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"In his final hours in office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems that Backman, in his heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance...
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"For Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day), the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few too many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers-- permanently. There's only...
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Blair Mallory series volume 2
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English
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“Linda Howard is a superbly original storyteller.”—Iris Johansen
Blair Mallory has already survived one murder attempt. Now, while planning her wedding and dealing with holiday-season madness, Blair once again dodges a bullet. Or more precisely, a Buick. And though the driver’s identity remains a mystery, his or her murderous intentions are all too clear.
Or are they? After all, Blair’s homicidal ex-husband...
Blair Mallory has already survived one murder attempt. Now, while planning her wedding and dealing with holiday-season madness, Blair once again dodges a bullet. Or more precisely, a Buick. And though the driver’s identity remains a mystery, his or her murderous intentions are all too clear.
Or are they? After all, Blair’s homicidal ex-husband...
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Finlay Donovan novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Finlay Donovan is-once again-struggling to finish her next novel and keep her head above water as a single mother of two. On the bright side, she has her live-in nanny and confidant Vero to rely on, and the only dead body she's dealt with lately is that of her daughter's pet goldfish. On the not-so-bright side, someone out there wants her ex-husband, Steven, out of the picture. Permanently. Whatever else Steven may be, he's a good father, but saving...
5) On the run
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English
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After eight years of raising her daughter Frankie on a horse farm in Tallanville, Alabama, single mother Grace Archer finds her life shattered by the dark secrets of the past, forcing her to resume an old identity to take on a deadly enemy.
6) Tartuffe
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The most gifted visual storyteller of the German silent era, F.W. Murnau crafted works of great subtlety and emotional complexity through his absolute command of the cinematic medium. Known for such dazzling films as Nosferatu (1922), The last laugh (1924), Faust (1926), and Sunrise (1927), Murnau was also drawn to more intimate dramas exploring the dark corners of the human mind. In Tartuffe, he revisits Moliére's fable of religious hypocrisy, in...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Korean
Description
Deep in the forest, a man and woman have been brutally attacked in a cabin and left to die. Arriving too late, Kang (Gam Woo-sung - R-Point) chases the killer only to be hit by a speeding car. Barely surviving surgery, he now finds himself a prime suspect in the double murder case. He cannot shake the feeling that there are strange gaps in his memory regarding the night in question and the killer's identity. While a police investigation sets out to...
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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Late one night Atlanta PI Dodge Hanley receives a phone call from his lost love, Houston realtor Caroline King, who asks him to come to Texas to help catch Oren Starks, a creepy over-the-top stalker who's out to kill Dodge and Caroline's 30-year-old daughter, Berry Malone. Dodge hasn't seen Berry since the day she was born. When Starks takes a shot at Berry in Caroline's house, hitting a work associate of Berry's instead, Dodge rushes to the rescue....
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Series
Premier novels volume 1
Publisher
WestBow Press, a division of Thomas Nelson Publishers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Awakening in a jail cell, Val Haines remembers nothing, and finds that the rest of the world thinks he is dead. With nothing but a few personal belongings and a sizable amount of cash he must run, and with his past behind him, he'll do anything to claim a new life for himself.
10) Double take
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Lake City heroes volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Lainie Jackson survived her fiancé's murder plot and her attacker is dead--isn't he? Now, with the help of former Army Ranger James Holton, it's time to find out if the past has come back to haunt her--or if the recent attempts on her life come from a new threat"--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
日本語
Description
Sadako (Masumi Harukawa), cursed by generations before her and neglected by her common-law husband, falls prey to a brutal home intruder. But rather than become a victim, she forges a path to her own awakening. This disturbing and pitiless evocation of domestic drudgery and sexual violence is also a fascinating, unsentimental account of one woman's determination. Filled with director Shohei Imamura's characteristic flashbacks and dream sequences,...
12) The big crush
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Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
What if you reached out on the internet to that long-ago crush you had in high school... and she turned out to be a contract assassin with you on her hit list? What if you viewed these outrageous events through the lens of cinema, making real life and reel life collide and turning your own narrative into a Hollywood free-for-all? What if you tumbled into an underworld where no one is who they say they are... where no one can be trusted... and everyone...
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"The 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Quebec investigating a sinister plot in the City of Light On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather as a family for a bistro dinner with Armand's godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Walking home together after the meal, they watch in horror as Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Gamache knows is no accident,...
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Series
Veronica Mars mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The second Veronica Mars novel, in which she investigates a mysterious crime at The Neptune Grand hotel" --
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
When his beloved twin sister Vanessa is left in a coma after being pushed down a flight of stairs, a vengeful Vance dons her clothes and makeup to masquerade as his sister and find out who might want her dead.
16) Mulholland Dr
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful woman riding in a limosine along Los Angeles' Mulholland Drive is targeted by a would-be shooter, but before he can pull the trigger, she is injured when her limo is hit by another car. The woman stumbles away from the accident and meets up with a plucky ingenue new to L.A. But are things really as they seem?
17) Crystal gardens
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English
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Moving to a country cottage where she seeks refuge in a paranormally charged garden, Evangeline Ames is rescued from a would-be assassin by the garden's owner, Lucas Sebastian, who taps Evangeline's detective skills to solve a buried-treasure mystery and stop a common enemy.
18) The green knight
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
In a small circle of friends in London, some disturbing occurrences are taking place: Lucas Graffe, a reclusive academic, kills a man in self-defense, and disappeara immediately after the trail, leaving his brother, the charismatic actor Clement Graffe, tortured by his absence. Their friend Bellamy James rids himself of all ties and possessions, even giving away his beloved dog. Yearning for simplicity and purification, he prepares himself for a monastic...
19) Espresso shot
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Series
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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Coffeehouse manager Clare Cosi is hired to create a gourmet coffee and dessert bar for her ex-husband's upcoming wedding to magazine editor Breanne Summour, a difficult task that is complicated by a series of fatal "accidents" targeting people close to Breanne.
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