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2) The Circle
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When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her...
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U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a planeload of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when the FBI's John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.
5) Mouse hunt
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Down-on-their luck brothers Lars and Ernie Smuntz don't think much of the crumbling old mansion they inherit-- until they discover that their dilapidated estate is actually worth millions. But before they can cash in, they've got to rid the house of its single, stubborn occupant: a tiny and tenacious mouse. What might seem like child's play becomes an epic battle of hysterical proportions.
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"In Greek mythology, brave Odysseus ruled the kingdom of Ithaca with his clever and beautiful queen Penelope. After leading his troops to victory in the Trojan War, this revered hero began a long and treacherous journey home--an "odyssey" recounted in Homer's epic poem of the same name. In The Journeys of Odysseus, students discover how Odysseus learned to overcome adversity and his own weaknesses in his adventures with the dreaded Cyclops, the mischievious...
10) Critical wit!
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"These puzzles, games, and activities will help kids improve their critical thinking and problem-solving skills.; Learn to play chess; Practice math skills; Improve critical thinking and memory; Explore the Spanish language."--
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Punto de lectura volume 16/7-9
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Presents the Argentine author's collections of short fiction, including some of his best-known works, in chronological order.
12) Circo
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Gorgeously filmed along the back roads of rural Mexico, Circo follows the Ponce family's hardscrabble circus as it struggles to stay together despite mounting debt, dwindling audiences, and a simmering family conflict. Tino, the ringmaster, is driven by his dream to lead his parents' circus to success and corrals the energy of his whole family, including his four young children, towards their singular goal. But his wife Ivonne is determined to make...
16) La prima
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A woman seeks love and is not sexually satisfied by her husband. At one point, he leaves her alone for a while and her young, handsome and successful cousin seduces her. --
17) Ariadna
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Ariadna, princesa de Creta, crece escuchando historias de dioses y héroes. Bajo el dorado palacio, sin embargo, resuenan los cascos de las pezuñas de su hermano el Minotauro, un monstruo que exige sacrificios de sangre. Cuando llega Teseo, príncipe de Atenas, para derrotar a la bestia, Ariadna no atisba amenaza alguna en sus ojos verdes, sino una oportunidad para escapar. La joven desafía a los dioses, traiciona a su familia y a su país, y lo...
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"Enero de 1939. Frida Kahlo llega a París. André Breton, deslumbrado por sus primeros cuadros, la ha calificado de surrealista y le ha prometido montarle una exposición. La breve estancia de la pintora en la capital francesa sirve para que conozca -y critique ferozmente- los círculos artísticos de la ciudad. También, para exponer en una galería y para que Picasso reconozca su talento único y escriba a Diego Rivera: "Ni tú ni Derain ni yo...
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