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1) The butler
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Language
English
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"The moment the plane touched down at Ministro Pistorini Airport in Buenos Aires, Joachim von Hartmann knew in every fiber of his being that he was home. It was almost as if his heart and soul, and even his body, knew it. He had left as a boy of seventeen, twenty-five years before, when he moved to France with his mother, and new French stepfather. Eight years later, he went to England on a lark, which turned into a worthy career for the past seventeen...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"It's Carter's first day of middle school, and there's chaos in the Jones household. His little sisters are fussing, there's no milk, his mom is frantic, and the Jeep won't start. And then the doorbell rings. Carter opens the door to find a bowler-hatted English butler standing on the stoop. Carter isn't expecting the Butler to stay and help the family, though they need help. Nor is he prepared for the Butler's high standards, or his determination...
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English
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When acclaimed Washington Post writer Wil Haygood had an early hunch that Obama would win the 2008 election, he thought he'd highlight the singular moment by exploring the life of someone who had come of age when segregation was so widespread, so embedded in the culture, as to make the very thought of a black president inconceivable. He struck gold when he tracked down Eugene Allen, a butler who had served no fewer than eight presidents, from Harry...
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
In Paris, a kind and eccentric millionairess wills her estate to Duchess, her cat, and her three kittens. When her greedy butler attempts the ultimate catnap caper, the alley cat Thomas O'Malley and his band of jazz cats must save the day.
5) The butler
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Language
English
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Description
Inspired by a true story about Cecil Gaines, a devoted husband, father, and White House butler who served eight Presidential administrations during the turbulent politics and civil rights battles of twentieth century America.
Publisher
Distributed by Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In the heart of Paris, a kind and eccentric millionairess wills her entire estate to Duchess, her high-society cat. Duchess has three little kittens. A greedy, bumbling butler pulls off the ultimate catnap caper. Now it's up to the rough-and-tumble alley cat, Thomas O'Malley, and his band of swingin' jazz cats to save the day.
Author
Series
DJ Funkyfoot volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
DJ Funkyfoot may have a name fit for a hip-hop star, but as a dog butler desperate to find a job, he takes a job as a nanny watching over a ShrubBaby that loves chaos.
Author
Series
Black butler volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2010], ©2007.
Language
English
Description
Just a stone's throw from London lies the manor house of the illustrious Phantomhive earldom and its master, one Ciel Phantomhive. Earl Phantomhive is a giant in the world of commerce, Queen Victoria's faithful servant ... and a slip of a twelve-year-old boy. Fortunately, his loyal butler, Sebastian, is ever at his side, ready to carry out the young master's wishes. And whether Sebastian is called to save a dinner party gone awry or probe the dark...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The remains of the day : The story of blind devotion and repressed love between a fanatically proper butler and a high-spirited, strong-minded young housekeeper employed by a British lord who is unwittingly a Nazi dupe.
Sense and sensibility: Tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune.
12) The aristocats
Author
Series
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When their owner says she wants to leave her forture to her cats, the jealous butler leaves the family of felines in the country, and they must find their way home with the help of a smooth talking tomcat.
Author
Series
Lumberjanes Original Graphic Novel volume 1
Publisher
BOOM! Box
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When the Janes start to become separated during an orienteering outing thanks to a mysterious compass, Molly becomes more and more insecure about the effect of her relationship with Mal on the other girls. Meanwhile, a lonely woman explorer is trying to steal the compass, with the help of some weirdly polite automaton butlers."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Black butler volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Ciel is in danger of sinking into darkness after being attacked by Madame Red, who is subsequently killed by Grelle before she is taken away by the shinigami William Spears. Then, a party organized to cheer Ciel nearly runs into trouble when a hunting group is attacked by a bear which Sebastian dispatches.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Reprising his role on Soap, butler Benson DuBois is sent by his employer, Jessica, to help run the disorganized household of her widowed cousin, Governor Eugene Gatling. Once there, the fast-thinking, quick-witted servant soon finds himself not only managing the Governor's mansion staff, headed by housekeeper Gretchen Kraus and helping to raise the Governor's daughter, Katie, but even advising the Governor himself.
16) My man Godfrey
Language
English
Description
Pair of classic thirties comedies turn disasters like the Depression, alcoholism, crime, death, and bad choices, into health, wealth, and happy romantic endings.
Author
Publisher
Tafelberg
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Cay Garcia was given only a few hours to pack up her belongings and leave Riyadh for good. She had dared to confront her employer, a young Saudi princess, about the treatment of her staff. In Behind palace walls, she shares the intrigues of Riyadh's expat community and exposes the nasty underbelly of the extravagant lives of Saudi Arabian royalty"--Back cover.
18) The aristocats
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
In Paris, a kind and eccentric millionairess wills her estate to Duchess, her cat, and her three kittens. When her greedy butler attempts the ultimate catnap caper, the alley cat Thomas O'Malley and his band of jazz cats must save the day.
Author
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009, 1935
Language
English
Description
A stuffy British butler, Marmaduke Ruggles, is traded in a poker game from an English Duke to a wealthy and rowdy American, Egbert Floud. Ruggles' new home is Red Gap, Washington, where he is introduced by Egbert as "Colonel" Ruggles. The town ladies are quite taken by the sophisticated servant in disguise as he enamors them with fictitious stories of battles gone by. Ruggles proves his newfound patriotism in one of the best scenes of the film, his...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Hello! Freddie Parrott III here with some exciting news. Too exciting, in fact. The stories I have to tell you are rather feather-raising. But don't worry. Somehow my butler and best friend, Peccary, always finds a way to save the day. Then he and I have a big chuckle--at my expense. They don't call me famously funny for nothing!
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