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"When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive...
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[2023]
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"It's 1951 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Blackburn Gant, his life irrevocably altered by a childhood case of polio, seems condemned to spend his life among the dead as the sole caretaker of a hilltop cemetery. It suits his withdrawn personality, and the inexplicable occurrences that happen from time to time rattle him less than interaction with the living. But when his best and only friend, the kind but impulsive Jacob Hampton, is conscripted to...
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©2009
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After Peter gets engaged to the woman of his dreams, he realizes he has not one friend to serve as his best man. To rectify the situation, he goes on a series of man-dates before he meets Sydney Fife, with whom he instantly bonds. While Peter and Sydney become closer, his relationship with his fiancee begins to suffer, forcing him to choose between her or his new B.F.F.
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Saint Young Men volume 10
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[2023]
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English
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"In today's world, there is an enticing lure that even heavenly figures cannot resist...the path of the YouTuber! An incident happens that threatens to break the spirit of Gabriel, the guardian angel of passing on information! Meanwhile, Jesus receives a sudden work request from the Heavens. While he struggles with the unfamiliar realities of remote work, Buddha cracks wise..."-- back cover.
5) Boys weekend
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[2023]
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"Newly-out trans artist's assistant Sammie is invited to an old friend's bachelor weekend in El Campo, a hedonistic wonderland of a city floating in the Atlantic Ocean's international waters--think Las Vegas with even fewer rules. Though they have not identified as a man for over a year, Sammie's old friends haven't quite gotten the message--as evidenced by their former best friend Adam asking them to be his 'best man.' Arriving at the swanky hotel,...
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[2010]
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Grumpy old men. Neighborhood curmudgeons' long-running feud becomes an all-out rivalry when an attractive widow moves into the house across the street.
Grumpier old men. Grumpy old men become grumpier in this sequel as a newcomer plans to change the town's bait shop into a restaurant.
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