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1) The imposter
Publisher
Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
In 1994, a thirteen-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive and well thousands of miles away in Spain. He tells a story of kidnap and torture when he returns. While his family is excited to bring him home, all is not quite as it seems. Is the boy really who he claims to be, or is he an imposter giving the family false hope for their child's return?
6) Leap!
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
7) Panic attack
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
His secure life with his wife and daughter shattered by a break-in that destroys the family's feelings of safety, Dr. Adam Bloom resists moving away from his long-time home and becomes suspicious of his daughter's new boyfriend.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Think You Know Who Your Friends Are? Think again... From Mata Hari to D. B. Cooper, history is littered with people pretending to be someone else. Some go undetected for years, cultivating their false identities so skillfully, even their spouses don't know. Other frauds go up in flames after one misstep.
The Ultimate Book of Impostors presents the astonishing true stories behind over one hundred of the craziest and funniest phonies in history, including:...
12) Handyman
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
When Maggie Ivey signs up for Dr. Jason Golding's 21-Day Overhaul, she hopes to find the strength she needs to put her life back in order, but instead she finds a love that is strong enough to endure the everyday struggles of life.
Author
Publisher
RosettaBooks / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In this suspense thriller by the author of I Am Legend and Now You See It, a man is on the run for his life after he's replaced by an impostor. Government mathematician Chris Barton lives a routine life--until, at the end of an ordinary workday, he finds his car missing from the employee parking lot. When he finally arrives home, there is a stranger living in his house--a man who claims to be him. Thrust suddenly into a surreal world where the evidence...
15) Close-up
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
2001, c1990
Language
Persian
Description
An Iranian movie fan impersonates the director Moshen Makhmalbaf and moves in with a wealthy family, telling them he wants to use their house in his next film.
18) Sanctuary
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
She prayed the day would never come, but when her past comes calling, Melissa James has no choice but to flee. Pursued and living on the run, she finds longed-for sanctuary in Amish country. Part thriller, art romance, Sanctuary is a compelling story of revenge, the price of freedom, and the solace found in friendship.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
David is a pot dealer in need of a fake family to use as a cover story in order to smuggle drugs from Mexico into the U.S. He is in major debt with his supplier and is desperate for the money to pay him back. He hires a stripper to be his fake wife, a runaway as his pretend daughter, and a goofy counterfeit son. Antics and madcap adventure ensue as this faux-family attempts to cross the border with the loot.
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Because he looks like the drug dealer Bobby Z, and he wants to get out of his life sentence for killing a fellow Hell's Angel, Tim Kerney decides to impersonate Bobby Z and be given to a drug kingpin in exchange for a captured DEA agent.
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