Lynn Redgrave
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English
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Aging actress Elfrida Phipps agrees to accompany recent widower Oscar Blundell to his estate in rural Scotland, where they, along with an assortment of visitors, including Elfrida's relative Carrie Sutton, Carrie's teenage niece Lucy, and textile executive Sam Howard, help each other heal their broken hearts in the days before Christmas.
2) Inkheart
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Inkheart trilogy volume 1
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English
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Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.
3) The witches
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Series
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English
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You could be sitting next to a witch and never know it. They look just like ordinary women but they're extremely dangerous to children! Luckily for the boy in this story, his grandmother knows what signs to look for but, even so, things don't go quite as planned. [Back cover].
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Series
Doll people volume 3
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English
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Best friends Annabelle and Tiffany risk placing all of dollkind in danger when they run away while trying to prevent Tilly from being sent back to London before they can determine if she is Annabelle's long-lost baby sister.
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English
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Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full color on a full-color ebook device and in rich black and white on all other devices.
Narnia . . . where animals talk . . . where trees walk . . . where a battle is about to begin.
A prince denied his rightful throne gathers an army in a desperate attempt to rid his land of a false king. But in the end, it is a battle of honor between two men alone that will decide the fate of an entire
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Doll people volume 1
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English
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A family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for one hundred years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls arrives and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor.
10) Pygmalion
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English
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George Bernard Shaw's story of speech therapist Henry Higgins, who successfully transforms Liza Doolittle, a "draggle-tailed guttersnipe," into a darling of high society who momentarily upsets his hard-edged reserve. This edition of Pygmalion includes the analysis of Eric Bentley from his book Bernard Shaw. Essential biographical and historical background is provided, together with notes, critical excerpts, and suggestions for further reading. A unique...
11) Shine
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
The story of Australian pianist David Helfgott. He experiences a nervous breakdown and is hospitalized, but later returns to the concert hall.
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Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
Description
Deep in the heart of Africa, the Thornberry's are filming their latest action-packed wildlife show. They are ready for anything, except for the greedy poachers lurking in the jungle. It's up to Eliza, who can talk to animals, to foil their evil plans. To do this, it will take all her courage, strength and exceptional gifts.
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Winter is over in New York City and Nanny is going on a much needed vacation with her brother Gavin. Eloise gets a temporary nanny, one that is young, hip and beautiful. Nanny Nicole shows Eloise an exciting, artsy side of New York City that she knew nothing about and they have tons of fun along the way. Unfortunately, most of the fun involves breaking Nanny's rules. Soon, Eloise notices that Nicole and Eloise's favorite Plaza employee, Bill are getting...
15) Peter Pan
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English
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In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbucker skills and the ever fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become real heroes of an even greater story when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and takes them on a journey over moonlit rooftops to the lush jungles of Neverland. Wendy and her brothers join Peter and the Lost Boys in an exhilarating life, free of grown-up...
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Eloise and Nanny are on their way to Hollywood where Eloise is given the chance to star in a real movie! She is certain her glamorous dreams are coming true, but stardom is a lot of work. Can she pull off her secret plan and go back to being just plain fabulous Eloise?
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A group of six friends, in Sacramento, gather to distract themselves from loss - a newly dumped Sylvia, Prudie's repressed disappointment, or Jocelyn, who has a life of unrealized dreams. All are devoted Jane Austen fans, except the lone man, Grigg, who has an ulterior motive for joining the chick-lit gang. There's plenty of pride (Prudie), prejudice (Jocelyn), sense (Sylvia), and sensibility (Sylvia's daughter Allegra). Throw in a fair amount of...
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Nanny enrolls Eloise in the prestigious Hawthorne Academy, but she soon finds out it isn't exactly what she was expecting. There are mean girls on the playground, very strict teachers, and so many rules. Eloise decides it is time to make school fun again, she's teaching her new friends to stand up to bullies, helping her teacher understand there are a lot of different ways to learn and having tons of adventures.
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Widescreen version.
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English
Description
It's 1957, and Hollywood horror director James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein, " "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The invisible man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper Hannah hires handsome young gardener Clayton Boone, the gay director and the simple yardman develop an unlikely friendship.
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