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Pub. Date
2014
Description
Eric Lomax is a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering from the psychological trauma, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor from the prison camp in an attempt to let go of a lifetime...
2) Collide
Pub. Date
2017
Description
After a heist goes terribly wrong, Casey Stein finds himself on the run from a ruthless gang headed by mob boss Hagen. Now Casey has precious cargo that belongs to Hagen, who will stop at nothing to retrieve it. Left with no choice, Casey calls his former employer and drug smuggler Geran to protect his longtime girlfriend Juliette before Hagen gets his hands on her. Casey sets out on an adrenaline-fueled car chase on the German highways to save the...
3) Stellaluna
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.
4) 211
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Inspired by one of the longest and bloodiest real-life events in police history. Officer Mike Chandler and a young civilian passenger find themselves under-prepared and outgunned when fate puts them squarely in the crosshairs of a daring bank heist in progress by a fearless team of highly trained and heavily armed men.
5) Distorted
Pub. Date
2018
Description
A 32-year-old woman suffering from bipolar disorder comes to suspect the proprietor of the state-of-the-art 'smart apartment' she and her husband just moved into is using the building's residents as unwitting guinea pigs for a 'synthetic telepathy' brainwashing plot with dire global ramifications.
Pub. Date
2018
Description
When his fiance is kidnapped by human traffickers, Roman and his ex-military brothers rush to save her before it's too late. Along the way, they team up with Detective Avery, a cop who's been investigating the local trafficking syndicate and fighting the corrupt bureaucracy that has been protecting it.
Pub. Date
2014
Description
A few of Sin City's most hard-nosed residents cross paths with some of its more reviled occupants.
"This is one badass movie."--Richard Roeper
"As usual with 'Sin City,' much of the vibe is about echoing genre touchstones, while the look isn't quite like anything else the digital age has seen."--Boston Globe
"The movie's trademark mix of live action and drawing techniques (white silhouettes, reddened lips, an abundance of venetian blinds) looks...
8) Mark Twain
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Tells the story of Twain's extraordinary life, full of rollicking adventure, stupendous success and crushing defeat, hilarious comedy, and almost unbearable tragedy.
9) The Stolen
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Charlotte Lockton has settled in the South Island of New Zealand with her wealthy British husband, David, but her dreams of a new life and prosperous future are shattered when David is murdered and her baby son is kidnapped. When a ransom note arrives, she realizes her only option is to track him down on her own. Charlotte's quest forces her on a dangerous journey of survival through an untamed world to fight to the death for what she holds most dear....
10) Miss meadows
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Miss Meadows is a schoolteacher with impeccable manners and grace. However, underneath the candy-sweet exterior hides a ruthless gun-toting vigilante who takes it upon herself to right the wrongs in the world by whatever means necessary. For Miss Meadows, bad behavior is simply unforgiveable.
11) Traffic
Description
Presents a mix of interrelated stories: a Mexican policeman finds himself and his partner caught in an often deadly web of corruption; a pair of DEA agents work undercover in a sordid and dangerous part of San Diego; a wealthy drug baron living in upscale, suburban America is arrested and learns how quickly his unknowing and pampered wife takes over his business; and the U.S. Presiden't new drug czar must deal with his increasingly drug-addicted teenage...
12) Our friend
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
The inspiring and extraordinary true story of the Teague family: journalist Matt, his vibrant wife Nicole and their two young daughters, and how their lives are upended by Nicole's heartbreaking diagnosis of terminal cancer. As Matt's responsibilities as caretaker and parent become increasingly overwhelming, the couple's best friend Dane Faucheux offers to come and help out. As Dane puts his life on hold to stay with his friends, the impact of this...
13) The farewell
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds...
14) The Red Pony
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Description
The moving and beautiful story of a boy, a sorrel colt and the sun-drenched California earth." Junius Maltby: After ten years as a San Francisco accountant, Junius moves to sunny Pastures of Heaven, marries, has a son and becomes poverty stricken through laziness. When he realizes he is hurting his son, he has to make a decision.
15) Sleight
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Left to care for his little sister after their parents' passing, a young street magician turns to illegal activities to keep a roof over their heads. He is forced to use his magic and a brilliant mind to save his sister when he gets in too deep and she is kidnapped.
16) Left behind
Pub. Date
2015
Description
After millions of people around the globe mysteriously disappear, veteran pilot Ray Steele must fight to protect the passengers that remain on his flight. Trapped at 30,000 feet, he must find a way to safely land the damaged plane, and comprehend the chaos that awaits as the most devastating event in history unfolds.
17) Just mercy
Pub. Date
2019
Description
A powerful and thought-provoking true story follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley. One of his first and most incendiary cases is that of Walter McMillian.
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Alaska: Explore America's last frontier. Cruise the Inside Passage, visit coastal towns, gaze upon fjords and glaciers, ride the Alaska Railroad from Fairbanks, marvel at Mt. McKinley, and venture to the remote Eskimo lands in the far North. The pioneer spirit still lives in such cities as Sitka, Skagway, and Ketchikan.
Hawaii: Shows you the Hawaii that only the locals know. Visits Oahu's Waikiki Beach, Pearl Harbor and the Battleship Arizona Memorial,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A toy velveteen rabbit longs to be loved, and he begins to experience this when a boy adopts him as his favorite toy. But the rabbit wonders about "real" after meeting two rabbits with feet that pad softly on the ground and with noses that twitch. He learns that he cant jump like the other rabbits and that he smells different. Its only when a mysterious nursery fairy kisses him that the velveteen rabbit learns finally what its...