Hal Holbrook
Author
Language
English
Description
In Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain, the beloved stage, film, and television actor Hal Holbrook presents an affecting memoir about his struggle to discover his true self, even as he learned to transform himself onstage.
Abandoned by his mother and father when he was two, Holbrook and his two sisters commenced separate journeys of survival. Raised by his powerful grandfather, who died when Holbrook was twelve, he spent his childhood at boarding...
Author
Language
English
Description
The story of the Mormon Trail unfolds in this breathtakingly documentary from award-winning producer Lee Groberg. This conduit to the West was used by more than 70,000 emigrants--most of them migrating for religious reasons--on their journey to the Great Basin. The great majority of these pioneers made the trek on foot across windblown plains, sun baked deserts, and frozen mountain valleys, each step a triumph in the face of tragedy, and a testament...
Publisher
PBS DVD Gold
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them
5) Men of honor
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The courageous story of an African-American sailor who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a ruthless training officer and a tragic shipboard accident, his will is never broken
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Corporate salesman Steve Butler has been dispatched to the rural town of McKinley with his sales partner to offer much-needed relief to the economically hard-hit residents in exchange for drilling rights to their properties. As they grapple with a surprising array of both open hearts and closed doors, the outsiders soon discover the strength of an American small town at a crossroads
7) Mark Twain
Publisher
Florentine Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Recounts Mark Twain's life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher McCandless walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people, a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature. Based on a true story
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Against all odds, a veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer from a bygone era meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband
10) Julia
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Born to great wealth, the fiercely independent Julia devotes her life to political causes, fighting fascism in the 1930's. While traveling in Europe, playwright Lillian Hellman, a friend of Julia's, is swept into a dangerous world, smuggling money across hostile borders
11) Lincoln
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come
12) The Majestic
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Peter Appleton, a 1950s Hollywood screenwriter who is about to see his first screenplay made into a film, is mistakenly called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. As a result, the studio pulls the plans for the film. Peter then finds himself in a small California town after a car accident takes his memory. There, the townspeople believe he is local hero Luke Trimble. Peter settles into his life at the Majestic theater, as Luke Trimble,...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009]
Language
English
Description
Dirty Harry: A San Francisco cop with little regard for the rules tries to stop a serial killer who snipes at random victims
Magnum force: Harry Callahan is on the trail of a group of vigilante police dedicated to extermination of notorious criminals
Enforcer: With a rookie female partner, Dirty Harry tries to foil a terrorist group made up of disgruntled Vietnam vets
Sudden impact: Responding to cries of police brutality, Harry Callahan's bosses...
Series
Controversial classics volume 2
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
True story of the Watergate break-in that led to the political scandal of the decade
16) Flying Lessons
Author
Language
English
Description
With her life at a crossroads, 25 year old Sophie Conway returns home to the small town she always wanted to forget. Once home, she is faced with the friends and lovers she left behind, a tangled relationship with her Mother, and Harry Pleasant, an Alzheimer's Disease patient who, in an opposing way, shares Sophie's struggle to remember.
17) Blackway
Author
Language
English
Description
Set amidst the rugged terrain of the Pacific Northwest, a logger (Anthony Hopkins), still grieving over the murder of his daughter, finds revenge when he comes to the aid of a young woman (Julia Stiles) and helps hunt down her sadistic and psychopathic stalker (Ray Liotta).
Author
Language
English
Description
Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his sea-gull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in quest for wisdom.
Author
Language
English
Description
When a woman's lifeless body is pulled from the cold ocean waters off the Pacific Northwest by her Doberman Pinscher, all evidence points to the dog as the woman's killer. But the police chief of the small town of Eden Landing has doubts-and his investigation may be placing him squarely in a killer's aim in They Only Kill Their Masters.
Author
Series
Rectify volume 8
Language
English
Description
Daniel reluctantly asks for help. Janet sees the error of her ways.