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StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Thomas Jerome Newton, a mysterious and complex personality, appears in New York. Despite his curiously frail physical presence, the strength of his intellect and scientific knowledge appear to transcend contemporary human experience. His inventions are of such originality that they will revolutionize the nation's systems of communication and lead, in approximately three years, to the creating of the largest corporate empire in the United States......
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Samus Solis is the top celebrity Fixer in San New City. When a celebrity does or says something that could potentially ruin their careers, Samus is the one they call on to "fix" their scandals and restore their reputations in the public eye. Armed with wits, a sharp tongue, sass and a mysterious assistant by the name of Tony Cruz; Samus is a force to be reckoned with. Unfortunately his life is about to be turned upside down with: stubborn clients,...
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First published in 1925, public domain in the US. The Polyglots is the story of an eccentric Belgian family living in the Far East in the uncertain years after World War I and the Russian Revolution. The tale is recounted by their dryly conceited young English relative, Captain Georges Hamlet Alexander Diabologh, who comes to stay with them during a military mission. Teeming with bizarre characters-depressives, obsessives, paranoiacs, hypochondriacs,...
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The Badass Nuns got kicked out of the monastery by the Mother Superior for many reasons--the quest to change their calling to help the dearly departed meet Jesus, the pink hair, the fishnet stockings, the stiletto heels and their beloved special order pink Harleys. They love all people and the nuns view of life is not quite like those of other people. They adore Father Jack, the .357 Magnum whiskey carrying priest who really isn't, well, Father Jack....
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This tale of wild adventure reveals the dashed hopes of Africans living between worlds. When Moki returns to his village from France wearing designer clothes and affecting all the manners of a Frenchman, Massala-Massala, who lives the life of a humble peanut farmer after giving up his studies, begins to dream of following in Moki's footsteps. Together, the two take wing for Paris, where Massala-Massala finds himself a part of an underworld of out-of-work...
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Families are our greatest source of refuge, even though we sometimes need to seek refuge from them.Bud was certain that if the leaves fell in the fall his Georgia Bulldogs would valiantly take the gridiron and make him proud. He was equally as certain that his maternal family meant him harm, physically and emotionally. Even though Bud had learned at an early age that family was not a team sport, this last series of events threatened Bud's relationships...
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Welcome to Arima, officially known as The Royal Chartered Borough of Arima-the easternmost and second-largest borough in Trinidad and Tobago.In 1887, the town, in a historic gesture celebrating Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, petitioned for municipal status. Queen Victoria granted this request the following year, marking the official establishment of Arima as a Royal Borough on August 1, 1888.Nestled in the heart of Trinidad and Tobago, the Borough...
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A humorous retelling for a different generation.Who is Phil Osafa?What do The Dissentry of Magic do?How do you persuade your (drinking, gambling, thieving) weenix to behave like a respectable owl?What is ditchwitch? And why can't girls play?How do you tame the tiny, ugly, vicious - yet strangely desirable - guardian on the third floor?The answers are waiting inside this clever little file of fluid locations...Barry's uncles, Vermont and Patrice, are...
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"James Thurber was a comedic genius. His fables are not simply parodies of Aesop. They are wry, accurate, and powerful reflections of ourselves, our foibles, our follies, and, above all, our self-importance. And they are very, very funny." --Neil Gaiman
James Thurber has been called "one of the world's greatest humorists" by Alistair Cooke (TheAtlantic), and "one of our great American institutions" (Stanley Walker)-and few works reveal Thurber's...
10) Parts of Me
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In this tidy collection of short stories, Thomas Cannon delves into the messy world of relationships. Jason is a man that has never met a commitment that he didn't run from but falls in love with a woman that has dedicated her life to her sick father and his business.Father Matt is a Catholic priest that falls in love with the new vocalist in the choir. Matt and Teresa connect in a deep way, but they also have a deep love of God.A father questions...
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From the creator of The Honest Toddler comes a fiction debut "perfect for readers looking for a funny, realistic look at motherhood" (Booklist, starred review).
There are good moms and bad moms . . . and then there are hot-mess moms. Confessions of a Domestic Failure introduces readers to Ashley Keller, career girl turned stay-at-home mom who's trying to navigate the world of Pinterest-perfect mommies.
When Ashley gets the chance to enroll in...
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"Writing in a fervently literary style that flirts openly with the traditions of Salinger, Plath, and Fitzgerald, Hernández is a diamond-sharp satirist and a bracingly fresh chronicler of the heartbreak of trying to grow up. Honest and absurd, funny and tragic, wild and lovely, this novel describes modern coming-of-age with poetic precision."*
The Devil Wears Prada meets The Bell Jar in this story of a wide-eyed Ivy League grad who discovers that...
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"Unmissable...will have you laughing out loud and melt your heart, all at once."
-Cosmopolitan (UK)
Danny Wallace is a British writer, producer, and award-winning journalist whom GQ (UK) calls, "One of Britain's great writing talents." The man who gave us Yes Man (basis for the Hollywood motion picture starring Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel) makes a grand foray into fiction with Charlotte Street, a sweet and sharp romantic comedy about finding...
14) Desproges 2.0
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Célèbre comique et écrivain français, Pierre Desproges était réputé pour son humour caustique et sa satire mordante. Son intelligence et son style littéraire distinctif étaient ses marques de fabrique et il est fascinant d'imaginer sa perspective caricaturale sur des sujets contemporains tels que le président Macron, la réforme des retraites, la guerre en Ukraine ou la pandémie de COVID-19…
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Jean Michel Zurletti...
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In the pilot for the series, you met the #Davenport clan and all their craziness.Pick up in episode one where the pilot for the book left off.Lucy Davenport is a Hot Mess, no doubt. She's digging herself in deeper and deeper with the surprise announcement from her in-laws. They are demanding that she marry Cash Davenport, her deceased husbands brother. Her family will bond together to fight them, but their hilarious dys-FUN-ctional antics will land...
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The award-winning author of Black Moses is at his satiric best in this novel the catalogs the pain and suffering caused by the ravages of civil war.
Set in the imaginary African Republic of Vietongo, The Negro Grandsons of Vercingetorix begins when conflict breaks out between rival leaders and the regional ethnic groups they represent. Events recorded in a series of notebooks under the watchful eye of Hortense Lloki show how civil war culminates...
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Pummeled to Death by Hamburger," is a captivating journey into the world of Michael J. Dunston as he navigates the complex and often absurd landscape of the medical cannabis industry. He endures stereotypes, misconceptions, and tribulations, and reveals the human side of an industry that is overshadowed by preconceived notions. The book is presented as fiction, but its narrative is so compelling that it feels like an eye-opening insider's account....
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