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1) Olivetti
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Witty typewriter Olivetti and twelve-year-old introvert Ernest embark on a mission to find Ernest's missing mother that takes them across San Francisco.
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Cultural historians, collectors, and various celebrity obsessives, including Tom Hanks and John Mayer, launch us into the bittersweet moment when a beloved-but-dying technology, the typewriter, faces extinction. Nominated for Best First Documentary, Best Documentary, and Best Director at the **Critics' Choice Documentary Awards**. Winner of Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking: Directing at the **Newport Beach Film Festival**. *"A rich, thoughtful,...
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"New York, present day: On a whim, photographer Juno Lambert buys the 1931 Underwood typewriter that once belonged to celebrated journalist Cordelia Capel. Within its case she discovers an unpublished novel, igniting a transatlantic journey to fill the gaps in the story of Cordelia and her sister's loving yet tempestuous relationship. England, 1936: Cordelia's socialite sister, Irene, marries a German man from a powerful family who whisks her away...
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Dangerous type volume 3
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"The visit of quirky world-famous horror author Nathan Grimes to Star City is especially thrilling for Clare Henry and her grandfather Chester. As the owners of The Rescued Word, a charming boutique shop in town, Clare and Chester specialize in restoring old typewriters and repairing beloved books. They've invited Nathan to their shop to use their equipment for his next book. But all plans to work on the book take a step in the wrong direction when...
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It�s January, and the Star City Film Festival has taken the Utah ski resort town by storm. Movie stars are everywhere, carving fresh powder on the slopes and crossing the thresholds of Bygone Alley�s charming boutique shops�including The Rescued Word, where Clare Henry and her grandfather restore old typewriters and beloved books. When cinema�s hottest superhero, Matt Bane, enters their store to buy some personalized notecards, it�s hard...
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"Star City is known for its slopes and its powder. But nestled in the valley of this ski resort town is a side street full of shops that specialize in the simple charms of earlier eras. One of those shops is the Rescued Word, where Chester Henry and his adult granddaughter Clare lovingly repair old typewriters and restore old books. Who ever thought their quaint store would hold the key to some modern-day trouble? When a stranger to town demands...
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"From the creation of the QWERTY keyboard to the world's first portable typing machine, this handsome collection is a visual homage to the golden age of the typewriter. From the world's first commercially successful typewriter--the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer of 1874--to the iconic electric models of the 1960s, eighty vintage devices are profiled in elegant photographs and fascinating text that highlights the design modifications, intricate details,...
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Click clack moo: When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.
Giggle giggle quack: Farmer Brown goes on vacation and leaves his brother in charge of the farm, while the ducks have other plans.
11) Typewriter
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Once the prized possession of a Russian author, a typewriter with a Cyrillic keyboard is neglected after being brought to America until a new owner makes it click, clack, and ring. Includes information about immigrants and basic typing instructions.
12) Write naked
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When Victor finds an old Royal typewriter at a yard sale and takes it to his uncle's isolated cabin in the Vermont woods to attempt to write, he meets up with an unusual girl, and together they explore their concerns about the world, themselves, and each other.
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W debiutanckim zbiorze siedemnastu opowieści Tom Hanks dowodzi, że świat nie ma żadnych granic. Dla Hanksa znaczenie mają zarówno dziesięcioletni Kenny, który w swoje urodziny po raz pierwszy lata awionetką, rozwódka rozpoczynająca życie na nowo, jak i bułgarski emigrant Assan, który dociera do Nowego Jorku i próbuje tam przetrwać bez znajomości języka.
"A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family...
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A typewriter Pearl used to type pamphlets for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., then her daughter Penelope used to write love letters to her future husband, Paxton, has grown lonely in the attic but comes to the aid of their son, Pablo, when the computer freezes as he tries to write a paper for school.
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