Beard, Matthew 1989-Overview
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Matthew Beard
An education
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2 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 1,505 libraries worldwide In the early 1960's, 16-year-old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in a London suburb. She is smart, pretty, and working toward her goal of being accepted into Oxford. Her life will take a big turn when she meets David, a man twice her age. Now she must decide if she will pursue an education at Oxford, or if she will choose to learn all that a charismatic older man can teach her.
Chatroom
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1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 22 libraries worldwide William, a dark manipulative teen, opens an online chat room where he meets Jim, Eva, Emily, and Mo. As they become friends in a fantastical cyber reality, William's charisma impresses the others, and he gains influence over their lives. He targets Jim, who already suffers from depression, setting him into a path of self-destruction. As the other teens discover the truth about William, they must escape cyberspace and find Jim in the real world.
An education
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1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide "1961年，戰後的英國生活死板、了無生趣，自由奔放的年代尚未來臨，但美麗而聰穎的十六歲少女珍妮似乎比任何人更急不及待要擺脫厭悶平淡的生活模式。直至她遇上了三十多歲的大衛 (彼得沙斯格飾)，生命便產生了一百八十度的變化。見識過廣闊新奇的花花世界後，珍妮決定放棄考入牛津大學，跟隨大衛追求自由奔放的精彩人生。校長 (愛瑪湯遜飾) 和英文老師對她的任意妄為感到失望心痛，究竟大衛會改變還是摧毀珍妮的一生？"--Container.
And when did you last see your father
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1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Based on the award bestselling book by Blake Morrison, this film is "an unflinching exploration of a father/son relationship, as Blake Morrison deals with his father Arthur's terminal illness and imminent death. Blake's memories of everything funny, embarrassing and upsetting about his childhood and teens are interspersed with the present as he struggles to come to terms with his father, and the history of conflict, and learns to accept that one's parents are not always accountable to their children." - container.  Related Identities
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Barber, Lynn,--1944- Coming-of-age films Drama England England--London Families Fathers and sons Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Manipulative behavior Man-woman relationships May-December romances Morrison, Arthur B Morrison, Blake Online chat groups Romance films Swindlers and swindling Teenage girls Video recordings--for the hearing impaired
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