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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
(Summary)"Near the end of her life, Mary Mann Hamilton (1866 - c.1936) was encouraged to record her experiences as a female pioneer. The result is the only known firsthand account of a remarkable woman thrust into the center of taming the American South-surviving floods, tornadoes, and fires; facing bears, panthers, and snakes; managing a boardinghouse in Arkansas that was home to an eccentric group of settlers; and running a logging camp in Mississippi...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The world premiere of Gustav Mahler's Eighth Symphony in Munich in 1910 was the artistic breakthrough for which the composer had yearned all his life, filling Munich's huge Neue Musik-Festhalle on two successive evenings to rapturous and tumultuous applause. Representatives of many European royal houses were in attendance, along with luminaries of literary and musical world. Also in attendance were Alma Mahler, the composer's young wife, and Alma's...
65) Meet the Browns
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
Upon the death of her estranged father, a recently unemployed single mother from Chicago travels with her children to Georgia to meet the family she never knew.
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
All dogs go to heaven: Out for revenge against his double-crossing former partner, the roguish German Shepherd Charlie, finds himself guardian to a lonely little orphan named Anne-Marie. Her astounding ability to talk to animals leads this unlikely pair on an adventure packed with thrills, laughter, tears, and true love.
All dogs to go heaven 2: All dogs to to heaven ... and a lucky few return to Earth. That's what happens when mischievous mutt Charlie...
68) The change-up
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Two friends who envy each other's lives wake up one morning to find they have switched bodies.
69) Shelter me
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Nestled in the sunny fields of Tennessee lies the McDaniel family's Second Chance Ranch Animal Rescue. Two new arrivals are on their way, but only one is the four-legged kind. Staff Sergeant Mike Kowalski wants only one thing after he gets home from Iraq: to sleep in a king-sized bed with clean sheets. But first, he has to hand off his fallen commander's dog, Trooper, to his family without handing off his heart to Sierra...
71) Buddenbrooks
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Film adaptation of Thomas Mann's story of three generations of the Buddenbrooks family from Lübeck, Germany, and how they struggle to maintain their status as one of the city's most wealthy and respected families.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Follows the misadventures of Tyler Perry's beloved Leroy Brown. When Brown's father, Pop Brown, dies and leaves Brown his old house, Brown discovers a letter asking him to 'take care of the old.' Brown later discovers that there was more to the message (i.e., '...Thunderbird in the garage.'). By then, however, it's too late, Brown has already opened Brown Meadows, a home for seniors. Join the gang as they navigate a new style of communal living.
75) Critters
Publisher
New Line Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Carnivorous aliens that resemble furballs with teeth invade Earth, and only a duo of bounty hunters, and a family of farmers, can stop them.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Noah Daniels wants nothing more than to fight in George Washington's Continental Army, but an accident as a child left him maimed and unable to enlist. He is forced to watch the Revolution from his family's hard scrabble farm in Upstate New York--until a violent raid on his settlement thrusts him into one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolution, and ultimately, face to face with the enemy."--Amazon.com.
78) Fun size
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Wren, a whip-smart high school senior stuck babysitting her annoying little brother, but that all changes when he somehow manages to get loose. Now Wren and her three friends need to find him as they set off on the most unexpected and unforgettable adventure of their lives, as long as mom doesn't find out!
Author
Series
Creeper diaries volume 5
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"The Creeper family is planning a month-long summer vacation! But where will they go?"--
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When newcomer Lena arrives in the small town of Gatlin she quickly captures the attention of Ethan, who only wants to escape what he views as a boring and dead end town. He quickly gets more than he bargained for. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town.