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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century bourgeois France, the story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Discovering a tattered letter that says she is to open it only in the event of her husband's death, Cecelia, a successful family woman, is unable to resist reading the letter and discovers a secret that shatters her life and the lives of two other women. By the author of What Alice Forgot.
Publisher
Skydance Productions, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (377 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For as long as they can recall, Grace and Frankie have been rivals. Their one-upmanship comes crashing to a halt, however, when they learn that their husbands have fallen in love with each other and want to get married. As everything around the ladies is coming apart, the only thing they can really rely on is each other.
Author
Series
Ghosts and shadows volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sophie's world is shattered when disaster bankrupts her family. Marrying the mysterious Mr. Argenton may restore her family's fortunes and save them from scandal, but it condemns Sophie to a life in Northwood, a vast and unnaturally dark mansion situated hours from civilization. Still, she must do her duty. As time passes, Sophie struggles to adjust to her new position as mistress over the desolate house. Mr. Argenton's relatives are cold, and Mr....
Author
Series
Serial killer novels volume 1
Publisher
Avon, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Beth and Tom Hardcastle are the envy of their neighbourhood - they have the perfect marriage, the perfect house, the perfect family. When the police knock on their door one evening, Beth panics. Tom should be back from work by now - what if he's crashed his car? She fears the worst. But the worst is beyond imagining. As the interrogation begins, Beth will find herself questioning everything she believed about her husband."--Publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Large type ed.
Physical Desc
583 p. (large print) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 18th century England, at the age of seventeen, Lt. Christian Hill impulsively defends young Dorcas Froggatt's honor--and finds himself forced into marriage. That doesn't stop him from pursuing his military career abroad, where he swiftly puts his young bride out of his mind--until the past comes back to haunt him. Not long after her traumatic marriage, Dorcas heard that her new husband died in battle. Now she's shocked to learn that he's still...
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (6hrs. 29mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After learning their ex-husbands plan to marry one another, lifelong rivals Grace and Frankie have bonded in an uneasy friendship. The second season of this acclaimed comedy series brings more laughs and surprises as Grace and Frankie tackle the challenges of family and relationships, while driving each other crazy on a regular basis.
10) House of secrets
Author
Series
Ghosts and shadows volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sophie and Joseph Argenton have survived the impossible...for now. Desperate, they travel to meet an ally at Kensington, a long-abandoned mansion that overlooks a dead town. The house offers a small hope: its original owner had dedicated her life to researching the monster that possesses Elise. Here they hope to find a way to kill the creature without harming their young friend. But Kensington is a dangerous building. Once the carriage leaves, they're...
11) The good girl
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Thirty-year old Justine longs for a life more fulfilling than the one she leads with her boring husband and the dead-end job she has. But when a passionate young co-worker catches her eye and steals her heart, Justine's good girl existence takes a turn for the worse.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
277 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Applying for an open adoption after several unsuccessful years of trying to conceive, Jesse and Ramon are disheartened by the bureaucratic labyrinth of red tape, training sessions, and approvals they endure.
13) A Paris affair
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Does a fruit taste its sweetest when it is forbidden? Is that which is prohibited always the most pleasurable? In this passionate and perceptive collection, Tatiana de Rosnay paints a portrait of the most forbidden of loves, in many different shades?sometimes tragic, sometimes humorous, sometimes heartfelt, always with a dry wit and an unflinching authenticity.
14) 13 Gantry Row
Publisher
MTI Home Video/Bedford Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Peter and Julia purchase a large run-down house to renovate. They discover that the living room wall is covered in iron plates. When they remove the plates, a stain appears and begins to grow. What could have caused this, and how can yoey overcome the historic horrors in their dream home?
15) Infinity pool
Author
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (ca. 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
James and his wife Em have escaped the city for an all-inclusive vacation at a tropical resort. Despite having come to the island of Li Tolqa to cure his writer's block, James finds himself more uninspired than ever until he meets fellow tourists, Gabi and Alban. James is immediately attracted to their glamorous lifestyle and lust for adventure. They invite James and Em on a day trip to a local beach, usually off-limits to tourists, but an accident...
16) De-Lovely
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Special edition, widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this exuberant cinematic ode to legendary composer Cole Porter, the lives of Cole (Kevin Kline) and Linda (Ashley Judd) Porter were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. Though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, inspiring some of the greatest songs of the 20th century. Featuring outstanding performances by some of today's greatest musical stars including Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow...
17) The kitchen
Publisher
New Line Cinema / Warner Home video
Pub. Date
[2019].
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the Vertigo comic book series from DC Entertainment, the mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but an ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia's matters into their own hands, proving surprisingly adept at everything from running the rackets to taking out the competition, literally.
18) The Mantis
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Kabuto is a highly skilled assassin eager to escape his dangerous profession and the hold his handler, the sinister Doctor, has over him. The Doctor, a real physician who hands over Kabuto's targets as "prescriptions" in his regular appointments with him, doesn't want to lose Kabuto as a profitable asset, but he agrees to let him pay his way out of his employment with a few last jobs. But the most lucrative jobs involve taking out other professional...
19) Just married
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tom is a regular guy who likes sports and beer and tries to make ends meet working as a nighttime radio traffic reporter. Sarah is a beautiful young woman from a wealthy and privileged family who is trying to make a name for herself as a writer. They decide to get married and head off to Italy for a month-long honeymoon, despite the pleas of those closest to them. However, even after the knot is tied, Sarah's former beau, Peter, is dead set upon breaking...
20) Big eyes
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of the paintings.
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