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Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her "happily ever after" begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement ring in a hotel fire drill, but in the panic that follows, her phone is stolen. As she paces shakily around the lobby, she spots an abandoned phone in a trash can. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her when they find her ring....
Publisher
Roadside Attractions LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman named Alan Clay pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"When talented journalist Penelope "Casey" Harrison starts to research a piece about the #MeToo movement that includes an incident in her own life which she has been trying to put out of her mind for years, she does not realize that the young man who drugged and assaulted her at a fraternity house party in college is now a wealthy, powerful industrialist on the eve of a merger which will make him a billionaire--and who will do anything, even murder,...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An uptight businessman faces disaster after disaster as he tries to get back home in time for his family's Thanksgiving dinner, and along the way is joined by an insane traveling salesman that will not leave him alone. Includes featurette, and deleted scene.
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
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A successful insurance company owner whose two lazy sons want him permanently out of the way crosses paths with a blackmail victim in Peru.
"The Discreet Hero, follows two fascinating characters whose lives are destined to intersect: neat, endearing Felícito Yanaqué, a small businessman in Piura, Peru, who finds himself the victim of blackmail; and Ismael Carrera, a successful owner of an insurance company in Lima, who cooks up a plan to avenge...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Brendan, a young loafer is taken under the wing of jazz club owner Finney, who's under pressure from American mobster Cosmo to sell up in exchange for a cut of a local land development deal. Brendan just wants to earn an honest crust, but his burgeoning relationship with Cosmo's ex-lover Kate threatens to drag him into the middle of the impending showdown.
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"A simple mix up throws one innocent man into the crosshairs of sinister government secrets and ruthless political ambitions in New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder's timely, electrifying new thriller. Michael Tanner is on his way home from a business trip when he accidentally picks up the wrong MacBook in an airport security line. He doesn't notice the mix-up until he arrives home in Boston, but by then it's too late. Tanner's curiosity...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
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Inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately, murder.
10) Texas Proud
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A powerful businessman seeks refuge
…but his secrets never stay hidden.
Before he testifies in an important case, businessman Michael “Mikey” Fiore hides out in Jacobsville, Texas. On a rare night out, he crosses paths with softly beautiful Bernadette, who seems burdened with her own secrets. He hears whispers about a life-threatening condition, her solitary existence. This doesn’t stop him from wanting her, which endangers them both. Their...
11) A wild idea
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021].
Physical Desc
xiv, 353 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm.
Description
"In 1991, Doug Tompkins abandoned his comfortable life in San Francisco and flew 6,500 miles south to a shack in Patagonia. Instead of the Golden Gate Bridge, Tompkins stared out the window at Volcano Michinmahuida, blanketed in snow and prowled by mountain lions. Shielded by waterfalls and wilderness, the founder of such groundbreaking companies as Esprit and The North Face suddenly regretted the corporate capitalism from which he had profited from...
12) Ocean's thirteen
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When one of their own, Reuben Tishkoff, partners and builds a casino and hotel with known casino owner Willy Banks in Las Vegas, the last thing he ever wanted was to get cut out of the deal by the loathsome Banks. Banks' even goes so far as to finding amusement in Tishkoff's misfortune when the double crossing lands Reuben in the hospital because of a heart attack. However, Danny and his crew won't stand for Banks and what he's done to a friend. Uniting...
13) A man of honor
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Harte Family volume prequel
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"Opening five years before the start of A Woman of Substance, A Man of Honor begins with 13-year-old Blackie O'Neill facing an uncertain future in rural County Kerry. Orphaned and alone, he has just buried his sister, Bronagh, and must leave his home to set sail for England, in search of a better life with his mother's brother in Leeds. There, he learns his trade as a navvy, amid the grand buildingsand engineering triumphs of one of England's most...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022
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Humberto Suárez reflects on his eightieth birthday that he hasn't left anything to be remembered. Using his vast wealth, he decides the best way to make his mark is through film. He hires avant-garde director Lola Cuevas, giving her the freedom to cast the film. She decides the best way to proceed is to hire opposites; shallow film actor Félix Rivero and veteran stage performer Iván Torres.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 59
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
c1992.
Physical Desc
898 p. ; 21 cm.
16) Pretty woman
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Vivian is a spirited, streetwise prostitute working on Hollywood Boulevard. She meets the prince of her dreams in Edward Lewis. Edward is a ruthless and wealthy businessman who does not realize that she could be more than just a girl from the sidewalk. He changes his decision after the first night with the beautiful stranger. Edward hires her for a week of business events in Beverly Hills. Vivian gets the chance to start life over again.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (618 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Returning for its sixth season, Mad Men explores the glamorous and ego-driven 'golden age' of advertising in late 1960s New York City. Don Draper and the rest of the cast continue to captivate as they deal with the aftereffects of adultery, divorce, a merger, and an ever-changing social climate.
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