Ribisi, Giovanni 1974-Overview
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Giovanni Ribisi
Most widely held works by
Giovanni Ribisi
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12 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and Hmong and held by 2,367 libraries worldwide Jake Sully is a former Marine who uses a wheelchair. But despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where a corporate consortium is mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earth's energy crisis. He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na'vi, who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore. But a beautiful Na'vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake's life -- which changes everything.
Saving Private Ryan
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4 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 2,220 libraries worldwide Captain John Miller must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own answer and the strength to triumph over uncertain future with honor, decency and courage.
Cold Mountain
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4 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in English and held by 1,915 libraries worldwide Inman, a young Confederate soldier, is struggling to make his way home to Cold Mountain, NC, where his beloved Ada awaits him. In Inman's absence, Ada befriends Ruby, who helps her keep up her late father's farm. Meanwhile, in his travels, Inman encounters a menagerie of interesting and colorful characters.
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3 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 1,500 libraries worldwide 1933. It is the fourth year of the Great Depression. For John Dillinger, Alvin Karpis and Baby Face Nelson, it is the golden age of bank robbery. After serving a ten-year prison sentence, John Dillinger embarks on a cross-country bank-robbing spree with help from his associates: faithful driver Red Hamilton, cocky lookout Homer Van Meter, and murderous hothead Baby Face Nelson. He relocates to Chicago, where he meets hatcheck girl Billie Frechette and falls in love, but struggles to reconcile his new romance with his life on the run. Meanwhile, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover has enlisted Special Agent Melvin Purvis to use the latest techniques and equipment to catch Dillinger-Public Enemy Number One-even as Purvis realizes that doing so may stretch his principles to the breaking point.
Lost in translation
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4 editions published between 2003 and 2007 in English and held by 1,454 libraries worldwide A middle-aged actor and the wife of a workaholic photographer meet while in Tokyo. They strike up an unusual friendship in the hotel bar that helps them both overcome boredom and loneliness.
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23 editions published between 1985 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 1,150 libraries worldwide A middle-aged actor and the wife of a photographer meet while on business in Tokyo. They strike up an unusual friendship in the hotel bar that helps them both overcome boredom and loneliness.
Saving Private Ryan
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7 editions published between 1998 and 2004 in English and held by 1,023 libraries worldwide The story begins with World War II's historic D-Day invasion of Normandy beach. Once the men move beyond the beach, Captain John Miller must take his men behind the German lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have already been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own answer and the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honor, decency and courage.
Flight of the Phoenix
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6 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 974 libraries worldwide A cargo plane on a routine flight suddenly hits a high-turbulence storm, forcing a crash landing hundreds of miles off course in the barren Gobi desert. Among the survivors, one eccentric passenger leads the crew to build a new plane - against all odds, against all hope, and sometimes - against each other.
Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow
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3 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 953 libraries worldwide An aviator and a reporter attempt to save the world from destruction by flying robots.
Perfect stranger
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8 editions published in 2007 in English and German and held by 936 libraries worldwide Rowena is a journalist dedicated to uncovering greed and corruption among people in positions of power. She does this with the help of her tech-savvy partner in crime, Miles. Grace is a friend and seems to know all about Rowena's secret writing identity, and hands Rowena evidence of adultery as a story. Grace is involved with Harrison Hill, the owner of the largest advertising agency in New York, H2A. Grace met Hill in an Internet chat room and became sexually involved with him. Hill is a married man and breaks off their affair, but Grace refuses to go away quietly. Rowena takes Grace's evidence, but does not immediately agree to do the story. When Grace turns up dead a week later, Rowena decides to investigate. She goes undercover at H2A, with Miles's help, and poses as a temp to get closer to Hill.
The other sister
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5 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 807 libraries worldwide Carla is mildly retarded. Although she has grown into a very capable young woman, her nervous mother still has a major meltdown when Carla announces she's in love for the first time! As Carla and her new boyfriend set out to experience all of life's great adventures, they're also out to prove that Carla has earned her independence.
The virgin suicides
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2 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 797 libraries worldwide In Grosse Pointe, Michigan, in the middle 1970s, live the five golden Lisbon girls, each of them blond, sweet, and impossibly beautiful. Ranging in age from 13 to 17, they have enchanted a group of neighborhood boys, who watch them through windows with binoculars, collect souvenirs of them, and fixate on them to such a degree that they never outgrow it. Lux, Cecilia, Bonnie, Mary, and Therese are beyond reach because their strict Catholic parents have, in response to the tenor of the times, nearly imprisoned them in their own home. The girls, preserved forever in the perfection they possessed when they were last seen, were waiting to be understood. Instead, they were simply loved. They animate one of the most unusual films ever fashioned out of the fears and the fantasies of adolescent boys.
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13 editions published between 1999 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 755 libraries worldwide Seth runs a small-time casino operation out of his apartment. With his streetwise business smarts, he's recruited to join the city's newest and hottest stock brokerage firm, and quickly takes to his new job's instant riches and fast-life pleasures. When he wins the eye and heart of Greg's ex-girlfriend, everything seems too good to be true.
Gone in sixty seconds
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5 editions published between 2000 and 2005 in English and held by 755 libraries worldwide Legendary car booster Memphis Raines thought he'd left the fast lane behind until he's forced out of retirement in a do or die effort to save his kid brother.
The gift
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8 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in English and held by 753 libraries worldwide "Annie has 'the Gift'. Some fear her, others claim she's a witch. But now, a murder has ben committed and only she can solve it. On a twisted trail of open infidelity and jealous rage, she sees visions that will haunt her and discovers a truth that will tear the town apart"--Promotional materials.
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3 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 740 libraries worldwide When a drill instructor and several of his cadets disappear during training exercises in Panama, a U.S. DEA agent is called in to investigate the mysterious disapperance.
Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow
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10 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 649 libraries worldwide Circa 1939 ace city reporter Polly Perkins has noted the sudden disappearances of many of the world's most famous scientists. After the city falls under attack of giant flying robots, she decides to team up with her ex-boyfriend, aviation officer Joe 'Sky Captain' Sullivan and flys around the world in search of the evil mastermind, Dr. Totenkopf, whose plan it is to create a new world by destroying the one of today.
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20 editions published between 2000 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 497 libraries worldwide Philippa is a British schoolteacher living in Italy, whose husband fell victim to a drug overdose. Vendice is a powerful local drug dealer who sold the dope which killed Philippa's husband. Disgusted with the inability of the police to bring Vendice to justice, Philippa takes the law into her own hands, planting a bomb which is intended to kill the dealer. Instead the bomb kills four innocent bystanders. Now with the help of her multilingual translator, Philippa escapes and continues to seak revenge on Vendice.
The dead girl
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2 editions published between 2007 and 2010 in Undetermined and English and held by 486 libraries worldwide The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seven seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
The mod squad
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5 editions published between 1999 and 2007 in English and Multiple languages and held by 352 libraries worldwide Three problem teens work undercover in the hip L.A. scene to avoid going to jail. more
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Action and adventure films American Civil War (1861-1865) Americans Bank robberies Biographical films Crime films Criminal behavior Criminal investigation Depressions Dillinger, John,--1903-1934 Drama Extraterrestrial beings Fantasy films Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Films--for the hearing impaired Floyd, Pretty Boy,--1904-1934 France--Normandy Friendship Gangster films Historical films History Hoodlums Human-alien encounters Illinois--Chicago Japan--Tokyo Life on other planets Loneliness Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Middle West Military campaigns Missing in action Pandora (Imaginary place) Purvis, Melvin,--1903-1960 Reporters and reporting Robots Romance films Science fiction films Soldiers Thrillers (Motion pictures) United States United States.--Federal Bureau of Investigation Video recordings--for people with visual disabilities Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War films World War (1939-1945)
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Alternative Names
Ribisi, Antonino Giovanni, 1974-
Ribisi, Antonio Giovanni 1974-
Ribisi, Vonni, 1974-
Ribisi, Vonnie, 1974-
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German (29) Multiple languages (14) Spanish (11) Undetermined (8) French (6) Turkish (4) Chinese (3) No Linguistic content (3) Italian (2) Russian (1) Hmong (1) Covers
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