Julia Phillips
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Language
English
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"One August afternoon, on the shoreline of the Kamchatka peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, two sisters, eight and eleven, go missing. In the ensuing months the police investigation turns up nothing. Echoes of the disappearance reverberate across a tightly woven community, with the fear and loss felt most deeply among its women. Connected by the crime: a witness, a neighbor, a detective, a mother. Social and ethnic tensions have long simmered...
Author
Language
English
Description
They were sisters and they would last past the end of time. Sam and Elena dream of another life. On the island off the coast of Washington where they were born and raised, they and their mother struggle to survive. Sam works on the ferry that delivers wealthy mainlanders to their vacation homes while Elena bartends at the local golf club, but even together they can't earn enough to get by, stirring their frustration about the limits that shape their...
Author
Publisher
dtv
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Deutsch
Description
Über Verlust, Überleben und die Kraft der Hoffnung
An einem Sommertag an der Küste Kamtschatkas verschwinden die russischen Schwestern Sofija und Aljona. Das Verbrechen erinnert an einen Vorfall nur Monate zuvor in der indigenen Bevölkerung. Wie eine düstere Wolke hängt der ungelöste Fall fortan über Kamtschatka und beeinflusst das Leben ganz unterschiedlicher Frauen in einer gespaltenen, männerdominierten Gesellschaft. Während das Netz...
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Language
Español
Description
Una apacible tarde de agosto, Aliona y Sofia, hermanas de once y ocho años, juegan a orillas del mar. Cuando emprenden el camino de regreso a casa, un extraño se ofrece a llevarlas en su coche. Ellas, confiadas ante la amabilidad del desconocido, aceptan. Las niñas solo se alarman al ver que dejan atrás el desvío que debían haber tomado. Cuando Aliona saca su móvil y el hombre se lo arrebata de las manos, las hermanas comprenden que están...
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English
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Description
Roy Neary is a cable worker who, along with several other stunned bystanders, experience a close encounter of the first kind - witnessing UFOs soaring across the sky. After this life-changing event the inexplicable vision of a strange, mountain-like formation haunts him. He becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents, much to the dismay of his wife and family. Meanwhile, bizarre occurrences are happening around the world. Government agents...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Roy Neary is a cable worker who, along with several others, become stunned bystanders who have experienced a close encounter of the first kind - witnessing UFOs soar across the sky. After this life-changing event, the inexplicable vision of a strange, mountain-like formation haunts him. He becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents. Meanwhile, bizarre occurrences are happening around the world. Government agents have close encounters of...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[199]
Language
English
Description
Illuminating the dark corners of Los Angeles from Brentwood to the barrio, the author of You'll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again copes with acts of God, parenthood, liposuction, IRS collectors, the Hollywood Male Establishment, and more.
9) Taxi driver
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
An unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to take violence. While also trying to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process. 40 years later and better than ever. Enjoy this special edition.
10) The sting
Series
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Description
In 1930s Chicago, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Roy Neary witnesses the arrival of flying saucer from an alien world. Thus begins an incredible series of events, culminating in the ultimate encounter with other-worlders as Neary is led aboard the awesome Mothership.
Series
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[c2006]
Language
English
Description
Close encounters of the third kind: Roy Neary is a cable worker who, along with several others, become stunned bystanders who have experienced a close encounter of the first kind - witnessing UFOs soar across the sky. After this life-changing event, the inexplicable vision of a strange, mountain-like formation haunts him. He becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents. Meanwhile, bizarre occurrences are happening around the world. Government...