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English
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Daniel Hillard is no ordinary father, so when he learns his ex-wife needs a housekeeper, he applies for the job. With the perfect wig, a little makeup and a dress for all occasions, he becomes Mrs. Doubtfire, a devoted British housekeeper who is hired on the spot. Free to be the "woman" he never knew he could be, the disguised Daniel creates a whole new life with his entire family.
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Sensitive to outcries of police brutality, San Francisco Detective Harry Callahan bosses send him on an out-of-town assignment until events cool down. But wherever Harry goes, things just get hotter. This time, he is tracking a traumatized rape victim who coldly guns down her bygone attackers-- and as secrets come to light, starts striking an empathetic chord in the pursuing lawman.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Rizwan, an Indian man with a unique way of looking at the world, moves to San Francisco and meets a vivacious single mother named Mandira. They form a special bond and fall in love against all odds, but fate and tragedy conspire to tear them apart. That's when Rizwan embarks on a remarkable journey across America to win back the love of his life"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Four mothers. Four daughters. Eight stories. The Joy Luck Club is four women in San Francisco who have played mah jong together on a weekly basis for forty some years. One of them, Suyuan, has died, and her daughter June is preparing to go to China. Auntie Lindo with daughter Waverly, Auntie Ying Ying with daughter Lena, and Auntie An Mei with daughter Rose are at the going away party. Born in China, the Joy Luck Club members came to America as young...
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Nick Curran is a tough but vulnerable detective. Catherine Tramell is a cold, calculating, and beautiful novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite. Catherine becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered. Obsessed with cracking the case, Nick descends into San Francisco's forbidden underground.
8) Blue Jasmine
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
After everything in her life falls to pieces, including her marriage to wealthy businessman Hal, elegant New York socialite Jasmine moves into her sister Ginger's humble apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Budding photographer Chloe comes from a family of failed romances. At a local flea market, she stumbles upon an old photo album from the 1970s, chronicling the ideal romance of a happy couple. Unable to find her own "true love," she sets out to find the couple in the album and prove that true love exists. Along the way, she meets Gabe Sinclair, a mysterious, but charming bartender, who seizes the opportunity to join Chloe's mission and soon finds...
10) You kill me
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
When a hit man with a drinking problem messes up a critical assignment, his uncle sends him to San Francisco to clean up his act. There he starts going to AA meetings, gets a sponsor and a job at a mortuary where he falls for the tart-tongued Laurel, a woman who is dangerously devoid of boundaries.
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When filmy spores fall from space and take root in San Francisco, the city is beautifully transformed by spectacular and exotic flowers. But these lovely extraterrestrial blossoms have gruesome plans for their earthly admirers. These blossoms are going to slowly clone human bodies and then dispose of the originals.
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Paladin is the man in black, six-gun on his hip, willing to face any kind of trouble for a price. From the sun-baked corners of the desolate desert to the hardscrabble homesteads of desperate squatters, Paladin always gets the job done. Included are nineteen episodes.
15) Zodiac
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. Looks into the lives of the four men most effected by the killer: San Francisco PD Homicide, David Toschi and William Armstrong, the San Francisco Chronicle reporters Paul Avery and Robert Graysmith. Displays the psychological and emotional effects of the killings, as well as the endless procedural details of the investigation (handwriting experts, the...
16) Zodiac
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. The four men most affected by the killer are San Francisco PD Homicide detectives David Toschi and William Armstrong, and the San Francisco Chronicle reporters Paul Avery and Robert Graysmith.
17) Monk: Season six
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Brilliant but phobia-laden detective Adrian Monk never lets his obsessive-compulsive disorder stop him from solving a crime in the most ingenious way imaginable.
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
Ride along with Paladin, the dark knight of the old West. Paladin, a man of refined taste and the gunfighter with the fastest draw, always tries to settle things in a civilized manner. But when pushed into violence, he rises to the challenge. From his classy home at San Francisco's Carlton Hotel, the master gunfighter is willing to travel wherever the strong hand of a hero is needed. Whether he's taking out a madman Marshal or saving a delusional...
20) Magnum force
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Detective Harry Callahan is pitted against an unexpected lawbreaker: one who carries a badge. Sharpshooting rookie motorcycle cops have turned vigilante, rubbing out crooks the courts can't touch. Their real enemy is the system. Unfortunately for them, the system is what Harry is sworn to protect.
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