Thomas Schlamme
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"Charlie MacKenzie, a San Francisco poet ... meets the girl of his dreams, Harriet Michaels. ... Charlie thinks Harriet could be the one ... until his mother, May, and cop/best friend, Tony, begin to suspect that Harriet could be an axe-wielding serial killer"--Container.
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Headed by President Josiah Bartlet, this sharp series demonstrates that office politics are the same everywhere; things just have greater repercussions when your office happens to be the White House. Stories surround the President; his deputy communications director Sam Seaborn; his beleaguered press secretary, C.J. Cregg; the chief of staff, recovering boozehound Leo McGarry, who sacrifices his marriage to his career. Among the global crises Bartlet...
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It follows the tangled lives of the residents of Los Alamos, New Mexico, as they race to create the first nuclear bomb in history. Locked away in the world's most secretive city, the scientists and their families surrender their freedoms, compromise their marriages, and even sacrifice their sanity to end one war and usher in another, the Cold War waiting just over the atomic horizon, all while embedded spies and a climate of paranoia threaten to destroy...
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The 22-episode third season whose storylines include the investigation into the alleged cover-up of President Barlet's illness, the early bid for a second term and confrontations with global terrorism. Reel- and real-life events profoundly intersect in the historic Isaac and Ishmael episode made in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. And must-see bonus features include a special The West Wing look at the executive branch featuring...
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The 22-episode third season whose storylines include the investigation into the alleged cover-up of President Barlet's illness, the early bid for a second term and confrontations with global terrorism. Reel- and real-life events profoundly intersect in the historic Isaac and Ishmael episode made in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. And must-see bonus features include a special The West Wing look at the executive branch featuring...
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Manhattan volume 2
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Frank's attempt to save his team brings serious consequences. The scientists' wives find creative ways to survive life on The Hill.
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Manhattan volume 1
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In the Season Two premiere, Charlie is forced into a new leadership role in the race to build the world's first atomic bomb.
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Manhattan volume 10
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A new era is ushered in with the first test of an atomic weapon.
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Manhattan volume 13
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Frank is given a life-changing opportunity, while Charlie finds himself in the US Army's hotseat.
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Manhattan volume 1
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Set during WWII in Los Alamos, New Mexico, secrets dominate every facet of family and professional life as scientists Frank Winter and Charlie Isaacs compete to create the world's first atomic bomb.
20) Miss Firecracker
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Carnelle, a hellraiser, enters the Miss Firecracker contest in the old-fashioned town where she was raised. Carnelle's not the usual contestant, but her cousin is a famous winner, and Carnelle's determined to equal her, no matter what.