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Author
Publisher
Puck
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
"Un trastorno de ansiedad altera la vida cotidiana de Audreys, de catorce ąos. Ella progresa lenta y constantemente con la Dra. Sarah, pero cuando conoce a Linus, se energiza. Audrey puede hablar sobre sus miedos con Linus de una manera que nunca ha podido hacer con nadie. A medida que su recuperaci̤n gana impulso, se desarrolla una conexi̤n rom̀ntica, que ayuda a Audrey y a toda su familia."-- provided by publisher.
Fourteen-year-old Audrey...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Audrey Burke is reeling from the shock of the news that has just been delivered to her door by the local police - her husband, Brian, had been killed in a random act of violence. Once anchored by the love and comforts of their marriage, Audrey is not adrift. Impulsively, she turns to Jerry, a down-and-out addict who has been her husband's close friend since childhood. Desperate to fill the painful void caused by her husband's death, Audrey invites...
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
While on vacation, a just-divorced writer buys a villa in Tuscany on a whim, hoping it will be the start of a change for the better in her life. Along the way she finds that sometimes what seems like a mistake is really a blessing.
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Français
Description
Irene is with her elderly paramour, on the Riviera, to celebrate her birthday. When he falls asleep on her, she decides to slip down to the hotel bar. There, she mistakes barman Jean for a wealthy guest. He encourages the deceit by taking her up to the Royal Suite for the night. The following year, the same thing happens. This time her lover finds out and disowns her. Knowing Jean is a barman of little means doesn't stop her from wanting to be with...
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Bérénice tiene miedo de los hombres, Stéphane quiere dejar de fumar, Fabrice lucha contra su timidez, Isabelle es hipocondríaca y Audrey es una madre al borde de un ataque de nervios, así que todos se apuntan voluntariamente (o casi) a una terapia excursionista con la esperanza de cambiar su actitud y sus malos hábitos en las alturas de una montaña. En pleno corazón de Italia, estas cinco personas, ligeramente perdidas en la vida, se disponen...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Jerome goes to art school in the hopes of having his genuine ability recognized. Instead he finds that his teachers are self-obsessed has-beens and his peers are jaded and floundering. To make matters worse, Jerome finds himself being investigated for a series of gruesome stranglings. He becomes obsessed with a lovely student named Audrey, but she is more interested in the hunky Jonah, whose crude yet acclaimed paintings of cars and tanks make Jerome...
8) Bambi
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Bambi is a young deer hailed as the 'Prince of the Forest' at his birth. As Bambi grows, he makes friends with the other animals of the forest, in particular a rabbit named Thumper and a skunk named Flower. He learns the skills needed to survive, and he even finds love. One day, however, the human hunters come, and Bambi must learn to be as brave as his father if he is to lead the other deer to safety.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Starr Carter navigates the perilous waters between her poor, black neighborhood and her prestigious, mainly white private school. This all changes when she finds herself in the middle of racial activism after her best friend is shot by police officers, and she's forced to make a decision. Allow the media to skewer her friend to protect the status quo, or stand up and tell the truth in memory of Khalil?
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
¿Has tenido d̕as en los que piensas que tu vida se desmorona y no encuentras tu lugar en el mundo? ¿Est̀s en la treintena y todav̕a (s̕, TODAVÍA) no tienes ni idea de d̤nde quedaron esos suęos que ibas a cumplir? ¿Tropiezas constantemente, c̤mo decirlo, con ese pedrusco que es la vida? Si la respuesta a alguna de estas preguntas es s̕, esta novela es para ti. Cuando el personaje de Audrey Hepburn en Desayuno con diamantes ten̕a un d̕a...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide has been toppled in a violent coup d'état, bringing to power a brutal military dictatorship. With turmoil in the streets and an international embargo threatening to destroy even the country's most powerful players, some are looking to gain an advantage in chaos--and others are just looking to make it through another day. American expat Matt Amaker, forced out of his beachfront scuba shop by a drug-smuggling...
12) Downsizing
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When scientists find a way to shrink humans to five inches tall, Paul and Audrey Safrane decide to ditch their stressed out lives in order to get small and live large in a luxurious downsized community. Filled with life-changing adventures and endless possibilities, Leisureland offers more than riches, as Paul discovers a whole new world and realizes that we are meant for something bigger.
13) Raising Helen
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Helen is living the life she's always dreamed of with her career at a top modeling agency on the rise. But her carefree lifestyle comes to a crashing halt when she soon finds herself responsible for her sister's children - Audrey, Henry, and Sarah. No one doubts that Helen is the coolest aunt in New York, but the transformation from super-hip to super-mom is super difficult. Along the way, Helen finds support from Dan Parker, the handsome young pastor...
Series
Publisher
New Vessel Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This seventh installment in our beloved Very Christmas series is a celebration of the Mexican Yuletide spirit. Replete with mouthwatering Nochebuena meals, mysterious felines, multicolored boxes, marvelous sweet rolls, and many a bedside tale, A Very Mexican Christmas is sure to delight, warm, and astonish by turns. You'll find spellbiridng work by some of Mexico's most important writers, contemporary favorites, as well as fresh translations of classic...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
[Border incident]: The Mexico-California border is the power-keg setting for a tale of government agents versus greed and murder. [His kind of woman]: Hard-luck gambler Dan Milner is in sudden luck. He'll get $50,000 to hang out at a posh Mexican resort. $5,000 now and the big payoff when the reason he's been sent there is revealed. Of course, the gangsters making the offer don't expect him to live long enough to collect. [Lady in the lake]: Philip...
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