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1) I'm Your Man
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Alma (Eggert) is a scientist coerced into participating in an extraordinary study in order to obtain research funds for her work. For three weeks, she has to live with a humanoid robot tailored to her character and needs, whose artificial intelligence is designed to be the perfect life partner for her. Enter Tom (Stevens), a machine in human form in a class of its own, created solely to make her happy. The film is a humorous tale about the questions...
2) The guest
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After a man claiming to be their dead sons best friend is invited to stay with a grieving family, the daughter begins to suspect that he is responsible for a recent wave of violence.
4) The cobbler
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A bored cobbler finds a magical object that allows him to see the world in a new way.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Given one last chance at redemption, Father Time, the inventor of the world's first clock, must teach two earthly people the true meaning of time--a journey that leads him to a teenage girl who is about to give up on life and a wealthy businessman who wants to live forever.
Author
Series
Cemetery of forgotten books volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind, comes a riveting masterpiece about love, literature, and betrayal. • “[Zafón's] visionary storytelling prowess is a genre unto itself." —USA Today
In this powerful, labyrinthian thriller, David Martín is a pulp fiction writer struggling to stay afloat. Holed up in a haunting...
In this powerful, labyrinthian thriller, David Martín is a pulp fiction writer struggling to stay afloat. Holed up in a haunting...
Author
Series
James Bond series volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
For James Bond and the British Secret Service, the stakes couldn't be higher. 007's mission is to neutralize the Russian operative Le Chiffre by ruining him at the baccarat table, forcing his Soviet masters to "retire" him. When Le Chiffre hits a losing streak, Bond discovers his luck is in—that is, until he meets Vesper Lynd, a glamorous agent who might yet prove to be his downfall.
This audiobook includes an exclusive bonus interview
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Get Ghosted: Spooky Books for Grown-Ups
If You're a Fan of Knives Out, You Should Read:
Mystery
Once Upon a Crime
If You're a Fan of Knives Out, You Should Read:
Mystery
Once Upon a Crime
Description
A killer stalks a group of ten total strangers on an isolated island off the Devon coast, in a suspenseful story of murder and retribution set to a sinister nursery rhyme.
11) Boy
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Language
English
Description
“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” –The New York Times
Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories?
From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood...
Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories?
From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood...
Author
Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
While en route from Syria to Paris, the Orient Express is stopped dead in its tracks by a snowdrift. Passengers awake to find the train still stranded and to discover that a wealthy American has been brutally stabbed to death in his private locked compartment. With no escape into the wintery landscape the killer must still be on board. Fortunately, the brilliant Belgian inspector Hercule Poirot is also on board.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this collection comprised of fifteen extraordinary stories, Atwood speaks to our times with her characteristic wit and intellect. Of special significance are the seven works revolving around the long-term married couple Tig and Nell. Acting as bookends for the collection, these stories look deeply in the heart of what it means to spend a life together, with the four stories in Part I relating tales from their married life, and the three stories...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Finding seeds of inspiration in the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore, and Scottish ballads, Kelly Link spins classic fairy tales into utterly original stories of seekers -- characters on the hunt for love, connection, revenge, or their own sense of purpose. In "The White Cat's Divorce," an aging billionaire sends his three sons on a series of absurd goose chases to decide which will become his heir. In "The Girl Who Did Not Know Fear,"...