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-- The Sense of an Ending Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.
62) Breakaway
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2015.
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"When Jason Marshall's younger sister passes away, he knows he can count on his three best friends and soccer teammates--Mario, Jordie, and Chick--to be there for him. With a grief-crippled mother and a father who's not in the picture, he needs them more than ever. But when Mario starts hanging out with a rough group of friends and Jordie finally lands the girl of his dreams, Jason is left to fend for himself while maintaining a strained relationship...
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[2015]
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Cinco hombres son alquilados para pintar las líneas de un camino. La pintura de 1 kilómetro/hora es bastante lenta para aprender las líneas entre el bien y mal, la risa y la desesperación, la vida y la muerte. Los desafíos que ellos afrontan cambiarán sus vidas siempre.
Five men are hired to paint the lines of a road. Painting 1 km/hour is slow enough to learn the lines between good and evil, laughter and despair, life and death. The challenges...
65) Turning angel
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Penn Cage novels volume 2
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"Greg Iles is back with his most dramatic tale yet - the story of two friends torn apart by the mysterious murder of a seventeen-year-old girl." "Turning Angel marks the long-awaited return of Penn Cage, the lawyer hero of The Quiet Game, and introduces Drew Elliott, the highly respected doctor who saved Penn's life in a hiking accident when they were boys. As two of the most prominent citizens of Natchez, Drew and Penn sit on the school board of...
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2023.
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"Esta es la historia de una gran amistad. Tanto Rubén (el Ruby) como Roberto (el Roxy) son íntimos amigos de lo ajeno y tienen mucha prisa por devorarse la Ciudad de México al ritmo de The Clash. Corren los años ochenta. No hay teléfonos movíles, cámaras en las cailles ni mensajes de texto. El mundo es hoy tan libre que no faltan las crápulas ansiosas de torcerlo para su provecho. Y en tal medida abunda el bandidaje que confiar en tu sombra...
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City banker Andy Dufresne arrived at Shawshank Prison in 1947. Convicted of two brutal murders, he received a double life sentence. Within the confines of the prison, Andy forms an unlikely friendship with the prison "fixer" Red. He also becomes popular with the Warden and the prison's guards, as Andy is able to use his banking experience to help the corrupt officials amass personal fortunes. With the extraordinary twist in the tale, Andy finds that...
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[2017]
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Tres octogenarios salen por un viaje para realizar el deseo del moribundo de un amigo de toda la vida, a pesar de la desaprobación de sus familias y las limitaciones de su edad avanzada. A lo largo del camino, ellos se encuentran enredados en una serie de desventuras comedic y encuentran un molde de carácteres vistosos.
Three octogenarians set out on a trip in order to fulfill the dying wish of a lifelong friend.
69) I love you, man
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[2009]
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After Peter gets engaged to the woman of his dreams, he realizes he has not one friend to serve as his best man. To rectify the situation, he goes on a series of man-dates before he meets Sydney Fife, with whom he instantly bonds. While Peter and Sydney become closer, his relationship with his fiancee begins to suffer, forcing him to choose between her or his new B.F.F.
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"The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen In recent years, neither the persistent effort to "clean up" the racial epithets in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn nor its consistent use in the classroom have diminished, highlighting the novel's wide-ranging influence and its continued importance in American society. An incomparable adventure story, it is a vignette of...
71) Clerks
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[1997]
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It's one wild day in the life of a pair of overworked counter jockeys who brave a nonstop parade of unpredictable shoppers, while managing to play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and straighten out their offbeat love lives.
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[2019]
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Español
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Cantinflas and his traveling companions meet Reina, a film star who, accompanied by some friends, visits a cabaret from the underworld. Cantinflas flirts with her and retrieves a necklace stolen from the actress. In gratitude Reina invites them to the studios where she works. A blow causes the young man to lose consciousness, and he dreams that D'Artagnan and his friends are the musketeers.
73) Sentenciados
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[2010]
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Español
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After a long night of drinking, Rigoberto and his best friend Nestor decide to prove their friendship in a truth or dare game. Determined to win, Rigo reveals a family legend about an old fortune buried in the desert by is ancestors. Nestor challenges Rigo to prove the legend is true and both men embark on a treasure hunt that will put them in the middle of a lethal vicious circle.
En una noche de borrachera Rigoberto y su mejor amigo Nestor deciden...
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There comes a time in every man's life when he has no choice but to get up off the couch and kill some zombies. When flesh-eating zombies go on the hunt for a bite to eat, it is up to Shaun and his best pal Ed to save their friends and family from becoming the next entrée.
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2020.
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"Best friends Matt and Eric are hatching a plan for one big final adventure together before Eric moves away: during the marching band competition at a Giant Amusement Park, they will sneak away to a nearby comics convention and meet their idol--a famous comic creator"--Provided by publisher.
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In the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys--best friends--are playing in a Little League baseball game in New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother. Owen Meany believes he didn't hit the ball by accident. He believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after 1953 is extraordinary and terrifying. He is Irving's most heartbreaking hero.
77) Oryx and Crake
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MaddAddam trilogy volume 1
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English
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-- ——through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city, until powerful corporations took mankind on an uncontrolled genetic engineering ride. Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining.
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[2005]
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En 1952, el estudiante médico de veintitrés años Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (más tarde mejor sabido como Ernesto Che Guevara) solamente un semestre lejos de la graduación, decide aplazar su semestre pasado acompañar a su amigo de bioquímico de veintinueve años Alberto Granado durante su cuatro mes, el viaje de motocicleta de sueño de 8,000 kilómetros de largo en todas partes de Sudamérica que comienza de su casa en Buenos Aires. Su búsqueda...
79) Appaloosa
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2009.
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Two gunmen-for-hire arrive to defend the titular town from a ruthless rancher who killed the sheriff.
1880s, the American West. Randall Bragg is a rich landowner who is wanted for murdering the town marshal. Lawman Virgil Cole and his deputy Everett Hitch are two friends who are hired to defend a lawless town from the murderous rancher. Their efforts become complicated and their friendship is tested when a young widow arrives in town.
80) The kite runner
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Afghanistan, 1970's. Amir is a Pushtun boy. Hassan is a Hazara boy. Amir and Hassan are raised together in Amir's father house. They play together and go kitting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father, Baba, blames him for the death of his mother during his delivery. He feels that his father loves and prefers Hassam to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend, Rahim Khan, who supports...
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