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Three nuns live in an old convent which has been converted into a guesthouse; young Bruno is staying with them acting as a caretaker. He does his best, but the convent is so large that it requires the assistance of a housekeeper and they soon hire Helena, a beautiful woman who Bruno falls in love with despite the consequences. The nuns begin to treat Helena strangely, not accepting her presence in their home and her effect on Bruno. Soon, a university...
164) The long walk home
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Odessa Cotter, a quiet and dignified black woman, works as a housekeeper for Miriam Thompson in 1955 Montgomery, Alabama. When Martin Luther King organizes a boycott of the city bus system, Odessa begins walking to and from work. Miriam decides to support her housekeeper, defying both her racist husband and the powerful White Citizen's Council. Soon, the two womean are brought together in a lasting friendship that puts their lives in danger in the...
165) Honey darling
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"Chihiro drifts through life with no purpose going from girl to girl until one day he finds an abandoned kitten in a box. He quickly falls in love with little Shiro and couldn't imagine his life without her. One evening, Chihiro finds Shiro has fallen ill. While searching aimlessly for an animal hospital, he runs into Kumazawa, a local vet who takes Shiro into his care. Watching Kumazawa in action, Chihiro realizes he wishes to learn the value of...
166) Graveyard shift
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"Los Angeles television reporter Maxi Poole must help her next-door neighbors' housekeeper locate her missing young son, Robert Ochoa"--Provided by the publisher.
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After losing her job at the local factory, single mother France enrolls in a housekeeper training program and lands a job cleaning the apartment of wealthy power broker Steve. When Alban, Steve's 3-year-old son, arrives on the doorstep to stay with his dad, Steve soon realizes he might need more than a cleaner. France realizes she might now have the perfect opportunity for payback against the man who almost single-handedly shut down the factory where...
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. For Takatsuki Sakura, a trip to the library turns into a fantastical journey. She has been swept away to a grandiose castle ruled by a gorgeous demon king. Magic and wonder covers every room. Taking it in, Sakura can hardly breathe... because of all the dust and dirt. A curse has prevented this kingdom from cleaning. Only Sakura and her housekeeping knowhow can scrub away this dark magic grime!
170) Tamon's B-side: 2
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"High schooler Utage Kinoshita works part-time as a housekeeper so she can afford her fangirl obsession with Tamon Fukuhara, her favorite member of boy band F/ACE. When work serendipitously sends her to the home of her idol, she discovers that the real Tamon couldn't be more different from his wild and sexy onstage persona! When the F/ACE members compete against each other to determine the new face of the band, Utage helps self-doubting Tamon defend...
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Even when she finds herself in an unknown land as the guest of a demon king, Sakura can't help herself from scrubbing the whole castle top to bottom. She's making the castle as sparkling as her smile, until a hero crashes through the window! He's here to rescue Sakura from the suddenly possessive demon king. Doesn't he realize he is tracking mud all over the floor?!
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"Citrus scented and sparkling. Sakura is putting her neat freak habits to good use! She's wiped away the grease and grime with baking soda. Now her new citrus cleanser is cutting through alkaline buildup left by the witch's curse. All demons bow to the skills of housekeeping saint Sakura! But her clean streak might have caught more attention than she originally thought..." --
176) What a woman wants
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When three sexy brothers lose a bet to their enterprising sister, they are hired and sent out for her housecleaning venture, and first up is entrepreneur Sean Manley, who must deal with a client who happens to be feisty young woman who has inherited a historic mansion.
178) Night has settled
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In 1983, thirteen-year-old Oliver Nicholas is well-poised to enter the precocious teenage world of first-time sex, alcohol and love in New York City when Aida, the family housekeeper and his only true motherly figure, has a traumatizing stroke. What was supposed to be an exhilarating rite of passage-diving into the exciting, fast-paced world of first experiences, is quickly skewed by an incomprehensible depression.
180) Pokojówka miliardera
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"Rok 1863. Do portu w Pensylwanii przybija kolejny okręt pełen irlandzkich emigrantów. Uciekają od głodu i marzą o rozpoczęciu lepszego życia. Wśród nich jest Clara Kelley - jedyna nadzieja swojej rodziny, wysłanniczka mająca znaleźć nowy dom. Młoda, ambitna dziewczyna, schodząc z pokładu statku, ma przed sobą ponurą perspektywę wielu lat ciężkiej pracy w fabryce. Gdy pojawia się szansa na lepszą zatrudnienie, kłamie, by je...
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