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121) Rising Free
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In 1887, a young woman, Nakomay, is on the run for her life throughout the vast terrain of the Oregon territory. Relentless persecution and devastating adversity drove her to a life of seclusion, having everyone she ever loved stripped from her grasp. A harrowing journey leads her into the arms of a gracious family that takes her in as one of their own. Over time, she begins to process through the pain she's buried deep within, learning what it truly...
122) Queen of the Desert
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Nicole Kidman plays explorer, diplomat and "female Lawrence of Arabia" Gertrude Bell in the Werner Herzog-directed true story of a woman who defied all convention.
123) To Olivia
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
1962, Roald Dahl was a upcoming children’s author, his wife, Patricia Neal, was a Hollywood movie star. Their lives are turned upside down when their daughter Olivia contracted measles and died. Her death devastated the couple, yet their shared grief became a source of redemption and strength.
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
For readers of Michael Ondaatje and Chris Cleave, this sweeping multigenerational novel centered around endless heartbreak and enduring love features the intertwined stories of three women who transcend three tragedies of the twentieth century with the aid of the greatest love poet of all time: Pablo Neruda.
London, England, September 1940. Thirteen–year–old Susan McEwan and her older brother, Phillip, a pilot, witness firsthand...
London, England, September 1940. Thirteen–year–old Susan McEwan and her older brother, Phillip, a pilot, witness firsthand...
125) Children of the Sun
Publisher
Stage Russia
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Russian
Description
Written during the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905, Maxim Gorky's brilliant darkly comic "CHILDREN OF THE SUN" depicts the new middle-class, foolish perhaps but likeable, as they flounder, philosophize, and yearn for meaning, all while being totally blind to their impending annihilation. Multi-award-winning director Timofey Kulyabin's (Three Sisters, Onegin) modernized production, set in 1999 at Stanford University, focuses on the interplay between...
126) Sugar Birds: A Novel
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
2022 ECPA CHRISTY AWARD : Finalist - First Novel
2021 AMERICAN FICTION AWARDS: Winner - Literary Fiction, General Fiction, Cross-Genre Fiction; Finalist - Religious Fiction
2021 BEST BOOK AWARDS: Winner - Inspirational Fiction; Finalist - Cross-Genre Fiction
2021 FOREWORD INDIES: Silver Winner - Religious Fiction; Finalist - General Adult Fiction
2021 READER'S FAVORITE AWARDS: Silver Medalist - Inspirational Fiction
2022
127) The Yellow Wallpaper
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
Description
Through a series of journal entries, a woman records her thoughts and feelings over the course of a summer, shortly after giving birth to her child. Confined to her bedroom on the advice of her husband, a physician, "The Yellow Wallpaper" chronicles the woman's increasing instability, as she becomes obsessed with the yellow wallpaper covering the walls of her room.
"The Yellow Wallpaper" is considered one of the earliest American feminist works of...
128) God's own country
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This simmering drama is a New York Times Critics' Pick and an award-winner at Sundance and Berlinale. Johnny Saxby (Josh O'Connor) works long hours in brutal isolation on his family's farm in the north of England. He numbs the daily frustration of his lonely existence with nightly binge-drinking at the local pub and casual sex. When a handsome Romanian migrant worker (Alec Secareanu) arrives Johnny is confronted with new emotions. An intense relationship...
129) 17 girls
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Français
Description
Inspired by events that took place in Massachusetts, Delphine and Muriel Coulin's provocative debut focuses on a group of bored teenage girls who all make an irrevocable pact. When Camille (Louise Grinberg, The Class) accidentally becomes pregnant, she encourages her friends and fellow high school classmates to follow suit. It's only a matter of time before 17 girls in the high school are pregnant and the town is thrown into a world of chaos. Set...
130) Holy motors
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Join Monsieur Oscar (Denis Lavant) on his rollicking, soulful journey by limousine through the streets of Paris as he transforms into multiple characters for a series of mysterious "appointment." Director Leos Carax melds monster movie, film noir, romantic drama, musical, crime thriller, and anime in his mirthful, mind-bending masterwork, featuring new original music performed by Kylie Minogue. Eva Mendes and Kylie Minogue also star alongside Denis...
131) Tuck everlasting
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Young Winnie Foster, stifled by the formality of her proper life and her domineering mother, escapes into the woods only to get lost. Her magical summer begins when she meets Jesse Tuck. Jesse is full of life and adventure and Winnie falls in love. The Tuck family has a powerful secret-- a spring that holds the magic of everlasting life. Now Winnie must choose whether she wants to live life as she knows it or drink from the spring.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Français
Description
Two of French cinema's biggest stars shine in this bittersweet drama about the unlikely friendship that develops between Claire, a talented but tightly wound midwife, and Beatrice, the estranged, free-spirited mistress of Claire's late father. Though polar opposites in almost every way, the two come to rely on each other as they cope with the unusual circumstance that brought them together.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
After being exiled from her hometown of Auriol, Mississippi for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy at the school where she taught English, Blanche DuBois arrives unexpectedly at the New Orleans home of her pregnant sister Stella Kowalski and Stella's husband Stanley. Stanley, both repulsed by and attracted to Blanche, discovers that she has mortgaged property left to both sisters and spent all the money. He sets about discovering everything else he...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Born for adventure, Lea Clark heads deep into the Brazilian rainforest, where her most exciting story awaits. When Lea's brother, Zac, goes missing while studying the ecology in South America, she suspects he's fallen prey to a band of ruthless animal poachers, and Lea convinces her mom to spring into action. From the minute their plane touches down, Lea's mom wants her to stay safe in the city, but Lea is determined to save both her brother and the...
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Celebrated author GK Chesterton's beloved character, Father Brown, is brilliantly brought to life in this charming ten-part BBC series starring Mark Williams (Harry Potter, Doctor Who). With the warmth of The Vicar of Dibley, the intellect of Miss Marple, the humour of Father Ted and the intrigue of Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown is a fresh new take on a classic genre. Set in the 1950s in the heart of the English countryside, Father Brown is a kindly...
137) Defending Jacob
Publisher
Paramount Home Media Distribution
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Chris Evans stars in the limited series directed by Academy Award Nominee Morten Tyldum. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel, this series unfolds around a shocking crime that rocks a small Massachusetts town and one family in particular, forcing an assistant district attorney to choose between his sworn duty to uphold justice and his unconditional love for his son.
138) Ratatouille
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unwanted visitor in the kitchen of one of Paris' most exclusive restaurants, Remy forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini, the garbage...
139) Jumanji
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
When Alan Parrish discovers a mysterious board game, he doesn't realize its unimaginable powers until he is magically transported into the untamed jungles of Jumanji! There he remains for 26 years until he is freed from the game's spell by two unsuspecting children. Now a grown man, Alan tries to outwit the game's powerful forces.
140) Single handed: Set 1
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Sgt. Jack Driscoll had to leave Dublin fast when his affair with a senior officer's wife was discovered. But Jack's father, Gerry, comes to his son's aid. Recently retired from his post as Garda Sergeant in a small Connemara town, Gerry manages to 'swing it' so that Jack inherits the job. Jack's now on his own, in charge of hundreds of square miles of remote, beautiful rural Ireland.
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