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Series
Shirley Temple volume 09
Language
English
Description
Only a plea to President Lincoln can help when the father of a plantation girl is arrested and charged with espionage against the Yankees.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hushpuppy is a six-year-old living in an isolated bayou community. When her father Wink becomes ill, she sets off for the outside world in an attempt to help him. The journey to save her father is delayed by a 'busted' universe that reverses weather patterns and brings about long-extinct animals. Can Hushpuppy save the day? Bonus features include the making of Beasts of the Southern Wild and the theatrical trailer.
5) Coquette
Pub. Date
2019, p1929.
Language
English
Description
When Norma tells her father she has fallen in love with Michael Jeffery, her widowed father forbids the two from seeing each other, knowing that Michael will never rise to their family's social class. But the couple's love is stronger than Norma's obligation to obey her father, and the lovers secretly continue their romance.
6) The thin man
Language
English
Description
The thin man: Nick and Nora Charles investigate the disappearance of an inventor.
After the thin man: "New Year's Eve and a new mystery surrounding the philandering husband of Nora's cousin."--Container.
Another thin man: "And baby makes three. Meet Nick, Jr. (and join the boithday bash thrown by some of da boys) in this breezy outing that takes the Charleses to the Long Island estate of an industrialist who turns out to be a murder target."--Container.
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7) Wilson
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A lonely, neurotic and hilariously honest middle-aged man reunites with his estranged wife and meets his teenage daughter for the first time."--IMDB.
9) Disgrace
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Professor David Lurie is a man whose world is shattered when he is fired for seducing a college student. He finds peace at his estranged daughter's modest farm in South Africa until a horrific incident of terror and violence forces Lurie to confront his beliefs and the disturbing racial complexities of the new South Africa.
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) The tempest
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
This modern retelling of William Shakespeare's final masterpiece is an exciting, mystical, and magical fantasy. Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge.
Series
Shirley Temple collection volume 14
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Adaptation of a classic children's novel and stage play by Frances Hodgson Burnett, adorable Sara Crewe is treated like a little princess at her boarding school. But when reports of her father's death in the Boer War surface, she is forced into servitude towards other girls. The unflappable youngster steps up to the challenge of her new lot in life, and ultimately wins over the hearts of wealthy neighbors - and even Queen Victoria herself - as she...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The story of Laura, a working mother who just wants to spend more time with her daughter Kelsey. Unfortunately, her demanding boss Paul has other ideas. When Kelsey's father Dylan files for joint custody, Laura is forced to take Kelsey to Texas, where she confronts the lifestyle, church, and father that she left behind. With the help of the local church minister, Pastor Frank, Laura and Dylan will find their way back to the commitment they made to...
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A dramatic portrayal of the romance of poets, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning. The invalid poetess who regains her health after falling in love with the famous poet elopes with the poet against the wishes of her tyrannical father, who exhibits an incestuous attachment for Elizabeth, as well as an over domineering control of all the Barrett siblings in their personal adult relationships. The story is set in London, England, starting in the year...
Series
Shirley Temple volume 08
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
An old-fashioned Southern colonel has disowned his daughter for marrying a Yankee and resists all entreaties for a reconciliation until he succumbs to the charms of his little granddaughter.
16) Fly away home
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Amy is a young teenager when her mother is killed in a car accident. Because of it, she moves in with her estranged father. Amy finds her new life absolutely miserable. But, she finds abandoned goose eggs behind her home from when developers tore up the forest. They soon hatch and Amy becomes their 'mother' and takes care of them. Winter quickly arrives, and the geese must go south. Someone or something needs to show them the way. It is up to Amy...
17) Bee season
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Eliza demonstrates such an amazing gift for spelling any word given to her that her father Saul insists on coaching her himself. As Eliza's success continues, Saul's newfound devotion grows ... causing huge changes for the entire family.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A heartwarming story adapted from the bestselling 'Love Comes Softly' series by Janette Oke. When the wife of a struggling homesteader on the western frontier unexpectedly dies, the man searches for the strength and courage to raise his young daughter, and finds it, with the help of his parents.
19) Blood father
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When his estranged teenage daughter is targeted by a drug cartel, ex-convict John Link must call upon connections from his criminal past to save his daughter's future.
20) Meet Joe Black
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wealthy media tycoon William Parrish (Hopkins) leads a charmed existence until Death (Pitt) comes calling with an extraordinary proposition - he'll delay Bill's imminent demise in exchange for a tour of life.
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