Otto, MirandaOverview
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Most widely held works by
Miranda Otto
War of the worlds
by Steven Spielberg
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53 editions published between 2005 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 2,833 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A father strives to protect his family from a horde of invading aliens
The lord of the rings
by J. R. R Tolkien
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20 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in English and held by 1,653 WorldCat member libraries worldwide "Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship continue their quest to destroy the One Ring and stand against the evil of the dark lord Sauron. The Fellowship has divided and now find themselves taking different paths to defeating Sauron and his allies. Their destinies now lie at two towers - Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupted wizard Saruman waits and Sauron's fortress at Baraddur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor."--Amazon.com
Lord of the rings
by J. R. R Tolkien
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18 editions published between 2004 and 2011 in English and held by 1,496 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In the third film of the trilogy, the final battle for Middle Earth begins. Frodo and Sam, led by Gollum, continue their dangerous mission toward the fires of Mount Doom in order to destroy the One Ring
The flight of the Phoenix
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14 editions published between 2005 and 2008 in English and Chinese and held by 1,309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A cargo plane on a routine flight suddenly hits a high-turbulence storm, forcing a crash landing hundreds of miles off course in the barren Gobi desert. Among the survivors, one eccentric passenger leads the crew to build a new plane - against all odds, against all hope, and sometimes - against each other
The way we live now
by Anthony Trollope
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7 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 787 WorldCat member libraries worldwide This satire of Victorian society shows the trials and tribulations of young love, the pettiness of upper class life, the raw energy and excitement of the most powerful city the world had ever seen, and the greed and corruption that lay just below its glittering surface
Danny Deckchair
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10 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and Italian and held by 451 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Danny is an average guy who uses gags and pranks to liven up his blue-collar life. While his friends watch helplessly from below, Danny accidentally ends up taking off in a deck chair strapped to giant helium-filled balloons. He decides to start a whole new life in the town where he crash-lands. That is until his old life catches up him
The starter wife
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Molly Kagan is your archetypal "Hollywood wife," who for ten years enjoyed the perks and privileges of being married to powerful studio executive Kenny Kagan. Kenny decides to dump Molly for a much-younger pop singer named Shoshanna. Adding insult to injury, Kenny informs Molly that their marriage was through via cell-phone. Having carefully timed the breakup to coincide with the expiration of the couple's pre-nuptual agreement, Kenny is able to escape without providing Molly with a huge monetary settlement. Molly is now "persona non grata" in her Brentwood community, with many old doors being literally closed in her face, and such fair-weather friends as Cricket and Joan conspicuously unavailable. Vowing to start life anew for the sake of herself and her teenaged daughter, Molly relocated to Malibu. There she finds a new best friend in the form of airheaded Malibu gate guard Lavender Caraway. She also enters into a tempestuous relationships with aging, moody movie producer Lou Manahan and handsome but untrustworthy beachcomber Sam
Human nature
by Michel Gondry
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10 editions published between 2001 and 2004 in English and German and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Go for a walk on the wild side in this deliciously twisted tale about three strangers caught in a hair-raising love triangle
Love serenade
by Shirley Barrett
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23 editions published between 1996 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 229 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Two sisters compete for the affections of a slick, smooth-talking radio deejay
The healer
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4 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 149 WorldCat member libraries worldwide An unforgettable and inspiring journey that takes a family from the center of crisis to the edge of salvation when a mother's faith and the hands of a healer are a young boy's only hope
Close your eyes
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4 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 147 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Hypnotherapist Dr. Michael Strother has a dangerous gift ... he gets visions from the inside of his patient's minds. While trying to help a detective stop smoking, he sees in her subconscious an eerie image of a young girl floating below the surface of a stream. Soon he is caught up in the detective's pursuit of a ritualistic killer who had kidnapped a young girl, Heather. Although Heather escaped, she hasn't spoken a word since. Now, only Michael can get at the terrible images locked in her mind
In her skin
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2 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The desire for a new life turns a jealous obsession into a disturbing game of identity theft in this terrifying psychological thriller based on a true story. Homely loner Caroline longs to escape her tormented adolescence and finds a way by living vicariously through popular girl Rachel, who seemingly has it all
In my father's den
by Brad McGann
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19 editions published between 2004 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 101 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Paul, a battle-weary war photographer, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown when his father dies and faces the past he left behind. To his surprise, he also finds the sixteen-year old Celia, the daugher of this first girlfriend who hungers for the world beyond her small town. When Celia goes missing Paul becomes increasingly persecuted as the prime suspect in her disappearance. He is forced to confront the family tragedy and betrayal he ran from as a youth, and to face the consequences of silence and secrecy that have surrounded his adult life
Doing time for Patsy Cline
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6 editions published between 1997 and 2007 in English and held by 99 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Ralph sets off for Nasville to become a country music star only to become involved with a couple that has some trouble with the law
Dead letter office
by John Ruane
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5 editions published between 1998 and 2007 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 98 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Alice's girlhood fantasies of finding her father are twisted into a bundle of letters, returned from the postal service's Dead Letter Office. Hoping to learn something, she takes a job there, supervised by a gloomy man hiding from his past
Reaching for the moon
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1 edition published in 2014 in English and held by 86 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Based on the true love story of Elizabeth Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares.This sumptuous English-language '50s period piece recounts the years of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop when she left America to live and write in Rio de Janiero, where she would fall in love with well-off architect Lota de Macedo Soares
The well
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7 editions published between 1998 and 2002 in English and held by 77 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Alone with only her difficult father, Hester, finds life lonely. From the day she brings home Katherine to the isolated farm where they live, the blinding monotomy of life ceases. The two forge an odd, co-dependent relationship plagued by questionable sanity, dark secrets and tragedy
Cashmere Mafia
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4 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 72 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A group of longtime friends help each other struggle through their jobs, husbands, families, and life in New York City. The women are bright, driven, and dedicated, supporting each other. Their ambition comes with a price, especially since they consistentely outpace their male colleagures and husbands
The Lord of the rings the motion picture trilogy
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4 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 59 WorldCat member libraries worldwide "The Fellowship of the Ring: ... The Fellowship of the Ring is an epic adventure of good against evil, the power of friendship and individual courage. The saga centers around an unassuming Hobbit named Frodo Baggins who inherits a Ring that would give a dark and powerful lord the power to enslave the world. With a loyal fellowship of elves, dwarves, men and a wizard, Frodo embarks on a heroic quest to destroy the One Ring and pave the way for the emergence of mankind."--Amazon.com
The Last days of Chez Nous
by Gillian Armstrong
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9 editions published between 1991 and 2011 in English and held by 52 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Beth, a successful writer of great energy & humour lives with her French husband, daughter by her first marriage & a lodger in an inner-city home known as Chez Nous. Despite tension, everyone gets along until the return from overseas of Beth's much younger sister more
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Aircraft accidents Airplane crash survival Airplanes--Design and construction Asia--Gobi Desert Australia Baggins, Frodo (Fictitious character) Ballooning Best friends Blood accusation Capitalists and financiers Commercial crimes Courage Desert survival Detectives Divorced women England--London Extraterrestrial beings Father and child Fathers Friendship Gold rings Gollum (Fictitious character) Good and evil Healers Hobbits (Fictitious characters) Human-alien encounters Identity theft Imaginary wars and battles Jealousy Kidnapping victims Kings and rulers Lawn chairs Man-woman relationships Martians Middle Earth (Imaginary place) Nature and nurture New Jersey Rings Sahara Space warfare Survival Survival (Title) Therapist and patient Tolkien, J. R. R.--(John Ronald Reuel), Transport planes Trevor, Elleston Tumors in children Two towers (Tolkien, J. R. R.) United States Wells, H. G.--(Herbert George),
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German (12) Spanish (7) French (6) Multiple languages (4) Catalan (3) Chinese (1) Portuguese (1) Italian (1) Covers
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