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The silence of the lambs
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69 editions published between 1990 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 2,375 libraries worldwide A young female FBI agent is sent to interview notorious killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter in hopes of obtaining information that will help the bureau catch another killer.
Taxi driver
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6 editions published between 1976 and 2007 in English and held by 1,940 libraries worldwide A New York cab driver is driven to obsession when he attempts to save a teenage prostitute and embarks on a violent rampage against a world of filth and corruption.
Nim's Island
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2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 1,667 libraries worldwide Nim Rusoe is a young girl who inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates, via e-mail, with the reclusive author of the novel she has been reading. Nim's existence mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from the island, Nim gets Alexandra to come to her island. Now, the two must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer the island.
Inside man
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16 editions published between 2005 and 2009 in English and German and held by 1,546 libraries worldwide NYPD Detective Keith Frazier struggles to outsmart Dalton, a high-stakes bank robber who, along with a well-trained crew of accomplices, has seized control of a Wall Street bank. The robbers turn what initially looks like a hostage crisis into a personal crusade to expose some mysterious evil secrets. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, Madaline, a power broker with her own agenda, emerges and injects even more instability into an already volatile situation.
Panic room
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25 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 1,315 libraries worldwide Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg and her daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
Anna and the King
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22 editions published between 1999 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 1,306 libraries worldwide English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens has traveled to Siam to educate the 58 children of King Mongkut. Each has preconceived ideas about the other's world. Amid the danger of political unrest, their respect for each other turns into something more.
The brave one
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10 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,249 libraries worldwide New York City radio host Erica Bain is working and living a wonderful life. One night she and her fiancé David are brutally attacked. David is killed and Erica is almost beaten to death. Traumatized and unable to cope with the tragic event, Erica becomes someone else. She buys a gun and begins to roam the streets at night looking to take her revenge on the men who were responsible for the attack. Late one night, she is in the back of a convenience store when a robber comes in and kills the store clerk and his wife. The robber comes after her but she protects herself, finding that it is very easy to shoot a gun. Later, Erica finds herself confronted by two would-be rapists on the subway, and again she protects herself. The city becomes fascinated with the exploits of this vigilante killer, but NYPD Detective Mercer is trying to catch this person, before they strike again.
Un long dimanche de fiançailles A very long engagement
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4 editions published in 2005 in French and held by 1,218 libraries worldwide In 1920, country girl Mathilde is living in Brittany with her aunt and uncle when she learns that her fiancé Manech was one of five French soldiers condemned to a barbarous death by their own side. Court-martialed for intentionally wounding themselves, their punishment is to be thrown into no man's land, unarmed and with their hands tied behind their backs. But Manech may have survived. Hiring a dogged old bird of a private detective and a lawyer to aid her, Mathilde is off on an adventure. She pursues her sleuthing through a flurry of letters, documents, and private interviews--hunting down the soldiers who were in the trenches with Manech--along with their lovers and relatives. She also discovers that she has a sort of doppelgänger: a Corsican prostitute pursuing a parallel investigation for another of the five, and murdering anyone who did her own beloved mate wrong. Mathilde will have to hurry to follow the clues piecing the story together before they are lost forever.
Nell
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32 editions published between 1994 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 1,171 libraries worldwide When Dr. Jerry Lovell discovers a young woman living by herself in the backwoods of North Carolina, he is intrigued by her erratic behavior and unique pattern of speech. Together with a psychologist, Lovell becomes determined to pierce Nell's private world and protect her from the courts and a life of scientific study.
Sommersby
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19 editions published between 1993 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 1,103 libraries worldwide A Civil War veteran returns to his hometown a changed man-- leading his wife and others who knew him to doubt his identity.
The accused
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19 editions published between 1988 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,094 libraries worldwide A fiercely independent woman is gang raped, then battles the legal system twice, going after both her attackers and the onlookers whose cheering fueled and encouraged the assault.
Contact
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2 editions published between 1997 and 2009 in English and held by 1,078 libraries worldwide Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.
Contact
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25 editions published between 1997 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 1,016 libraries worldwide Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway (Foster) receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.
Flightplan
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4 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 935 libraries worldwide Flying at 40,000 feet in a cavernous, state-of-the-art 474 aircraft that she designed, Kyle Pratt faces every mother's worst nightmare when her six year-old daughter, Julia, vanishes without a trace mid-flight from Berlin to New York. Already emotionally devastated by the unexpected death of her husband, Kyle desperately struggles to prove her sanity to the disbelieving flight crew, pilot, and passengers while facing the very real possibility that she may be losing her mind.
Taxi driver
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74 editions published between 1975 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 923 libraries worldwide A New York cab driver is driven to obsession when he attempts to save a teenage prostitute and embarks on a violent rampage against a world of filth and corruption.
Freaky Friday
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18 editions published between 1976 and 2004 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 902 libraries worldwide A conservative, refined mother magically changes place with her thirteen-year old daughter for one day.
Little man Tate
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21 editions published between 1991 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 843 libraries worldwide A seven year old genius is caught in a tug of war between his waitress mom who only wants a regular life for him, and the head of an institute for gifted children who wants to further his development.
Maverick
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16 editions published between 1994 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 812 libraries worldwide Comedy about a handsome gambler, a charming lady scam artist and a lawman, all headed for a poker tournament held on a river boat with a $500,000 pot for the winner.
The silence of the lambs
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7 editions published between 2001 and 2008 in English and held by 716 libraries worldwide When FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned a case involving a monstrous serial killer, she seeks counsel from an imprisoned cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, whose fascination with the young woman is as great as his hunger for murder. As their relationship develops, Starling must confront her own demons, and an evil so powerful that she may not have the courage or strength to stop it.
Candleshoe
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15 editions published between 1977 and 2004 in English and held by 677 libraries worldwide Welcome to Candleshoe, a stately English manor where a swashbuckling pirate hid a fortune in Spanish doubloons centuries ago. And that's what young orphan Casey and a sly con man are determined to find. more
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Action and adventure films Astronomers Bank robberies Biography Brokers Brownstone buildings Child prostitutes Comedy films Comedy films Criminal behavior Criminal psychology Detectives Drama Electronic mail messages Fathers and daughters Feature films Feature films Fiction films Fictitious characters Film adaptations Films Films for the hearing impaired Foster, Jodie France History Human-alien encounters Island ecology Juvenile works Lecter, Hannibal (Fictitious character) Leonowens, Anna Harriette,--1831-1915 Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Mongkut,--King of Siam,--1804-1868 Mothers and daughters Motion picture actors and actresses Motion picture producers and directors Murder--Investigation New York (State)--New York Psychopaths Science fiction films Serial murderers Taxicab drivers Thailand Thrillers (Motion pictures) United States Vaults (Strong rooms) Video recordings for the hearing impaired Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Vigilantes Women authors, American
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Alternative Names
Foster, Alicia Christian.
Foster, Alicia Christian, 1962-
Languages
English
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French (113) German (85) Spanish (46) Multiple languages (38) Undetermined (24) No Linguistic content (22) Japanese (5) Chinese (5) Dutch (3) Turkish (2) Italian (2) Russian (1) (1) Hungarian (1) Polish (1) Hebrew (1) Slovenian (1) Covers
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