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1) Dear John
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
John, a high school dropout, enlists in the Army not knowing what else to do with his life. While in the Army he meets Savannah, they fall in love and she awaits his return from the Army. After 9/11 John feels it's his duty to re-enlist. During their long separation Savannah falls in love and marries someone else.
2) The voices
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Language
English
Description
In the scorching summer of 1976--the hottest since records began--Christopher Norton, his wife Laura and their young daughter Faye settle into their new home in north London. The faded glory of the Victorian house is the perfect place for Norton, a composer of film soundtracks, to build a recording studio of his own. But soon in the long, oppressively hot nights, Laura begins to hear something through the crackle of the baby monitor. First, a knocking...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Edition
1st trade ed.
Language
English
Description
The film critic best known for his "Chicago Sun-Times" reviews and his thirty years as co-host of "Siskel & Ebert at the Movies" describes his life and career, including his recovery from alcoholism and the complications from thyroid cancer treatment.
5) Maleficent
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A novelization of the Walt Disney Studio's film Maleficent which film explores the origins of one of Maleficent, the fairy who curses Princess Aurora in Disney's animated classic film Sleeping Beauty.
Author
Series
Valentino mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to keep his run-down movie palace from being condemned, film archivist Valentino attends a gala party held in memory of Greta Garbo and learns about a letter revealing the icon's scandalous affair, a situation that is complicated by a blackmailer's untimely murder.
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The droid army is coming and Queen Amidala and her people must join forces with Gungans to reclaim their home planet of Naboo before it's too late! Young readers will learn all about the characters, weapons, and vehicles from the climatic battle of Episode I in Star Wars: Battle for Naboo from Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi, to the dark side of the Force with the return of the Sith!"--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Silhouette Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Once More With Feeling: "Musician Raven Williams was devastated when Brandon Carstairs broke her heart five years ago. Now he's back, asking for her help cowriting the score for a major film--an opportunity she can't refuse. Despite the undeniable heat between them, Raven vows to keep things strictly professional. But it's as if no time has passed at all--and with so much lust hanging between them, it's hard not to melt..." -- Page [4] cover.
Reflections:...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Winding through the nascent days of cinema in Paris and Fort Lee, New Jersey, the battlefields of Belgium during World War I, and the faded Knickerbocker Hotel in 1960s Hollywood, The Electric Hotel follows the intertwined fates of the cinematographer Claude Ballard and his muse, Sabine Montrose"--
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Counterpoint edition.
Language
English
Description
"With Dark Carnivals, author W. Scott Poole, an expert in horror and its impact on American history, reveals how the horror genre as a way of seeing the world has become one of the most incisive critiques of America and its history and influence around the globe"--
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First American edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells the story of the iconic science fiction film through LEGO figurines as Yoda, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia battle against Darth Vader as he attempts to end the rebellion with the powerful Death Star.
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Featuring chronological reviews of more than300 zombie films from 1932's White Zombie to the AMC series The Walking Dead this thorough, uproarious guide traces the evolution of one of horror cinemas most popular and terrifying creations. Fans will learn exactly what makes a zombie a zombie, go behind the scenes with a chilling production diary from Land of the Dead, peruse a bizarre list of the oddest things ever seen in undead cinema, and immerse...
Author
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
3rd ed.
Language
English
Description
Viola Spolin's improvisational techniques changed the very nature and practice of modern theater. The first two editions of Improvisation for the Theater sold more than 100,000 copies and inspired actors, directors, teachers, and writers in theater, television, film. These techniques have also influenced the fields of education, mental health, social work, and psychology.-Print ed.
19) The drop
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Based on the screenplay he developed for Twentieth Century Fox from his short story "Animal Rescue," New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's The Drop follows a former criminal whose efforts to build a new life with his girlfriend and pit bull rescue puppy fall apart when he becomes mixed up in a robbery gone wrong; scheduled for release in Fall 2014, Fox's film of the same title stars James Gandolfini (in his final on-screen performance),...
Author
Publisher
Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Arnold Schwarzenegger – a bodybuilder-turned-real-estate mogul who turned an undefeated streak at the Mr Olympia contest into an astonishing film career and eight years as the governor of California – is, for many people, the embodiment of the American Dream. From humble beginnings in a small village in Austria, Schwarzenegger has come to symbolise the opportunities that exist for anyone willing to work hard – parlaying success and self-confidence...
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