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Language
English
Description
"Quicker than the Eye is a major literary event, the first new collection in nearly a decade from America's preeminent storyteller. Here Ray Bradbury, at the height of his powers, displays with a sorcerer's skill the imagination and warmth that has earned him a well-deserved reputation as one of our greatest living writers. These twenty-one stories run the gamut from total reality to light fantastic, from high noon to long after midnight. Amazing...
23) Edgar Allan
Author
Series
Publisher
S.G. Phillips
Pub. Date
[1968]
Language
English
Description
When the Fickett family decides to adopt a little black boy, they are faced with threats, angry phone calls, a burning cross on the lawn, and an ultimatum from their oldest daughter. The Reverend Fickett, his wife and four children live comfortably in a privileged and conservative small town in California. They adopt Edgar Allan, a black child. The impact on their community and family is described.
Series
Film Movement ; 4, film 8
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
日本語
Description
The drama, unfolded around the filming activities on the campus of a university in Tokyo, presents the modern youth of Japan, their personal life and love.
Publisher
NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Pack some food and bring a backpack, because Sid, Gerald and Dad are gearing up for a big adventure! They're setting up tents for a campout in the backyard! Dad is eager to share his love of nature and demonstrates how to have a great time outside with the simplest of necessities. They look for animals, cook their own dinner, marvel at the stars in the sky, roast marshmallows, and sing songs around the campfire. Join the adventure and sing along!
29) That night
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
"On a warm suburban night, the sound of lawn sprinklers is drowned out by the rumble of hot rods. Suddenly, a car careens onto a family's neat front yard, teenage boys spill out brandishing chains and leather, and a young man cries out for the girl he loves. Tonight, fathers will pick up snow shovels and rakes to defend their turf, and children will witness a battle fuelled by fierce and true love. This is the night they will talk about and remember...
Series
Film Movement ; 9, film 12
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Norwegian
Description
Seventeen-year-old Erling is a rumored murderer and therefore sent to the Bastoy Boys Home correctional facility. Once there he clashes with the island facility's governor who believes manual labor, rigid discipline, and harsh punishment is the only way to turn these boys around. Refusing to accept the constant abuse, Erling leads the boys in a violent uprising that will bring them head to head with no less than the Norwegian Army.
31) Oliver
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Oliver is different. He enjoys his solitude. He likes playing with his friends, who are puppets, stuffed animals, and other toys. With his rich imagination, Oliver's day is never dull. But maybe toys don't always give a boy everything he needs. Maybe he needs another kind of companion. Will Oliver discover a way to be, well, different? When his tennis ball rolls across the lawn into the yard of the girl next door, he just might be surprised.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"A middle-aged woman, irritated with her wealthy young neighbor's yard improvements, offers a corner of her lawn to a Croatian immigrant who wants a vegetable garden. A daughter accompanies her father to Israel, where, seeing a new side of him away from her mother, she makes an unusual bargain. In twelve stories about the difficult, sometimes impermeable boundaries between friends, neighbors, and family relations, Jessica Francis Kane explores just...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Irish immigrant Maggie Malone wants no part of the war. She'd rather let "the Americans" settle their differences -- until her brothers join Missouri's Union Irish Brigade, and one of their names appears on a list of injured soldiers. Desperate for news, Maggie heads for Boonville, where the Federal army is camped. There she captures the attention of Sergeant John Coulter. When circumstances force Maggie to remain with the brigade, she discovers how...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dynamite Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"It's been a long time coming. When the Homelander finally sets an army of superheroes against the forces of the United States military, Billy Butcher and The Boys must finish the job they were recruited for: to take every superhero out of the picture. While the battle rages on the White House lawn, Frenchie and the Female are unleashed, Mother's Milk uncovers a terrible secret at Vought-American, and Wee Hughie discovers the senses-shattering truth...
35) The trap
Series
Film Movement ; 6, film 10
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
37) The governesses
Author
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In a large country house shut off from the world by a gated garden, three young governesses responsible for the education of a group of little boys are preparing a party. The governesses, however, seem to spend more time running around in a state of frenzied desire than attending to the children's education. One of their main activities is lying in wait for any passing stranger, and then throwing themselves on him like drunken Maenads. The rest of...
Publisher
MTV Networks
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Law-abiding citizens: Beavis and Butt-Head are not criminals. They're just innocent teenagers guilty of trying to have a good time. Whether they're meeting President Clinton, attempting to 'do it' with an undercover prostitute, or Beavis transforming into his unpredictable alter-ego, the Great Cornholio, they prove time and again that it's not easy enforcing the law ontwo boys who clearly don't know what the law is. There goes the neighborhood: How...
39) The real deal
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"April Hamilton wants you to know she hasn't been on Craigslist since that time she sold her futon after college. She doesn't even spend that much time online. And even if she did, she would not be looking up personal ads. But going home alone for her family's summer reunion is an invitation for every single relative to butt into her personal life. She simply can't handle another blind date with the butcher, the baker or the candlestick maker from...
40) El bola
Series
Film Movement ; 1, film 1
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Español
Description
"El Bola" is a 12-year-old boy raised in a violent and unforgiving environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he retreats from his classmates, engaging them only through a dangerous game. The arrival of a new boy at school, from whom he learns a new definition of friendship, leads to the discovery of a family where communication and love prevail over domination and violence.
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