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41) The Last Trial
Author
Series
Kindle County novels volume 11
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"At 85 years old, Alejandro "Sandy" Stern, a brilliant defense lawyer with his health failing but spirit intact, is on the brink of retirement. But when his old friend Dr. Kiril Pafko, a former Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, is faced with charges of insider trading, fraud, and murder, his entire life's work is put in jeopardy, and Stern decides to take on one last trial. In a case that will provide the defining coda to both men's accomplished lives,...
42) Wedding crashers
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Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
The comedic adventures of a pair of seasoned wedding crashers comes to a halt when one of them falls in love.
43) The Bucket List
Description
In THE BUCKET LIST cancer doesn't discriminate in its choice of victims. It's equally eager in its attacks on kindly sage of a mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) and mean-spirited millionaire Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson). When the unlikely pair shares a room at a hospital they learn that they both have less than a year to live as a result of the deadly disease. Inspired by the words of a college professor Carter begins to make a "bucket list"...
44) Tag
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
He's baaack! Sheldon is rescued from his soul-searching cross-country train trip (older but no wiser) and that means the gang's all here to spread another year's cheer as TV's most attended laugh seminar. Enroll in this comic curriculum to explore Leonard's minor surgery becoming a major catastrophe from his roommate, Howard's obsession over his mom's relationship with retailer-turned-caretaker Stuart, and the peculiar results of Penny's technique...
Pub. Date
2018
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The Leonard and Penny went from next-door neighbors to next-door newlyweds with a nuptial excursion to Vegas. This season, they find themselves in a repeating paradigm as they re-create their wedding, this time with family including Penny's mother and brother and Leonard's parents. Meanwhile, the Relationship Agreement between Sheldon and Amy added an entirely new subsection with their annual coitus clause.
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the Italian Alps, The Eight Mountains is a cinematic experience as intimate as it is monumental. Adapting an award-winning novel by Paolo Cognetti, Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch portray, through observant detail and stunning landscape photography, the profound relationship between Pietro and Bruno, who first meet as children in an Alpine village. Years later, the estranged...
Series
The big bang theory volume 7
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Socially challenged they remain, but the scientific geniuses of show always deliver hilarious results. Leonard returns from his North Sea expedition to find that his relationship with Penny involves more beta-testing than he's ever done in a lab. Howard's attachment issues with women in his life in particular and Raj's social breakthrough with women in general provide more laughs. Bernadette and Amy stand staunchly by the men in their life, even when...
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Description
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
"Gleeson and Farrell revive their mesmerizing interplay, surrounded by breathtaking Irish scenery and a brilliant ensemble cast."--Richard Roeper.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 18
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One of the most popular books of all-time, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" has been both venerated and vilified since it was first published in 1885. The story of a young abused boy on the run and his friendship with a runaway slave is about loyalty, compassion, and doing what is right.
51) The Kite Runner
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In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It's a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day's victory, one boy's fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after twenty years of living in America, Amir returns...
52) A Little Life
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Appears on these lists
Description
"When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition ... Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to realize, is [their center of gravity] Jude, ... by midlife a terrifyingly talented litigator yet an increasingly broken man, his mind and body...
53) The night before
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Ethan, Isaac and Chris have been friends since childhood, and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night of debauchery and hilarity. Now that they2re entering adulthood, the tradition is coming to an end, and to make it as memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracka Ball; the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Hit the adventure-filled streets of Hawaii with Thomas Magnum, T.C., Rick, and of course, the fiery red Ferrari, as they take on cases involving stolen artifacts, prison breakouts, murder and their own haunting memories of combat. Including a bonus preview episode from the fourth season, Magnum, P.I.: Season Three is a fun and exciting thrill ride!
57) The longest week
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Affluent and aimless, Conrad Valmont lives a life of leisure in his parent's prestigious Manhattan Hotel. In the span of one week, he finds himself evicted, disinherited, and in love.