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Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two kids with the same name were born blocks apart in the same decaying city within a few years of each other. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Seraphina wants to do it all. And she does! From soccer to ballet to French club, her schedule is jam-packed. There are so many options and doors to walk through in life, and Seraphina doesn't want to miss a thing! So, if Seraphina is doing all the things she wants to do, why does she feel so blue? With help from her dad, Seraphina discovers that in trying to do everything, she is missing out on her favorite things" --
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
These children's books contain 4 stories to emphasize four primary virtues of the Lakota. Values among Lakota Elders were conveyed through stories and actions The thought behind these books was to highlight values, and historically, these values were brought forth through cultural events. Comes with a CD that has a Lakota song for each virtue.
Series
Pub. Date
2004, 1996
Language
English
Description
Dylan and Jesse are on a safari until a glitch in the computer program causes it to end prematurely. But when Dylan goes aboard to retrieve a forgotten backpack, he's catalpulted into a series of bizarre events that would amaze even inventor John Avery Whittaker. Will Dylan survive his enemy's relentless pursuit?--from the cover.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
When she discovers her students are hiding their true thoughts and feelings, Carla (Jutta Hoffmann), a young and idealistic teacher at the start of her career, goes against the routine opportunism, hypocritisy and small-mindedness all around her. Her superiors view her actions with unease, however, and eventually step in to discipline her. This film, written by renowned author Ulrich Plenzdorf, was considered nihilistic, skeptical and hostile by officials....
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Jim Stark, a new kid in town whose loneliness, frustration and anger mirrored those of postwar teens, is still reverberating 50 years later. Though he finds some of this in his relation with Judy, and a form of it in both Plato's adulation and Ray's concern for him, Jim must still prove himself to his peers.
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Rebel without a cause (1955): The adolescent son of a well-to-do family gets into trouble with other kids and the police.
East of Eden (1955): A wayward Salinas Valley youth vies for the affection of his hardened father with his favored brother.
Cat on a hot tin roof (1958): A drama of the problems of a wealthy but decadent family in the South.
A streetcar named Desire (1951): Set in the steamy squalor of New Orleans, the story of a neurotic woman's...
14) Looking up
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Upset that her neighborhood is being torn down and replaced by fancy condos and coffee shops, Saint, along with her new friend Daniel, hatches a plan to save what is left of her beloved hometown.
17) Garden State
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Andrew Largeman returns from self-imposed exile in Los Angeles to his hometown in New Jersey for his mother's funeral. Andrew has spent years cut off from his darker feelings with the aid of pharmaceuticals prescribed by his father, Gideon, a coldly formal psychiatrist. Afterward, he takes to tooling around on his antique motorcycle, finding old friends and making new ones. When he meets and begins to fall for Sam, he finds himself slowly awaking...
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