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44) The human stain
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English
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Coleman Silk is a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeply into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when Coleman's affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley is exposed. But amid...
45) Duch wychodzi
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Language
Polish
Description
After eleven years of solitude working on his New England mountain as a writer, Nathan Zuckerman returns to New York to confront a turbulent city in the wake of September 11, as well as the aging Amy Bellette, one-time muse to his first literary hero, E.I. Lonoff.
49) Elegy
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English
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Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his state of 'emancipated manhood' thrown into tragic disarray. David is a renowned college professor whose life is turned inside out when he becomes involved in a passionate relationship with Consuela. Consuela is a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher. As their sexual relationship evolves, an incredible love story is born.
50) Indignation
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English
Description
Passion ignites culte clash in this provocative coming-of-age story, based on the best-selling novel by Philip Roth. Marcus, a student from New Jersey arrives at a small conservative college in Ohio. He becomes infatuated with his class mate Olivia. The mutual attraction sparks a torrid encounter with consequences no one ever could have imagined. He puts his family's best-laid plans and his own beliefs to the ultimate test.
52) Goodbye Columbus
Series
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English
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A poor Bronx librarian and a pampered Jewish princess cross class lines when they fall in love, despite stiff opposition from her parents. Based on the novella by Philip Roth.
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English
Description
Explore the life of Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning novelist Philip Roth. He steadily earned his reputation as a man of letters, commanding ownership of the Jewish-American novel and making Newark New Jersey, a literary destination, while practically inventing the genre of factual-fictional autobiography.
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English
Description
Last woman on earth: "Ev, her husband, Harold, and their lawyer friend, Martin, are skindiving while on vacation in Puerto Rico. When they resurface, they gradually conclude that an unexplained, temporary interruption of oxygen has killed everyone on the island - maybe in the world!"--Internet Movie Database.
Creature from the haunted sea: "American crook Sparks Moran sees a chance to make a bundle when a Caribbean island has a revolution. He plans...
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English
Description
Birthday girl: Internet love connections and mail-order brides rarely ever work out, and John should have known. Having never been lucky in love and tired of waiting for the perfect woman to come along, John decides to take his chances and orders a mail-order bride from Russia. At first, things seem perfect even though Nadia doesn't speak much English. But when Nadia's 'cousins' unexpectedly arrive to celebrate her birthday, John is drawn into their...
59) The admirer
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English
Description
In this dramatic thriller, a woman searches for answers after her life is hacked by a mysterious person from her past harboring a dangerous obsession.
60) Deep shock
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English
Description
A mysterious trench has formed on the ocean floor. When the station monitoring the phenomenon is attacked, a submarine crew, led by Captain Raines, is sent to investigate. They discover the unimaginable - that an ancient species of underwater predator has been awakened. Deadly and unstoppable, unless they can be destroyed, these creatures will be the end of mankind.