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Rules of civility / by Towles, Amor.;
A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multi-millionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well, and a single-minded widow.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Young women; Upper class; Nineteen thirties; Man-woman relationships;
© 2011., Viking,
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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan. [videorecording] / by Krasinski, John,1979-actor.; Cornish, Abbie,1982-actor.; Pierce, Wendell,actor.; Shihabi, Dina,actor.; Suliman, Ali,actor.; Cuse, Carlton,creator,television producer.; Roland, Graham,1979-creator,television producer.; Clancy, Tom,1947-2013,creator.; Amazon Studios,production company.; Skydance Productions,production company.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
John Krasinski, Abbie Cornish, Wendell Pierce, Dina Shihabi, Ali Suliman.When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure television programs.; Spy television programs.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Ryan, Jack, Sr. (Fictitious character); United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Intelligence service; Terrorism; International relations; World politics;
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Black buck / by Askaripour, Mateo,author.;
"For fans of Sorry to Bother You and Wolf of Wall Street: a crackling, satirical debut novel about a young black man who accidentally impresses a CEO while serving his Starbucks order, catapulting him into the opportunity of a lifetime--a shot at stardom as the lone black salesman at an eccentric, mysterious, and wildly successful startup where, he will soon learn, nothing is as it seems"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Satirical literature.; Urban fiction.; African American young men; African Americans; Sales personnel; Race relations; Life change events;
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Ice age. [videorecording] / by Chu, Galen Tan,film director.; Debney, John,composer (expression); Leary, Denis,voice actor.; Leguizamo, John,voice actor.; Romano, Ray,voice actor.; Thurmeier, Mike,film director.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.;
Camera, Renato Falco ; editor, James M. Palumbo ; music, John Debney.Voices: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Adam Devine, Jesse Tyler Ferguson.Scrat's epic pursuit of the elusive acorn catapults him into the universe where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the Ice Age World. To save themselves, Sid, Manny, Diego, and the rest of the herd must leave their home and embark on a quest full of comedy and adventure, traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters.MPAA rating: PG.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Children's films.; Action and adventure films.; Animated films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Glacial epoch; Meteors; Prehistoric animals;
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Back to black [videorecording] / by Abela, Marisa,actor.; Barnes, Nicky Kentish,film producer.; Greenhalgh, Matt,screenwriter.; Hayward, Debra,film producer.; Manville, Lesley,actor.; Marsan, Eddie,actor.; O'Connell, Jack,1990-actor.; Owen, Alison,1961-film producer.; Taylor-Johnson, Sam,1967-film director.; Focus Features,presenter,publisher.; Monumental Pictures (2014- ),production company.; Studio Canal,presenter.; Universal Studios, Inc.,film distributor.;
Score composed and performed by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis ; edited by Martin Walsh ; cinematographer, Polly Morgan.Marisa Abela, Eddie Marsan, Jack O'Connell, Leslie Manville.The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse's early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy's eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for drug use, language throughout, sexual content and nudity.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Winehouse, Amy, 1983-2011; Man-woman relationships; Women drug addicts; Women singers; Popular music; Soul music;
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Three identical strangers [videorecording] / by Wardle, Tim,film director.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Editor, Michael Harte ; original score, Paul Saunderson ; director of photography, Tim Cragg.Robert Shafran, Edward Galland, David Kellman.The astonishing true story of three men who make the chance discovery, at the age of nineteen, that they are identical triplets, separated at birth and adopted to different parents. The trio's joyous reunion in 1980 catapults them to fame but it also sets in motion a chain of events that unearths an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes far beyond their own lives, a secret that goes to the very heart of all human behavior.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some mature thematic material.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Shafran, Robert Douglas.; Galland, Edward.; Kellman, David.; Brothers.; Human experimentation in psychology.; Nature versus nurture.; Triplets.; Environment versus heredity; Social determinants; Biological determinants;
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Between earth and sky / by Skenandore, Amanda,author.;
In this provocative and profoundly moving debut, set in the tragic intersection between white and Native American culture, a young girl learns about friendship, betrayal, and the sacrifices made in the name of belonging. On a quiet Philadelphia morning in 1906, a newspaper headline catapults Alma Mitchell back to her past. Told in compelling narratives that alternate between Alma's childhood and her present life, this novel is a haunting and complex story of love and loss, as a quest for justice becomes a journey toward understanding and, ultimately, atonement.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Off-reservation boarding schools; Indians of North America; Trials (Murder); Atonement;
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Big Hero 6 [videorecording] / by Adsit, Scott,1965-; Chung, Jamie,1983-; Henney, Daniel.; Miller, T. J.,1981-; Potter, Ryan.; Rodríguez, Génesis,1987-; Wayans, Damon,1982-; Walt Disney Pictures.; Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Firm);
Damon Wayans Jr., Daniel Henney, Jamie Chung, T.J. Miller, Genesis Rodriguez, Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit.Robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, learns to harness his genius-thanks to his brilliant brother Tadashi and their like-minded friends: adrenaline junkie Go Go Tamago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred. When a devastating turn of events catapults them into the midst of a dangerous plot unfolding in the streets of San Fransokyo, Hiro turns to his closest companion - a robot named Baymax - and transforms the group into a band of high-tech heroes determined to solve the mystery.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Animated films.; Children's films.; Criminal behavior; Feature films.; Friendship; Robots; Superheroes; Video recordings for children.;
© 2015., Disney,
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The twits next door / by James, Greg(Radio personality); Smith, Chris(Radio personality); Jones, Emily,1981-;
When a moving van arrives next door to the Twits and Mr. and Mrs. Lovely get out, that's bad enough. But it gets WORSE. . . Their two Lovely children, Ruff and Tumble, have moved in next door too. And the Twits HATE children. (Sorry if you are one. We don't hate you, just to be clear.) The Twits decide the Lovelies MUST go. Even if it means some serious plotting, which involves: a hungry tiger, GIANT catapults, and LOTS of disgusting dog hair. Will the horrible pair succeed in their dastardly plan? Or can the Lovelies out-trick the terrible Twits?Age range: 8-12.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Children; Older people;
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I curse you with joy / by Haddish, Tiffany,1979-author.;
"Readers last sat down with Tiffany in her bestselling debut The Last Black Unicorn. Since then, Haddish has catapulted to A-list fame as the breakout star of Girls Trip. She's walked the Oscars red carpet, released a hit stand-up special with Netflix, and made history as the first Black female comedian to host Saturday Night Live and Shark Week ... [This autobiography-in-essays] celebrates all the lessons she learned along the way-the joy and the pain. Tiffany reckons with the legacy of her childhood trauma, the challenges of being a Black woman in the entertainment industry, and her bittersweet reunion with her estranged father after twenty years apart"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Essays.; Personal narratives.; Haddish, Tiffany, 1979-; Haddish, Tiffany, 1979-; Actresses; African American actresses; African American women comedians; Comedians; Motion picture actors and actresses; Women comedians;
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