Gary Farmer
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English
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THE OATH WE TAKE is the last of a three-book series about police work featuring the first-person accounts of former officers with the Los Angeles Police Department, following THE STREETS ARE BLUE and MORE THAN HEROIC. To become a police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, one swears or affirms an oath of office, promising to faithfully discharge the duties of a police officer. In this book are the stories of twenty-four former officers...
2) Heater
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English
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Two homeless men (Gary Farmer, Stephen Ouimette) team up to return a stolen baseboard heater for a refund and use the money to get off the streets.
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English
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Winter in the Blood is a hauntingly beautiful film that is true to the lyrical and unflinching spirit of James Welch's classic 1974 novel of Native American life. Virgil First Raise (Chaske Spencer, the Twilight trilogy) wakes in a ditch on the hardscrabble plains of Montana. He stumbles home to his ranch on the reservation only to learn that his wife, Agnes (Julia Jones), has left him. Worse, she's stolen his beloved rifle. Virgil sets out to find...
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[2024]
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English
Description
A comedic sci-fi drama based on the Dark Horse comic book series of the same name, this show follows a crash-landed alien who must take on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor and somehow find a way to fit in with the local human population. While attempting to complete his secret mission on Earth, he is forced to consider the possibility that humans might be worth saving after all.
7) The score
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[2001]
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English
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Persuaded to help a desperate friend for a $6 million payday, an expert safecracker postpones his retirement to pull off one last heist with a novice thief. Their foolproof plan turns into a high risk gamble when a clash of egos threatens to bring them both down.
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When his mother, a tribal enrollment specialist living on a reservation in North Dakota, slips into an abyss of depression after being brutally attacked, 14-year-old Joe Coutz sets out with his three friends to find the person that destroyed his family.
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In 1884, the Canadian government enacted a ban on the potlatch, the foundational ceremony of the Haida people. The tradition, which determined social structure, transmitted cultural knowledge, and redistributed wealth, was seen as a cultural impediment to the government's aim of assimilation.
The tradition did not die, however, the knowledge of the ceremony was kept alive by the Elders through other events until the ban was lifted. In 1969, a potlatch...
11) Intervention
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English
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Mark, porn star-turned-producer, is addicted to alcohol, drugs, gambling and sex; Joe is a Kiwi comedian with a drink problem; Sara is a former model, and recovering heroin addict with anger and food issues; and Harry is a prescription drug addict from a privileged family. Under the treatment of Counselors Bill (COLM FEORE) and his wife Kelly (ANDIE MACDOWELL), the weekend of group therapy results in a series of highly entertaining emotional and physical...
12) Smoke Signals
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English
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Though Victor and Thomas have lived their entire young lives in the same tiny town, they couldn't have less in common! But when Victor is urgently called away, it's Thomas who comes up with the money to pay for his trip. There's just one thing Victor has to do: take Thomas along for the ride! This most unlikely pair leaves home on what becomes an unexpected adventure of friendship and discovery!
13) The Heart Stays
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English
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A coming of age story about a Native American teen who must choose between her own personal goals and the traditional responsibilities of the old ways. Everything comes to a head when her sister gets into trouble forcing the issue.
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Red Road volume 3
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English
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Marie meets with the Tribal Council to discuss the issue of a casino, which Sky is opposed to.
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Red Road volume 4
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English
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Harold is surprised by an unexpected but fortunate turn of events. Junior and Marie argue.
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Red Road volume 3
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English
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Jean's emotional turbulence forces Harold to move his daughters in with her parents.
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Red Road volume 6
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English
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Kopus finds himself in imminent danger, while Harold uncovers heartbreaking news.
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Red Road volume 1
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English
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A community reaches a turning point when a shocking tragedy upends the lives of all involved.
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Red Road volume 4
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English
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Harold finds himself crushed between the law and the compromising deal struck with Kopus.
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Red Road volume 5
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English
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Harold makes a discovery in an abandoned mine. Kopus goes to Junior's campsite but finds it burning