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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
After witnessing a shocking murder, the four remaining members of a secret organization that simply seeks to find the "truth" behind the nation's actions are thrown into a plot threatening the security of the U.S., and they team with a veteran Secret Service agent to stand down a threatening Armageddon.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Description
In this book the author give us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving novel in which she explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances, in their house, on the roadway, in the market. Crippled in his right arm and leg, Aaron has spent his childhood fending off a sister who wants to manage him. So when he meets Dorothy, a plain, outspoken, independent young woman, she is like a...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 495 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor both professionally and personally, and to amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into a riveting chronicle of the strange events and unexpected visitors -...
5) Us
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
396 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"David Nicholls brings the wit and intelligence that graced his enormously popular New York Times bestseller, One Day, to a compellingly human, deftly funny new novel about what holds marriages and families together--and what happens, and what we learn about ourselves, when everything threatens to fall apart. Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a...
6) Uncut gems
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A charismatic jeweler makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family, and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.
7) Uncut gems
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A charismatic jeweler makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family, and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.
8) Wakefield
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a man has a nervous breakdown, he leaves his wife and lives in his attic for several months.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxv, 427 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains how to take charge of the aging process, introducing a medically proven approach designed to restore vigor, sexual desire, and creative thinking, while enhancing the body's natural defenses against age-related ailments.
10) Brad's status
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A father takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast and meets up with an old friend who makes him feel inferior about his life's choices.
12) Wilson
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
13) Doctor Sleep
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
[English, Spanish, French version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Struggling with alcoholism, Dan Torrance remains traumatized by the sinister events that occurred at the Overlook Hotel when he was a child. His hope for a peaceful existence soon becomes shattered when he meets Abra, a teen who shares his extrasensory gift of the 'shine.' Together, they form an unlikely alliance to battle the True Knot, a cult whose members try to feed off the shine of innocents to become immortal.
14) Doctor Sleep
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Struggling with alcoholism, Dan Torrance remains traumatized by the sinister events that occurred at the Overlook Hotel when he was a child. His hope for a peaceful existence soon becomes shattered when he meets Abra, a teen who shares his extrasensory gift of the 'shine.' Together, they form an unlikely alliance to battle the True Knot, a cult whose members try to feed off the shine of innocents to become immortal.