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Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Louisa 'Lou' Clark lives in a quaint town in the English countryside. With no clear direction in her life, the quirky and creative 26-year old goes from one job to the next in order to make ends meet. Taking a job at the local 'castle' she becomes caregiver and companion to Will Traynor, a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair bound in an accident. Embarking together on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for....
2) The upside
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A recently paroled ex-convict, Dell, strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a quadriplegic billionaire, Philip Lacasse, in this ₁funny and warm-hearted buddy comedy. From worlds apart, Dell and Philip form an unlikely bond, bridging their differences and gaining invaluable wisdom in the process, giving each man a renewed sense of passion for all of life's possibilities.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
Laura decides to purchase her beloved childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring and reopening the long abandoned facility as a place for disabled children. The new environment awakens the imagination of Laura's son. His ongoing fantasy games played with an invisible friend quickly turn into something more disturbing. Upon seeing her family increasingly threatened by the strange occurrences in the house, Laura looks to a group of parapsychologists...
6) Good
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When John Halder's latest novel is enlisted by the Nazi party to push their agenda, his career and social standing instantly advance. But after learning of the Reich's horrific plans for the future, John must decide whether to do nothing and keep his fame or risk losing everything.
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Quasimodo ventures from his tower to the joyous festival of fools, but the crowd turns cruel and rejects him because of the way he looks. The gypsy Esmeralda rescues him and he finds himself battling to save the people and the city he loves--while reminding us to see people as they are rather than how they appear.
8) Safelight
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Charles, a teenager with physical challenges, lives with his dad in a dusty desert town. He's been beaten down so much in life; it's hard for him to feel much hope. When he meets a troubled runaway, Vickie, he's intrigued, especially when he senses the vulnerability behind her tough exterior. Vickie's psychotic and abusive pimp, Skid, decides he doesn't like their relationship and constantly threatens them.
9) Murderball
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A film about tough, highly competitive quadriplegic rugby players. These men have been forced to live life sitting down, but in their own version of the full-contact sport, they smash each other in custom-made gladiator-like wheelchairs. In addition to smashing chairs, they will smash every stereotype you ever had about the disabled.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
"The year is 1730, during the early part of the Ching Dynasty when ethnic Chinese Hans have formed bands of rebels to fight their Manchurian oppressors. One of the most feared of the Han revolutionaries is the One-Armed Boxer, a stoic kung fu master who has already disposed of two would-be assassins. But now their master -- the formidable blind 'monk' Fung Sheng wu Chi -- has sworn revenge, refusing to rest until he snatches the Boxer's head with...
14) I am Sam
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Sam Dawson has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. He works at a Starbucks, is obsessed with the Beatles and has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them. As the daughter reaches age 7, Sam's limitations start to become a problem. When the authorities take his daughter away, Sam shames a high-priced lawyer into taking his case pro bono. In the process, he teaches her a great deal about love, and whether it's really all you need.
Pub. Date
[2005?]
Language
English
Description
Coach of the year (90 min.) : An ex-football star, paralyzed from the waist down during Vietnam, accepts the challenge of coaching football in a juvenile reform school.
Dream to believe (96 min.) : A teenage gymnasts aims for the championship despite an abusive stepfather, an ailing mother, and injury.
16) Emmanuel's gift
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, born in Ghana with a deformed right leg, beat incredible odds to become a hero. Through riding a bicycle across the nation, he helped bring political and social change to Ghana.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The diabetes workout is a series of exercises designed to improve circulation, and includes suggestions on diet and exercise from Dr. Lynn Kohlmeier. The balance workout includes multi-level exercises designed to improve leg strength, flexibility, eye tracking, posture, and breathing.
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Mary Lennox is a spoiled young girl living in India when her parents die and she's sent to live with a distant family friend in England. She finds the monstrous castle a cold place until she discovers a secret garden that she is determined to restore.
"A stylish presentation of a classic in children's literature."--Los Angeles Times.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Little princess: Sara Crewe, the pampered daughter of an Army officer, is left in a strict boarding school when her father goes off to war. When he is reported dead, her world is turned upside down and she is made a servant at the school, yet she refuses to let her spirit be broken.
Secret garden: A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned...
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