Jennifer Ehle
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Practical magic novels volume 2
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English
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The novel begins in a library, the best place for a story to be conjured, when beloved aunt Jet Owens hears the deathwatch beetle and knows she has only seven days to live. Jet is not the only one in danger--the curse is already at work. A frantic attempt to save a young man's life spurs three generations of the Owens women, and one long-lost brother, to use their unusual gifts to break the curse as they travel from Paris to London to the English...
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Series
Infernal devices volume 1
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English
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When sixteen-year-old orphan Tessa Fell's older brother suddenly vanishes, her search for him leads her into Victorian-era London's dangerous supernatural underworld, and when she discovers that she herself is a Downworlder, she must learn to trust the demon-killing Shadowhunters if she ever wants to learn to control her powers and find her brother.
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Series
Time quintet volume 2
Language
English
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With Meg Murry's help, the dragons her six-year-old brother saw in the vegetable garden play an important part in his struggle between life and death.
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English
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Growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneers and Puritans, Bethia Mayfield yearns for an education that is closed to her due to her gender. As soon as she can, she slips away to explore the island's glistening beaches and observes its native Wampanoag inhabitants. At twelve, she encounters Caleb, the young son of a chieftain, and the two forge a secret friendship that draws each into the alien world of the other....
Author
Series
Time quintet volume 3
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English
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The youngest of the Murry children must travel through time and space in a battle against an evil dictator who would destroy the entire universe.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Ana is an inexperienced college student tasked with interviewing enigmatic billionaire Christian Grey. But what starts as business quickly becomes an unconventional romance. Swept up in Christian's glamorous lifestyle, Ana soon finds another side to him as she discovers his secrets and explores her own dark desires. What results is a thrilling, all-consuming romance as Christian and Ana test the limits they will go to for their relationship.
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English
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Leo and Darren are two gay roommates living in London, each single and pursuing romantic happiness. While Darren strikes up a relationship with real estate agent and sex-fiend Jeremy, Leo joins a New Age men's therapy group and promptly develops a crush on fellow member Brendan - who is recently separated from his longtime girlfriend Sally!
8) Little men
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease.
9) Advantageous
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In the year of 2041, this sci-fi drama explores the extremes a mother would go to in order to secure her daughter's future. In this near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter Jules do all they can to hold on to their joy together, despite the instability surfacing in their world. The tale of a mother's desperate sacrifice, "Advantageous" presents an offbeat, intimate dystopian vision that is strongly...
10) Little Men
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English
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When 13-year-old Jake's (Theo Taplitz) grandfather dies, his family moves from Manhattan back into his father's Brooklyn home. There, Jake befriends the charismatic Tony (Michael Barbieri), whose single, Chilean mother Leonor (Paulina Garcia) runs the dress shop downstairs. When Jake's parents Brian (Greg Kinnear) and Kathy (Jennifer Ehle) ask Leonor to pay a higher rent - and a feud ignites between the adults - the boys take an oath of silence against...
11) Wetlands
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English
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As a major storm approaches the outskirts of Atlantic City, a newly sober police detective goes to extreme measures to make sure his estranged family does not fall victim to the vengence of a local crime lord.
12) A Quiet Passion
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English
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Cynthia Nixon personifies the wit, intellectual independence, and pathos of 19th Century American poet Emily Dickinson in this masterful biographical drama from acclaimed director Terence Davies (House of Mirth).
13) Contagion
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
15) The River King
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English
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In this thrilling murder mystery, a detective (Edward Burns) believes the apparent suicide of a student may have been a hazing ritual gone awry.
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Based on the celebrated novel by Emily M. Danforth, "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" follows the titular character (Chloë Grace Moretz) as she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after getting caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night.
17) Love, Marilyn
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English
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Of all the stars in Hollywood's history, no one had a more potent mix of glamor and tragedy than Marilyn Monroe. Through performed readings of her personal papers, this film explores the life and personal thoughts of this seminal movie star.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Jane Austen's story of Georgian England, where affairs of the heart are an exquisite game, and marriage the ultimate prize. But Elizabeth Bennet spirited, independent, and one of five unmarried sisters, is determined to wed for love, not money or privilege.
20) A little chaos
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A romantic drama following Sabine, a strong-willed and talented landscape designer, who is selected to build one of the main gardens at King Louis XIV's new palace at Versailles. In her new position of power, she challenges gender and class barriers while also becoming professionally and romantically entangled with the court's renowned landscape artist Andre Le Notre.
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