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Shout select volume 32
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English
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Claudia Larson is a divorced single mom who just lost her job and now has to fly home for the traditional family Thanksgiving in Baltimore. From the plane, she calls for reinforcements--and her brother Tommy makes it down from Boston with a little surprise: a handsome friend named Leo. Between dropping the turkey in their sister's lap and a few fist fights on the front lawn, Claudia and Tommy recapture their childhood and Claudia and Leo explore the...
22) The cure
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Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
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Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS, and his friend Erik build a raft and set sail down the Mississippi River, determined to find a New Orleans doctor they believe has a cure. Their journey gives Dexter a chance to experience life as it should be lived and will change both boys' lives forever.
23) 'Night mother
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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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An epileptic with a failed marriage and a delinquent son decides to take control the only way she can, by taking her own life. Bancroft, the widowed mother with whom she lives, is oblivious to her daughter's depression until she becomes frightfully aware of her plans.
24) Cross my heart
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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Share the misery of a disastrous night out in this frank and funny look at romantic facades and sexual mores in the confusing world of the '80s. It's the third date for David who is so desperate to impress Kathy that he borrows his friend's new car, gets the keys to a posh apartment and tells her he's received a promotion when he's actually been fired. Kathy has her secrets too.
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In the not-so-distant future, strong-willed and beautiful Kate possesses a precious commodity that most women have lost and most men want to control: fertility. Forced into a brain-washing boot camp that turns fertile women into surrogate mothers for social-elite men and their infertile wives, Kate thinks she's made out well when she's assigned to an eminent party leader. But when she learns that he's sterile, she's faced with an impossible choice:...
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Unsolved murders are as compelling as anything you might see in the movies. It is fitting then that our first "crime of the century" is the mysterious murder of a Hollywood director in 1922. William Desmond Taylor was not who he seemed to be, and his death continues to fascinate a century later.
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Step into the sweltering world of New York City in the 1970s, where social misfit David Berkowitz committed a series of murders, and then claimed he was possessed by an evil spirit and was part of a Satanic cult. Like the Manson murders and the Zodiac killer, the "Son of Sam" spree poses difficult questions about psychology and the nature of evil.
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Weimar Republic Germany is a wrenching period to read about: a failed state, a political and economic roller coaster, and a psychologically traumatized era suffering a plague of madmen, sex fiends, and serial killers. Here, you will survey three Weimar-era murder cases: the sadistic Peter Kürten, the "butcher" Fritz Haarmann, and the unsolved Hinterkaifeck Murders.
29) Crimes of the Century: A Selective History of Infamy: American Nightmare: The Lindbergh Kidnapping
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Delve into one of the best-known and most debated murder cases in American history. Richard Hauptmann-dubbed "the most hated man in the world"-was executed for kidnapping and killing aviator Charles Lindbergh's baby, but did he act alone? Who received the ransom money? What exactly happened in 1932?
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More than 50 years later, the Zodiac case remains as cold as the chilly night this infamous serial killer slayed the first victims. Like an American Jack the Ripper, the Zodiac killer maintains a grip on our imagination because the killer might still be out there-somewhere. Review what we know about this captivating crime spree.
31) Crimes of the Century: A Selective History of Infamy: Murderous Maids: The Papin Sisters of France
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English
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When it comes to murder, "why-dunnit" often can be more captivating than "who-dunnit." Case in point is the murder of a well-to-do French woman and her daughter at the hands of two maids who were discovered cowering in the attic and covered in blood. What drove the Papin sisters to kill, and to kill so savagely?
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Despite countless books, films, and documentaries, the Manson murders still have unanswered questions and unsolved mysteries. Like so many crimes of the century, the question isn't who, but why? Explore the information, and misinformation, about the Helter Skelter murders that ended the 1960s.
33) Crimes of the Century: A Selective History of Infamy: The Moscow-to-Mexico Mission to Kill Trotsky
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English
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As we have seen, political assassinations are rife with conspiracy, and often leave a flashing question mark in the history books. Here, you examine the murder of Leon Trotsky, a Soviet leader exiled in Mexico. What appears on the surface to be a seamless plot to kill a political rival owes much to chance, as well as Trotsky's own stubborn nature.
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English
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip was one of the most world-shaking events in the 20th century. Although the events are clear and well-known, the motivation behind the murder is rife with conspiracy. Dive into a cycle of mystery and violence in early 20th century Sarajevo.
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English
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The ghastly murder of Bridget Cleary in turn-of-the-century Ireland takes us into the mystery of human psychology. On the surface, it seems her husband, Michael, murdered her because he believed she was a "changeling" fairy in disguise. Could he really have believed that? Was he mad? Why else could have driven this murder?
36) Crimes of the Century: A Selective History of Infamy: Italy's Search for the Monster of Florence
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English
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Conclude with one final murder spree in the rolling hills of Tuscany. Over 18 years, Il Mostro di Firenze committed eight double homicides that remain unsolved today despite 100,000 men investigating and a dozen arrests over the years. Was this spree the product of one killer or many? What could have been the motivations?
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English
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Shift your attention to another political conspiracy-the murder of the Russian Tsar Nicholas and other Romanovs at the hands of the Bolsheviks. For more than a century, the facts of this murder have been dissected and debated. As you will learn, time has added few facts but plenty of speculation and myth.
38) Tully
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Manufactured and marketed by Hart Sharp Video
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
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This coming-of-age film explores a legacy of love between a family of men, and the events of one summer that change their world forever.
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Publisher
Shout! Factory, [2022]
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Deutsch
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"He has taken his camera to parts of the world no other director would dare go and told stories in ways no one had ever considered. These eleven films illustrate why Werner Herzog is the most daring, visionary and dangerous filmmaker of our lifetime--the director that both Milos Forman and François Truffaut have called 'the greatest filmmaker alive today'"--Container.
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Shout select volume 143
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
中文
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The Killer Meteors: A powerful nobleman believes his own wife has poisoned him. To find the exclusive antidote in time and kill his evil wife, he hires his advisory, a rogue warrior known for his mastery of deadly explosive projectiles.
Shaolin Wooden Men: An orphan traumatized into silence by the death of his father finds himself living at the Shaolin monastery...and befriending a prisoner who teaches him a secret and deadly form of kung fu.
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