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(0)Jamie Lee Curtis
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Summary
"If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad's fast-food joint that one day he'd be a household name and that, at the height of his success, he'd be living alone, divorced, with no kids, high on a cocktail of forgetting, he might've asked, "You want fries with that?" John burst onto the scene in General Hospital, propelling him into the teen idol stratosphere, a place that's often a point of no return. But Stamos beat the...
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Formats
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Philosopher-poet and cancer survivor Mark Nepo opens a new season of freedom and joy - an escape from deadening, asleep-at-the wheel sameness - that is both profound and clarifying. His spiritual daybook is a summons to reclaim aliveness, liberate the self, take each day one at a time, and savor the beauty offered by life's unfolding. Reading his poetic prose is like being given second sight, exposing the reader to life's multiple dimensions, each...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022].
Lexile Measure
440L
Summary
Two friends like using their imaginations. One friend takes photographs of things--a seagull or noodles spilled on the floor--and sends them to her friend. He adds drawings that change the picture into something new. Sometimes the friends imagine the same things; sometimes they don't. But they always like being able to see what the other one sees.
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"When you hold a baby lovingly and talk, sing, or read to her, the emotional closeness and language experiences you provide are an important part of preparing her to learn when she is old enough for school. There are many things parents and caregivers can do to help build a child's literacy skills from the time he is born. This video provides helpful information about: The importance of communicating with your newborn, establishing reading routines,...
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"Sexy American diamonds lover Wanda and her boyfriend Otto are in England to plot alongside George and Ken the robbery of a diamond collection. Wanda and Otto want the stolen diamonds for themselves, and inform the police about George, not knowing that he has already moved the diamonds to another secret place. Wanda thinks the best way to find out is by getting close to George's lawyer, Archie Leach."--www. imdb. com.
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Summary
Waiting is not easy--especially for children. Often they measure the concept of time in how many more sleeps until the exciting day comes, when there is so much to do, so many exciting things to explore, and so many holidays to celebrate! In a buoyant book that channels childhood exuberance, Jamie Lee Curtis makes it clear why waiting is worth it. And with Laura Cornell's bold and humorous artwork helping readers celebrate and appreciate milestones...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Summary
2:13: Russell Spivey is a successful profiler with a drinking problem and a traumatic past. When he rejoins his team after a psychiatric leave he finds himself on the trail of a serial killer. But as Spivey gets close to solving the case, it appears that the killer is now targeting him. Each victim is found with a mask, an all-too-familiar object of his childhood, and word games that puzzle him. He must catch the killer before he loses everyone he...
11) True lies
Summary
Harry Tasker is a top spy for the ultra-secret Omega Sector, but his wife thinks he's just a boring computer salesman. Then his two lives collide when he and his wife find themselves kidnapped by international terrorists.
13) Forever young
Pub. Date
1997
Summary
Test pilot in 1939 who puts off proposing to his sweetheart until it's too late volunteers for a cryogenics experiment, reawakening in 1992.
14) Halloween ends
Pub. Date
[2022]
Summary
Four years after her last encounter with masked killer Michael Myers, Laurie Strode is living with her granddaughter and trying to finish her memoir. Myers hasn't been seen since, and Laurie finally decides to liberate herself from rage and fear and embrace life. However, when a young man stands accused of murdering a boy that he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that forces Laurie to confront the evil she can't control....
15) Knives out
Summary
A tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie and a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Summary
Chloe is a pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner's niece, Rachel, gets lost. She must rely on her new friends to help her get back home before she is caught by a dognapper who wants to ransom her. In the meantime, Papi, a male chihuahua who is in love with Chloe goes in pursuit of her. Papi's owner is a handsome young gardener for Rachel's aunt Viv. He slowly develops a romantic interest in Rachel. Chloe...
Pub. Date
2019.
Summary
Libby is a former top national security advisor who, while working with ruthless political veteran Rachel, signed off on a controversial military action that was supposed to end the war on terror but instead resulted in thousands of casualties. Haunted by this, Libby sets out to tell the truth, risking treason and her own life, to expose a cover-up that stretches all the way to the highest levels of government.
18) You again
Pub. Date
2011
Summary
When a young woman realizes her brother is about to marry the girl who bullied her in high school, she sets out to expose the fiancée's true colors.
20) Trading places
Series
Pub. Date
c2002
Summary
The rich Duke Brothers wager on whether a born loser like Billy Ray Valentine, a hustler from the ghetto, can become as successful as Winthorpe, a wealthy investment executive, if put in the proper environment--and would a prig like Winthorpe turn to a life of crime if he were to lose it all.
