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4) The sisters
Pub. Date
2006
Summary
Three sisters living in a college town struggle with the death of their father, while trying to reconcile relationships in their own lives.
6) The Sandlot
Summary
Fifth-grader Scotty Smalls has just moved into town with his parents. The local kids call him a Dork because he can't even throw a baseball. That changes when the leader of the neighborhood gang recruits him to play on the nearby sandlot field. It's the beginning of a magical summer of baseball, wild adventures, first kisses, and fearsome confrontations with the dreaded Beast and its owner who live behind the left field fence. Soon nine boys have...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Summary
Kyle's world is turned upside down when his powers suddenly disappear, and he's in for another surprise when Amanda comes home with an unexpected question. As one woman in Kyle's life arrives, another must say goodbye, though Jessi assures him that they will always be connected.
Pub. Date
[2004], c1996-c1997
Summary
Follows the Camden family, with Eric, the minister father, and Annie, the stay-at-home mom, and how they deal with the drama of having seven children. The kids range in age from toddlers to adults with families of their own. The friends, neighbors, and love interests of the various members of the family are heavy issues and are addressed in a real-life matter.
9) Mr. Brooks
Pub. Date
c2007
Summary
Mr. Brooks is a successful businessman, a generous philanthropist, a loving father, and a devoted husband. He is seemingly perfect, but he has a secret. He is also the notorious Thumbprint Killer, and no one has ever suspected it until now. Tracy Atwood is a tough detective whose devotion to her craft catches the attention and respect of the serial killer she is hunting, which leads to a symbiotic relationship.
10) Death wish
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Summary
Paul Kersey, a bleeding-heart liberal, becomes a one-man vigilante after his wife and daughter are violently attacked and raped by a gang of thugs.
Summary
Choosing a college and striking out on one's own is an exciting time that requires a big adjustment by both child and parent, but few parents will have as much difficulty relinquishing control over their daughter's life as Chicago police chief James Porter. A loving, but overprotective father, James wants his daughter Melanie to attend nearby Northwestern College. When she's waitlisted and called for an interview at Georgetown in Washington, D.C.,...
12) The Tree of life
Summary
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950's that follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Bonus features included.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Summary
In and out of rehab for the past 10 years, Kym Buchman returns to the family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel. She brings with her a long history of personal crisis and family conflict. The wedding party is full of friends and relations who have gathered for an idyllic weekend of feasting, music and love. Kym's passion for the dramatic incites tension in the family.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Summary
Debbie Laramie is a preacher. Debbie and her son, Hayden, are sent from a big city church to the small town of Paradise, where Debbie finds a community in desperate need of direction and a town that has turned its back on its neediest neighbors. She tries to build a new vision for her congregation that embraces everyone, even the poor and outcast.
18) Roots
Pub. Date
[2016]
Summary
The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil war. Based on Alex Haleyb2ss best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.
Pub. Date
c2013
Summary
Politicians are a breed of their own, striving to serve their country while their personal dramas play out under the media spotlight's glare. Elaine Barrish Hammond, a former first lady to the president and current Secretary of State, struggles to keep her family together as she deflects probing questions from journalist Susan Berg. Watch the captivating First Family weather the all-too-real dynamics of political and personal life with grit, intelligence,...