Kaczmarek, Jan A. P.Overview
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Jan A. P Kaczmarek
The visitor
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6 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 1,683 libraries worldwide Walter Vale is a widower who teaches economics at a Connecticut university. He lives alone and is no longer motivated by his work. In New York to present a paper at a conference, he goes to the apartment that he has not visited in some time, but has kept since his wife was alive, only to discover a young couple living there. Despite their great cultural differences, Walter befriends Tarek, a Syrian citizen and drummer, and gradually builds a friendship with Esi, his girlfriend from Senegal. One day, when returning from Central Park with Walter, Tarek is arrested for jumping a stuck subway turnstile, despite the fact that he had paid. The police discover he does not have legal papers and transfer him to an immigrant detention center in Queens. Feeling responsible for and connected to Tarek, Walter decides to stay in New York to help and support him. Not hearing from her son, Tarek's mother arrives from Michigan to find out why, and she and Walter support one another while they attempt to free Tarek.
Finding Neverland
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4 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and held by 1,404 libraries worldwide London, 1903: four lads, three women, and J.M. Barrie in the year he writes "Peter Pan." After one of his plays flops, Barrie meets four boys and their widowed mother in the park. During the next months, the child-like Barrie plays with the boys daily, and their imaginative games give him ideas for a play. Simultaneously, a friendship deepens with Sylvia, the lads' mother, to the chagrin of his wife Mary, Sylvia's mother, and high society, which gossips about his attraction to the widow and to her sons. As Sylvia's health worsens, Barrie's ties to the boys strengthen and he must find a way to take his muse to Neverland.
Hachi a dog's tale
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2 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 1,285 libraries worldwide The heartwarming true story of a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station everyday and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Even after his master passed away, he continued to return to the same spot at the station every day for the next nine years to wait for his beloved master. During his daily visits he touched many lives and taught the local people about love, compassion, and above all unyielding loyalty.
Get low
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1 edition published in 2011 in English and held by 1,182 libraries worldwide For the past 40 years, Felix Bush has been a hermit, living alone on the outskirts of town. He's the stuff of legend--a frightening eccentric whose secluded home is where little boys test their courage by throwing rocks through the dangerous man's windows. When he hears an old friend has died, he makes a rare visit to town to meet with undertaker Frank Quinn to explain how he wants to "get low." He plans his burial plot, his stone, his farewell sendoff, and even the designated speaker. He intends this all to happen now, while he's still alive and can enjoy getting the value for his money. Quinn's young assistant Buddy isn't so sure about all this. Felix's past is a bit mysterious, but his desire for the party may have something to do with a long-ago romance with Mattie Darrow, who is now a widow, and has returned home. Is Mattie the reason Felix has been punishing himself all these years?
Finding Neverland
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9 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in English and German and held by 1,120 libraries worldwide Well-known playwright James M. Barrie finds his career at a crossroads when his latest play flops and doubters begin to question his future. Then by chance he meets a widow and her four adventurous boys. Together they form a friendship that ignites the imagination needed to produce Barrie's greatest work. Traverses both fantasy and everyday reality, melding the difficulties of adult life with the spellbinding allure and childlike innocence of the boy who never grows up.
Unfaithful
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5 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 1,020 libraries worldwide When a chance encounter with a sexy stranger erupts into a full-blown affair, passion becomes obsession, and the true price of betrayal takes a shattering toll.
City Island
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3 editions published in 2010 in 3 languages and held by 942 libraries worldwide Vince Rizzo is a lifelong resident of the tiny, tradition-steeped Bronx enclave of City Island. A family man who makes his living as a corrections officer, Vince longs to become an actor. Vince would rather let his wife believe his weekly poker games are a cover for an affair than admit he is secretly taking acting classes in Manhattan. When Vince is asked to reveal his biggest secret in class, he inadvertently sets off a chaotic chain of events that turns his mundane suburban life upside down.
The courageous heart of Irena Sendler
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2 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 347 libraries worldwide As a social worker, Irena had access to the Warsaw Ghetto, making it possible for her to rescue the daughter of a Jewish friend and safely hide the young girl with a Catholic family. Realizing that thousands of children were still in danger, Irena recruited sympathetic friends and co-workers to smuggle children out and place them in safe homes, farms and convents. At great personal risk, she devised extraordinary schemes to sneak the children by Nazi guards, bringing them out in ambulances, suitcases and even wheelbarrows.
Lost souls
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3 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 298 libraries worldwide For 2000 years, he has feasted on pain, sown the seeds of chaos ... and waited. But now, the Devil will take human form and plunge humanity into eternal darkness-- unless one woman can stop him. Maya Larkin (Ryder) must race against time and all the forces of evil to convince a born skeptic (Chaplin) that he's the unwitting, chosen pawn in a shocking Satanic conspiracy that will end the world as we know it.
Edges of the Lord
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1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 295 libraries worldwide Romek is a Jewish boy from Krakow hiding out with a rural Catholic family in Poland in 1943. Romek soons finds himself in an ackward position with the other children of the village, who don't know whether to view the newcomer as a friend or rival. In a catechism class taught by a local priest, Ramek meets Marka, a local thirteen-year-old whose romantic interest sparks some twists that include betrayal, murder, and revenge with religious overtones.
Finding Neverland original motion picture soundtrack
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5 editions published in 2004 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 239 libraries worldwide
Soldier's girl
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2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 231 libraries worldwide The true story of 21-year-old Army private Barry Winchell who falls in love with a trans-gendered night club singer. Barry ignites the jealous fury of his homophobic brothers-in-arms, particularly his roommate Justin, an anti-social misfit.
Shot in the heart
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2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 166 libraries worldwide Its January 1977 and Gary Gilmore is about to become the first convicted murderer to be executed in a decade. Gary's youngest brother, Mikal, can help prevent the execution, but first he has to get to know the brother he barely remembers. Born of a brutal father, raised in a family haunted by death, religion and superstition, the brothers discover their shared past.
Total eclipse
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2 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 159 libraries worldwide In September 1871, Paul Verlaine, a poet, young but already established in Paris, received a letter from the provinces containing eight extraordinary poems by one Arthur Rimbaud. He wrote back at once, saying: "My dear great soul, come to us, you are summoned, you are expected." What follows is their story directly taken from their letters and poetry. While Verlaine was a great poet, Rimbaud was a genius, a revolutionary. His poems from age sixteen to the age of nineteen forever changed the face of modern poetry. Together, these two men feed each other's insatiable hunger for life and love, trying desperately to straddle the lines between knowledge and self-destruction, creativity and delusion.
Get low original motion picture soundtrack
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1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 113 libraries worldwide
Quo vadis. Jerzy Kawalerowicz's film
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1 edition published in 2003 in Polish and held by 78 libraries worldwide Tells the tale of love between a Roman Patrician and a Christian daughter of a Barbarian Commander set in Ancient Rome at the time of the Great Fires, Nero's tyranny and the persecution of Christians.
Soldier's girl
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 72 libraries worldwide The true story of 21-year-old Army private Barry Winchell who falls in love with a trans-gendered night club singer. Barry ignites the jealous fury of his homophobic brothers-in-arms, particularly his roommate Justin, an anti-social misfit.
The visitor original motion picture soundtrack
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 42 libraries worldwide
Unfaithful original motion picture soundtrack
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3 editions published in 2002 in 3 languages and held by 42 libraries worldwide
Bliss
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 37 libraries worldwide "On his wedding day, Joseph (Craig Sheffer) nervously admits that his wife (Sheryl Lee) is not quite like other women. But his beautiful bride is more than just the "impulsive, compulsive, obssevie" woman he thinks he knows. And when Joseph discovers she is hiding troubling secrets, it sends them both on a sexual odyssey that will either destroy or redeem their relationship"--Container. more
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Actors--Training of Adultery Animal films Barrie, J. M.--1860-1937 Betrayal Biographical films College teachers Comedy films Correctional personnel Deportation Dogs--Behavior Drama England--London English-speaking countries Feature films Feature films Fiction films Fiction television programs Film and video adaptations Funeral rites and ceremonies Hachiko (Dog) Hermits History Human-animal relationships Illegal aliens Imagination Independent films Loneliness Loyalty Made-for-TV movies Man-woman relationships Melodramas (Motion pictures) Men--Conduct of life Motion picture music Murder Never-Never Land (Imaginary place) New York (State)--New York Occupation of Poland (1939-1945) Peter Pan (Fictitious character) Poland Railroad stations Scandals Suburban life Television adaptations Tennessee Theater Theaters United States Video recordings--for the hearing impaired World War (1939-1945)
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Alternative Names
Kaczmarek, Jan A.
Kaczmarek, Jan A. 1953-
Kaczmarek, Jan Andrzej Paweł.
Kaczmarek, Jan Andrzej Pawel, 1953-
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English
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German (31) French (23) Multiple languages (18) No Linguistic content (11) Polish (7) Undetermined (7) Spanish (5) Russian (1) Galician (1) Miscellaneous languages (1) Covers
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