chest full of gold. As a mysterious boat heads toward the island, the three men make a choice that will change their lives forever, ensnaring them in a web of greed, paranoia, and murder.
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk and his cheery nephew. But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
17) Serena
Language
English
Description
In 1929, just as the Depression has hit, George and Serena Pemberton, love-struck newlyweds, move from Boston to North Carolina to build a timber empire. Serena soon proves herself to be equal to any man: overseeing loggers, hunting rattlesnakes, even saving a man's life in the wilderness. With power and influence now in their hands, the Pembertons refuse to let anyone stand in the way of their inflated love and ambitions. However, once Serena discovers...
19) King Lear
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 1140L
Language
English
Description
Featuring the images of some of the world's most famous stage and film actors, these additions to the all-new Oxford School Shakespeare introduce--and enthrall--young people to one of the greatest writers of all time. This season brings revised editions of five of the Bard's most famous plays--As You Like It, Othello, Hamlet, Love's Labour Lost and The Taming of the Shrew. Designed specifically for students unfamiliar with Shakespeare's rich literary...
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"From Walt Disney Pictures comes the magical retelling of Charles Dickens' beloved tale-Disney's A Christmas Carol, the high-flying, heartwarming adventure for the whole family, starring Jim Carrey. When three ghosts take penny-pinching Scrooge on an eye-opening journey, he discovers the true meaning of Christmas. Complete with spirited bonus features, this exhilarating and touching Disney classic is destined to be part of your holiday tradition,...
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