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(0)James Greer
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Language
English
Description
A tale of a slacker, an MIT professor, and a heist. Set in Los Angeles, this novel tells the story of a sibling rivalry, a get-rich-quick scheme, and two guys who conceive and badly execute a plan to rob a Korean check-cashing store in order to finance the prototype for an impossibly ridiculous Internet application.
Author
Language
English
Description
The true story of the fourth-grade teacher in Dayton, Ohio, who created one of the most influential bands of our times.
Devoted fans have followed Guided by Voices for decades-and critics around the world have lauded the band's brain trust, Robert Pollard, as a once-in-a-generation artist. Pollard has been compared by the New York Times to Mozart, Rossini, and Paul McCartney (in the same sentence) and everyone from P. J. Harvey, Radiohead, R.E.M.,...
3) Bad Eminence
Author
Language
English
Description
Meet Vanessa Salomon, a privileged and misanthropic French-American translator hailing from a wealthy Parisian family. Her twin sister is a famous movie star, which Vanessa resents deeply and daily. The only man Vanessa ever loved recently killed himself by jumping off the roof of her building. It's a full life.
Vanessa has just started working on an English translation of a titillating, experimental thriller by a dead author when she's offered a...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bob Ho is an undercover CIA superspy who decides to give up his career in espionage to settle down with his next-door neighbor and girlfriend, Gillian. But Bob has one more mission to complete before Gillian agrees to marry him; he has to win over her three opinionated kids. When Gillian suddenly has to leave town, Bob volunteers to babysit the children so he can earn their approval.
5) Just my luck
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ashley is a Manhattan socialite who is the luckiest person in New York. One night she goes to a masquerade ball and meets Jake. Jake, on the other hand, has the worst luck. After Ashley kisses Jake, she is horrified to find out that the two have swapped luck. But what starts outs as a terrible twist-of-fate, ends up being the best thing that has ever happened to her.