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Australia
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21 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,987 libraries worldwide In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.
The prestige
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12 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,760 libraries worldwide In turn-of-the-century Victorian London, charismatic showman Robert Angier and gifted illusionist Alfred Borden are two young magicians whose friendship is destroyed when the love of Angier's life dies in a trick gone wrong. Their rivalry escalates into an obsession full of deceit and sabotage. When Borden's "transported man" trick becomes famous, Angier will go to any length to top it, even pursuing a fantastic and frightening machine developed by Nicola Tesla.
Happy feet
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3 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 1,596 libraries worldwide Emperor Penguins from Antarctica each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing. Instead he has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all. Defiant in the face of unjust rejection, Mumble and his true friends set out to find the true cause of the famine. Through the friends trials and perils, Mumble learns many things about his frozen world, not the least of which being that his toe tapping talent may be what he needs to save his people.
X-Men. The last stand
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13 editions published between 2006 and 2009 in English and held by 1,591 libraries worldwide With the help of their new recruits -- including Beast, Angel, Juggernaut, and Colossus -- the X-Men must face evolution itself in the form of their former teammate, Jean Grey. Possessed with the cosmic power of the Dark Phoenix, the resurrected Jean Grey has become a danger to herself, her mutant comrades, and the entire planet. A potential cure is discovered and processed to treat and ultimately eliminate the genetic mutations, once and for all. As the battle lines are drawn, the X-Men must contend with both Jean Grey's world-consuming powers, as well as the malevolent Brotherhood.
Flushed away
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9 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 1,574 libraries worldwide Roddy is a decidedly upper-crust "society mouse" who lives the life of a pampered pet in a posh Kensington flat. When a sewer rat named Sid comes out of the sink, he desides he had hit the jackpot. Roddy schemes to rid himself of Sid by luring him into the "whirlpool." Sid may be an ignorant slob, but he's no fool, but it is Roddy who winds up being flushed away into the bustling sewer world of Ratropolis. There Roddy meets Rita, an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in the Jammy Dodger, her faithful boat. Roddy immediately wants out, or rather, up. Trouble comes in the form of the villainous Toad -- who royally despises all rodents. The Toad dispatches his two hapless hench-rats, Spike and Whitey, to get the job done. When they fail, the Toad has no choice but to send to France for his cousin, Le Frog, the dreaded mercenary.
X-Men origins. Wolverine
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6 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 1,451 libraries worldwide Somewhere in the wilds of northwest Canada in the early 1800s, Logan and Victor, two half-brothers with special powers grow up amid violence. Eventually they will become the near-indestructible warriors known as Wolverine and Sabretooth. William Stryker is a sinister government operative whose Weapon X program experiments keep pulling Wolverine back in. Kayla Silverfox shares a peaceful Canadian co-existence with Wolverine as he tries to drop out of the program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new.
X2 X-men united
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10 editions published between 2003 and 2009 in English and held by 1,298 libraries worldwide An assassination attempt is made on the life of the president by a teleporting mutant. This act upsets the entire world and entices the president to begin the mutant-human war as predicted by Charles Xavier earlier. In an effort to get to the bottom of the attack and prevent world-wide war, Xavier sends out Storm and Dr. Jean Grey to search for the teleporting mutant and discover the truth behind the assassination attempt.
Kate & Leopold
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31 editions published between 2000 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 1,282 libraries worldwide Kate and her actor brother live in 21st century New York. Her ex-boyfriend, Stuart, has found a spot near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time-- one can return to the 19th century. Stuart goes back to the 1870s and takes pictures, then is followed back to New York by Leopold. Leopold gets help with fitting into the 21st century from Kate's brother Charlie, and meets Kate herself. Kate is climbing the corporate ladder in advertising, but her growing feelings for Leopold cause her to reevaluate her priorities in life.
The fountain
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6 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and Spanish and held by 1,219 libraries worldwide "Through time and space, one man embarks on a bold 1000-year odyssey to defeat humankind's most indomitable foe: Death" -- Container.
Happy feet
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14 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,157 libraries worldwide Emperor Penguins from Antarctica each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing. Instead he has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all. Defiant in the face of unjust rejection, Mumble and his true friends set out to find the true cause of the famine. Through the friends trials and perils, Mumble learns many things about his frozen world, not the least of which being that his toe tapping talent may be what he needs to save his people.
Scoop
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12 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and German and held by 1,062 libraries worldwide While inside of a magician's magic cabinet, aspiring journalist Sondra Pransky is visited by the ghost of a dead reporter who has received a very hot tip in the afterlife. He tells Sondra about a rising young politician named Lord Peter Lyman who may be the notorious tarot card serial killer. With the magician in tow, Sondra sneaks her way into Lyman's life. Sondra finds increasing evidence that the tip from the ghost is true, but finds herself falling in love with Lord Peter.
X-men
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5 editions published between 2000 and 2009 in English and held by 989 libraries worldwide A war is brewing between those with special powers ("mutants") and the rest of humanity -- and the only ones who can save the humans from certain destruction are a special group of mutants - the "X-Men." (Based on the comic series).
X-Men
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47 editions published between 2000 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 960 libraries worldwide A war is brewing between those with special powers ("mutants") and the rest of humanity -- and the only ones who can save the humans from certain destruction are a special group of mutants- the "X-Men."
Someone like you
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10 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 854 libraries worldwide Romantic comedy about a talk show talent scout whose shaky love life drives her to study the curious mating habits of the male animal.
Swordfish
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15 editions published between 2001 and 2009 in English and held by 836 libraries worldwide When the DEA shuts down a dummy corporation operation code named SWORDFISH, they had generated $400 million which they let sit around; years of compound interest has swelled it to $9.5 billion. A covert counter-terrorist unit called Black Cell, headed by Gabriel, wants the money to help finance their war against international terrorism, but it's all locked away behind super-encryption. He brings in convicted hacker Stanley, who only wants to see his daughter Holly again but can't afford the legal fees, to slice into the government mainframes and get the money.
Oklahoma
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11 editions published between 1999 and 2005 in English and held by 826 libraries worldwide Laurie, an Oklahoma farm gal is courted by boisterous cowboy Curley and by menacing, obsessive farm hand Jud Frye. Fearing that Jud will do something terrible to Curley, Laurie accepts Jud's invitation to the box social. But Curley rescues Laurie from Jud's unwanted advances, and wins her hand. On the eve of their wedding, Laurie and Curley are menaced by Jud. During a fight with Curley, Jud falls on his own knife and is killed. The local deputy insists that Curley be arrested, but he is outvoted by Curley's friends, and the newlyweds are permitted to ride off on their honeymoon.
Van Helsing
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30 editions published between 2004 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 781 libraries worldwide Legendary 19th-century monster hunter Van Helsing is sent to mysterious Transylvania to battle the evil Dracula is trying to release with the unwilling help of Frankestein's monster and a wolf-man.
Van Helsing
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 767 libraries worldwide Legendary 19th-century monster hunter Van Helsing is sent to mysterious Transylvania to battle the evil Dracula is trying to release with the unwilling help of Frankestein's monster and a wolf-man.
Deception
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8 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 707 libraries worldwide Jonathan McQuarry is an accountant who meets Wyatt Bose, a charismatic corporate lawyer. Bose introduces Jonathan to a decadent playground called The List, which is a mysterious sex club for Manhattan's executives. It's a world of 'intimacy without intricacy, ' one of betrayal, treachery and murder. But in this new world, Jonathan soon becomes the prime suspect in a woman's disappearance and a multi-million dollar heist.
X2 X-men united
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12 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 623 libraries worldwide An assassination attempt is made on the life of the president by a teleporting mutant. This act upsets the entire world and entices the president to begin the mutant-human war as predicted by Charles Xavier earlier. In an effort to get to the bottom of the attack and prevent world-wide war, Xavier sends out Storm and Dr. Jean Grey to search for the teleporting mutant and discover the truth behind the assassination attempt. more
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Abnormalities, Human Action and adventure films Air warfare Animated films Antarctica Antiheroes Aristocracy (Social class) Australia Cattle breeders Comedy films Cousins Deception Drama Drovers Emperor penguin Enemies England--London England--London--Kensington Fantasy films Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Films Fishing--Catch effort Friendship Good and evil Heroes Historical films Juvenile works Magicians Man-woman relationships Mice as pets Motion pictures Mutation (Biology) Presidents--Assassination attempts Ragpickers Ranches Rattus norvegicus Science fiction films Sewerage Superhero films Tap dancing Thrillers (Motion pictures) Time travel Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War films Western films World War (1939-1945) X-Men (Fictitious characters)
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Jackman, Hugh Michael, 1968-
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English
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Multiple languages (42) French (39) German (37) Spanish (15) Undetermined (6) No Linguistic content (5) Chinese (4) Turkish (4) Italian (3) Russian (1) Greek, Modern (1) Covers
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