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1) Mama
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Sally Lockhart has started her own financial consulting business. When her client loses a fortune from the unexpected collapse of a shipping line, Sally is determined to find out why so many of their ships have mysteriously vanished without a trace.
3) Wanted
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Wes is 25 years old and is a disaffected, clock-punching drone. His boss chews him out hourly, his girlfriend ignores him routinely, and his life plods on in interminable boredom and routine. Everyone knows Wes will amount to nothing - that is until he meets the sexy woman named Fox, and then everything changes. Wes' estranged father is murdered, and the deadly Fox recruits him into The Fraternity, a secret society that trains him to avenge his father's...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007], ©2007
Language
English
Description
When Shrek married Fiona the last thing he had in mind was becoming the next King of Far Far Away. But when Shrek's father-in-law, King Harold, suddenly croaks, that is exactly what he faces. Recruiting Donkey and Puss in Boots for a new quest, Shrek sets out to bring back the rightful heir to the throne. Meanwhile back in the kingdom, Fiona's jilted Prince Charming storms the city with an army of fairy tale villains to seize the throne. Fiona and...
6) Wanted
Publisher
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Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
Wes is 25 years old and is a disaffected, clock-punching drone. His boss chews him out hourly, his girlfriend ignores him routinely, and his life plods on in interminable boredom and routine. Everyone knows Wes will amount to nothing -- that is until he meets the sexy woman named Fox, and then everything changes. Wes' estranged father is murdered, and the deadly Fox recruits him into The Fraternity, a secret society that trains him to avenge his father's...
8) Lucky Seven
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
For 20 years, Amy has diligently followed the timeline that her drew up for her before passing away. Already crossed off the list are summer camp, law school, and five of the boyfriends she's supposed to date before she meets Lucky 7, the one her mother says she should marry. But when Amy falls for number six, she must decide if it's time to stop following her mother's timeline and start following her heart.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Brenda grew up with some incredible hardships. She had a prostitute for a mother and a pimp for a 'father.' Now, Brenda is a single mom struggling to raise her family in Chicago. When she receives a letter inviting her to attend her father's funeral in Georgia, she's not sure how to feel. Growing up, Brenda never knew the man and hadn't interacted with that part of her family. But when she loses her job, she decides that now's the time to shake things...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When Tate Noble returns to his childhood hometown, his presence stirs up commotion with the local authorities. Looking to right the wrong of his parents'' deaths many moons ago, Tate and the sheriff enlist help from an unlikely source in an attempt to see justice served. Now, Tate will stop at nothing to avenge the murder of his mother and father.
Publisher
URC Media Studios
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Boo is an orphan who believes dreams can come true. Boo, his brother, and baby sister live with Aunt T., a giving woman who helps those in need. The week of Christmas, a man comes to their door, and Boo thinks he's an angel. Aunt T. takes him in and suddenly amazing things start happening. It'll be a Christmas they'll never forget.
13) Housekeeping
Author
Series
Publisher
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Pub. Date
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Language
English
Formats
Description
"Newly reissued as a Picador Modern Classic, Marilynne Robinson's brilliant, PEN/Hemingway Award-winning first novel Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, the eccentric and remote sister of their dead mother. The family house is in the small town of Fingerbone on a glacial lake...
14) The descendants
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
15) Ordinary people
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
The "ordinary" existence of an upper middle class family is shattered with the death of the older son and the struggle of the younger son against guilt and suicide.
16) The list
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Fresh out of law school and full of hope for the future, Renny Jacobson is stunned by his father's sudden death, and then by the terms of his will. The elder Jacobson has left the bulk of his estate to charity. For his only son, he has left nothing more than the contents of a deposit box and interest in a company no one has heard of, the Covenant List of South Carolina, Ltd. When Renny encounters lovely Jo Johnston, meets the members of 'The List,'...
17) The Descendants
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
Author
Series
Publisher
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Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
Lacey O'Neill, while trying to care for the rebellious daughter of her late best friend, finally learns the truth about her own mother's murder when a stranger arrives in the town of Kiss River, exposing the mysteries of the past.
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Publisher
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Pub. Date
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Language
English
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This novel is a portrait of three siblings who have lived in the shadow of unresolved grief since their mother's disappearance when they were children. Everyone in Emlyn Springs knows the story of Hope Jones, the physician's wife whose big dreams for their tiny town were lost along with her in the tornado of 1978. For Hope's three young children, the stability of life with their preoccupied father, and with Viney, their mother's spitfire best friend,...
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Publisher
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Pub. Date
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Language
English
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"Christopher Banks, an English boy born in early-20th-century Shanghai, is orphaned at age nine when both his mother and father disappear under suspicious circumstances. He grows up to become a renowned detective, and more than 20 years later, returns to Shanghai to solve the mystery of the disappearances."