River of No Return (1954)
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After serving a prison sentence, farmer Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum) returns to his 19th-century...
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Book
Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way...
Oliver Twist
Book
Puffin Designer Classic: designed by Peter Blake This is the classic story of a young boy who seeks...
Ambulance Girls Under Fire
Book
The Hon. Celia Ashwin is young, beautiful, upper-class - and a volunteer ambulance driver at the...
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Wicked Bestiary
Book
This collection of sharply observed animal-themed tales is a delight, told with David Sedaris's...
Transparent Things
Book
The darkly comic Transparent Things, one of Nabokov's final books, traces the bleak life of Hugh...
Easter
Gregory Motton and August Strindberg
Book
"The Heyst family live under a shadow. The father is in prison for embezzlement and the daughter,...
Blackhat (2015)
Movie
After a Hong Kong nuclear plant and the Mercantile Trade Exchange in Chicago are hacked by unknown...
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
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Following a long prison term for insider trading, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) finds himself on...
The Longest Yard (2005)
Movie
Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler) lands in jail, where manipulative...