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2) Hostage
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
When ex-LAPD officer Jeff Talley became chief of police in a sleepy town, he thought he'd left behind the traumas of his career as a big city hostage negotiator. But when a random crime escalates into a deadly standoff, Talley finds himself thrust into a situation far more volatile and terrifying than anything he could ever imagine.
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
The Clone Wars fills in the blanks of the original Star Wars film, when Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke Skywalker that he was once a Jedi Knight, the same as Luke's father, and that they fought together in the Clone Wars. Takes place immediately after the events of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Follows Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, and introduces us to new characters such as Ahsoka Tano, Anakin's Padawan learner.
Pub. Date
2003, c1965
Description
A small passenger plane makes a forced landing in the Sahara. The challenge: survival. The tiny band from the plane fights off thirst, Arabs, treachery, declining morale and despair. Incredibly, the plane, like the legendary phoenix that rises from its own ashes, flies again.
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to dance. On Angelina's first day at Camembert Academy she discovers new forms of music and dance, like jazz, tap, and hip-hop. Together with her friends, Angelina realizes that becoming a prima ballerina requires collaboration and compromise, but that doesn't mean it can't be fun.
8) Invictus
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.