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A young man undertakes a dangerous quest to rescue his sister from an Apache tribe, with the help of an old prospector and his dog.
1975 American Western Adventure Family film directed by Earl Bellamy and written by Douglas C. Stewart and Eleanor Lamb. The film stars Richard Boone, Stewart Petersen and Henry Wilcoxon.
In the rugged setting of the late 19th century, the Sutter family leads a quiet life in their remote cabin near the Utah-Arizona...
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In 1964 Detroit, racial tensions simmer as a racist police force, led by the brutal 'Big Four,' enforces a discriminatory curfew targeting African Americans. University friends Tony, a privileged law graduate, and Wesley, a top African American student, vow to fight injustice. Wesley, now an assistant prosecutor, confronts the Big Four's atrocities, only to meet a tragic end. Tony, devastated, abandons his prestigious career to seek justice, sparking...
3) Aguafuerte
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Planeta
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2023.
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358 pages ; 23 cm
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"Noviembre de 1879. El norte de Chile arde con la Guerra del Pacífico y la tensión con Perú y Bolivia está en su punto crítico. Las batallas navales dan paso a la campaña terrestre, que se inicia con la toma de Pisagua por las tropas chilenas, en la primera operación anfibia de la historia militar moderna. Así, mientras los lanchones del Ejército avanzan para conquistar los roqueríos, seguimos a Manuel Romero, un soldado raso que se interna...
4) Insane Jane
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Take youthful energy. Add in some over-active imagination. Mix in some powdered donuts. Sprinkle it with delusional disorder and you get... Insane Jane! The kookiest action hero of the 21st century. Will Jane save the day? Will Jane destroy the world? Will she remember to take her medication?
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Hi folks, it's Eli!
I'm excited to bring you along on my next adventure that is filled with mystery, intrigue, and magic!
One morning, as I was eating my delicious breakfast, a bowl of hot chocolate and toast with Nutella (yum, yum), a young boy I didn't know appeared at my kitchen window.
Surprised and curious, I went on an adventure with my friends Logan and Johnny to find out the identity of this stranger.
Jonathanland is definitely a town...
7) Last Bets
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Escape to paradise. Find trouble instead!
Last Bets, by award-winning author of the bestseller, A Woman's Guide to Search & Rescue, is a fast-paced suspense novel that will appeal to fans of “The Queen's Gambit” and “The White Lotus”. In Mary Carroll Moore's must-read new book, female ambition and morality collide in the darkness of a gambling underworld on the idyllic, exotic island of Bonaire.
As a child, Elly Sorensen's gambler father drafted...
9) Future TX
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When a couple of tweens get their first cell phones, the phones ring at the same time. A Mystery Man (caller display Future TX) says he's from the future and needs the kids' help. But how can they help someone from the future? Is this just an elaborate prank or hoax call? The kids must find out the truth, decide what's right and wrong, and choose their own future.
10) The Restless Gun
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Fred McCoy survived that miserable war. He survived losing his wife when she died giving birth to their son. But when a monstrous hurricane struck his small farm near the Florida coast, tore his young son from his very arms, and lost him to the raging black waters, Fred McCoy lost his humanity.He drifted west, leaving a trail of bodies behind him. Eventually, he drifted into Arizona Territory where he found a refuge with a Mexican family. He began...
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"Wonder Twins" on the run-and running amok-in Vegas. Road Trip!
Paisley and Beau are boldface names again. Last time, paparazzi called them the "Wonder Twins," two kids found alone but alive in the woods of exotic New Jersey. Three days after their mom's death - and before their dad's criminal misdeeds. Flash-forward to now: Their so-called lives? Suck out loud: Hating on their cougarized, Botoxic grandma, they're totally clueless about the location...
12) Dark Craving
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Dangerous is an understatement. Partly because I don't date. Ever. And I never have...Until I meet him. Tall, dark, vampire. And my world spins out of control. For him, I will break all my rules.I know he's hiding something behind those gorgeous, secretive eyes; so how far will I go to ease my craving for him when I'm not sure who I can trust?My strict restraint keeps everyone around me safe. Because I can't get angry. At all. That's when my powers...
13) Remote Control
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He's not a double agent. Everyone just thinks he is.
Agent Six of Hearts, a sixteen-year-old superhuman, is in serious trouble. The Deck, the team of special agents who employ him, thinks he's gone rogue. Kyntak, his twin brother, has been captured by an unknown enemy. And, a very strange and lethal girl is shadowing Six's every move.
Who can Six trust? The Queen of Spades is after him. The King of Hearts seems unable to help. And, the rest...
14) Tatum's Alibi
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Ralph Loften Esquire, a semi-retired attorney tells us how he befriends a black teenage boy, Tatum Wilston, and hires him to care for Ralph's lawn and gardens. Over time, their friendship grows. Ralph's Daughter, Amy, and her husband, Luke, welcome Tatum into their circle as Tatum matures.
After the death of his wife, Lisa, Ralph resigned from his post as a partner in the local law firm and became somewhat reclusive. His life changes when a beautiful,...
16) The Lab
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You can't kill the past.
Meet a sixteen-year-old superhuman: Agent Six of Hearts. He's the strongest, most effective agent in the Deck, a team of special agents fighting to uphold justice in a completely corrupt world. Six would be invincible...if not for a deadly secret. He is the product of an illegal experiment by the Lab- a ruthless division of the corporation that controls his world. When the Deck begins to investigate the Lab, Six walks a tightrope...
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Lançado em 1885 no seguimento de "As aventuras de Tom Sawyer" (1876), a história de Huck Finn, no entanto, ganhou autonomia: é unanimemente considerada a obra-prima de Mark Twain e mudou para sempre o imaginário dos Estados Unidos.
Para se livrar do pai bêbado e violento, Huckleberry Finn procura refúgio numa pequena ilha do rio Mississippi, onde se alia a Jim, um escravo em fuga. Em busca de liberdade, a inusitada dupla inicia uma viagem pelo...
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Gulliver - personagem de fábula que salta da imaginação e da pena do seu inventor Jonathan Swift - conta-nos minuciosamente as espantosas aventuras que lhe vão acontecendo quando, através de um mundo como que mitológico, ele vai encontrando e conhecendo os habitantes e a maneira de viver dos países-miniatura de Lilipute e Blefuscu, do domínio dos Brobdingrag ou dos gigantes, da ilha suspensa e giratória de Lapúcia, da Academia dos Balnibarbos,...
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In "Through Dreams: The Challenge to Darkness", immerse yourself in an epic journey where the boundaries between reality and fantasy fade away. Alex, a young orphan, discovers his extraordinary ability to travel through dreams. Accompanied by the mysterious warrior Elysia, he embarks on a mission to save his kingdom from darkness. Throughout this epic fantasy novel, readers will witness Alex's courage as he faces challenges in fantastic realms with...
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When Michael's father loses his job, he buys a boat and convinces Michael and his mother to sail around the world. It's an ideal trip, even Michael's sheepdog can come along. It starts out as the perfect family adventure, until Michael is swept overboard. He's washed up on an island, where he struggles to survive. Then he discovers that he's not alone. His fellow-castaway, Kensuke, is wary of him. But, when Michael's life is threatened, Kensuke slowly...
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