Tom Perrotta
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"Tracy Flick is back and, once again, the iconic protagonist of Tom Perrotta's Election--and Reese Witherspoon's character from the classic movie adaptation--is determined to take high school politics by storm.Tracy Flick is a hardworking assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey. Still ambitious but feeling a little stuck and underappreciated in midlife, Tracy gets a jolt of good news when the longtime principal, Jack Weede,...
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"Kiedy jej syn wyjeżdża na studia, Eve, wciąż atrakcyjna rozwódka, wreszcie ma czas tylko dla siebie i zyskuje wolność, której do tej pory tak naprawdę nie zaznała. Niemal przypadkiem zaczyna odkrywać świat internetowej pornografii i niekonwencjonalnego seksu. Coś, co kiedyś było dla niej nie do zaakceptowania, teraz okazuje się pociągające i wyzwalające. Eve musi się odnaleźć w czasach Tindera i gender studies, aby zrozumieć,...
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Civics teacher Jim McAllister is worried: obnoxious, perennial overachiever Tracy Flick looks likely to win the student body presidency--she is running unopposed. Seeking to inject some democracy into the process, he persuades nice but dim football hero Paul Metzler to stand against her. This merely makes Tracy even more determined to win, and when Paul's alienated younger sister Tammy joins the race, leads her to use extreme measures to guarantee...
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Two percent of the world's population has disappeared. Was it the Rapture? A mass murder? Cult suicides? Aliens? Based on Tom Perrotta's bestselling novel, the series follows Kevin Garvey, police chief and father of two in Mapletown, New York, three years after the mysterious event. As Garvey struggles to grieve for his losses, rebuild his life, and regain a sense of normalcy within the community, the world around him grows ever stranger.
12) Little children
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Sarah Pierce is a new stay at home mom struggling with the solitude of her new role. Spending every moment with a three year old tests the patience of the one-time English scholar. One day, at a local playground, she interacts with a group of moms and the differences are clear. They embrace motherhood and seem to relish all that their new role brings. One day, Brad, a stay at home dad brings his son to the playground. Sarah is amazed to find these...
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"Eve Fletcher es una mujer divorciada de poco más de cuarenta años que vive en una tranquila ciudad de Nueva Jersey. Ahora que su hijo se acaba de ir de casa para empezar la universidad piensa que ha llegado el momento de dedicarse un poco más a sí misma, de aprovechar todo el tiempo que tiene a su disposición. Eve se apuntará a un curso universitario sobre «género y sociedad», donde conocerá a gente de lo más variopinta, se obligará...
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Adaptation of Tom Perrotta's novel about life in a small town after many of its residents vanished in a Rapture-like event. In the third season, the Garvey and Murphy families come together as they desperately grasp for a system of belief to better explain what defies explanation. The world is crackling with the energy of something big about to happen, a corresponding bookend to the Sudden Departure that sent them all spinning years earlier, bringing...
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With Mapleton thrown into chaos at the close of Season one, Season Two finds many of its residents searching for a fresh start. Kevin Garvey retires as police chief and moves his newly formed family to a small Texas town that seems to have been spared from the event that shook the rest of the world.
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"Profiles creative thinkers across a variety of disciplines and finds common methods, habits and neuroses that lead to breakthrough ideas. This is a thoughtful, intimate, often funny look at the creative process - straight from the brains of some of our culture's most inspiring and accomplished talents" --