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2) Promise
Series
Language
English
Description
Bob, a feckless bachelor, promised his mother that at her death he would care for his schizophrenic younger brother D.J. but he becomes apprehensive when the time comes. Facing up to his responsibility, Bob tries his best, but his set ways and D.J.'s erratic behavior mix like oil and water. Giving his promise one last shot, Bob takes D.J. on a fishing trip to the secluded lake where they vacationed as children. Here, the rush of memories transforms...
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
He's a private eye on the run from a conspiracy rap in a phony murder case. She's a dizzy poet he takes hostage, and takes on the adventure of her life to track down the real killer. Naturally, despite constant peril and the PI's penchant for goofball disguises, romance blooms. Join two iconic stars in a comic world that's wacky, witty and completely wonderful.
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Nurse Anne Lee arrives at understaffed, underfunded Hepperton General Hospital with an eagerness to serve. Dealing with an epidemic, a multi-casualty bus accident and other emergencies, she'll find opportunities to do so again and again. She'll also find something else: redemption for a fatal past error for which she, although innocent, accepted the blame.
6) Sombrero
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
From Mexico via Hollywood comes a Technicolor treat too full of stars, romance, song and dance to keep under your hat. Largely filmed on location, Sombrero offers three love stories, different in tone and set against the background of two feuding villages as well as bustling Mexico City. A sly Columba cheesemake strums guitars, croons love ballads and dons disguises to woo the daughter of Milpa Verde's mayor.
7) Bad Bascomb
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When lawmen foil his gang's latest heist, Zeb Bascomb escapes by taking refuge in a Morman caravan, posing as its newest convert.
8) Great Caruso
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Recreates Caruso's career, from beginning as a young cafe singer through his 18-year triumph at the Met, centering on his happy marriage to Dorothy Benjamin and his troubles with her family.
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
With a lilting, Tira Lira La, a bevy of Budapest beauties show up for the birthday celebration of the town's most eligible bachelor, Count Palaffi. Weary of their scheming attentions, the wealthy playboy slips away to his room and dreams of marrying an angel. The eighth and final pairing of Eddy and MacDonald.
11) Cry havoc
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The priorities are clear for Army nurses on Bataan Peninsula in 1942. Take your quinine, malaria is rampant. Make do: supplies will not arrive. Stay strong, despite the overwhelming odds.
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Quinto is a sack full of rattlesnakes, an Oklahoma Territory-panhandle town outside U.S. jurisdiction. Here, the James Gang, the Daltons, Belle Starr and other desperados take refuge from the law. Then along comes the last person any criminal wants to see: Sheriff Mark Rowley, who's searching for his missing brother."--Container.
13) Athena
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
If a suitor wants to win the heart of one of the seven Mulvain sisters, he'd better be ready to deadlift 300 lbs. and dine on shredded-parsnip souffl.̌ Combining the then-novel topic of physical fitness with Hollywood song and dance, an eat-your-veggies romantic romp highlighted by catchy Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane tunes and socko color cinematography.
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Basketball's Dr. J, Julius Erving, operates on the competition in this hoop-it-up disco-era fantasy about a team on a winning streak when it signs up motley players born under the zodiac's fish sign of Pisces. Will the Dr. in the house, trademark cloud-walking, net-shredding slam dunks are plentiful. More hoops excitement follows as the Harlem Globetrotters' Meadowlark Lemon handles the rock as if he had more arms than an octopus and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar...
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Robert and Cathy Wilson possibly the dullest married couple in England, bid each other a tepid farewell when World War II separates them. Robert joins the Navy, gets in shipshape condition and becomes a war hero. Cathy joins the WRENS, tries lipstick and a new 'do, and becomes a woman of the world. Both experience a thrilling romantic fling. Three years pass before they get leave at the same time, bringing a reunion they dread.
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Henry has a vested interest in studying the dead: He is immortal, and only his best friend and confidant, Abe, full of life at age 75, knows Henry's secret. Henry hasn't aged at all since the clock stopped 200 years ago, but he's managed to be discreet without anyone finding out his affliction. That task becomes increasingly difficult when he meets NYPD detective Jo Martinez, who is fascinated by Henry after learning he was the sole survivor of a...
17) Adventure
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Harry Patterson, a merchant marine with a swagger in his walk, a girl in every port and a hidden philosophical bent. While on shore leave, he goes with his buddy Mudgin to a most unlikely place ... the library! There, he meets reference expert Emily Sears. She is the picture of ladylike decorum, and she hates Harry on sight. She continues to hate him, almost until the moment she marries him! Then, Harry tells her he's shipping out again, and Emily...
18) Rage in Heaven
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Old friends Ward and Phillip both become smitten with Phillip's mother's attractive young secretary Stella. But Stella marries Phillip and stands by him as his behavior becomes more and more erratic and his jealousy of Ward increases, as his obsession soon turns to twisted, murderous intent.
19) Kid millions
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A poor Brooklyn boy becomes a millionaire after saving the life of a sheik's daughter. A hilarious comedy adventure straight from the Arabian Nights.
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Audie Murphy, World War II's most-decorated GI, portrays an Old West detective who purposely lands behind bars so he can infiltrate a secret gang with a vicious MO: spring prisoners from their cells, force them to be front men for notorious crimes, then kill them to collect the reward money for their dead-or-alive capture.
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