Isla Fisher
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Series
Marge volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Meet Marge, the mischievous babysitter with rainbow hair who loves to make a mess and bend the rules ... At dinnertime Chef Marge cooks up chocolate soup, and at school Marge the Musician conducts a chaotic concert in the playground! In these three stories, Jake and Jemima have brilliant fun with their new babysitter, but will they manage to tick off all the jobs on Mummy's list?
Author
Series
Marge in charge volume 2
Language
English
Description
Meet Marge, the mischievous babysitter with rainbow hair who loves to make a mess and bend the rules ... At dinnertime Chef Marge cooks up chocolate soup, and at school Marge the Musician conducts a chaotic concert in the playground! In these three stories, Jake and Jemima have brilliant fun with their new babysitter, but will they manage to tick off all the jobs on Mummy's list?
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English
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The wife of a corrupt real estate developer is kidnapped by two common criminals, who intend to extort him with inside information about his crooked business and off-shore accounts. But the husband decides he'd actually rather not pay the ransom to get back his wife, setting off an unbelievable sequence of double crosses and twists.
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Series
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English
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"Marge, the rainbow-haired babysitter, returns! This tiny duchess has a trip planned for Jakey and Jemima Button--and she's going to break a lot of rules along the way. In these three hilarious stories, a trip to the zoo with Marge seems like a perfect adventure. But it might turn out to be a perfect disaster! When Jakey's tooth goes missing, a train gets stopped by a ferocious beast, and a favorite orangutan can't be found, it seems as if everything...
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Rebecca Bloomwood is a young woman struggling with her debilitating obsession with shopping and the sudden collapse of her income source. She unintentionally lands a job writing for a Manhattan financial magazine after a drunken letter-mailing mix-up. Ironically, now Rebecca is writing about the very consumer caution of which she herself has not abided. Rebecca's innovative comparisons and unconventional metaphors for economics grants her critical...
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English
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A would-be writer Nick Carraway leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz, bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits.
8) Rango
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English
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A pet chameleon gets loose in the wild and ends up in a town that desperately needs a sheriff and hero.
9) Burke & Hare
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English
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Set in the 1820's. William Burke and William Hare luck into some easy money when they discover they can sell a fresh cadaver to Dr. Knox at Edinburgh Medical College for dissection. However, the next cadaver is not quite so easy to obtain, and when word gets out of how profitable the trade is, the duo find themselves blackmailed and in dire need of more bodies. Based on a true story.
10) The beach bum
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English
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The adventures of rebellious stoner Moondog, a beach bum and lovable rogue who lives life on his own terms.
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English
Description
One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry for help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. Good thing since as it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. Horton agrees to help protect the Whos and their home. Unfortunately for Horton, this gives him nothing but torment from his neighbors. They refuse to believe that anything could survive on the...
12) Bachelorette
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English
Description
On the night before an old friend's wedding, three frisky bridesmaids go searching for a little fun but find much more than they bargained for. Becky, set to marry her handsome sweetheart, and the remaining members of her high school clique reunite for one last bachelorette party in the Big Apple. Regan, the overachieving, uber-Maid of Honor; Gena, the smart, sarcastic one; and Katie, the ditzy beauty, all join the party.
14) Visions
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English
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Leaving her hectic city lifestyle behind, young mother-to-be Julia joins her husband David at their beautiful new vineyard home only to be plagued by terrifying noises and visions of a sinister hooded figure. No one else hears or sees these hallucinations, not even David, who grows increasingly worried about his wife's well-being. Desperate to prove her sanity, Julia hunts down a local medium who reveals the haunted history of the vineyard in which...
15) Rango
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English
Description
Rango, a kooky pet chameleon, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, a lawless outpost populated by the desert's most wily and whimsical creatures. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt, until he starts to become the hero he once only pretended to be.
16) Life of crime
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English
Description
The wife of a corrupt real estate developer is kidnapped by two common criminals, who intend to extort him with inside information about his crooked business and off-shore accounts. But the husband decides he'd actually rather not pay the ransom to get back his wife, setting off an unbelievable sequence of double crosses and twists.
17) Hot rod
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English
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"Rod Kimble [is] a stuntman with a fake mustache and a dream. Rod has never landed a jump without wiping out. His family and friends think he's a joke. And, to top it off, his stepfather Frank uses him as his own personal puncing bag. But he's not going to let a few minor problems keep him from the biggest stunt of his life!"--Container.
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English
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After a hilariously disastrous first engagement, the last thing in the world Anderson needs is a new fiancée. So when, on a whim, he proposes to a vivacious stranger, there's only one problem-- she says yes! What follows is nothing short of outright insanity as there are disapproving parents, neurotic friends and an ill-advised prison break to deal with before the big day arrives-- if it ever does.
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When an evil spirit known as Pitch threatens to take over the world, the legendary Guardians -- Jack Frost, the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and Sandman -- must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, dreams and imagination of children all over the world.
20) The beach bum
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English
Description
The adventures of a rebellious stoner Moondog, a beach bum and lovable rogue who lives life on his own terms.