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- The Fact Checker [electronic resource] : by Kelley, Austin.aut; CloudLibrary;
- Mirthful, laugh-out-loud funny, and surprisingly philosophical, The Fact Checker is a brilliant debut novel featuring a missing woman who might be perfectly fine, and a single-minded investigator yearning for meaning, morality, and accuracy in an increasingly post-truth world. It’s just a puff piece about a farmer’s market, I said to myself. It’s not going to kill anyone. It started out like any other morning for the Fact Checker. The piece, “Mandeville/Green,” didn’t raise any red flags. There were more pressing stories that week—it being 2004 New York City and all. “Mandeville/Green” was a light, breezy look at a local farm called New Egypt, whose Ramapo tomatoes were quickly becoming the summer’s hottest produce. At first glance, the story seemed straightforward, but one line made the Fact Checker pause: a stray quote from a New Egypt volunteer named Sylvia making a cryptic reference to “nefarious business” at the farmer’s market. “People sell everything here,” she’s alleged to have said. “It ain’t all green.” When Sylvia abruptly disappears the morning after an unexpectedly long night with the Fact Checker, he becomes obsessed with finding her. Did Sylvia discover something unsavory about New Egypt or its messianic owner? Is it possible she had some reason to fear for her safety? Or was it simply something the Fact Checker said? Striking the perfect balance of humor, wonder, sadness, and poignancy, Austin Kelley’s debut novel takes readers on a quixotic quest from one hidden corner of New York City to another—from an underground supper club in the Financial District to an abandoned-boat-turned-anarchist-community-space on the Gowanus Canal. As the story develops, the Fact Checker begins to question his perception of what’s real and what’s not. Facts can be deceiving, after all, and if you aren’t careful, you might miss the truth right in front of your eyes.
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- © 2025., Grove Atlantic,
- Taken. [videorecording] / by Besson, Luc.; Grace, Maggie,1983-; Gries, Jon.; Grimes, Luke.; Janssen, Famke,1964-; Kamen, Robert Mark.; Megaton, Olivier,1965-; Neeson, Liam.; Orser, Leland.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
- Music by Nathaniel Mechaly ; director of photography, Romain Lacourbas ; edited by Camille Delamarre, Vincent Tabaillon.Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, Luke Grimes.His family targeted by a vengeful crime boss in Istanbul, retired CIA agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) must fight an army of killers to ensure their safe return in this action sequel from director Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3) and producer/co-writer Luc Besson (who penned the screenplay alongside Taken scribe Robert Mark Kamen). As the families of the kidnappers killed by Mills gather together for a mass funeral, their leader Merad (Rade Sherbedgia) vows to make the man who brought them so much misery pay. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., Mills invites his ex-wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) and their daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) to join him on a trip to Istanbul after their long-planned trip to China falls through. Later, in Istanbul, the family is settling in and enjoying the sites when Merad's gang abducts Mills and Lenore. Communicating with her father via a hidden cell phone, Kim accesses his secret weapons cache and embarks on a frantic race through an unfamiliar city in a bid to rescue her parents from certain death. Once she manages to free her father, Mills puts his "particular set of skills" to use while attempting to rescue his Lenore, and escape Merad's unrelenting attack.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital (English), Dolby surround (Spanish, French).
- Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Fathers and daughters; Feature films.; Gangsters; Hostages; Kidnapping victims; Revenge; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
- © c2013., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
- Taken. [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Besson, Luc.; Grace, Maggie,1983-; Gries, Jon.; Grimes, Luke.; Janssen, Famke,1964-; Kamen, Robert Mark.; Megaton, Olivier,1965-; Neeson, Liam.; Orser, Leland.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
- Music by Nathaniel Mechaly ; director of photography, Romain Lacourbas ; edited by Camille Delamarre, Vincent Tabaillon.Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, Luke Grimes.His family targeted by a vengeful crime boss in Istanbul, retired CIA agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) must fight an army of killers to ensure their safe return in this action sequel from director Olivier Megaton (Transporter 3) and producer/co-writer Luc Besson (who penned the screenplay alongside Taken scribe Robert Mark Kamen). As the families of the kidnappers killed by Mills gather together for a mass funeral, their leader Merad (Rade Sherbedgia) vows to make the man who brought them so much misery pay. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., Mills invites his ex-wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) and their daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) to join him on a trip to Istanbul after their long-planned trip to China falls through. Later, in Istanbul, the family is settling in and enjoying the sites when Merad's gang abducts Mills and Lenore. Communicating with her father via a hidden cell phone, Kim accesses his secret weapons cache and embarks on a frantic race through an unfamiliar city in a bid to rescue her parents from certain death. Once she manages to free her father, Mills puts his "particular set of skills" to use while attempting to rescue his Lenore, and escape Merad's unrelenting attack.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.BLUE RAY, widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital (English), Dolby surround (Spanish, French).
- Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Fathers and daughters; Feature films.; Gangsters; Hostages; Kidnapping victims; Revenge; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
- © c2013., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
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