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Pub. Date
c2009
Summary
"In a world torn apart by persecution, war and oppression, three children were chosen to offer a message of hope. Based on the memoirs of Sister Lucia Santos and independent eye-witness accounts, The 13th day dramatizes the incredible true story of three shepherd children from the village of Fatima in Portugal who experienced six apparitions with a 'Lady from Heaven' between May and October 1917, which culminated in the final prophesied miracle. The...
Summary
Alex O'Connell sets out to find the tomb of the evil Emperor Han. When he finds it Alex is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber, and the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents. This time, the O'Connells must stop a mummy that has awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service....
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.
Series
West wing volume Season 1, episodes 1-22
Pub. Date
[2003]
Summary
Headed by President Josiah Bartlet, demonstrates that office politics are the same everywhere; things just have greater repercussions when your office happens to be the White House. Stories surround the President; his deputy communications director Sam Seaborn; his beleaguered press secretary, C.J. Cregg; the chief of staff, recovering boozehound Leo McGarry, who sacrifices his marriage to his career. Among the global crises Bartlet must finesse are...
5) The Switch
Pub. Date
2011
Summary
Kassie is a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally's objections, decides it's time to have a baby. She is determined to get what she wants, even if it means doing it by herself with a little help from a charming sperm donor. Unbeknownst to her, a last-minute switch occurs that isn't discovered until seven years later when Wally finally gets acquainted with Kassie's cute, though slightly neurotic, son.