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283) Choke
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Sex addict Victor Mancini works at a colonial reenactment theme park. He tries to hook up with everything on two legs. He courts the love and money of complete strangers via a demented con that might just kill him. But first, Victor must save his dying, delusional mother by seducing and impregnating her comely physician, a task easier said than done. A twisted tale of dysfunction, salvation, love and libido.
284) An education
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In the early 1960's, 16-year-old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in a London suburb. She is smart, pretty, and working toward her goal of being accepted into Oxford. Her life will take a big turn when she meets David, a man twice her age. Now she must decide if she will pursue an education at Oxford, or if she will choose to learn all that a charismatic, older man can teach her.
285) The hustler
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An amoral, arrogant pool hustler who haunts backroom pool halls gets a real chance at fame when he faces the legendary Minnesota Fats in a personal competition.
286) Operation petticoat
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The U.S.S. Sea Tiger is on its last legs until the handsome skipper and his ingenious, if slightly unethical, junior officer scavenge the parts and supplies needed to put the sub back into action. Forced out to sea prematurely by an enemy air attack, the sub leaks and limps along until five stranded Army nurses come aboard and initiate their own renovations. From one mishap to another, the sub ends up a blushing pink, making it a target for both Japanese...
287) RocknRolla
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In London, a real-estate scam puts millions of pounds up for grabs. This attracts some of the city's scrappiest tough guys, along with its more established underworld types. All are looking to get rich quick. While the city's seasoned criminals vie for the cash, an unexpected player -- a drugged out rock 'n' roller presumed to be dead but is very much alive. He has the multi-million dollar prize fall, literally, into his hands.
288) Quiet Dell: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Chicago in 1931, Asta Eicher, mother of three, is lonely and despairing, pressed for money after the sudden death of her husband. She begins to receive seductive letters from a chivalrous, elegant man named Harry Powers, who promises to cherish and protect her, ultimately to marry her and to care for her children. Weeks later, all four Eichers are dead. Emily Thornhill, one of the few women journalists in the Chicago press, becomes deeply invested...
Publisher
Yen Press, an imprint of Yen Press, LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Hotaru Tachibana is a girl (though all too frequently mistaken for a boy!) with a deep sense of justice. When a classmate informs [her] that she was bilked out of her cash by a shady host at a host club, Hotaru immediately rushes to confront the villain... only to discover that the con man in question is her new neighbor! Worse, he proposes to settle their feud with firearms! Okay, it turns out that they're just toys, but when Hotaru is soundly defeated,...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Tachibana and her Toy Gun Gun teammates have started honing their skills in preparation for competing in the TGC, the tournament to decide the strongest survival gamers. But it soon becomes clear that her team has a dreadful rule, and it's one that absolutely can't be broken...which makes Tachibana's very existence a problem. Will internal strife take them down before the TGC can even get underway?!"--Page 4 of cover.
Publisher
Yen Press, an imprint of Yen Press, LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Tachibana is up against her most dangerous opponent yet as the first round of the TGC begins. Midori is a veteran survival gamer whose shared past with Matsuoka could spell defeat for Toy TunGun before the first shots are fired. Tachibana's out for revenge, but she's also in it for herself--if she can prove she's a valuable asset to the team by helping take down their rivals, surely she'll be safe letting Matsuoka and Yukimura in on her secret...?...
294) The backstabbers
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Red Ryan should've known this job would be trouble. The first stop is a ghost town--in a thunder storm--and the cargo is a coffin. But things start to look a little brighter when Red and his stage guard Buttons Muldoon deliver the corpse to a ranch run by the beautiful Luna Talbot--and her gorgeous crew of former saloon girls. Luna asks the boys to help them find the Lucky Cuss Gold Mine, using a map tucked inside the dead man's pocket. Buttons can't...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Having joined the "dark side" after years spent prosecuting criminals as the San Francisco DA, defense attorney Wes Farrell is experiencing a crisis of faith. How can he in good conscience defend clients whom, in his estimation, are most likely guilty? In his role as DA, Farrell had helped put away Paul Riley, a young man charged for the rape and murder of his then-girlfriend Dana Rush, only for Riley to later be released from his life sentence -...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Summer and Leo would do anything for each other. Inspired by the way each has had to carve her place in a hostile and unforgiving world, and united by the call of the open road, they travel around sunny California in Summer's tricked-out Land Cruiser. It's not a glamorous life, but it gives them the freedom they crave-from family, expectations, and the painful pasts they've left behind. But even free spirits have bills to pay. Luckily, Summer is...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to expose the scourge of multilevel marketing schemes and how they have profited off the evisceration of the American working class. We've all heard of Amway, Mary Kay, Tupperware, and LuLaRoe, but few know the nefarious way they and countless other multilevel marketing (MLM) companies prey on desperate Americans struggling to make ends meet. When factories...
299) The mask of mirrors
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Nightmares are creeping through the city of dreams... Renata Viraudax is a con artist who has come to the sparkling city of Nadezra -- the city of dreams -- with one goal: to trick her way into a noble house and secure her fortune and her sister's future. But as she's drawn into the elite world of House Traementis, she realizes her masquerade is just one of many surrounding her. And as corrupt magic begins to weave its way through Nadezra, the poisonous...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From phishing scams to pyramid schemes, our world is filled with people who want to fool us. In Nobody's Fool, expert psychologists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris break down the science behind deception to pull back the curtain on how we can all avoid being scammed-or even scam the scammers in return. Simons and Chabris identify ten specific features of our psychology that make us vulnerable to being tricked, from our innate tendency to treat...
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