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41) Les miserables
Publisher
Universal Studios Canada
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In early 19th century France the paroled prisoner Jean Valjean seeks redemption, regains his social standing, and rises to the rank of mayor. He encounters a beautiful but desperately ill woman named Fantine and cares for her daughter, Cosette, after her death. All the while he is obsessively pursued by the policeman Javert, who vows to make him pay for the crimes of his past.
Author
Series
Serie de catastróficas desdichas volume 4
Publisher
Montena
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
Español
Description
Accidents, evil plots, and general misfortune abound when, in their continuing search for a home, the Beaudelaire orphans are sent to live and work in a sinister lumber mill.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Santa Claus and the mischievous brothers Heat Miser and Snow Miser are the targets of yuletide treachery. The sneaky blowhard North Wind schemes to sabotage Santa's new Super Sleigh and take the Christmas Eve gift-giving journey himself, and blame the squabbling Misers for any holiday mishaps. See if the North Wind's naughty plot can work and if the Miser Brothers save Christmas.
51) Que viva Mexico!
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
Russian
Description
Que viva Mexico: A film document of the history of Mexico, presented in four novellas: Sandunga, an exposition of Tehuantepec jungles and the peaceful lifestyles of their inhabitants; Manguei, a love story about a poor peon and his bride; Fiesta, devoted to bullfighting and romantic love; and Soldadera, a portrayal of the 1910 revolution in Mexico as depicted in the frescoes of Siqueiros, Rivera, and Orosco.
Romance sentimentale: Eisenstein's first...
53) La familia
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Description
A dramatic thriller about a father and son forced to flee the violence in Caracas, Venezuela.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The definitive biography of the world's most popular novel. Putting a century of scholarship on one of the world's most enduring popular novels into accessible, narrative form, this new approach to a classic of world literature is written for a wide general readership. Packed full of information about the book's origins and later career on stage and screen, The Novel of the Century brings to life the extraordinary story of how Victor Hugo managed...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Hardcover
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A wryly comic memoir that examines the pillars of New England WASP culture-class, history, family, money, envy, perfection, and, of course, real estate-through the lens of mothers and daughters. At eighteen, Sarah Payne Stuart fled her mother and all the other disapproving mothers of her too perfect hometown of Concord, Massachusetts, only to return years later when she had children of her own. Whether to defy the previous generation or finally...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Espanol
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Español
Description
El terapeuta enojado (The Angry Therapist) que ha ayudado a miles de hombres a encontrar más felicidad en sus relaciones y más propósito en sus vidas ahora comparte sus ideas con todos en esta poderosa guía: autoayuda en un recuento, que cubre temas esenciales, desde la vulnerabilidad y la postura hasta los entrenamientos y mujer.
Author
Publisher
Square Fish, Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A narrative history of the United States provides the funny, fascinating, and thoroughly compelling bits that played a part in the start of the Civil War, from the Congressional confrontations to the personal issues that threatened America's very existence.