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Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Death-camp survivor Buck is 87, abrasive, and has trouble remembering. But his cop's watchfulness is intact, and he keeps his .375 Magnum close by. When he learns that the sadistic guard who brutalized him is likely still alive and the possessor of much stolen Nazi gold, Buck and his chatterbox grandson go on a quest. But who are these people who suddenly come out of the woodwork-- a loan shark, a scholar, a pretty Israeli soldier? And why does everyone...
Author
Language
English
Description
In Avenue of Mysteries, Juan Diego--a fourteen-year-old boy, who was born and grew up in Mexico--has a thirteen-year-old sister. Her name is Lupe, and she thinks she sees what's coming--specifically, her own future and her brother's. Lupe is a mind reader; she doesn't know what everyone is thinking, but she knows what most people are thinking. Regarding what has happened, as opposed to what will, Lupe is usually right about the past; without your...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace & Co
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
In Washington State, a widowed doctor suffering from cancer takes a hunting trip, the real purpose of which is to commit suicide, which he will masquerade as an accident. But Dr. Ben Givens' resolve is tested by several events which reaffirm the joy of living--he cheats death by fighting off wolves and helps a girl give birth.
65) King of thieves
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A true crime film about a crew of retired crooks who pull off a major heist in London's jewelry district. What starts off as their last criminal hurrah quickly turns into a brutal nightmare due to greed. Based on the infamous true events.
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2005
Language
Español
Description
One of the truest and most original new voices in American letters, as Kent Haruf has written, Mark Spragg now tells the story of a complex, prodigal homecoming. Jean Gilkyson is floundering in a trailer house in Iowa with yet another brutal boyfriend when she realizes this kind of life has got to stop, especially for the sake of her daughter, Griff. But the only place they can run to is Ishawooa, Wyoming, where Jean's loved ones are dead and her...
69) A man called Ove
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Swedish
Description
Ove, a grumpy, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, decides to give up on life until an unlikely friendship develops with a boisterous young family that moves in next door.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
Disorganized crime: a gang of would-be bank robbers have little going for them except a pair of bumbling detectives.
Another stakeout: Seattle detectives Chris Lecce and Bill Reimers team up on a stakeout, this time with female detective Gina Garrett and her mischievous dog.
Father hood: A lovable, small-time crook's latest scheme of hiting it big is only temporarily interrupted when his two kids suddenly appear to reclaim him as their dad.
Oscar:...
72) Checking out
Publisher
Allumination FilmWorks
Pub. Date
[2006], c2005
Language
English
Description
The family of a successful but elderly actor find themselves on the receiving end of his wish to plan his own death, on the eve of his celebratory 90th-year birthday party.
73) Cuento de hadas
Author
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Estoy seguro de que puedo contar esta historia. Tambien estoy seguro de que nadie se la creera. Eso me da igual. Me basta con contarla. Para mi --y esta claro que para muchos escritores, no solo los novatos como yo--, el problema es decidir por donde empezar ... Y ahora, mientras pienso en esas cosas, veo un claro hilo que conduce a lo largo de los anos hasta el senor Bowditch y el cobertizo cerrado con candado detras de su vieja y ruinosa casa victoriana....
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the twentieth century. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to...
Author
Publisher
Random House Large Print
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Robert MacIver is an 80-year-old war historian, a proud Scot long resident stateside, dying slowly and alone in an ancient house in the woods on Cape Cod. His beloved wife, Margaret, has died recently in the same house, and MacIver sees no reason to linger. He is not, as the famous Dylan Thomas poem has it, raging against his going, but neither is he going gentle, though rage and gentleness are the novel's key concepts. Instead, he chooses a middle...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A veteran Washington journalist recounts his long friendship with Charlie White, the centenarian next door who, sharing his good and meaningful life, mastered survival strategies that reflect thousands of years of human wisdom as his sense of adventure guided him through a century of upheaval.
When Von Drehle moved to the Midwest, his neighbor was Charlie White-- who was already a century old. In coming to know his neighbor, Von Drehle came to understand...
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