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Enjoying her quiet life in her simple hovel, Pongwiffy the witch is upset when a group of obnoxiously loud goblins moves in right next door to her so she seeks the help of her friend, Sharkadder, and an unusual hamster from Amsterdam to rid her community of the gang.
Enjoying her quiet life in her simple hovel, Pongwiffy the witch is upset when goblins move in right next door to her so she seeks the help of her friend, Viperina, and an unusual hamster...
63) The Bellboy
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Stanley’s a bellboy at the popular Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, quietly performing his duties with the occasional blunder. Then one day, a big star of the screen resembling the bumbling bellboy, arrives at the hotel. In this comedy classic (the directorial debut of Jerry Lewis) not a single word of dialogue is spoken by the main character until the very end of the film, paying a brilliant tribute to the silent clowns of early cinema.
64) Out of the past
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Former private detective Jeff Bailey is trying to lead a quiet life, but his past comes back to haunt him and he finds himself framed for murder.
65) Gambito de dama
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Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and...
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From the excellent Laura Ellen Anderson, this is a very funny picture book about taking notice of the quieter things in life. Stairs are for STOMPING, spoons are for DRUMMING, and when my mum's working, I help her by HUMMING. Making noise is a LOT of fun ... but what happens when you take the time to really listen to your world around you? Perfect for little people who love banging and popping, and whizzing and fizzing.
A la pequeña protagonista...
68) The bling ring
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At the center of one of Hollywood's most notorious burglary rings in 2009 was a group of average, middle-class teens from a quiet suburb. This is the behind-the-scenes story of how Nick, a shy, awkward boy, lured by the promise of popularity and acceptance, found himself following his glamorous, charismatic best friend Rachel into breaking into celebrities' houses and robbing them of millions of dollars in clothes and jewelry.
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En lo alto de un árbol, un joven oso panda llamado Chengdu está despierto, a pesar de que todos a su alrededor están durmiendo tranquilamente. Se estira y se vuelve, se encoge y se retuerce. Pero no consigue dormirse hasta que encuentra el lugar perfecto encima de su hermano Yuan. Y ahora es Yuan el que no puede dormir.
High up in his tree, a young panda named Chengdu lies awake, even though everyone around him is quietly sleeping. He tosses...
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Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital surgical unit. Alone in the world and unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.
73) Woman at war
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Halla is a fifty-year-old independent woman. But behind the scenes of a quiet routine, she leads a double life as a passionate environmental activist. Known to others only by her alias 'The Woman of the Mountain,' Halla secretly wages a one-woman-war on the local aluminum industry.
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Aparentamente, la señora Marlowe es una ciudadana que respeta la ley. Pero, en realidad, lleva una doble vida. Durante el día, trabaja en la biblioteca con sus compañeros gatos; pero por la noche regresa a su casa, donde la espera una familia de ratones.
Mrs. Eleanor Marlowe seems to be a quiet, law-abiding citizen, but she actually leads a daring double life. By day she works at the Purrington Street Library with her fellow cats, but at night...
75) Pedro Páramo
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"A masterpiece of the surreal that influenced a generation of writers in Latin America, Pedro Páramo is the otherworldly tale of one man's quest for his lost father. That man swears to his dying mother that he will find the father he has never met--Pedro Páramo--but when he reaches the town of Comala, he finds it haunted by memories and hallucinations. There emerges the tragic tale of Páramo himself, and the town whose every corner holds the taint...
77) Theeb
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1916. While war rages in the Ottoman Empire, Hussein raises his younger brother Theeb in a traditional Bedouin community that is isolated by the vast, unforgiving desert. The brothers₂ quiet existence is suddenly interrupted when a British Army officer and his guide ask Hussein to escort them to a water well located along the old pilgrimage route to Mecca. So as not to dishonor his recently deceased father, Hussein agrees to lead them on the long...
79) The village
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In a quiet, isolated village in olde Pennsylvania, there lies a pact between the people of the village and the creatures who reside in the surrounding woods. The townspeople do not enter the woods, and the creatures do not enter the village. The pact stays in tact for many years, that is until the headstrong Lucius Hunt seeks medical supplies from neighboring towns beyond the woods. Animal carcasses begin to appear around the village, causing the...
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While the popular Tiffany and athletic Charles make increasingly outrageous promises in their campaigns for President of Canine Country Day School, Otto quietly enters the race, vowing only to try to do what students really want.
El sensato perrito Otto se disputa la presidencia de la escuela Ladradelfia con una poodle vanidosa y un bulldog mentecato.