Beau Bridges
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Bob Lee Swagger novels volume 1
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He was one of the best Marine snipers in Vietnam. Today all he wants is to be left alone and to leave the killing behind.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
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Homer Hickam, the introspective son of a mine superintendent and a mother determined to get him out of Coalwood, West Virginia forever, nurtures a dream to send rockets into outer space--an ambition that changes his life and the lives of everyone living in Coalwood in 1957.
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"In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration into the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership. Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? In Leadership in Turbulent Times, Goodwin draws upon...
7) Galveston
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Roy is a heavy-drinking criminal enforcer and mob hit man whose boss set him up in a double-cross scheme. After killing his would-be assassins before they could kill him, Roy discovers Rocky, a young woman being held captive, and reluctantly takes her with him on his escape. Determined to find safety and sanctuary in Galveston, Roy must find a way to stop his boss from pursuing them while trying to out-run the demons from his and Rocky's pasts.
10) The Descendants
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Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
11) Charlotte's web
Pub. Date
2007.
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A young pig depends on a rat, spider, and a little girl to prove that as a runt he's still special. As his days become numbered, it will take a miracle to save his life.
14) Norma Rae
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Norma Rae, a textile worker in a small Southern town, discovers that she has a social conscience when a labor organizer arrives at her mill to establish a union.
15) Max Payne
Pub. Date
2009.
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A maverick cop seeks revenge for the murder of his family and finds himself in a world where the lines between fantasy and reality are blurred.
Pub. Date
1980
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Tired of being the underdog, Nick is determined to win the World Motorcycle Championship. Although his brother was killed in a motorcycle accident, Nick knows that the Silver Dream his brother left him will change his life forever. Another racer is equally charged for the race however, and the stage is set for action.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1106
Pub. Date
[2021]
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A fictional account of one amazing night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural turmoil of the '60s.
19) Dreamin' Wild
Pub. Date
2023
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The true story of love and redemption, this film is about what happened to singer/songwriter Donnie Emerson and his family when the album he and his brother recorded as teens was rediscovered after thirty years of obscurity and was suddenly hailed by music critics as a lost masterpiece. While the album's rediscovery brings hopes of second chances, it also brings long-buried emotions as Donnie, his wife Nancy, brother Joe, and father Don Sr. come to...
20) Norma Rae
Pub. Date
1982
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Norma Rae, a textile worker in a small Southern town discovers that she has a social consciousness when a labor organizer arrives at her mill to establish a union.
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