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Author
Pub. Date
1993
Description
It tells the story of genteel but strong-willed Southern matron Daisy Werthan and her patient but equally determined chauffeur Hoke. For two people so different, they have a lot in common. And the bumpy road they travel ultimately leads to the friendship of a lifetime.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Stargate is an intergalactic gateway, developed by an ancient civilization, that links planets from other solar systems to ours. The US Air Force assembles a Stargate team headed by Colonel Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) for interstellar peacekeeping.
In "The serpent's lair," the SG-1 team boards an enemy ship with enough explosives to destroy the entire force, but the team's capture turns their objective into a suicide mission.
In "In the...
47) Cafe
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Description
When tragedy strikes in a West Philadelphia neighborhood, the regular patrons at a coffe shop discover how connected their lives are.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Madea gets coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas, but the biggest surprise is what they'll find when they arrive. As the small, rural town prepares for its annual Christmas Carnival, new secrets are revealed and old relationships are tested while Madea dishes her own brand of Christmas Spirit to all.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Last season, Sam and Dean Winchester faced their greatest challenge yet: the all-powerful Darkness and sister of God, who restored their mother to life. In Season Twelve, the Winchesters must not only contend with an escaped Lucifer and the British Men of Letters (who've come to end their hunting days), but they'll also have to relearn what it is to be a family again after all these years.
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
"Dr. Niles Nelson, an inveterate horse player, is lured by the promise of easy money into becoming doctor to crime boss Joe Gurney and his gang. When Niles is killed by the police while attending to one of Gurney's men, his wife, Dr. Carol Nelson, falls under suspicion of also being in league with the gangsters. Under threat of having her license revoked, Carol is desperate to establish her innocence, and sets up her medical practice in the small...
53) Rising sun
Description
The special liaison officer is called in to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation. Accompanied by a detective with unusual knowledge of the Japanese culture, the two men must unravel the mystery behind the murder by entering an underground "shadow world" of futuristic technology, ancient ways and confusing loyalties."--Container.
54) Prometheus
Pub. Date
2012.
Formats
Description
Explorers have discovered a clue that brings them to the origins of mankind on Earth. This leads them on a journey that takes them to the darkest corners of the universe.
56) Rising Sun
Pub. Date
1993
Description
The special liaison officer is called in to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation. Accompanied by a detective with unusual knowledge of the Japanese culture, the two men must unravel the mystery behind the murder by entering an underground "shadow world" of futuristic technology, ancient ways and confusing loyalties."--Container.
58) Daybreakers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
In the year 2019, an unknown plague has transformed the world's population into vampires. As the human population nears extinction, so does the blood supply. Now the vampires must find a blood substitute before time runs out. Researcher Edward Dalton and a clandestine group of vampires have made a remarkable discovery, one which has the power to save the human race.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Presents a rare, behind-the-scenes look at Jackson as he developed, created, and rehearsed for the sold-out concerts which he never got to perform. Drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage, the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius, and great artist at work is captured in raw and candid detail as he created and perfected his planned final London shows.
60) The Namesake
Pub. Date
2007
Formats
Description
The American-born son of Indian immigrants feels pulled between his ethnic heritage and his desire to assimilate, especially after becoming involved with two very different women.