Donna Murphy
2) Ruby Holler
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English
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Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.
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English
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One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering over one of Manhattan's oldest and most historically hip neighborhoods, is a one-of-a-kind address, the sort of building you have to earn your way into--one way or another. For the women in Candace Bushnell's new novel, One Fifth Avenue, this edifice is essential to the lives they've carefully established--or hope to establish. From the hedge fund king's wife to the aging gossip columnist to the free-spirited...
4) Tangled
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Language
English
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"When the kingdom's most wanted--and most charming--bandit Flynn Rider hides in a mysterious tower, the last thing he expects to find is Rapunzel, a spirited teen with an unlikely superpower--70 feet of magical golden hair! Together, the unlikely duo set off on a fantastic journey filled with surprising heroes, laughter and suspense"--Container.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After all the years stuck in a tower, everyone's favorite barefoot princess yearns to make up for lost time. With the help of her true love Eugene, pals Pascal and Maximus and daring new friend Cassandra, Rapunzel postpones her wedding and royal duties to defy danger and boldly explore life beyond Corona's walls.
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English
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Peter Parker seems to be your average college student, but he just can't seem to catch any kind of a break. As far as his personal life is concerned, being Spider-man has brought him nothing but problems. Not only that, Mary Jane is engaged to astronaut John Jameson, and Peter is affraid that he may lose her forever. Pushed past his breaking point, Peter decides that he doesn't want to be Spider-man anymore. But a freak accident to Dr. Otto Octavius...
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Annie is a young girl from a working-class neighborhood who suddenly finds herself working as a nanny for a wealthy family in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Between catering to the every whim of her employers and their precocious son and falling in love with their gorgeous neighbor, Annie tries to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Aaron Cross is an agent groomed by the government program that also unleashed Jason Bourne, but with a few new wrinkles. Cross is busy training in Alaska when he's caught in a tsunami of hurt, thus beginning a frantic search for answers to who and what he is.
9) The fountain
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English
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Yesterday, today, tomorrow. Past, present, future. Through time and space, one man embarks on a bold 1,000-year odyssey to defeat humankind's most indomitable foe: Death. Tom is a man who is devoted to one woman, Izzi, and becomes determined to protect her from forces that threaten her existence. His quest leads him to 16th century Europe and America where Tomas is a Spanish explorer searching for Incan magic; to the present day where Tom is a doctor...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Pub. Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Of the nearly 5 million unsolicited manuscripts, letters, and columns received each year by newspaper editors, magazines, and literary agents around the world (estimated by a 2006 issue of Writer s Digest), less than half of one percent are even read when they reach their destination. And most of the problem lies in the lack of a coherent query letter. This book was written for any potential writer looking to effectively write and send a query letter...
13) Tangled
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Pictures
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When the kingdom's most wanted bandit Flynn Rider hides in a mysterious tower, the last thing he expects to find is Rapunzel, a spirited teen with an unlikely superpower, 70 feet of magical golden hair! Together, the unlikely duo sets off on a fantastic journey filled with surprising heroes, laughter, and suspense.
14) Tangled
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"When the kingdom's most wanted -- and most charming -- bandit Flynn Rider hides in a mysterious tower, the last thing he expects to find is Rapunzel, a spirited teen with an unlikely superpower -- 70 feet of magical golden hair! Together, the unlikely duo sets off on a fantastic journey filled with surprising heroes, laughter, and suspense"--Container.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The true story of Port Authority policemen John McLoughlin and William J. Jimeno, who volunteered for rescue duty and became trapped in the rubble of the Towers on September 11, 2001. The men became two of the last survivors extracted from Ground Zero. It is a story of the true heroes and of that fateful time in United States history, when buildings would fall and heroes would rise, literally from the ashes to inspire the entire human race.
17) Higher ground
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Description
"A tight-knit spiritual community is thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith"--Container.
18) Center stage
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
The artistic director of the American Ballet Company is evaluating a tight-knit group of students as they face the growing pains of their world of dance. Managing their ambitions, romances, and heartbreaks proves to be both invigorating and painful.
19) Higher ground
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A tight-knit spiritual community is thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Alexandria, Virginia, 1862. Mary Phinney, a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green, a naive Confederate belle, collide at Mansion House, the Green family's luxury hotel that has been transformed into a Union Army hospital. Ruled under martial law, the border town of Alexandria is now the melting pot of the region, filled with soldiers, civilians, female volunteers, doctors, wounded men from both sides, runaway slaves, prostitutes, speculators,...