J. Todd Harris
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"The timeless, unbreakable bond between a boy and his faithful dog is put to the ultimate test in 1930s Germany. When the Nuremberg Laws are passed forbidding Jews to own pets, Kaleb, a German Shepherd, is separated from his Jewish family and his beloved ten-year-old master Joshua. Kaleb is alone and on the streets -- until he is captured and eventually adopted by an SS dog trainer at a Nazi work camp where Kaleb will now be trained to help round...
2) So B. It
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Based on the New York Times Best-selling novel, a young prodigy named Heidi has a lucky streak that has a way of pointing her in the right direction. When a mysterious word in her mother's vocabulary begins to haunt her, Heidi's thirst for the truth leads her on a cross-country journey in search of the secrets of her past.
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3) Bottle shock
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Napa Valley, 1976. For connoisseur Steven Spurrier, there is no finer art than French wine. But rumors bandy about of a new California wine country that holds the future of the vine. Positive the small Napa wineries are no match for established French vintages, Spurrier challenges the Americans to a blind taste test. He finds the valley full of ambitious, and talented, novice vinters like Jim Barrett and his son Bo. He realizes his publicity stunt...
4) Devil's pond
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What starts off as a romantic honeymoon getaway, soon turns into a nightmare when Julianne finds out her new husband has no plans on letting her go. Trapped on a deserted island with no communication to the outside world, Julianne realizes that only one of them will make it off the island alive.
7) 29 palms
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When an undercover FBI agent uncovers illegal gambling activities at an Indian casino, he goes on the run as the mob's best hit man is hired to take him out.
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"[It] follows the hilarious exploits of the dedicated but hapless young Mountie as he struggles to outwit the evil Snidely Whiplash. Snidely has devised the scam of the century setting off the biggest gold rush since the Klondike. Prospector Kim J. Darling is an unsuspecting oaf who joins the millionaire wannabes streaming into the town that has since been renamed Whiplash City. It's up to the usually sweet ad naive Dudley to lead the charge, defeat...
9) Bad manners
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Two unhappily married couples meet for dinner; their various flirtations and frustrations lead to one bad case of heartburn.
10) Elsewhere
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Still mourning the death of his wife, Bruno is hopelessly attached to the seaside cottage they built together. When he's evicted by his soulless in-laws, Bruno vows to get it back at any price. Desperate to escape the gracious but neurotic hosting of his parents, he sets a risky plan in motion to recover his home.
11) Miss Nobody
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Unlucky in love, living at home with her eccentric mom and stuck in a dead-end secretarial job, Sarah Jane McKinney longs for more out of life. She soon finds, however, that opportunities abound for a girl with a killer instinct.
13) Sordid lives
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"The hilariously sordid details about a southern family surface with a vengeance when relatives converge for the funeral of 'Grandma Peggy' who died after tripping over her lover's wooden legs. Toss in a couple of feuding, big-haired daughters, a jumpy aunt who just quit smoking, the scorned neighbor from hell, and crazy, cross-dressing 'Brother Boy' and you've got an outrageous train wreck you can't help but watch"--Container.