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Algernon is a gentlemen from a wealthy family. Algernon's close friend Jack, has a ward, Cecily. Both Algernon and Jack have created alter egos to make life more interesting. Algernon arrives for a weekend visit in the country posing as Earnest. Having heard of Earnest's misadventures, Cicely has developed an infatuation with the rogue, and Algernon's impersonation of him works famously on Cicely. Meanwhile, Algernon's cousin, Gwendolyn, arrives for...
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A young witch named Kiki and her chatty black cat Jiji befriend a bakery owner. Kiki is an enterprising young girl, but she must follow tradition in order to become a full-fledged witch. Landing in a far-off city, and with the help of her new friend, she sets up a high-flying delivery service and begins a wonderful experience of independence and responsibility as she finds her place in the world.
3) Fair game
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Based on the autobiography of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame, whose covert identity was exposed when her husband, retired Ambassador Joe Wilson, wrote a newspaper article challenging the basis for the claim that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
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"Angelina and the silver locket": Angelina borrows her mother's precious silver locket without permission and is devastated when she loses it. "Show and tell": Angelina takes her baby sister, Polly, to 'Show and Tell Day' at school. "The proposal": Angelina doesn't believe Mr. Operatski is a worthy suitor for Miss Lilly and sets out to prove it. "Heads and tails": The new statue of Queen Seraphina is missing its head. Will Angelina and her friends...
5) Southcliffe
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"Exactly a year after he reported on a killing spree in the town of his unhappy childhood, English journalist David Whitehead ... returns to the scene of the crime in response to an anonymous message. Someone--who?--warns that the killing is about to begin again. Is tragedy somehow woven into the fabric of the town? Will the people closest to last year's victims ever find ways to heal their broken lives?"--
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Two teenage girls, Ginger and Rosa, are inseparable: they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers₂ frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates, the lifelong friendship of the two girls is shattered by the clash of desire and the determination to grow up.
8) Consumed
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When her son's persistent rash won't subside, a mother begins investigating and finds herself pulled into the battle between small town organic farmers and Clonestra, a corporation profiting from GMOs.