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61) The frontier
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English
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Sean, a retired literature professor and civic artist, writes a letter to his estranged son, Tennessee, a ranch hand. Tennessee is uncertain how to respond, but knowing he should see his aging father, he decides to go home. Tennessee arrives just as Nina, Sean's personal trainer fresh off a bad breakup, accepts Sean's offer to move in and help him write his memoirs. The tension between father and son is ever-present.
63) Irrational man
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English
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Philosophy professor Abe Lucas is at rock bottom emotionally, unable to find any meaning or joy in life. He feels that everything he's tried to do from political activism to teaching hasn't made any difference. Abe gets involved with two women: Rita Richards, a lonely professor who is unhappy in her marriage; and Jill Pollard, his best student, who becomes his closest friend. Pure chance changes everything when Abe and Jill overhear a stranger's conversation...
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English
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Dr. Augusta Weber has traveled the world over promoting her books, DVD's and selling out public speaking events. Although Dr. Weber is an advocate for being straightforward and honest, she is protecting a deep secret that has plagued her for years. An aggressive journalist, Ruby, is determined to denounce Dr. Weber's character by uncovering the truth and scoring the next big story.
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English
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"'John Oldman, ' the immortal 14,000 year-old 'Man from Earth, ' is now comfortably hiding in plain sight as a college professor in Northern California, but when four students discover his deepest secret, his existence comes crashing down, putting his life in grave danger and potentially shaking mankind to its very soul"--Container.
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Tom Baker years 1974-1981 volume story no. 109
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English
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The Doctor brings Romana to present day Earth to visit Professor Chronotis, an elderly Time Lord living a quiet academic life as a professor at St. Cedd's College in Cambridge after fleeing Gallifrey. But the Doctor isn't the only one looking for Chronotis. A scientist called Skagra is looking to steal his mind and find the location of a book called The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey.
69) Baar baar dekho
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Hindi
Description
Jai Verma, a mathematical genius, finds himself randomly travelling through time, until he learns to value his present. He gets to relive a significant day of his life in order to avert future setbacks. Can this disorder alter his life for better?
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Criterion collection volume 139
Language
Swedish
Description
Traveling to receive an honorary degree, Professor Isak Borgis, forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults and accepts the inevitability of his approaching death. Through flashbacks and fantasies, dreams and nightmares, Wild Strawberries captures a startling voyage of self-discovery and renewed belief in mankind.
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English
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Professor Noah Melville teaches the most popular Shakespeare class at Barden College. Seemingly a model family man, his young daughter and lovely wife adore him, as do the beautiful girls who take his class. But Noah Melville has a secret. Between lectures, Noah, a proponent of sexual freedom, runs an escort service using his brightest students who cannot afford the steep tuition.
72) Vivacious lady
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English
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"Sent into town to retrieve an errant sib, Professor Peter Morgan meets and marries show-stopping chanteuse Francey over the course of a single evening. But the stars start crossing against the newlyweds when they travel to Morgan's moss-backed college town to break the news to Morgan's mater and pater and the two soon find themselves conducting a marriage incognito style. With Francey stuck posing as his brother's girl, a fiancé left behind, a prim...
74) Past shadows
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English
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Past Shadows reveals the story of Professor Charles Bando who suffers estrangement from his family who blame him for the kidnapping of his grandson. God works in miraculous ways, including the use of a piece of glass from the Holy Land, to bring healing and reconciliation.
75) Submission
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English
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A cynical college professor takes a keen interest in a talented young writing student. When lines are crossed, it becomes unclear who is the victim and who is the victimizer.
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English
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Birthday girl: Internet love connections and mail-order brides rarely ever work out, and John should have known. Having never been lucky in love and tired of waiting for the perfect woman to come along, John decides to take his chances and orders a mail-order bride from Russia. At first, things seem perfect even though Nadia doesn't speak much English. But when Nadia's 'cousins' unexpectedly arrive to celebrate her birthday, John is drawn into their...
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English
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The most brilliant mind at America's top university isn't a student, he's the kid who cleans the floors! Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who's failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him.
78) Losing ground
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English
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Losing Ground: Tells the story of a marriage of two remarkable people, both at a crossroads in their lives. Sara Rogers, a black professor of philosophy, is embarking on an intellectual quest to understand "ecstasy" just as her painter husband Victor sets off on a more earthly exploration of joy. Celebrating a recent museum sale, Victor decides to rent a country house where he can return to more realism after years working as an abstract expressionist....
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English
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God's not dead: A college freshman who is very religious must debate the existence of God with his college professor who believes otherwise in order to earn a passing grade.
God's not dead 2: A teacher finds herself in trouble when she answers a student's question about Jesus.
God's not dead, a light in darkness: Estranged brothers, one a pastor and the other a lawyer, are reunited when Hadleigh University seeks to close the pastor's church which...
80) Topaze
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Language
English
Description
After years of dedicated service, Professor Topaze is summarily fired for flunking his worst student, who happens to be the son of the powerful Baron, a wealthy businessman who stands to make a fortune by peddling a worthless health tonic. All the Baron needs is one man with lots of academic credentials and few scruples to endorse his sparkling water.