Helen Plum Library

From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices...

A Best Book of January at The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, and Alta Journal"A touching story about a transformative queer romance."—The New York Time Books ReviewNamed One of the 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2024 by The Observer(UK)Set between the United States and México, Andrés N. Ordorica’s debut novel is a tender and lyrical exploration of belonging, grief, and first love—a love story for those so often written off the page.When Daniel...

The Second Anthology'' is the second anthology of screenplays based on Dianna Diverno's novel. There are three anthologies of screenplays, a total of 60 screenplays for movies and animated movies for children. Screenplays : White Fox, Kill With Style, Cruiser, Revenge - Blood For Blood, Forbidden Love 2, Lady With One Dollar...

Showing diversity is the best way to undermine the negative stereotyping of Jewish people. The five plays in this book illustrate why stereotypes of any description don't work. In Shylock Revisited, the main character won't give up his efforts to make the merchant of Venice, Antonio, pay what he owes. In "Good Deeds" a screen writer, Salka Viertel, pays the price for helping Nazi era Jewish artists escape from Europe. Harry Houdini takes on...

Poland, Autumn 1942. Entire communities were guided by their rabbis to come to the local train station and board cattle trains which the rabbis said would take them to Auschwitz, a work camp ready with a local synagogue. The Tiktinski family, like others, entered into a fierce debate: to believe the rabbi? To board the train? The persistent rumors leaked the truth -- a horrible death ahead. The members of the family, all real people, the family...

"Menckorley: Success on the brink of destiny" is an intense narrative that delves into the complex worlds of entrepreneurship and criminality, intertwining the fate of its characters in a web of challenges, passions, and crucial choices. George Menckorley, a charismatic and determined financial tycoon, sees his life and corporate empire threatened when the headquarters of his company, Apex, is invaded by a gang in search of a valuable ruby. The compelling...

Pandas sind manchmal die besseren Väter. Ein Glückspilz war Danny noch nie, aber seit seine Frau bei einem Unfall ums Leben gekommen ist, läuft gar nichts mehr glatt. Sein kleiner Sohn Will hat aufgehört zu sprechen, Danny verliert seinen Job, und als ihm auch noch sein Vermieter mit Rausschmiss droht, kauft er von seiner letzten Barschaft ein Pandakostüm, um als Tanzbär Geld zu verdienen. Anfangs macht sich Danny vor allen Dingen lächerlich,...

Twelve-year-old Milton Adams feels his world is in crisis. With his parents stressing about their careers and finances, and the neighborhood bully tormenting him, he is constantly anxious. But when Milton's optimistic Grandpa (Donald Sutherland) comes to visit, he learns the secret to finding true happiness from a man who has seen the world and who has committed to living life in the 'now'.

Drei Frauen, die aus den Trümmern einer Katastrophe eine neue Gemeinschaft errichten Eine Krise führt Angelina zurück an den magischen Ort ihrer Kindheit in Kansas. Dort begegnet sie zwei Frauen, die wie sie an einem Wendepunkt stehen: Traci, eine junge Künstlerin, und Gayle, die durch einen Tornado alles verloren hat. Schnell werden die drei füreinander unentbehrlich und entwickeln eine Schaffenskraft, die sie zu etwas ganz Neuem führt.

Zoe, Künstlerin und Yoga-Expertin, flüchtet aus Kalifornien nach Frankreich. Martin, Technikfreak aus England, will den von ihm entwickelten Wanderkarren für Rückengeschädigte einem Praxistest unterziehen. Als sie sich auf dem Jakobsweg begegnen, sind sie erst mal ganz schön genervt voneinander. Aber schräge Reisegefährten, Wetter- und Seelenkatastrophen und die Kapriolen des Wanderkarrens schweißen zusammen. Werden Martin und Zoe, grundverschieden...