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1) Wish
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James McConnell's one wish is that his nine-year-old son will finally be healthy enough to play a game of catch. Then he and his wife, Emily, receive news they've dreaded: Aaron's cancer has relapsed. As the family steels themselves for a draining treatment regimen in yet another hospital, Aaron receives the gift of a lifetime--a personal visit from one of his favorite professional baseball players--and the chance to make a bold request, his wish:...
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To honor the dying wish of her mother, archeologist Susannah Connolly leaves Connecticut, and her possessive lover, for the magnificent wilds of the French Camargue, where a legendary saint with ties to her family resided centuries ago. But when Susannah arrives, and strolls into the midst of a herd of angry bulls, the only one looking out for her is a French cowboy, who rides to her rescue astride one of the area's fabled white stallions. Susannah...
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2020.
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"Jon Meacham explores the seven last sayings of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels, combining rich historical and theological insights to reflect on the true heart of the Christian story. For Jon Meacham, like believers worldwide, the events of Good Friday and Easter reveal essential truths about Christianity. A former vestryman of Trinity Church Wall Street and St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Meacham delves into that intersection of faith and history...
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2010.
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Death waits for us all, but only those sentenced to death know the day and the hour-- and only they can be sure that their last words will be recorded for posterity. From the famous, such as Nathan Hale to Ted Bundy, to the forgotten, these final statements range from heartfelt to horrific.
7) Citizen Kane
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[2016]
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Alone at his fantastic estate known as Xanadu, 70-year-old Charles Foster Kane dies, uttering only the single word Rosebud. So ends the odyssey of a life, and begins a fabulous tale of the rise to wealth and power, and ultimate fall, of a complex man.
Charles Foster Kane, a wealthy recluse, dies in his castle-like estate, Xanadu. The dying word on the lips of the newspaper tycoon who dominated four decades of American life is "Rosebud." A newsreel...
8) Last orders
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[2002], c2001
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Follows the lives of four men, covering nearly a half-century of these South London buddies lives, from thier adopted pub to Margate Pier. Through a series of flashbacks, they take you on a journey of a lifetime. Along with them are the ashes of Jack, their larger-than-life friend, whose deathbed request sends them on their way.
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Lone McGantry western volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
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"The dying request of an old friend sends former Indian scout Lone McGantry on a perilous journey from the barren Nebraska Sandhills to the ragged, snowy peaks of the Colorado Rockies. Danger dogs his trail right from the start, beginning with a pack of vengeful brothers out for his blood. Along the way, Lone crosses paths with a gang of ruthless robbers and also learns that a bounty placed on his head by a misguided cattle baron is responsible for...