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(0)Nick Hornby
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the bestselling author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down comes a highly anticipated new novel. Set in 1960's London, Funny Girl is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingenue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful and humorous, Nick Hornby's latest does what he does best: endears us to a cast of characters...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
A wise, affecting novel from the beloved, award-winning author of Dickens and Prince, High Fidelity, and About A Boy.
New York Times-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line. A Long Way Down is now a major motion picture from Magnolia Pictures starring Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul, and Imogen Poots.
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New York Times-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line. A Long Way Down is now a major motion picture from Magnolia Pictures starring Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul, and Imogen Poots.
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4) Slam
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Bestselling author Nick Hornby delivers his first novel for young adults.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Nick Hornby, the critically acclaimed author of High Fidelity and About a Boy, brings his inimitable wit and passion for music to Juliet, Naked. The reclusive Tucker Crowe is about to release a stripped-down version of his greatest album. But after 22 years in hiding, coming back to terms with the real world won't be easy. "Hornby returns to his roots...in his funny and touching latest...a must-read for [his] fans." –Publishers
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Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
New York Times best-selling author Nick Hornby presents the hilarious story of Katie Carr and her husband David. Katie is a doctor, wife, mother and all-around good person. David, on the other hand, is a bitter and sarcastic writer—that is until he is miraculously transformed into a sincere do-gooder with the need to help everyone and everything.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Now a Hulu TV series starring Zoë Kravitz!
"I've always loved Nick Hornby, and the way he writes characters and the way he thinks. It's funny and heartbreaking all at the same time."—Zoë Kravitz
From the bestselling author of About a Boy, A Long Way Down and Dickens and Prince, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll.
Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own...
"I've always loved Nick Hornby, and the way he writes characters and the way he thinks. It's funny and heartbreaking all at the same time."—Zoë Kravitz
From the bestselling author of About a Boy, A Long Way Down and Dickens and Prince, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll.
Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own...
8) Fever pitch
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
[Widescreen version].
Language
English
Description
According to Red Sox super-fan Ben Wrightman, finding romance is about as likely as his beloved team winning the World Series. But when Ben scores a beautiful new girlfriend, suddenly anything is possible.
10) Wild
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After years of reckless behavior, a heroin addiction and the destruction of her marriage, Cheryl Strayed makes a rash decision. Haunted by memories of her mother Bobbi and with absolutely no experience, she sets out to hike more than a thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail all on her own.
11) An education
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In the early 1960's, 16-year-old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in a London suburb. She is smart, pretty, and working toward her goal of being accepted into Oxford. Her life will take a big turn when she meets David, a man twice her age. Now she must decide if she will pursue an education at Oxford, or if she will choose to learn all that a charismatic, older man can teach her.
12) Brooklyn
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
[English/Spanish dialogue version]
Language
English
Description
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
13) Juliet, naked
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The story of Annie, the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan, and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncan's musical obsession.
14) Funny woman
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
It's the height of the swinging 60s and Barbara Parker has just been crowned Miss Blackpool but there's got to be more to life than being a beauty queen in a seaside town, right? She wants to be someone. The bright lights of London are calling, and our determined hero sets off to find out who that someone is. The London she encounters is not as quite as swinging as the one she'd read about and seen on TV. However, after a series of setbacks, Barbara...