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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
by Steven Spielberg
A man becomes obsessed with UFOs after a close encounter and follows a mysterious urge to a remote location.
In the Sonoran Desert , French scientist Claude Lacombe, his American interpreter, cartographer David Laughlin, and other researchers, discover Flight 19 , a squadron of Grumman TBM Avengers that ... (Wikipedia)
Forrest Gump
by Winston Groom
A story of an intellectually disabled man's incredible journey through life, with all its turns and surprises.
Forrest Gump, named after Klu Klux Klan Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest , narrates the story of his life. The author uses misspellings and grammatical errors to indicate his Southern accent, ... (Wikipedia)
Dances with Wolves
by Michael Blake
A Civil War soldier discovers a newfound respect and understanding for Native American culture.
Ordered to hold an abandoned army post, John Dunbar found himself alone, beyond the edge of civilization. Thievery and survival soon forced him into the Indian camp, where he began a dangerous ... (Goodreads)
Pygmalion / My Fair Lady
by George Bernard Shaw
A phonetics professor transforms a Cockney flower girl into a refined lady, but struggles with the consequences of his experiment.
George Orwell claimed that "The central plot of Shaw's play, Pygmalion , is lifted out of Peregrine Pickle [by Tobias Smollett ], and I believe that no one has ever pointed this out in print, which ... (Wikipedia)
The First Wives Club
by Olivia Goldsmith
Three middle-aged women seek revenge on their ex-husbands who left them for younger women. A humorous and empowering story of friendship and second chances.
Don't get mad. Get everything. When their best friend commits suicide over her divorce, Elise, Brenda and Annie decide enough is enough. Each was crucial to her husband's career. But now that the men ... (Goodreads)
Man from Mundania
by Piers Anthony
A man from a magical land is transported to a mundane world and must navigate its complexities to return home.
For a bored, young princess of Xanth, there's nothing more exciting than a Quest. Especially when all you do is sit around Castle Roogna. But when Ivy uses the Heaven Cent, it takes her not to the ... (Goodreads)
Beaches
by Iris Rainer Dart
A lifelong friendship between two women, their ups and downs, and how they support each other through life's challenges.
Loudmouthed, redheaded Cee Cee Bloom has her sights set on Hollywood. Bertie White, quiet and conservative, dreams of getting married and having children. In 1951, their childhood worlds collide in ... (Goodreads)
The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel
by Diana Gabaldon
A graphic novel adaptation of the first Outlander novel, following the story of a time-traveling nurse who falls in love with a Scottish warrior in the 18th century.
Retelling the first third of Outlander , the graphic novel follows married World War II nurse Claire Beauchamp Randall , who finds herself transported back in time to Scotland in 1743. , , There she ... (Wikipedia)
Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier
A Confederate soldier's homecoming journey, filled with danger and adventure.
The novel opens in a Confederate military hospital near Raleigh, North Carolina , where Inman is recovering from battle wounds during the American Civil War . The soldier is tired of fighting for a ... (Wikipedia)
Oh. My. Gods.
by Tera Lynn Childs
A teenage girl discovers she's a descendant of Greek gods and must navigate high school drama while learning to control her powers.
Phoebe is a perfectly happy senior at high school and headed for USC with her best friends after graduation. Everything changes when her Mom comes back to California announcing she is marrying a ... (Wikipedia)
Foundation's Triumph
by David Brin
The epic conclusion to the Foundation series, as the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance.
Foundation’s Triumph starts with Hari Seldon who reviews his life and has to accept the fact that his “purpose” is completed. One day he meets a bureaucrat, Horis Antic, who explains his theory about ... (Wikipedia)
West Side Story
by Irving Shulman
A modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in 1950s New York City, exploring the rivalry between two street gangs and the love between their members.
From the silver screen to the Great White Way—one of the greatest stories of all time.,They came together through love but violence threatened to tear them apart. Maria was young and innocent and had ... (Barnes & Noble)
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by Makoto Shinkai
Two strangers, a boy and a girl, mysteriously swap bodies and must navigate each other's lives. A heartwarming tale of love and fate.
Mitsuha Miyamizu, a high school girl living in the fictional town of Itomori in Gifu Prefecture 's mountainous Hida region is fed up with her life in the countryside and wishes to be a handsome Tokyo ... (Wikipedia)
Golem in the Gears
by Piers Anthony
In a world where magic and technology coexist, a golem is created to help a young woman save her kingdom from an evil sorcerer.
Grundy Golem got no respect. So, to prove himself, he volunteered for a quest to find the long-lost dragon, Stanley Steamer. On the way, he somehow manages to free a damsel in distress– but not ... (Goodreads)
Dragon on a Pedestal
by Piers Anthony
A young woman must rescue a dragon from a pedestal to save the land of Xanth from destruction.
When the book begins, the Good Magician Humfrey, and his son Hugo, run into the Gap dragon while filling a vial with water from the Fountain of Youth. Humpfrey tells Hugo to douse the dragon with the ... (Wikipedia)
Wildflower Hill
by Kimberley Freeman
A woman uncovers her grandmother's past in Tasmania, discovering secrets and a family legacy.
Forced to take her life in a new direction when an injury ends her ballet career, Emma returns to her home in Australia and learns that she has inherited an isolated sheep station from a late ... (Goodreads)
The Cider House Rules
by John Irving
A moral journey through the rural landscape of 1940s Maine, exploring issues of responsibility, family, and love.
Homer Wells grows up in an orphanage where he spends his childhood trying to be "of use" as a medical assistant to the director, Dr. Wilbur Larch, whose history is told in flashbacks : After a ... (Wikipedia)
Dorsai!
by Gordon R. Dickson
A young man from a warrior planet becomes a mercenary, fighting in battles across the galaxy.
The book is about Donal Graeme, warrior extraordinaire. In the Childe Cycle universe, the human race has split into a number of splinter cultures. Donal is a member of the Dorsai, a splinter culture ... (Wikipedia)
Demon in My View
by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
A teenage vampire author discovers that her fictional world is not so imaginary when a real vampire comes into her life.
The book is set in the fictional town of Ramsa, New York, and centers around teenager Jessica Ashley Allodola. Jessica is gorgeous and has a perfect body, but the people in her town avoid her. At ... (Wikipedia)
The Green Mile: The Screenplay
by Frank Darabont
A death row supervisor in the 1930s South discovers a miraculous inmate with supernatural powers.
At a Louisiana assisted-living home in 1999, elderly retiree Paul Edgecomb becomes emotional while viewing the film, Top Hat, . His companion Elaine becomes concerned, and Paul explains to her that ... (Wikipedia)
Terms of Endearment
by Larry McMurtry
A mother-daughter relationship is tested by love, loss, and life's challenges.
Widowed Aurora Greenway ( Shirley MacLaine ) keeps several suitors at arm's length in Houston , focusing instead on her close, but controlling, relationship with daughter Emma ( Debra Winger ). ... (Wikipedia)
The Black Gryphon
by Mercedes Lackey
A young gryphon is born with black feathers, shunned by his own kind, but finds a new home and purpose with a human mage.
The book begins with the title character, the gryphon Skandranon Rashkae ("Skan"), creeping into an enemy encampment on a mission to acquire a new, magical weapon instrumental in the fall and capture ... (Wikipedia)
Fiddler on the Roof
by Joseph Stein
A poor Jewish milkman in pre-revolutionary Russia tries to uphold his traditions and marry off his daughters.
The full text and complete lyrics, as well as photographs from the original production. One of the great works of the American musical theatre. It is darling, touching, beautiful, warm, funny and ... (Goodreads)
The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 1
by Kore Yamazaki
A young girl is sold to a mage and becomes his apprentice, discovering a world of magic and mythical creatures.
The Ancient Magus' Bride, is an all-new manga series that features a fascinating relationship between a troubled teenage girl and an inhuman wizard. Enter the Magician's Apprentice Her name is Chise ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Forgotten Room
by Lincoln Child
A historian, a doctor, and an FBI agent uncover a secret room that holds a deadly secret.
Professor Jeremy Logan (the quirky and charismatic “enigmalogist” who specializes in solving problems of the strange or seemingly supernatural variety) receives an urgent summons from the director of ... (Goodreads)
The Secret of Pembrooke Park
by Julie Klassen
Abigail Foster accepts a governess position at Pembrooke Park, uncovering secrets and danger. A romance novel set in Regency England.
Abigail Foster fears she will end up a spinster, especially as she has little dowry to improve her charms and the one man she thought might marry her–a longtime friend--has fallen for her younger, ... (Goodreads)
The Inner Circle
by Brad Meltzer
A White House lawyer discovers a shocking conspiracy that threatens to destroy the presidency and his own life.
The best-kept secret of the U.S. Presidency is about to be revealed. "There are stories no one knows. Hidden stories. I love those stories. And since I work in the National Archives, I find those ... (Goodreads)
Closed Casket
by Sophie Hannah
A classic whodunit mystery set in a luxurious Irish estate, where a murder occurs during a family gathering.
Lady Athelinda Playford, author of a popular series of children's mystery novels, summons her children, lawyers, and Poirot and Edward Catchpool, Scotland Yard detective, to her home in Clonakilty , ... (Wikipedia)
The Three Little Pigs
by Walt Disney Company
Three little pigs build houses to protect themselves from a hungry wolf. The third pig's brick house withstands the wolf's huffing and puffing.
Relates the adventures of three little pigs who leave home to seek their fortunes and how they deal with the big bad wolf. ... (Goodreads)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
A nostalgic tale of friendship, courage and resilience set in the American South.
Throughout the novel the narrator and time period change, and the reader relies on the chapters' headings to establish the date and the source of the chapter. Some of the narration comes in the form ... (Wikipedia)
