Lion (Movie Tie-In)
Title | Lion (Movie Tie-In) PDF eBook |
Author | Saroo Brierley |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2016-11-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0399587152 |
First it was a media sensation. Then it became the #1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. Now it’s Lion, the major motion picture starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, and Rooney Mara—nominated for six Academy Awards! This is the miraculous and triumphant story of Saroo Brierley, a young man who used Google Earth to rediscover his childhood life and home in an incredible journey from India to Australia and back again... At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last name, he survived alone for weeks on the rough streets of Calcutta before ultimately being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia. Despite his gratitude, Brierley always wondered about his origins. Eventually, with the advent of Google Earth, he had the opportunity to look for the needle in a haystack he once called home, and pore over satellite images for landmarks he might recognize or mathematical equations that might further narrow down the labyrinthine map of India. One day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for and set off to find his family. Lion is a moving, poignant, and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds. It celebrates the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit: hope. Previously published as A Long Way Home
Mowgli (Movie Tie-In)
Title | Mowgli (Movie Tie-In) PDF eBook |
Author | Rudyard Kipling |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2018-12-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0525505881 |
Rudyard Kipling’s best-loved book is now the basis for the Netflix film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Freida Pinto, and Rohan Chand The story of Mowgli, the abandoned "man-cub" who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. As he embarks on a series of thrilling escapades, Mowgli encounters such unforgettable creatures as the bear Baloo, the graceful black panther Bagheera and Shere Khan, the tiger with the blazing eyes. Other animal stories in The Jungle Books range from the dramatic battle between good and evil in "Rikki-tikki-tav" to the macabre comedy, "The Undertakers." With Mowgli, Rudyard Kipling drew on ancient beast fables, Buddhist philosophy, and memories of his Anglo-Indian childhood to create a rich, symbolic portrait of man and nature, and an eternal classic of childhood.
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Editions)
Title | The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Editions) PDF eBook |
Author | Diane Ackerman |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2017-02-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0393354261 |
The New York Times bestseller now a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain. 1939: the Germans have invaded Poland. The keepers of the Warsaw zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, survive the bombardment of the city, only to see the occupiers ruthlessly kill many of their animals. The Nazis then carry off the prized specimens to Berlin for their program to create the “purest” breeds, much as they saw themselves as the purest human race. Opposed to all the Nazis represented, the Zabinskis risked their lives by hiding Jews in the now-empty animal cages, saving as many as three hundred people from extermination. Acclaimed, best-selling author Diane Ackerman, fascinated both by the Zabinskis’ courage and by Antonina’s incredible sensitivity to all living beings, tells a moving and dramatic story of the power of empathy and the strength of love. A Focus Features release, it is directed by Niki Caro, written by Angela Workman.
Hemingway: The 1930s through the Final Years (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Editions)
Title | Hemingway: The 1930s through the Final Years (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Editions) PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Reynolds |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 797 |
Release | 2012-04-16 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0393343308 |
Published to coincide with the release of the HBO film Hemingway and Gellhorn, starring Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen. Michael Reynolds was the supreme biographer of Ernest Hemingway. HBO’s film concentrates on Hemingway’s years with his third wife, the adventurous journalist Martha Gellhorn. This book brings together Reynolds’s Hemingway: The 1930s and Hemingway: The Final Years.
The Book of Negroes: A Novel (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Editions)
Title | The Book of Negroes: A Novel (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Editions) PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence Hill |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 513 |
Release | 2015-01-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0393351572 |
Lawrence Hill’s award-winning novel is a major television miniseries airing on BET Networks. The Book of Negroes (based on the novel Someone Knows My Name) will be BET’s first miniseries. The star-studded production includes lead actress Aunjanue Ellis (Ray, The Help), Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire, A Few Good Men), Oscar and Emmy winner Louis Gossett Jr. (A Raisin in the Sun, Boardwalk Empire), and features Lyriq Bent (Rookie Blue), Jane Alexander (The Cider House Rules), and Ben Chaplin (The Thin Red Line). Director and co-writer Clement Virgo is a feature film and television director (The Wire) who also serves as producer with executive producer Damon D’Oliveira (What We Have). In this “transporting” (Entertainment Weekly) and “heart-stopping” (Washington Post) work, Aminata Diallo, one of the strongest women characters in contemporary fiction, is kidnapped from Africa as a child and sold as a slave in South Carolina. Fleeing to Canada after the Revolutionary War, she escapes to attempt a new life in freedom.
Barney's Version (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Title | Barney's Version (Movie Tie-in Edition) PDF eBook |
Author | Mordecai Richler |
Publisher | Vintage Canada |
Pages | 429 |
Release | 2010-08-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 030736738X |
Ebullient and perverse, thrice married, Barney Panofsky has always clung to two cherished beliefs: life is absurd and nobody truly ever understands anybody else. But when his sworn enemy publicly states that Barney is a wife abuser, an intellectual fraud and probably a murderer, he is driven to write his own memoirs. Charged with comic energy and a wicked disregard for any pieties whatsoever, Barney's Version is a brilliant portrait of a man whom Mordecai Richler has made uniquely memorable for all time. It is also an unforgettable love story, a story about family and the riches of friendship.
The Publishers Weekly
Title | The Publishers Weekly PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 812 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | American literature |
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