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241) The TV Set
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
TV writer Mike Klein is in the Prime Time of his life: his show just got picked up by a network, his favorite actor is set to star, and his wife is about to have a baby. But even though his wife is sure to deliver, the network president might not. After locking horns with the steely suit, the hapless Mike must scramble to maintain creative control, before his beloved project is altered irrevocably, and his entire career winds up in permanent hiatus....
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
William Easton is an oily executive who denies John Kramer (a.k.a. Jigsaw) access to an experimental cancer treatment. This lands William and a handful of additional lost souls into yet another chamber of horrors. Now, the game is overseen by Jigsaw's acolyte, Detective Hoffman. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set his game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.
William Easton is an oily executive...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents, who dreamed the journey would secure her a better life. When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant. Thus began her underground existence, a decades long game of cat and mouse, tremendous family sacrifice, and fear of exposure. After the Texas Dream Act made a college degree possible,...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"Part two of Ayn Rand's groundbreaking novel... The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to a mounting energy crisis--a revolutionary motor that could seemingly power the world. But, the motor is dead-- there's no one left to...
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie wrote and starred in their own sketch comedy series on the BBC. They lampoon an endless array of targets with a delicious turn of phrase and elaborate wordplay. Absurdities abound as they devise new swearwords not yet banned for broadcast, and Fry impersonates Michael Jackson.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Deliver us from Eva: a young woman's in-laws hire a "player" to date her and keep her away from their relationships. While Ray had just planned to make some money, he didn't plan on falling in love.
Something new: when Kenya McQueen meets sexy, free-spirited Simon Kelly and then her ideal man arrives on the scene, she must choose between the relationship everyone expects, and the romance no one expected.
The best man: scandalous secrets from the...
Pub. Date
2014
Description
The year is 2016, and America is on the verge of economic disaster. The greatest citizens are being targeted, and dark forces are working to bring about America's final days. A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
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Description
Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs confront their pasts in this powerful story about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and how art and music have the power to redeem.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Reunite with Wendy, a fiercely ambitious woman trying to balance kids and a career; Nico, an editor-in-chief who is intent on becoming CEO; and Victory, a fashion designer who's a sensation on and off the catwalk. Through all their relatable struggles and successes, they'll discover that in this jungle, you better have friends to watch your back.
252) Begin again
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
British songwriter Gretta is adrift in Manhattan after getting dumped by her philandering rock star boyfriend. While playing at an open mic night at a local bar, she is discovered by struggling music producer Dan. Sensing her songwriting potential, Dan pushes Gretta to sign with him and record an ambitious outdoors album all across the city.
254) Mad men: Season 4
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Set in 1960s New York City, Mad Men explores the glamorous and ego-driven 'Golden Age' of advertising, where everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems. Welcome to a Mad New World. Returns for a new year rife with possibilities. Last season stunned fans with its cliffhanger finale, as Don Draper's professional and personal lives unexpectedly imploded.
255) 30 Rock: Season 1
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Liz Lemon is the head writer of a live variety program in New York City. Liz's life is turned upside down when brash new network executive Jack Donaghy interferes with her show, bring the wildly unpredicatable Tracy Jordan into the cast. Now it's up to Liz to manage the mayhem and still try to have a life.
256) 30 Rock: Season 2
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
Follows the behind-the-scenes antics of the crew of a late-night sketch comedy show based in New York.
257) Blonde ambition
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Katie Gregerstitch is a small-town Oklahoma beauty who's come to New York to visit her long-time boyfriend. But after finding him in the arms of another woman, Katie decides to lose her cheating man and to find herself. With the help of two scheming co-workers, she lands a job at a top construction firm where she meets and falls for a great guy with an even greater secret. Now, nothing is going to stop this go-getter from getting exactly what her...