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Author
Publisher
Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
By turns graceful and knowing, funny and moving, Niagara Falls All Over Again is the latest masterwork by National Book Award finalist and author of The Giant’s House, Elizabeth McCracken.
Spanning the waning years of vaudeville and the golden age of Hollywood, Niagara Falls All Over Again chronicles a flawed, passionate friendship over thirty years, weaving a powerful story of family and love, grief and loss. In it,...
Spanning the waning years of vaudeville and the golden age of Hollywood, Niagara Falls All Over Again chronicles a flawed, passionate friendship over thirty years, weaving a powerful story of family and love, grief and loss. In it,...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1958, a 12-year-old girl took the world by storm, Lolita was published in the United States, and since then, her name has been taken in vain to serve a wide range of dubious ventures, both artistic and commercial. Offering a full consideration of not only the Lolita effect but shifting attitudes toward the mix of sex, children, and popular entertainment from Victorian times to the present. This study explores the movies, theatrical...
Publisher
Distributed by Westlake Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
About to finish high school, budding inventor Z.T. dreams of escaping both his sleepy town and his gloomy, widowed dad, Cole. But his ambitions get a stunning reality check with the arrival of Zack, a raving, 68-year-old drunk claiming to be the boy's older self. Suspiciously unable to recall the exact details, Zack is desperate to avert a single, tiny mistake he claims sent the rest of his years into a tragic downward spiral. As the two forge a shaky...
Author
Publisher
Springboard Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
When best friends Kate Klimo and Buffy Shutt turned 50, these successful women (best friends since their first day of college) realized that, like it or not, a few things were about to change. Their kids were leaving the nest - but their elderly parents now needed them more than ever. They were saving as much as they could - but were they really going to be prepared for retirement one day? They tried to eat right and exercise - but were they doing...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Travel even deeper into the future than before with the all-new JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001! They've managed to become the World's Greatest Heroes of the 30th century, but with legions of foes gunning for them, can they stay alive long enough to see the year 3002? The beloved creative team of J.M. DeMatteis and Keith Giffen (JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL) rejoin forces for their latest epic adventure! Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 #1-6"--
Publisher
Grindstone Entertainment Group / Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas Eve, and teen Eddie hopes a sweet new pair of Breezy 3000 sneakers will catch the eye of neighbor girl Cindy. But the next morning, the tree is empty, and every new day brings another Christmas without presents. To escape from this loop, Eddie turns to a mysterious shoe store owner, who helps him understand that true joy doesn't come tied up in a bow.
Author
Publisher
Belt Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"End the filibuster. Abolish the Senate. Make everyone vote. Only if we do this (and then some), says Thomas Geoghegan, might we heal our fractured democracy. In 2008 Geoghegan, then an established labor lawyer and prolific writer, embarked on a campaign for the U.S. House. A political neophyte, he avidly knocked on doors, shook hands at train stations, and raised money--and on election night he lost, badly. But out of this humbling experience came...
12) The old man and the tee: how I took ten strokes off my game and learned to love golf all over again
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
The Old Man and the Tee presents one man's hilarious and heartwarming quest to drop 10 strokes from his golf game in a year, using the top teachers, pros, and equipment money can buy.
As a kid caddying for his father on the sunburned links of West Texas, Turk Pipkin had dreamed of great achievements in golf. Unfortunately, life got in the way. A lack of talent didn't help much either. It was not until his father passed away that Turk realized he'd...
Author
Publisher
Black Tie Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Nate Evans is a washed up Hollywood screenwriter whose life has gone to hell in a hand basket he climbed in to by dumping his high school sweetheart 40 years ago. When he learns Julie Cooper is widowed and working at their alma mater in his hometown, Nate writes a script and follows it to recreate their high school days in hopes of starting his life over. It's the ultimate mulligan...Except that Julie's fear of growing old alone has her settling...
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