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1) Babylon
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
Author
Series
Amgash novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Lucy Barton is recovering slowly from what should have been a simple operation. Her mother, to whom she hasn't spoken for many years, comes to see her. Gentle gossip about people from Lucy's childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below the surface lie the tension and longing that have informed every aspect of Lucy's life: her escape from her troubled family, her desire to become a writer, her marriage, her love for her two...
5) Suburbicon
Language
English
Formats
Description
A peaceful, idyllic suburban community with affordable homes and manicured lawns, the perfect place to raise a family, and in the summer of 1959, the Lodge family is doing just that. The tranquil surface masks a disturbing reality, as husband and father Gardner Lodge must navigate the town's dark underbelly of betrayal, deceit, and violence. This is a tale of very flawed people making very bad choices.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Yellowjackets barely made it through summer in the woods, but now as winter begins to bite, we'll see if hunger and desperation turn into full-on psychosis. While there may or may not be a dark and powerful force inhabiting the wilderness, their survival could depend upon what they choose to believe. Meanwhile, twenty-five years later, each survivor must ask themselves Is the darkness coming for them, or is it coming from them?
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A 21st-century romantic thriller centered around a relationship that gets taken too far, When a brilliant bookstore manager crosses paths with an aspiring writer, his answer becomes clear: anything. As he uses the internet and social media to gather the most intimate of details to get close to her, a charming and awkward crush quickly becomes obsession when he quietly and strategically begins to remove every obstacle, and person, between them.
Language
English
Description
Twilight: Isabella Swan moves to gloomy Forks, Washington to live with her father. She begins her junior year in high school and becomes fascinated by Edward Cullen. He holds a dark secret which is only known by his family. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for, a true soul mate. But he knows the further they progress in their relationship the more he is putting Bella and those close to her at risk. Edward tries to warn Bella that she...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
An original animated feature so exciting it's scratching at the door! Comedy is unleashed when Scooby-Doo, the favorite mystery solving mutt, teams up for the first time with Courage the Cowardly Dog. The canine colleagues sniff out a strange object in the middle of Nowhere, Kansas, the backwoods hometown of Courage and his owners, Eustace and Muriel Bagge. Soon, the mysterious discovery puts them on the trail of a giant cicada monster and her wacky...
Series
Language
English
Description
It all begins with a choice. In the third chapter of Stephenie Meyer's phenomenal Twilight series, Bella Swan is surrounded by danger as Seattle is hit by a string of murders and an evil vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, Bella is forced to choose between her love, Edward Cullen, and her friend, Jacob Black, knowing that her decision may ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf.
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's 1904 New York City world changes when Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and two little sisters move in next door to be servants for the Ryland family. Though they come from completely different backgrounds, Samantha and Nellie become fast friends. The girls turn to each other in happiness and sorrow, adventure and danger, and grow to be as close as two sisters could ever be. But life is full...
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A daring and hilarious ensemble comedy about a close-knit circle of friends whose lives change once they have kids. The last two singles in the group observe the effect that kids have had on their friends' relationships and wonder if there's a better way to make it work. When they decide to have a child together, and date other people, their unconventional 'experiment' leads everyone in the group to question the nature of friendship, family, and,...
14) Ghostbusters
Series
Language
English
Description
"Ghostbusters: Ghosts invade New York and force a trio of spirit exterminators to save the city in one of the biggest comedies of all time. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Sigourney Weaver head the all-star cast.--Ghostbusters 2: The superstars of the supernatural reunite to battle an enormous underground river of slime that threatens New York City in this hilarious sequel."--from publisher.
15) Be kind rewind
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When his best friend Jerry unknowingly erases all of the videotapes in the small video store, Mike has a plan to re-make all the movies in order to keep the store's loyal customers.
16) Family plot
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A phony psychic and a private eye search for a lost heir, getting mixed up in a diamond theft at the same time. This version has been digitally remastered.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the vein of Dominicana and My Brilliant Friend, an unforgettable story about female friendship and queer love in a Pakistani-American community. Razia Mirza grows up amid the wild grape vines and backyard sunflowers of Corona, Queens, with her best friend, Saima, by her side. But when a family rift drives the girls apart, Razia's idyllic childhood is shattered forever. In middle school, Razia befriends a new girl, Taslima, and they begin to chafe...
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Hang on for an out-of-this-world ride as Wallace's mad craving for cheese leads to a space rocket adventure in A Grand Day Out. In The Wrong Trousers, Gromit smells something fishy after a penguin moves in and plots to make off with Wallace's Techno-Trousers. Then it's time for A Close Shave as Wallace and Gromit get wrapped up in a sheep-rustling scheme. Finally, trouble rises after Wallace and Gromit start a bread-making business and are ensnared...
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