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"The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up with her. By day, she’s an adjunct professor, toiling away at grading labs and teaching thermodynamics in the hopes of landing tenure. By other day, Elsie makes up for her non-existent paycheck by offering her services as a fake girlfriend, tapping into her expertly honed people-pleasing skills to embody whichever version of herself the client needs. Honestly, it’s...
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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Millie Morris has always been one of the guys. A UC Santa Barbara professor, she's a female-serial-killer expert who's quick with a deflection joke and terrible at getting personal. And she, just like her four best guy friends and fellow professors, is perma-single. So when a routine university function turns into a black tie gala, Mille and her circle make a pact that they'll join an online dating service to find plus-ones for the event. There's...
3) 10 years
Publisher
Anchor Bay Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
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1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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In this ensemble comedy, 10 years follows a group of friends on the night of their high school reunion to find, a decade later, they still haven't quite grown up.
4) Delicacy
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Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2012]
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1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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After the death of her soul mate, Nathalie loses interest in life, and finds love again in the most unexpected place when she is courted by a Swedish co-worker.
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Sally Milz is a sketch writer for The Night Owls, the late night live comedy show that airs each Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she's long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life. But when Sally's friend and fellow writer Danny Horst begins dating Annabel, a glamorous actress who guest-hosted the show,...
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2023.
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"A starry-eyed romantic, a cynical writer, and (the ashes of) an elderly woman take the road trip of a lifetime that just might upend everything they believe about true love. Millicent Watts-Cohen is on a mission. When she promised her elderly best friendthat she'd reunite her with the woman she fell in love with nearly eighty years ago, she didn't expect that would mean traveling to Key West with three tablespoons of Mrs. Nash's remains in her backpack....
7) The Mexican
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DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
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1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Jerry has to do one last errand for the mob before they let him find employment elsewhere--he has to go to Mexico and recover a rare and very valuable pistol "The Mexican", which is said to be cursed. While his girlfriend, Samantha, objects to Jerry taking the assignment, he isn't in much of a position to argue. Once in Mexico, Jerry finds the pistol easily enough, but making his way back to the States proves to be an unexpected challenge. Meanwhile,...
8) Begin again
Pub. Date
2014
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When a young female singer moves to New York City in hopes of breaking into show business, she falls for an executive at a record company who helps her in her endeavors.
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Barefoot William volume 2
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As a professional volleyball player, Dune Cates attracts scores of pretty women who flock to his side. But only one has managed to get under his skin--Sophie Saunders. Unlike the skimpily-clad beach groupies, Sophie marches to a beat all her own. And though she's afraid of the surf, burns in the sun, has two left feet, that doesn't stop her from trying every daring sport available on the boardwalk. Dune knows Sophie spells trouble, and he should keep...
10) The puffy chair
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Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
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1 DVD (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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After finding a vintage Lazy Boy recliner online, just like the one that used to grace his childhood living room, a man decides to buy the chair and deliver it to his father as a surprise birthday gift.
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Wilder brothers romances volume 3
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Wilder is a professional guide, and the perfect package of breathtaking adventure and raw sex appeal. Even better, he's about to reconnect with the one woman he's never been able to forget. Harley's career is riding on this trip, and she's torn between throttling him and giving in to the raw attraction that's been smoldering all these years. He'll finally have a chance to prove himself-- over and over again...
12) The duff
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Bianca is a content high school senior whose world is shattered when she learns the student body refers to her as 'Designated Ugly Fat Friend' to her prettier, more popular friends. With her universe turned upside down, she ignores words of wisdom from her favorite teacher and enlists Wesley, a slick but charming jock, to help set her apart from the pack and erase her label forever. In doing so, she hopes to land her crush Toby, and to overthrow the...
13) Dog days
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A group of dog owners are brought together with the help of their respective dogs.
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"Stephanie Plum faces the toughest puzzle of her career in the twenty-fifth entry in Janet Evanovich's #1 New York Times-bestselling series. There's nothing like a good deli, and the Red River Deli in Trenton is one of the best. World-famous for its pastrami, cole slaw, and for its disappearing managers. Over the last month, three have vanished from the face of the earth, and the only clue in each case is one shoe that's been left behind. The police...
15) Café society
Pub. Date
[2016]
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Set in the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. After returning to New York he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life.
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Hassan is a culinary ingenue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, his family settles in a quaint village in the south of France. They plan to open an Indian restaurant, that is, until Madame Mallory, the owner of a classical French restaurant, gets wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restaurant so near her own escalate to all out war; until Hassan's cooking talent and love for Mme. Mallory's...
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The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 21 cm
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"When Gemma Wilde gets dumped by her very practical long-term boyfriend, she reacts the way any twenty-eight-year-old would: by getting drunk with her sister, kooky aunt, and best friend, Dax, and performing a love cleanse to forget all about him. Sure, it sounds a little crazy, but nothing else has worked, so why not try it? They follow the spell, complete with an absolutely platonic kiss from Dax to seal the deal, and Gemma falls asleep in a margarita...
18) The break-up
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Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006.
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1 DVD (107 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. Neither one is willing to move out of the condo they once shared. Taking the advice of their respective friends and confidants, including a few complete strangers, they both engage in mental warfare designed to force the other person to flee the premises. But they might just realize that they might be fighting to keep their relationship alive.
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2017.
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"Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter who often runs into trouble on the job, but she has family, friends, and several men to help her out of sticky situations. There's Lula, a plus-sized former hooker turned bounty hunter, and Grandma Mazur, Stephanie's outrageous grandmother who packs a gun and sometimes tags along on cases."--
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