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Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
In 1940s Indiana, nine-year-old Ralphie dreams of his ideal Christmas gift: a genuine Red Ryder 200-shot carbine action air rifle. But when gruff dad and doting mom regularly respond with "You'll shoot your eye out!" Ralphie mounts a full-scale Santa-begging campaign. He encounters a slew of calamities from snowsuit paralysis to the dreaded tongue-on-a-frozen-flagpole gambit
4) Santa Jr
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
This Christmas, Santa's son learns to trust the Christmas spirit when he has some big boots to fill
11) Coriolanus
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of William Shakespeare's tragedy about the soldier Coriolanus--aggressive, unreflective, tactless and anti-social, who was destroyed by his convictions
12) El Faro
Pub. Date
2004
Language
Español
Description
Two sisters survive a car crash that kills their parents and siblings. Only having each other, they face the uncertain future that awaits them
15) Zero focus
Pub. Date
2004
Language
日本語
Description
Based on the book by Japanese mystery author Seicho Matsumoto, Zero Focus is about a young woman who hides a secret from those around her with devastating consequences. This tale of intrigue and suspense will hold you spellbound until the final minutes
20) The Europeans
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A sophisticated European brother and sister turn up unexpectedly on the doorstep of their staid American cousins. The fortune-hunting Eugenia and her high-spirited brother Felix turn this Puritan world upside down
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