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Robert Towne
Chinatown
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8 editions published between 1981 and 2009 in English and held by 1,553 libraries worldwide Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.
Chinatown
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81 editions published between 1974 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 1,428 libraries worldwide A private detective finds himself in over his head as he takes on a case involving the most rich and powerful people in Chinatown.
M:i-2
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8 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 759 libraries worldwide IMF agent Ethan Hunt partners up with Nyah Hall to stop renegade agent Sean Ambrose from releasing a new kind of terror on an unsuspecting world.
Shampoo
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9 editions published between 1975 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 635 libraries worldwide George is one of L.A.'s most desirable men, a Beverly Hills hairdresser who makes all his female clients look, and feel, better than ever. Encouraged by his girlfriend Jill to open his own salon, George approaches conservative businessman Lester for financing. Unbeknownst to Lester, George is sleeping with his wife, his mistress and his teenage daughter.
Mission impossible
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3 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in English and held by 605 libraries worldwide A secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team, tries to discover the truth.
Chinatown
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36 editions published between 1970 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 590 libraries worldwide A tangled mystery in which a private detective is hired for a seemingly routine case that mushrooms into a murderous personal scandal.
M:i-2
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2 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in English and held by 572 libraries worldwide IMF agent Ethan Hunt partners up with Nyah Hall to stop renegade agent Sean Ambrose from releasing a new kind of terror on an unsuspecting world.
The last detail
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10 editions published between 1984 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 481 libraries worldwide Two Navy Petty officers are detailed to take a prisoner from Washington to jail in New Hampshire and decide to give the prisoner one last good time.
Ask the dust
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5 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and German and held by 480 libraries worldwide A young Italian would-be writer comes to Depression-era Los Angeles to make a name for himself. While there, he meets Camilla, who is hoping to marry a rich American. Both are trying to escape the stigma of their ethnicity in blue-blood California.
Without limits
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8 editions published between 1998 and 2000 in English and held by 476 libraries worldwide A fictionalized account of Steve Prefontaine, a distance runner, who took the sport into a new era.
Tequila sunrise
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17 editions published between 1988 and 2010 in English and French and held by 468 libraries worldwide Mac McKussic has decided to quit the drug-smuggling business, but it won't quit him. Nick Frescia, the cop assigned to reel in boyhood pal Mac, and a sexy restauranteur make for sexy, tough, volatile thriller.
Days of thunder
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7 editions published between 1990 and 2008 in English and held by 463 libraries worldwide Race car driver Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) teams with a legendary crew chief (Robert Duvall) to race at the Daytona 500. A fiery crash nearly ends his career and he must turn to a beautiful doctor (Nicole Kidman) to regain his nerve to race, to win and to live.
A decade under the influence
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2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 447 libraries worldwide A cast of pioneering writers, directors, and actors talk about the 70's, their films and their colleagues.
Mission: impossible 2
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14 editions published between 2000 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 382 libraries worldwide IMF agent Ethan Hunt partners up with Nyah Hall to stop renegade agent Sean Ambrose from releasing a new kind of terror on an unsuspecting world.
Bonnie and Clyde
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2 editions published between 1967 and 2008 in English and held by 328 libraries worldwide The story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who robbed banks across the country during the Depression era.
The two Jakes
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8 editions published between 1984 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 282 libraries worldwide In this sequel to Chinatown, it is 1948 Los Angeles and private investigator Jake Gittes must solve a case of suspected adultery-turned-murder that's tied to a grab for oil and to Jake's own past.
Love affair
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2 editions published between 1998 and 2002 in English and held by 244 libraries worldwide A man and a woman who are to marry other people meet on a ship, flirt, part, and discover that they are in love.
The Yakuza
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9 editions published between 1974 and 2007 in 5 languages and held by 242 libraries worldwide Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia.
Chinatown ; The last detail : screenplays
by Robert Towne
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5 editions published between 1988 and 1997 in English and held by 217 libraries worldwide
Personal best
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6 editions published between 1982 and 2008 in English and held by 171 libraries worldwide Fictional account of the relationships between track-and-field competitors training during the 1980 Olympic Trials. more
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Action and adventure films Action and adventure films Automobile racing Beauty operators Betrayal California--Beverly Hills California--Los Angeles California--Los Angeles--Chinatown Comedy films Comedy films Detective and mystery films Detective and mystery films Documentary films Drama Drug dealers Drug traffic Emigration and immigration Espionage Fante, John,--1909-1983 Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Film noir Film noir Films for the hearing impaired Gangsters History Incest Italian Americans--Cultural assimilation Man-woman relationships Mexican American women--Cultural assimilation Motion picture industry Motion picture plays Murder Naval offenses Nineteen seventies Nineteen thirties Police Prefontaine, Steve Private investigators Sailors Spies Spy films Spy films Terrorism United States United States.--Navy Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Water rights
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Alternative Names
P.H. Vazak, 1934-
Pseud. Vazak, P. H. 1934-
Pseud. Wain, Edward 1934-
Vazak, P. H. 1934-....
Vazak, Robert Ph. 1935-
Wain, Edward, 1934-
Wain, Edward 1935-
Languages
English
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French (64) Spanish (29) Multiple languages (26) German (23) Undetermined (19) Japanese (4) No Linguistic content (3) Danish (2) Catalan (2) Finnish (2) Chinese (1) Greek, Modern (1) Hebrew (1) Covers
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