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Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
On a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990, a young single mother named Joanne Rowling conceived the idea of a children's book about a boy wizard named Harry Potter. Five years later, that idea became the basis for the most successful book franchise in the history of publishing. Here is the rags-to-riches story of J.K. Rowling, who overcame numerous hardships to rise seemingly overnight from a destitute welfare mother in England to one of the...
4) Held hostage
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After three masked gunmen break into her home, bank manager Michelle Estey and her young daughter are duct-taped with explosives and threatened with death unless Michelle cooperates in a daring bank heist. Terrified, Michelle agrees to their demands. She and her daughter are left unharmed, but Michelle soon realizes that, after the robbery, they are still very much in danger.
5) Stella
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Stella: After a brief relationship with a young doctor, Stella, a tough and fiercely independent woman, discovers she's pregnant. Too proud to accept the doctor's marriage proposal, Stella raises her daughter Jenny alone, and through the years the two share a very special relationship until Stella realizes she cannot provide Jenny with the advantages her wealthy father can.
The doctor: Successful surgeon Jack McKee who is businesslike and aloof with...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Conjuring: Ghost hunters Lorraine and Ed Warren help a family terrorized by an evil spirit in their mysterious farmhouse. Based on true events.
Conjuring 2: Lorraine and Ed Warren, in one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Annabelle: John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia. He gives her a beautiful,...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
Big eyes: Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night. Titles include: Notting Hill ; Erin Brockovich ; Steel magnolias ; Hook ; The pelican brief ; Conspiracy theory.
Notting Hill (1999): The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when the most famous star in the world walks into his shop and buys a book.
Erin Brockovich (2000): A brash former beauty queen and single mom talks her way into a job at a small L.A. law...
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