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Publisher
Columbia (Usa)
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 159 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, TV star Rick Dalton and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore.
2) Birdman
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A darkly comic story of an actor famous for portraying an iconic superhero as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself.
"Birdman, more than most, seems a film that deserves a second viewing, not only to admire the work of Keaton and his co-stars, but to delve into its many layers."--Associated Press.
"One of the best movies of 2014."--San...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 digital videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. ; PG
Language
English
Description
Tom Popper, a successful businessman who's clueless when it comes to the really important things in life, until he inherits six 'adorable' penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom's rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland, and the rest of his world upside-down. Adapted from the award-winning classic children's book, Mr. Popper's Penguins is a cool blast of fun for all ages.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
307 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirty years after their parents wrote a sex guide for couples during the 1970s sexual revolution, four siblings explore the ways in which their parents' sexuality has affected their lives and argue over whether or not to reissue the book.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
339 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Despite her increasing concerns at the exploits marking her boyfriend's mid-life crisis, sharp-tongued southerner Miss Julia launches a fund-raiser to save her housekeeper's home from being lost to the schemes of a greedy landlord.
6) Long shot
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Fred Flarsky is a free-spirited journalist with an affinity for trouble. Charlotte Field is one of the most influential women in the world. The two have nothing in common, except that she was his babysitter and childhood crush. When Fred unexpectedly reconnects with Charlotte, he charms her with his self-deprecating humor and his memories of her youthful idealism. When Charlotte decides to make a run for the presidency, she impulsively hires Fred...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a woman's ex-boyfriend arrives at her apartment with assassins on his trail, she and her best friend accidentally become entangled in an international conspiracy.
Audrey and Morgan are best friends who unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one of the women discovers the boyfriend who dumped her was actually a spy.
8) Tammy
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2014
Edition
Rental [ed.]
Physical Desc
1 digital videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tammy is having a bad day. She's totaled her car, gotten fired from her job at a burger joint, and finds her husband getting comfortable with the neighbor in her own house. It's time to take her boom box and book it. The bad news is she's broke and without wheels. The worse news is her grandma, Pearl, is her only option-with a car, cash, and an itch to see Niagara Falls. Not exactly the escape Tammy had in mind. But on the road, with grandma riding...
9) High five
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum struggles to make ends meet while coping with a missing Uncle Fred, homicidal rapist and stalker Benito Ramirez, amorous vice cop Joe Morelli, and would-be lover Ranger.
10) Shrek 2 (DVD)
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. PG
Language
English
Description
Shrek and Fiona take a trip to meet the in-laws. With the help of his faithful steed Donkey, Shrek takes on a potion-brewing Fairy Godmother, the pompous Prince Charming, and the famed ogre-killer, Puss In Boots.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For as long as Elizabeth can remember, she has watched her father trail after her mother, kissing her multiple times a day and holding her hand. She watched her mother smooth the lines in her father's face and pay attention to his every move, even when she was desperate for some time to herself. When her parents began to age, Elizabeth and her siblings are placed in the difficult position of taking over more and more supportive roles and tasks. They...
12) Identity thief
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unrated edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Miami to confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy's identity.
13) Life Skills
Author
Publisher
St Martins Pr (T)
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
London Times best-selling novelist Katie Fforde creates delicious romances that are both light-hearted and intelligent. Suddenly released from her engagement and out of work, Julia Fairfax is looking for a new direction in her life. When a classified ad catches her eye, she embarks on a hilarious trip through the English canals in a rickety hotel boat. Along the way, she encounters hard-to-please guests, an unsettling ex-boyfriend, and the challenges...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
207 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
America's favorite home humorist, Erma Bombeck, has the uncanny ability to transform the trivialities of everyday American life into rich, witty stories that capture the imagination and tickle the funnybone. In this best-selling collection of hilarious tidbits, she turns her talents to the animal kingdom: the behavioral patterns of the creatures in the wild and the couple in the duplex next door.
16) Date night (DVD
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
About an ordinary couple in the right place, on the wrong night. Phil and Claire Foster are a sensible suburban husband and wife slogging through their daily lives and marriage. But a case of mistaken identity sets off an outrageous chain of events involving small-time thieves, big-city mobsters, corrupt cops, and a crazed cabbie, as the Fosters' 'date night' turns into a wild ride they'll never forget!
"All the time Phil and Claire seem like the...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence. In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Matthew Perry takes readers onto the soundstage of the most successful sitcom of all time while opening up about his private struggles with addiction. Candid, self-aware, and told with his trademark...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
210 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The fourth entry to John Straley's Alaska P.I. series finds Cecil Younger with a contract to kill. Cecil Younger is a man that takes comfort in the absurdity of the universe, and the universe is obliging him when he gets a call from his lawyer and psychiatrist, who offers him a job. A client wants to hire Younger to kill someone. Though common sense tells him murder just isn't a good career move, his finances tell him it can't hurt to meet his potential...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
225 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
John Straley's fifth entry to the Alaska P.I. series finds Cecil Younger tracking down a murderer on an Alaskan cruise ship-not quite the vacation he was anticipating. Cecil Younger never thought it would come to this: providing surveillance for a chicken coop being raided by a fowl thief. But things have not exactly been breaking right lately for the Alaskan P.I. The logical thing to do? Take a vacation, of course. Well, it's not exactly a vacation....