Bronson Pinchot
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He also loves cake, and that's where our story begins. On Monday, Llama discovers a pile of cake, which he promptly eats. On Tuesday, Llama squeezes into his dancing pants, which he promptly rips. The force of the rip creates a black hole (naturally). By Friday, Llama will (indirectly) destroy the world. Meet the comical, the studious, the oblivious Llama, a hero for the ages. Grab some cake and your dancing pants, and prepare for Llama Destroys the...
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Llama's back and ready to destroy the world AGAIN...this time with his best camelid, Alpaca! Llama loves cooking…and baking…and, above all, eating. For breakfast, Llama makes one epic spread...as well as a big mess. But Llama hates cleaning. So by lunch, Llama has cooked up something really devious? An idea? And by second lunch, Llama has cloned his most fastidious friend, Alpaca, to clean his house. And Llama doesn't stop at just one clone. By...
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Llama's back and ready to destroy the world AGAIN...this time with his best camelid, Alpaca! Llama loves cooking…and baking…and, above all, eating. For breakfast, Llama makes one epic spread...as well as a big mess. But Llama hates cleaning. So by lunch, Llama has cooked up something really devious? An idea? And by second lunch, Llama has cloned his most fastidious friend, Alpaca, to clean his house. And Llama doesn't stop at just one clone. By...
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He also loves cake, and that's where our story begins. On Monday, Llama discovers a pile of cake, which he promptly eats. On Tuesday, Llama squeezes into his dancing pants, which he promptly rips. The force of the rip creates a black hole (naturally). By Friday, Llama will (indirectly) destroy the world. Meet the comical, the studious, the oblivious Llama, a hero for the ages. Grab some cake and your dancing pants, and prepare for Llama Destroys the...
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Thomas Jefferson was wild about numbers. He was constantly counting, measuring, and observing things that caught his interest. He loved sharing his discoveries and reading the discoveries of others. But when a famous Frenchman published a book about America, Jefferson was appalled: all the information in the book was wrong. The author insisted that America was a wretched, dismal place, where birds could not sing, dogs could not bark, and everything...
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Thomas Jefferson was wild about numbers. He was constantly counting, measuring, and observing things that caught his interest. He loved sharing his discoveries and reading the discoveries of others. But when a famous Frenchman published a book about America, Jefferson was appalled: all the information in the book was wrong. The author insisted that America was a wretched, dismal place, where birds could not sing, dogs could not bark, and everything...
8) Clowning
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After finding a mysterious flyer for a Birthday Clown, a hippie is pulled into a mysterious underworld and quickly finds himself in over his head
9) Absolution
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"When the Southern Reach trilogy was first published a decade ago, it was an instant sensation, celebrated in a front-page New York Times story before publication, hailed by Stephen King and many others. Each volume climbed the bestseller list; awards were won; the books made the rare transition from paperback original to hardcover; the movie adaptation became a cult classic. All told, the trilogy has sold more than a million copies and has secured...
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"Told in the voices of characters of all ages, these tales explore desire and heartache, loss and discovery, jolting violence, and the inexorable tug toward love at all costs. A bookseller's unspoken love for his employee rises to the surface, a neglected teenage boy finds much-needed nurturing from an unlikely pair of college students, a girl's loss of innocence at the hand's of her employer's son becomes a catalyst for strength and confidence, and...
11) Cold Victory
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• Matterhorn, Marlantes' modern classic of war literature, has sold over 300,000 copies across formats to date
• Marlantes's debut novel won the Center for Fiction's Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and won the Indies Choice Award
• The female protagonist Louise Koski is a descendant from the Koski family featured in Marlantes' 2019 novel, Deep River
• Deep River received...
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The reincarnationist papers volume 2
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Unabridged.
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11 audio discs (13 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Evan Michaels is in a new life as a Syrian refugee. When memories of his former lives lead him back to Zurich, headquarters of his fellow reincarnationists, the Cognomina, he must reacquire their trust.
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Unabridged.
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7 audio discs (8 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When attorney Vanessa Lyons is denied her partnership, she can only assume that her affair with Matthew Brooks was the reason. Then, on a crowded Manhattan street corner, a knife leaves behind a scene of horror. But with so many having been betrayed, and no one telling the truth, will the murderer be brought to justice?
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Unabridged.
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7 audio discs (8 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Told from three distinct viewpoints--Nicholas, a not-quite-talented-enough Artist; his twin sister, Nicola; and Nicola's former lover, Shadrach--this novel follows these characters as they embark on a journey to hell and back.
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Columbia Tristar Home Video
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[2005]
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1 videodisc (78 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The Stinkers are a group of mischievous misfits. While at the Summer Program at upscale Dartmoor Academy, they went on a field trip to the Springville aquarium. They decided to kidnap Slappy the Sea Lion and return him to his ocean home. Unfortunately, there's another sea lion-napper on the premises, has a plan for Slappy in a Bulgarian circus. Once the Stinkers get Slappy back to Dartmoor, he wreaks havoc on Parents Day and get the kids expelled....
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Paramount Pictures
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English
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Three mid-life Manhattanites have more than a longtime friendship in common. After years of helping their hubbies climb the corporate ladder of success, each has been dumped for a newer, curvier model. The trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts--in the wallet!
17) True romance
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Director's cut.
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1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Two lovers skip town after an accidental murder and hit the road to L.A. with the mob in pursuit.
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Dive into the haunting and powerful world of "The Sound and the Fury", William Faulkner's Southern Gothic masterpiece. A tale of loss, decay, and the passage of time, this novel unravels the tragic downfall of the once-proud Compson family through an innovative and deeply emotional narrative.
Told from four distinct perspectives, Faulkner's stream-of-consciousness technique immerses readers in the fragmented minds of his unforgettable characters....
19) One year after
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2015.
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"Months before publication, William R. Forstchen's One Second After was cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read. Hundreds of thousands of people have read the tale. One Year After is the thrilling follow-up to that smash hit. The story picks up a year after One Second After ends, two years since the detonation of nuclear weapons above the United States brought America to its knees. After suffering starvation, war, and countless...
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"Karl Marlantes's debut novel Matterhorn has been hailed as a modern classic of war literature. In his new novel, Deep River, Marlantes turns to another mode of storytelling--the family epic--to craft a stunningly expansive narrative of human suffering, courage, and reinvention. In the early 1900s, as the oppression of Russia's imperial rule takes its toll on Finland, the three Koski siblings--Ilmari, Matti, and the politicized young Aino--are forced...