Hunger games: Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister's place a...
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Feeling surprisingly unencumbered, Raymond Reddington is back, and in the process of rebuilding his criminal empire. Liz finds herself torn between her role as an FBI agent and the temptation to act on her more criminal instincts. In a world where the search for Blacklisters has ...
The Hunger Games tells the dark tale of a 16-year-old girl named Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), who is selected to compete in a vicious televised tournament in which 24 teenagers from a post-apocalyptic society fight to the death for the entertainment of the masses. In the...
Benjamin Braddock has just finished college and is already lost in a sea of confusion and barely contained angst when he becomes sexually involved with the middle-aged mother of the young woman he's dating.
Anne of Green Gables, a new adaptation of the classic series, set in 1907 on beautiful Prince Edward Island. Anne Shirley is sent there to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who wanted to adopt a boy. Anne must make her way with the Cuthberts, in schoo...
Uncertain of what he wants to do with his life, college graduate Benjamin Braddock returns home. And when the wife of his father's business partner, the sexy Mrs. Robinson, seduces him, the affair only deepens his confusion. That is, until he meets the girl of his dreams. But the...
The film is a cleverly twisted thriller in which a family finds refuge underground with nothing to distract them from their own fear. The one thing they know for certain is that there is something terrifying and strange that threatens their fragile existence, and it is coming for...
Anne of Green Gables, a new adaptation of the classic series, set in 1907 on beautiful Prince Edward Island. Anne Shirley is sent there to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who wanted to adopt a boy. Anne must make her way with the Cuthberts, in schoo...
Two pairs of star-crossed lovers, a troupe of inept amateur actors, the feuding Fairy King Oberon and Queen Titania, and a love potion gone awry come together in an enchanted moonlit forest.
From Jeffery Deaver's tale of international terrorism to Lisa Jackson's narrative of a dysfunctional family in the California wine country to Ridley Pearson's story of a horrifying serial killer, this collection of original stories by 23 best selling and hot new authors make this...
Conclave follows one of the world's most secretive and ancient events--selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around t...
Conclave follows one of the world's most secretive and ancient events--selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church's most powerful leaders have gathered from around t...
Detective Emmett Young is determined to rid Philadelphia of a psychotic serial killer when he discovers he has a painful terminal illness. An ex-cop convinces Young that putting out a contract on himself is the best way to go. Now the race is on to stop the body count before his ...
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister's place and must rely u...
This collection of essays showcases the best of Ross's writing from more than a decade at" The New Yorker." Whether his subject is Mozart or Bob Dylan, Ross shows how music expresses the full complexity of the human condition. Witty, passionate, and brimming with insight, "Listen...
The time is World War II. De Bricassart heroically rescues refugees in Rome, then is sent by the Vatican to the sprawling Australian sheep ranch he thought he had left behind forever. A reunion with Maggie leads to new temptations and a crisis.
"An anthology of short stories has been designed specifically as an instructional text for first-year university students. To explore the many dimensions of short narrative fiction, the collection includes traditional classics from European culture, from Chaucer to Gogol and Che...
Meet Shobu Kirifuda, son of legendary (and missing) Kaijudo Master Shori Kirifuda. Shobu's just an ordinary kid, with one big difference - he has the potential to be the world's greatest duelist. With his best friends cheering him on, Shobu's dueling skills are increasing and his...