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(0)William Goldman
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Here William Goldman's beloved story of Buttercup, Westley, and their fellow adventurers finally receives a beautiful illustrated treatment.
A tale of true love and high adventure, pirates, princesses, giants, miracles, fencing, and a frightening assortment of wild beasts—The Princess Bride is a modern storytelling classic.
As Florin and Guilder teeter on the verge of war, the reluctant Princess Buttercup is devastated by the loss...
A tale of true love and high adventure, pirates, princesses, giants, miracles, fencing, and a frightening assortment of wild beasts—The Princess Bride is a modern storytelling classic.
As Florin and Guilder teeter on the verge of war, the reluctant Princess Buttercup is devastated by the loss...
Author
Publisher
Phoenix Books, Inc
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
IF YOU ENJOYED THE MOVIE, YOU'LL CERTAINLY ENJOY LISTENING TO ROB REINER, THE MOVIE'S DIRECTOR, READ THE BOOK. Fairy tale collides with reality in this adventure about a beautiful maiden who must be rescued from her price. Everything William Goldman liked about S. Morgenstern's original is here: good guys, bad guys, sword fighting, revenge, romance, and even "rodents of unusual size. "Join Buttercup the beautiful maiden, Westley the plucky farm
...4) Automorphisms of two-generator free groups and spaces of isometric actions on the hyperbolic plane
Author
Series
Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society volume Volume 259, Number 1249
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Author
Series
Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society volume no. 904
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Series
Contemporary mathematics volume 74
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Phoenix Audio
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
This version of the fairy tale classic includes all the excitement of the original, while paring down the historical and social detail of the first book. A young maiden is in need of rescue; unfortunately, she needs rescued from her prince!
10) Marathon man
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1974]
Language
English
Description
Tom "Babe" Levy is a runner in every sense: racing tirelessly toward his goals of athletic and academic excellence--and endlessly away from the specter of his famous father's scandal-driven suicide. But an unexpected visit from his beloved older brother will set in motion a chain of events that plunge Babe into a vortex of terror, treachery, and murder--and force him into a race for his life ... and for the answer to the fateful question, "Is it safe?"--Publisher....
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Butch and Sundance head up the infamous Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch's specialty is he's an idea man. Sundance is a true gunfighter. When Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a relentless posse is sent to track them down. Finally able to outrun the posse, Butch suggests that he, Sundance and his girlfriend Etta, try Bolivia, thinking Bolivian banks will be easy targets. Based loosely on the exploits of the historical characters.
14) Wild card
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A bodyguard goes after the sadistic thug who beat his friend, only to find that the object of his wrath is the son of a powerful mob boss.
15) Maverick
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Comedy about a handsome gambler, a charming lady scam artist and a lawman, all headed for a poker tournament held on a river boat with a $500,000 pot for the winner.
16) A bridge too far
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A dramatic recreation of an Allied airdrop behind German lines in Holland, and the subsequent disastrous Battle of Arnhem.
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
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Description
A kindly grandfather sits down with his grandson and reads him a bedtime story. As the grandfather reads the story, the action comes alive in a classic tale of love and adventure. The beautiful Buttercup is kidnapped and held against her will in order to marry the nasty Prince Humperdinck, while Westley (her childhood beau, now returned as the Dread Pirate Roberts) attempts to save her. Along the way he meets an accomplished swordsman and a giant,...
19) Marathon man
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Hoffman plays the likeable Columbia graduate student and marathon runner of the title, unwittingly trapped in a terrifying drama revolving around a murderous Nazi fugitive"--Container.
