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1141) BROWNSTONE
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1995, almost-fifteen-year-old Almudena is sent to live with her estranged Spanish-speaking father, and together they renovate a brownstone and build a relationship while Almudena navigates the Latin American side of her heritage for the first time.
1142) Our spot
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Every Thursday night, a girl and her papa go to their secret fishing spot in the middle of the city. Now it's just the two of them -- there used to be three. The girl's mother had found this place, and they'd all fished there when the girl was small as peas. Even though it's different now, it's still tradition. The girl and her papa don't talk much; instead, they listen to the waves lapping against the shore as they fish. Sometimes they talk about...
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Novelist Hank Moody's home life is in ruins, but the scandal surrounding his latest book has turned him into a hot commodity, in more ways than one. Find out if Hank can navigate the mess he's made of his life and still come out on top.
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Novelist Hank Moody struggles to raise his 13-year-old daughter with his on-again/off-again girlfriend in Southern California. His obsession with truth-telling and self-destructive behavior that includes drinks, drugs, and relationships is both destroying and enriching to his career. Included are twelve episodes, plus a sampling of The Tudors and United States of Tara episodes, and more!
1145) Hija de mi padre
Author
Publisher
Alegría Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Hija De Mi Padre is Solany Lara's debut bilingual poetry collection in which she explores the emotional complexity associated with the loss of a parent, generational trauma and being a first generation Mexican-American."--
1147) The wolf of Snow Hollow
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A stressed-out police officer struggles not to give in to the paranoia that grips his small mountain town as bodies turn up after each full moon.
1150) The Christmas doodle
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A lonely woman receives a golden doodle as a gift for Christmas. A single father is struggling to raise his daughter after a traumatic Christmas the year prior. In this heartwarming journey, the Christmas doodle will have them cross paths for Christmas.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
Sophisticated and unique, this comedy centers on novelist Hank Moody (David Duchovny) who struggles to raise his 13-year-old daughter, while still carrying a torch for his ex-girlfriend. His obsession with truth-telling and self destructive behavior -- drinks drugs and relationships -- are both destroying and enriching to his career.
1154) Imagine that
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A highly competitive financial executive finds his career is quickly rolling downhill after he loses confidence in his abilities. When his 7-year-old daughter invites him into her fantasy world he may find the solutions to all of his problems awaiting for him. As father and daughter embark on a whirlwind journey of comic proportions, they are about to discover that sometimes all you need is a little imagination, and a lot of love.
1155) Dangal
Publisher
Reliance Big Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Hindi
Description
The film traces the inspirational journey of Mahavir Singh Phogat, an amateur wrestler, who trains his daughters, Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to become world class wrestlers.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Rebecca meets Fatima Farheen Mirza in this sweeping, gorgeously atmospheric novel about a ruined mansion by the sea, and a young girl who unearths the true story of the tragedy that happened there a hundred years ago. Akbar Manzil was once a grand estate off the coast of South Africa. Now, nearly a century since it was built, it stands in ruins--a boardinghouse for misfits, where people come to forget or be forgotten. Seeking a new home after a painful...
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