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24) 47 Ronin
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From ancient Japan's most enduring tale, the epic fantasy-adventure is born. Keanu Reeves leads the cast as Kai, an outcast who joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honor to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.
25) Paradise Hills
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed only to learn that behind the high-class facility's beauty is a sinister secret.
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Unicorn princesses volume 7
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Cressida returns to the Rainbow Realm, where she helps Princess Firefly, the orange unicorn, with the opening of a new library.
27) Moana
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A mythic adventure set around 2,000 years ago across a series of islands in the South Pacific. The film follows the journey of a spirited teenager named Moana as she meets the once-mighty demi-god Maui, and together they traverse the open ocean, encountering enormous fiery creatures and impossible odds.
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Movie summary:
Present day Scotland. A tale is told to a couple of American tourists by a kindly gentleman in a pub. Angus is a lonely boy who pines for his father, who is serving in the Royal Navy during World War II. Angus, along with his sister and mother, live on an estate that has been billeted by soldiers in the Scottish Highlands, near Loch Ness. The troop's commander has an eye for mom, is suspicious about a mysterious handyman, Lewis, who...
30) Clover's luck
Author
Series
Magical Animal Adoption Agency volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Clover, who wants to change her bad luck, accepts a volunteer position at a pet adoption agency unlike any other and soon finds herself in a world of fairy horses, dragons with temperamental snouts, wizards, princesses, and, unfortunately, witches.
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Pub. Date
1970.
Description
The Fellowship of the Ring
Assisted by a Fellowship of heroes, the hobbit Frodo Baggins plunges into a perilous trek to take the mystical One Ring to Mount Doom so that it and its magical powers can be destroyed and never possessed by evil Lord Sauron.
The Two Towers
Frodo and Samwise press on toward Mordor, and Gollum insists on being their guide. Can anyone so corrupted by the One Ring be trusted? Meanwhile, as Aragorn draws closer to his destiny,...
34) J.R.R. Tolkien
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Profiles English writer, poet, and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, describing the influence the rural English West Midlands where he grew up had on his writing.
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Inside His dark materials contains an exclusive interview with Philip Pullman, as well as interviews with friends, former teachers, and others fascinated by his work. The world of Philip Pullman is constructed around an exclusive interview, scripted by Pullman's friend, Nick Turner, and it documents Pullman's life and works.
37) Krampus
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
This darkly festive tale of a yuletide ghoul reveals an irreverently twisted side to the holiday. The horror-comedy tells the story of young Max, who turns his back on Christmas as his dysfunctional family comes together and comically clashes over the holidays. When they accidentally unleash the wrath of Krampus, an ancient entity from European folklore, all hell breaks loose and beloved holiday icons take on a monstrous life of their own.