David Green
41) Fire Birds
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English
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When an international enemy turns to high-tech weaponry, the U.S. Army enlists the aid of the Apaches - America's elite airborne task force specially trained for aerial assault.
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Criterion collection volume 152
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English
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Over the course of one hot summer, a group of children in the decaying rural South must confront a tangle of difficult choices. An ambitiously constructed, elegantly photographed meditation on adolescence.
43) A bell for Adano
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An Italian-American major, part of American occupation forces in Sicily during World War II, tries to reform the town in his charge by being decent to people. His efforts are epitomized by his efforts to replace the 700-year-old bell melted down for bullets by the fascists.
44) Prince avalanche
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English
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An odd couple of sorts, introspective and stern Alvin and his girlfriend's brother, Lance, dopey and insecure, leave the city behind to spend the summer of 1988 repainting traffic lines on a desolate country highway that's been ravaged by wildfire. The men bicker and joke with each other, eventually developing an unlikely friendship.
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Picking up a year after Season 2 ends, the still-audacious Kenny goes to Myrtle Beach, SC, a tourist destination filled with fireworks stores, mini-golf and underage boozing and somehow resurrects his baseball career as the closer for the minor-league Myrtle Beach Mermen. Kenny struggles to come to terms with growing older, both in his personal life, and professionally.
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English
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Kenny Powers is a former Major League pitcher who used to have it all: fame, endorsements, and a lucrative contract. Now, after hard living has taken its toll on his fastball, Kenny finds himself crashing with his brother's family and teaching gym class at the same North Carolina middle school where he once attended. Wherever he goes, Kenny wreaks havoc with his boorish behavior, all while plotting his triumphant return to the big leagues.
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The saga continues, celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Witchblade! In this second absolute collection of the best-selling original series, New York cop Sara Pezzini falls further down the supernatural rabbit hole of ancient artifacts, illuminati industrialists, and all manner of occult outlaws.--