Eric van Haren Noman
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Chronicles the 300-year history of a lost painting said to have been created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. Framed by the present day narrative of a teacher who has the inside track on the number of lives profoundly altered by the elusive painting. The teacher's tale interconnects individual stories of tragedy, romance, success, failure and even the Holocaust.
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Based on a true story, when Stacey Bess gets her first teaching job, she's shocked. It's not at all what she expected. Stacey is assigned to something called 'The School With No Name', a space in a homeless shelter that's supposed to be a classroom. The children are all ages, many from broken families, thrown together in a 'classroom' lacking essentials like desks and books. Stacey must tackle her own fears and insecurities as she works to gain the...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 69
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When Todd, a developmentally-challenged 20 year-old with an affinity for animals, hears the animal shelter is looking for families to foster a dog for the holidays, he's eager to sign up. But his father, George, says "no adoptions" -- even temporary ones -- claiming he wants to protect Todd from disappointment. His wife, Mary Ann, knows better. Something else is troubling her husband -- something he doesn't want to face.
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"Homicide detective Danny O'Brien (Norris) is known simply as 'Hero' for having brought down L.A.'s most vicious serial killer: Simon Moon (Jack O'Halloran), a.k.a. 'The Terror.' But for years, O'Brien has secretly been haunted by the fact that his capture of Moon was a fluke. When The Terror escapes from jail and returns to his old killing ways, O'Brien finally gets the chance to earn his glorified reputation ..."--Container.
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Lone Wolf McQuade: A renegade Texas Ranger tries to give his new sidekick the slip and becomes involved in a violent battle against a gun runner in this action film featuring martial arts battles.
Hero and the terror: Homicide detective Danny O'Brien (Norris) is known simply as 'Hero' for having brought down L.A.'s most vicious serial killer: Simon Moon (Jack O'Halloran), a.k.a. 'The Terror.' But for years, O'Brien has secretly been haunted by the...
7) Terminal
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For the wealthy patients who can afford it, the breakthrough cure for brain cancer success rate is 100%. But when a young girl dies after having received the same mysterious treatment a doctor has a battle trying to discover whats behind this 'miracle cure'.