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2) Jumper
Language
English
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Description
David is a jumper who can teleport himself anywhere in the world, which creates a fun and exciting life. Things turn deadly when David finds himself pursued by a secret organization sworn to kill jumpers. He forms an uneasy alliance with another jumper and becomes a player in a war that has been raging for thousands of years.
4) The rundown
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Beck is anxious to retire from his bounty hunter work, but his boss, Walker, has one more "retrieval" job for him. He sends Beck into the Brazilian rainforest to bring back his wayward son, Travis. Travis is there looking for a gold statue, which he could sell for millions if he finds it. The powerful Hatcher owns the area's huge mine, and feels that anything found in the area is his property. He refuses to let Beck take Travis back to the U.S. until...
5) Mee-Shee
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Mac, a fun-loving nine-year-old, will have the adventure of a lifetime when he uncovers the world's biggest secret: Mee-Shee, a lovable water giant. They will have to outsmart a team of evil hunters who threaten to take Mee-Shee away forever.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Tony Fingleton, a young man from a troubled family. He lives In the shadow of an abusive father, but Tony finds the inner strength to become a swimming champion. Always overshadowed in his father's eyes by his brothers, it is only when Tony displays an extraordingary swimming talent that he feels he has a shot at winning his father's heart.
Language
English
Description
Harried mattress salesman Howard Langston is late for his son Jamie's karate class. To placate his unhappy son, he asks him if there is anything special he wants for Christmas. He wants Turbo Man, the hottest toy of the season. Howard naturally forgets to get it, and since it is Christmas Eve, no stores have it in stock. So Howard now will stop at nothing to get the toy and reunite his family.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Jude is a dock worker from Liverpool who travels to the United States in the 1960s to find his estranged father. There, he falls in love with sheltered American teenager Lucy. When her brother, Max, is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, they become involved in peace activism.
13) Firehouse dog
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Rex is the world's most famous, and Hollywood's most pampered, pooch. He gets lost and is reluctantly adopted by a young boy. His father, the fire chief of a rundown station, agrees to the adoption only if his defiant son takes care of the dog. Little do they realize Rex will not only bring them closer, but also bring some much-needed faith back to the fire station.
14) October sky
Language
English
Formats
Description
True story of a young boy growing up in Coalwood, West Virginia during the 1950's who dreams of building rockets.
"In Coalwood, West Virginia, 1957, coal mining is king and no one can escape life underground. But when high schooler Homer Hickman, Jr. sees the Soviet satellite Sputnik streak overhead, he aims for the stars and a new destiny in this incredible true story of hope, determination and triumph. With the help of his teacher and three buddies,...
15) Back to school
Language
English
Description
When college student Jason Melon decides to drop out of school, his dad drops in. And both learn more about studying and partying than they ever thought possible in this madcap campus comedy.
Series
Language
English
Description
Beginning with a prologue in which a young Indiana Jones is introduced, the epic continues with the adult Indy embarking on a perilous quest for his father, Professor Henry Jones, Sr. The Nazis are on the trail of the Holy Grail, and have kidnapped the professor, who is an authority on the Cup of Christ. Indy inches through rat-filled catacombs, battles Nazis in biplane dogfights, and braves the firepower of unstoppable tanks.
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, a Canadian soldier adopts a bear cub on his way to fight in World War I in Europe, but has to leave her in the care of the London Zoo when he is shipped to the front. The original bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
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