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1) Being Flynn
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A compelling exploration of the unbreakable yet fragile bonds between parent and child. Nick Flynn is a young writer seeking to define himself. His father Jonathan, however, scrapes through life on his own terms and has not seen his son in 18 years. Taking a job at a homeless shelter, Nick finds purpose in his own life and work until one night Jonathan arrives seeking a bed. To give the two of them a shot at a real future, Nick wrestles with the notion...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the true story of two brothers, Norman and Paul Maclean, growing up in Montana. While Paul rebels against the stern nature of the boys' father Rev. Maclean, Norman pursues his dream of becoming a writer. However, despite the brothers' differences they are ultimately bonded by their mutual love of fly-fishing.
3) After Earth
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Greg Heffley's dad threatens to send him to military school if he doesn't stay out of trouble, Greg finds all-new ways to land himself in the doghouse! For starters, Greg's in over his head when he pretends to work at the swanky country club where Rowley's family has a membership. Things don't go much better on a father-son camping trip with the Wilderness Explorers, and then there's the Heffley's new dog, Sweetie, who fetches even more trouble...
6) Housebroken
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A newly retired father wants to enjoy his golden years relaxing at home with this lovely wife. Mom and Dad want to claim their rec room for themselves, and the only thing standing in their way is their two older sons who won't move out! When Mom and Dad decide that the only thing that will solve the problem is for them to move out, the sons must learn how to pay bills and it's either sink or swim for clueless Elliot and Quinn.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Mr. and Mrs. Fox live a happy home life underground with their eccentric son Ash. Mr. Fox works as a journalist, but against the advice of Badger, his attorney, he moves his family into a larger and finer home inside a tree on a hill. The treehouse has an excellent view of the nearby farms of Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Ash becomes hostile when his cousin, Kristofferson, joins the family for an extended stay. Mr. Fox decides to raid the farms, but this...
Author
Publisher
BuzzPop
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Cuando el malvado t?o de Simba conspira para robarle el trono a su padre, Simba escapa y vive en un oasis. Con la ayuda de Tim?n, Pumba y Nala, su amiga de la infancia, Simba vuelve a casa siendo adulto. ¿Podr? Simba derrotar a su t?o y ocupar su lugar como leg?timo rey en el trono? Revive la experiencia de esta preciada pel?cula animada de Disney con el libro biling?e. Con texto f?cil de seguir tanto en ingl?s como en espa?ol, una lista de vocabulario,...
11) Remember Me
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the summer of 2001, New York college student Tyler is still feeling lost from the tragedy that has strained his relationship with his father when he meets Ally, a girl who understands his pain. The last thing Tyler's looking for is love, but through their passionate relationship, he finds new possibilities for happiness. It's an unforgettable story about the power of the heart, the strength of family, and the importance of treasuring every day...
12) The lion king
Language
English
Formats
Description
Simba begins life as an honored prince, son of the powerful King Mufasa. The cub's happy childhood turns tragic when his evil uncle Scar murders Mufasa and drives Simba away from the kingdom. In exile, the young lion befriends the comically bumbling pair of Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the meerkat and lives a carefree jungle life. As he approaches adulthood, however, he is visited by the spirit of his father, who instructs him to defeat the nefarious...
13) Snitch
Language
English
Description
A father's teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of ten years. Desperate and determined to rescue his son at all costs, he makes a deal with the U.S. attorney to work as an undercover informant and infiltrate a drug cartel on a dangerous mission, risking everything, including his family and his own life.
Author
Language
Español
Description
Aveces, cuando quieres a alguien mucho, mucho, mucho intentas encontrar el modo de espresar el tamaño de tus sentimientos. Pero, tal como Papa Liebre y su pequeño hijo, Caramelo, descubren, el amor no es algo facil de medir!
During a bedtime game, every time Little Nutbrown Hare demonstrates how much he loves his father, Big Nutbrown Hare gently shows him that the love is returned even more.
15) A better life
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Carlos Galindo always dreamed of a better life for his wife and newborn son when he crossed the border into the U.S. But when his wife left him, Carlos's only goal became to make sure his son Luis was given the opportunities he never had. A story that follows father and son as they embark on a physical and spiritual journey where they discover that family is the most important part of the American dream.
Author
Series
Orilla del viento volume 177
Publisher
Fondo de Cultura Económica
Edition
1a edition.
Language
Español
Description
A young boy who wants to be popular in school, steals his father's lucha libre mask to try to prove he is the son of a very cool wrestler.
17) Lucero
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Edition
First edition.
Language
Español
Description
"A nurturing voice reassures the lonely and afraid in difficult times"--
Publisher
Peace Arch Entertainment
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
"One day, 11 year old Tim's life changes completely, as he discovers a photo of a researcher living in Scotland, who looks exactly like his dead father! Overcome with excitement, Tim is immediately compelled to find out the truth. He sneaks off and makes his way to Inverness, the renowned Scottish village on the banks of the legendary Loch Ness. What awaits Tim surpasses even his boldest expectations as he unlocks the greatest secret of all."--Container....
Language
English
Description
Oskar is convinced that his father, who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a message for him hidden in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother and driven by an active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his loss to a...
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