Young, SeanOverview
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Sean Young
Blade runner
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31 editions published between 1992 and 2007 in English and Italian and held by 1,836 libraries worldwide Rick Deckard prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st-century Los Angeles. He's a "blade runner" stalking genetically-made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human. This new version omits Deckard's voiceover narration, develops in slightly greater detail the romance between Deckard and Rachel, and removes the "uplifting" finale.
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7 editions published between 2007 and 2010 in English and held by 1,183 libraries worldwide "What does it mean to be human?" In Los Angeles, November 2019, it means depressed, alcoholic, hard-boiled cop Rick Deckard is hunting Replicants. Again. A group of Replicant escapees from off world is leaving bodies in their wake. Lethally cool ex-soldier Roy Batty leads the group of dim, brutal Leon, sexy Zhora, and gymnastic Pris, which is why they are so dangerous. On Earth illegally, Roy and Pris are in love, and desperate to find a way to circumvent their built-in four-year termination date. Deckard's job--to find them and 'retire' them--is complicated by the results of his inquiries with their creator at the Tyrell Corporation. There Deckard meets a young woman named Rachael who may be a replicant--and his next target.
Ace Ventura, pet detective
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8 editions published between 1993 and 2010 in English and held by 1,036 libraries worldwide Ace Ventura, pet detective is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino, and whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man ... or beast!.
Jesse Stone. Sea change
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 676 libraries worldwide Jesse Stone is a down-and-out former L.A. police detective whose biggest battle is now against the bottle, as the demons of his past rise to haunt him while he drives himself to distraction by pursuing a decade-old murder case. Finding refuge in the small town of Paradise, Chief Stone reopens an unsolved murder case, digging up clues in an old grave and pursuing the ghosts of a forgotten crime. But it's not just the victim's and killer's pasts that rise up to the surface-- it's his own, becoming the chilling focus of a riveting investigation that uncovers one shocking revelation after another.
Blade runner
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16 editions published between 1982 and 2007 in English and held by 511 libraries worldwide Los Angeles, 2019: Deckard, an expert "blade runner," must identify and execute four replicants, (genetically engineered beings virtually identical to humans) which have illegally returned to earth from their off-world slave duty.
No way out
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1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 344 libraries worldwide A powerful tale of intrigue set in the political whirl of Washington and the inner corridors of the Pentagon.
Under the Biltmore clock
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9 editions published between 1984 and 2006 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 333 libraries worldwide As Myra Harper dances and romances one young man after another under New York's Biltmore clock, she is transformed from a fresh teenager into a jaded 21-year-old. When she becomes engaged to wealthy Knowleton Whitney, she encounters a bizarre plot to discourage her from fortune hunting.
Before I say goodbye
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6 editions published between 2003 and 2009 in English and held by 295 libraries worldwide Prominent politician "Mac" MacDermott has been grooming Nell, his granddaughter, to follow in his footsteps. Unfortunately, Nell's architect husband Adam is under investigation for an alleged real estate and construction scam. When Adam and several business associates die in an explosion aboard his boat, a lonely, distraught Nell is determined to clear his name with the help of a detective and a mysterious medium who claims she can contact Adam. But as Nell delves deeper and learns the truth about her husband's life and death, she becomes the target of a shocking conspiracy.
Baby secret of the lost legend
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6 editions published between 1985 and 2005 in English and held by 268 libraries worldwide While on an expedition to Africa, a scientist and her husband discover a newborn brontosaurus. Soon they find themselves under attack by an evil paleozoologist who will stop at nothing to capture and exploit the prehistoric beast.
No way out
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11 editions published between 1987 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 206 libraries worldwide A powerful tale of intrigue set in the political whirl of Washington and the inner corridors of the Pentagon.
Blade runner
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31 editions published between 1982 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 201 libraries worldwide A futuristic tale set in the Los Angeles of 2020.
James Patterson's First to die
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2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 192 libraries worldwide An ingenious serial murderer is targeting San Francisco's newlywed couples on their wedding nights. The murderer will kill the groom before the bride and then remove both wedding rings. Assigned to track down this maniac is homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer, who, seems more than prepared for the biggest challenge of her career. But what Lindsay is not prepared for is facing her own mortality. She has been diagnosed with a blood disease that nearly always proves fatal and may she not live long enough to bring the honeymoon killer to justice.
Wall street
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4 editions published between 1987 and 2010 in English and held by 189 libraries worldwide "A behind-the-scenes look at big business in the 1980s, an ambitious young broker is lured into the illegal, lucrative world of corporate espionage." -- Container back.
Fire Birds
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5 editions published between 1990 and 2004 in English and French and held by 185 libraries worldwide When an international enemy turns to high-tech weaponry, the U.S. Army enlists the aid of the Apaches - America's elite airborne task force specially trained for aerial assualt.
Jane Austen in Manhattan
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2 editions published between 1980 and 2004 in German and English and held by 184 libraries worldwide Rival theater companies compete to produce their own unique versions of Jane Austen's childhood play, 'Sir Charles Grandison'. George Midash buys the plays manuscript at Sotheby's for Pierre, the head of the avant-garde theater troupe. Another troupe, headed by the traditional Lilianna Zorska, strives to produce their own version of the play. In her first role, a young actress is manipulated by Pierre to join his company. When Lilianna decides to match wits with Pierre, events begin to mirror those that occur with the play itself.
A kiss before dying
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5 editions published between 1991 and 2004 in English and held by 183 libraries worldwide Troubled by the death of her twin sister, a young woman unwittingly falls in love with an ambitious man. As she investigates her sister's death, she discovers that what she doesn't know about her husband may kill her.
The man who came back
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 176 libraries worldwide Framed for murder and left for dead, a local legend comes back to make the guilty pay as he seeks revenge on those who killed his family, in this traditional Western about one man who stands against injustice.
Fatal instinct
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4 editions published between 1993 and 1994 in English and held by 145 libraries worldwide Ned Ravin is a full-time cop and part-time lawyer with no time to lose against three femme fatales in this comedy spoof of suspense thrillers.
Cousins
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8 editions published between 1988 and 2003 in English and French and held by 142 libraries worldwide Danson and Rossellini play cousins-by-marriage who pretend to be lovers in order to punish their philandering spouses. The make-believe lovers do fall in love with consequences that are both hilarious and heartwarming.
The Amati girls
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4 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 122 libraries worldwide The power of family prevails when tragedy strikes four Italian-American sisters and their widowed mother. more
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Alternative Names
Young, Mary Sean.
Young, Mary Sean, 1959-
Languages
English
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French (54) German (26) Spanish (21) Undetermined (12) Multiple languages (10) No Linguistic content (8) Russian (4) Japanese (1) Italian (1) Covers
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