Emily Watson
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English
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While the boys get to sail off with the new Great Fleet to chase pirates across the Sunrim Ocean, Amy and Airdella are stuck in Chalef for an unusually boring summer. Until an early morning walk down to the docks takes an unexpected turn...Walter and Aaron are forced to play politics as they work with the representatives of the other nations to track down and eliminate the pirates plaguing their ocean. The pirates lead them on a merry chase from island...
2) Down Root
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English
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Ned is happy to go on spring break with his foster family and friends, and to leave the stresses of college life behind, where his biggest concern in life is passing business calculus. But events are soon triggered that will turn his world upside down. Now the clock is ticking in the hunt for a forgotten artefact. And if he can't find it in time, well, he may not live to fail business calculus anyways...
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English
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Three children must go on a quest to find a cure to save their father by climbing over the edge of the world, using as their guides a prophecy given by an ill-reputed pseudo-historian and a map of unknown origins. Along the way, they will meet creatures of myths and legends, as well as Aaron, a peasant boy also searching for the cure. The four children learn of long forgotten secrets and ancient history that may just help them unravel the clues in...
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Series
Little Women volume 3
Language
English
Description
A year has passed and there are new additions to the March family, but there is worry all around as Beth's health and spirits flag. Amy is chosen over Jo to go on a tour of Europe. Jo flees to New York to pursue her career, but devastating news from home cuts Jo's adventure short. The family reunites upon Amy's return, which is made more joyful by unexpected news and a surprise visitor.
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Series
Little Women volume 1
Language
English
Description
Christmas, 1861. The March sisters--Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy--and their mother, Marmee, prepare for Christmas without presents and without their father, a Union army chaplain away at war. The sisters strike up a friendship with their charming new neighbor, Laurie. The girls attempt to live humbly and with open hearts throughout the new year, but are faced with a series of testing events.
Author
Series
Little Women volume 2
Language
English
Description
As Marmee waits by her husband's sickbed, the March sisters must learn to cope without their parents. Together they face unrequited love, hurtful rumors, trouble at school and the toll of sickness. Meg and John Brooke's relationship develops, as do Jo's literary prospects. Jo grows anxious as the future for her and her loved ones seems fraught with challenges.
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English
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The Wishbones are a happy family - but not all is perfect. Max and Fay are struggling with the pressures of growing up, while Mom and Dad have the demands of work and parenting; but their hum-drum life is about to change. Mila Starr, a monster hunter, has made it her mission to capture all spooky creatures including the Wishbone's friends King Conga, The Loch Ness Monster, and The Yeti. In order to save their friends, the Wishbone's must transform...
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Series
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English
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The Wishbone family is far from happy. With a struggling bookshop, an overworked husband, and two misunderstood teenagers, Emma is at her wit's end trying to be the perfect mom. After dragging her family to a costume party on Halloween night, they are cursed by an evil witch and transformed into a Vampire, a Mummy, a Werewolf, and Frankenstein's monster. Now Emma will fight to keep her Monster Family together and uncover the secret of their curse......
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Series
Too Close volume 2
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English
Description
Emma becomes increasingly sympathetic to Connie's plight, but is she being manipulated?
Author
Series
Too Close volume 3
Language
English
Description
Emma learns the truth behind Connie's actions and confronts her own demons.
Author
Series
Too Close volume 1
Language
English
Description
Emma is assigned to assess the sanity of Connie, a mother accused of a despicable crime.
12) Angela's Ashes
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English
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir by Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes is an alternately funny and heartbreaking look at growing up in Ireland. Born in Brooklyn, NY, young Frank (Joe Breen) moves at an early age to Limerick, Ireland, with his parents Angela (Emily Watson) and Malachy (Robert Carlyle), who have been unable to support their family in America and are hoping for better prospects in their home country. But things hardly improve once...
13) The book thief
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
A spirited and courageous young girl transforms the lives of everyone around her when she is sent to live with a foster family in World War II Germany.
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English
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"Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him? Stella's father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect."--
15) Chernobyl
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Epic five-part miniseries dramatizing the events surrounding the 1986 nuclear accident, as told through the stories of the brave men and women who made incredible sacrifices to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
16) Punch-drunk love
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English
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Description
Barry Egan, a shy sad-sack with a great deal of repressed anger that occasionally bursts forth in sudden violent outrages, falls in love with Lena, a co-worker of one of Barry's seven sisters. After calling a phone-sex line, Barry is extorted by bad-guy Dean, who eventually sends four goons to assault Barry and get the money.
17) The Water Horse
Publisher
Revolution Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A sweeping epic rooted in one of the most enduring and intriguing legends of our time. Set in the desolate landscape of the Scottish Highlands during World War II, The Water Horse tells the story of Angus, a 12-year old boy who anxiously awaits the return of his father who is serving in the military overseas. Spending his days exploring the shores of a nearby loch, he stumbles across a mysterious egg. Taking it home he watches as the egg hatches into...
18) War horse
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets; British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter....
19) Miss Potter
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Depicts Beatrix Potter's life from her early fascination with woodland creatures to her days as an independent woman pursuing a career in writing and illustrating.
20) War horse
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets; British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter....