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Buffalo '66. by Gallo, Vincent,film director.; Huston, Anjelica,actor.; Gazzara, Ben,actor.; Ricci, Christina,actor.; Vincent, Jan-Michael,actor.; Rourke, Mickey,actor.; Arquette, Rosanna,actor.; Gallo, Vincent,actor.; Lionsgate (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Anjelica Huston, Ben Gazzara, Christina Ricci, Jan-Michael Vincent, Mickey Rourke, Rosanna Arquette, Vincent GalloOriginally produced by Lionsgate in 1998.“CIA Agent” Billy Brown (Vincent Gallo) brings his "wife," Layla (Christina Ricci) home to meet his absurdly dysfunctional family. Only Billy's not really in the CIA, and Layla is actually a young tap dancer he just kidnapped. In reality, Billy's whole life is an empty lie. He's fresh out of prison and now on a deadly mission to hunt down and kill the Buffalo Bills kicker whose botched field goal he believes ruined his life. However, Billy's new hostage may ruin everything. Their crazy attachment blossoms into a desperate and oddly beautiful romance that may or may not be a sweet enough substitute for revenge.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Drama.; Comedy.; Motion pictures.; Romance.;
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Made in China : a memoir of love and labor / by Qu, Anna,author.;
"As a teen, Anna Qu is sent by her mother to work in a garment factory in Queens. At home, she works as a maid and babysitter for her step-siblings, and suffers punishment for doing her homework at night. Her mother wants to teach her a lesson: she is Chinese, not American, and such is their tough path in their new country. But instead of surrendering, Qu alerts the Office of Family and Child Services, an act with consequences for the rest of her life. Nearly 20 years later, estranged from her mother and working at a Manhattan startup, Qu requests her OFCS report. When it arrives, key details are wrong, revealing the indifference of the system. Faced with this false narrative, and on the brink of losing her job as the once-shiny startup collapses, Qu looks once more at her life's truths, from abandonment to an abusive family to seeking dignity and meaning in work. Traveling from Wenzhou to Xi'An to New York, from the cutting table at a sweatshop to a startup's conference room, MADE IN CHINA is a fierce memoir unafraid to ask thorny questions about labor, dysfunctional families, and the costs of immigration"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Qu, Anna.; Chinese Americans; Immigrants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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One plus one [sound recording] / by Moyes, Jojo,1969-;
Read by multiple narrators."Suppose your life sucks. A lot. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your teenage stepson is being bullied, and your math whiz daughter has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you can't afford to pay for. That's Jess's life in a nutshell-until an unexpected knight in shining armor offers to rescue them. Only Jess's knight turns out to be Geeky Ed, the obnoxious tech millionaire whose vacation home she happens to clean. But Ed has big problems of his own, and driving the dysfunctional family to the Math Olympiad feels like his first unselfish act in ages, maybe ever. One Plus One is Jojo Moyes at her astounding best. You'll laugh, you'll weep, and when you flip the last page, you'll want to start all over again"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Love stories.; Audiobooks.; Families; Single mothers;
© p2014., Penguin Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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One plus one / by Moyes, Jojo,1969-author.;
"Suppose your life sucks. A lot. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your teenage stepson is being bullied, and your math whiz daughter has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you can't afford to pay for. That's Jess's life in a nutshell--until an unexpected knight in shining armor offers to rescue them. Only Jess's knight turns out to be Geeky Ed, the obnoxious tech millionaire whose vacation home she happens to clean. But Ed has big problems of his own, and driving the dysfunctional family to the Math Olympiad feels like his first unselfish act in ages. maybe ever. One Plus One is Jojo Moyes at her astounding best. You'll laugh, you'll weep, and when you flip the last page, you'll want to start all over again"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Man-woman relationships; Single mothers;
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Dark shadows [videorecording (BLURAY)]. by Carter, Helena Bonham; Pfeiffer, Michelle; Depp, Johnny; Green, Eva;
Director, Tim Burton.Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Depp.Imprisoned vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better and are in need of his protection.CHVRS rating: 14A.Blu-ray.
Subjects: Comedy.; Comedy.;
© 2012., Warner Bros Ent. Canada Inc.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The fallen / by Atkins, Ace,author.;
"A classic southern tale of backroom deals, tainted honor, dysfunctional family, high-stakes greed--and everyday heroism--from the New York Times-bestselling author. Mississippi sheriff Quinn Colson had to admit he admired the bank robbers. A new bank was hit almost every week, and the robbers rushed in and out with such skill and precision it reminded him of raids he'd led back in Afghanistan and Iraq when he was an army ranger. In fact, it reminded him so much of the techniques in the Ranger Handbook that he couldn't help wondering if the outlaws were former Rangers themselves. And that was definitely going to be a problem. If he stood any chance of catching them, he was going to need the help of old allies, new enemies, and a lot of luck. The enemies he had plenty of. It was the allies and the luck that were going to be in woefully short supply"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); United States. Army; Retired military personnel; Bank robberies; Sheriffs;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lilo & Stitch [videorecording (DVD)] / by Carrere, Tia.; Chase, Daveigh.; Deblois, Dean.; McDonald, Kevin,1961-; Rhames, Ving,1961-; Sanders, Chris(Christopher Michael); Spencer, Clark.; Stiers, David Ogden.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm); Walt Disney Feature Animation (Firm); Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm); Walt Disney Pictures.;
Editor, Darren T. Holmes ; music, Alan Silvestri, Mike Tavera.Voices: Daveigh Chase, Christopher Michael Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames.An evil creator has created a little creature by genetic experimentation. The creator and creature are sent to prison. The creature escapes and heads for Earth where he tries to impersonate a dog. Bent on self preservation, he plans to use a human shield to protect him from the aliens sent to recapture him. Earth girl, Lilo, adopts the 'dog,' gives him the name Stitch, and actually developes an emotional attachment to the little creature. Lilo's dysfunctional family consists only of her sister Nani, but the two are about to be ripped apart by social worker Cobra Bubbles. Stitch, as the new family member, brings quite some action into all their lives, and after a while not even the aliens can recognize their former target.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD, widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Family; Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Girls; Pet adoption; Science; Sisters; Video recordings for children.;
© c2009., Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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The heart guy. [videorecording] / by Bisley, Steve,1951-actor.; Bursill, Tina,1951-actor.; Corser, Rodger,1973-actor.; McElhinney, Hayley,1974-actor.; Acorn Media (Firm),production company.; Easy Tiger (Firm),production company.; National Nine Network (Australia),production company.; RLJ Entertainment,distributor.;
Rodger Corser, Nicole Da Silva, Ryan Johnson, Tina Bursill.Smart but selfish heart surgeon Hugh Knight and his dysfunctional family face their biggest challenges yet in the final season of the hit Australian dramedy. After a year of fire, floods, and asbestos, Whyhope Hospital has been forced to shut down and temporarily relocate to a veterinary clinic, plunging Hugh's hometown into turmoil. Ambitious administrator Sharna arrives to provide aid but promptly fires Hugh's politician mother and takes over the council. With the hospital's former boss Penny reinventing herself out of town and Hugh's brother and sister-in-law facing consequences on the farm after an extended stay abroad, all eyes turn to Hugh to save the day, but he can't help his attraction to Sharna. Will Hugh finally become the man his family needs him to be, or will he wipe his hands of Whyhope for good?14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereophonic.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Medical television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Heart surgeons; Interpersonal relations; Physicians; Small cities;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sugar, spice, and can't play nice / by Sharma, Annika,author.;
"Payal is a girl on the verge--of living a life she's always dreamt of, becoming a rising star in fashion, and ... of marriage?! When her parents insist she marry fellow Londoner and serial dater Ayaan Malhotra in order to save their company, Payal has a choice: stick it to her dysfunctional family but put her hard-earned fashion success on hold ... or get engaged to save her family's fortune and rescue her own dream-come-true life. Ayaan has always been seen as the reckless spare to his brother, the golden child heir to their parents' company. A little wild, a little broken, and desperate to prove himself, Ayaan agrees to get engaged to Payal -- on the condition that he gets 50 percent stake in his parents' company. Neither Payal nor Ayaan anticipate the challenges of keeping their respective agendas behind the engagement to themselves: a meddlesome grandmother, a spurned ex-girlfriend, two families with stakes of their own, a fashion brand on the line, and, unexpectedly, actually liking each other. But as the two race toward an impending engagement ceremony date, they realize that maybe they aren't just in this for business ... and perhaps, love is in the cards after all"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Arranged marriage; East Indians; Families; Family-owned business enterprises; Fashion designers; Man-woman relationships;
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The greatest possible good : a novel / by Brooks, Ben,1992-author.;
"Meet the Candlewicks. Seventeen-year-old Evangeline (a.k.a Dubbin), wants to change the world, has a penchant for throwing fake blood during protests, and despairs at the smug complacency of the rest of her family. Emil is fifteen, and a painfully shy math prodigy who has just begun dabbling in narcotics. Their mother, Yara, arrives at airports four hours early and fears that AI and climate change will leave her children unemployed and unable to go outside for longer than ten minutes. And, Arthur, the father, a hapless and always neutral man, who can't decide if he is a good person or a doormat-forgiving and understanding or weak and terrified. Their comfortable lives are thrown into disarray when Arthur walks out into the woods one night for a stroll in his calfskin slippers only to fall down an abandoned mineshaft. Disoriented and unable to move, he remains there for three days with only a bottle of mid-range Bordeaux, his son's confiscated stash of LSD, and his daughter's book on the concept of Effective Altruism for company. When he is rescued, he is a man transformed. Determined to give away all of his wealth and devote the rest of his life to the (statistically proven) most worthy causes, his metamorphosis shocks his family and triggers a chain of events that will have far-reaching and unforeseen consequences for them all. Equal parts hilarious and achingly human, The Greatest Possible Good spans ten years in the lives of the Candlewicks, asking universal questions about what it means to live a good life and if there is a "right" way to be a good person, while introducing the world to one of the most memorable and dysfunctional families in contemporary literature"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Families; Middle-aged men; Wealth;
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