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Author
Series
Chromatacia novels volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Chromatacia, where for as long as anyone can remember society has been ruled by a Colortocracy. Social hierachy is based upon one's limited color perception. Society is dominated by color. In this world, you are what you can see, and Eddie Russett, a better-than-average red perception wants to move up. Color Control Agency employee and House of Red member Eddie Russett experiences discontent with his limited vision when he meets Gray...
Author
Language
English
Description
Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of pirates, treasure and swashbuckling action on the high seas is the archetypal ripping yarn and continues to captivate readers of all ages. Our narrator is Jim Hawkins, son of a guesthouse owner on the west coast of England sometime in the 18th century. An old buccaneer, Billy Bones, arrives at the inn with a map showing the way to Captain Flint's treasure, but he is closely followed by a group of dastardly pirates...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A young blind girl, filled with the sounds of her beloved city, shares a song with her grandmother that changes the two forever. After helping Grandma realize that the city makes music as beautiful as the sounds they hear in church on Sunday morning, the two sit down and take in all the sounds of the city...together"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Gifts: When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of "unmaking"--a violent talent shared by members of his family--he upsets the precarious balance of power among rival, feuding families, each of which has a strange and deadly talent of its own.
Voices: Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors.
Powers: When young Gavir's sister is brutally killed, he escapes from...
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A collection of short stories that includes the classic graphic novel It’s Tokyo, Charlie Brown!, in which Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang hops on a plane to Japan when their Little League team is chosen to represent the United States in an international baseball game in Tokyo.
8) Blind chance
Series
Criterion collection volume 772
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Polish
Description
Shows a man's life, following three paths he may have taken, as a doctor performing humanitarian deeds, as a political activist, and as a dissident.
9) The ticket
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
After James, a blind man, inexplicably regains his vision, he becomes possessed by a drive to make a better life for himself. However, his new improvements - a nicer home, a higher-paying job, tailored suits, luxury car - leave little room for the people who were part of his old, simpler life: his plain wife and close friend Bob. As his relationships buckle under the strain of his snowballing ambition, it becomes uncertain if James can ever return...
10) The way he looks
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
High definition.
Language
Portuguese
Description
When a blind teenager living with an overprotective mother decides to study abroad, the arrival of a new student makes him question his plans.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Language
English
Formats
Description
Libby Miller has always been an unwavering optimist -but when her husband drops a bomb on their marriage the same day a doctor delivers devastating news, she realizes her rose-colored glasses have actually been blinding her. With nothing left to lose, she abandons her life in Chicago for the clear waters and bright beaches of the Caribbean for what might be her last hurrah. Despite her new sunny locale, her plans go awry when she finds that she can't...
13) Nope
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Two siblings on a ranch in southern California who neighbor a theme park begin to experience unexplained phenomena and attempt to capture evidence of a UFO on camera.
14) Wrath of man
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious man joins an armored truck company and sets out to uncover a criminal conspiracy.
15) El Chicano
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a Los Angeles Police detective is put on a case investigating a cartel, he calls upon the masked street legend El Chicano to help defend the city and avenge his brother's death.
16) Breathe
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
After he is diagnosed with polio at age twenty-eight, Robin Cavendish, with the help of his wife Diana, beats the odds to devote his life to helping other polio patients.
17) The visit
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Things go very wrong when two children visit their grandparents for a week.
18) Blue bayou
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Follows the story of a Korean adoptee, raised in the Lousiana bayou and living with his wife and stepdaughter, who must confront his past when he discovers that he could be deported.
19) Emma
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1800s England, a well-meaning young woman meddles in the romantic relationships of those around her.
20) The nest
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
An American entrepreneur and his family see their lives take a sudden twist when they move into an English country manor.
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