Martin Sheen
1) Amazonia
Author
Language
English
Description
When a capuchin monkey raised in captivity becomes stranded in the Amazon rainforest, he must learn to avoid predators and rediscover his natural instincts to survive.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"In this remarkable dual memoir, film legend Martin Sheen and accomplished actor/filmmaker Emilio Estevez recount their lives as father and son. In alternating chapters -- and in voices that are as eloquent as they are different -- they tell stories spanning more than fifty years of family history, and reflect on their journeys into two different kinds of faith."--Dust jacket
Author
Language
English
Description
Starring Martin Sheen and The Ploughshares 8 in the trial and conviction of peace activists who performed the first act of disarmament since World War II. Not docudrama, but the illusion and reality of the Ploughshares 8 playing themselves and 50 actors playing the court.
4) Mexico
Author
Language
English
Description
Using text from Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes and ancient Aztec and Mayan poetry, this documentary leads viewers on a visual journey through this country's rich and varied past and present. Stunning images and a dramatic musical score by Daniel Valdez create a vivid, insightful portrait of the Mexican people and their culture.
Author
Language
English
Description
Anne Shirley is thirteen years old and finds that life in Avonlea is never simple. Torn between her free-spirited nature and her own perceived need to become sensible, Anne finds that the journey toward her goal is fraught with confusion and more than a few unfortunate yet amusing mishaps in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables The Good Stars.
Author
Language
English
Description
Beautiful, wild, funny, and lost, Katie Kampenfelt takes a year off before college to find herself, all the while chronicling her adventures in an anonymous blog into which she pours her innermost secrets. Eventually, Katie's fearless narrative begins to crack, and dark pieces of her past emerge.
Author
Language
English
Description
While most priests would have moved onto the suburbs for their next assignment, Father Michael Doyle entrenched himself into one of America's most violent cities. A true activist, for over 60 years he fought to provide better schooling for children, made affordable housing available to hundreds of families, improved the environment by taking on big government's waste treatment plant and beautified the area by replacing concrete and abandoned lots...
10) Stella Days
Author
Language
English
Description
A priest whose love of movies inspires him to open a cinema in an Irish village to raise money for a new church, resulting in a passionate struggle between the priest, the church and the townsfolk.
11) Enigma
Author
Language
English
Description
A C.I.A. Agent tries to infiltrate Soviet intelligence to stop a murderous diabolical plot.
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2011
Language
English
Description
His Holiness the Dalai Lama outlines a system of secular ethics that both transcends religion and incorporates religious tolerance for the overall improvement of human life on individual, community and global levels, offering an accompanying guided meditation practice for cultivating key human values
14) Seashore
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2010, c1996
Language
English
Description
Dives into the front line between land and sea. From crashing waves and blasting winds to placid tide pools, discover what makes our coastlines so alluring to the masses of wildlife and humans who gather there
15) Dog
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2010, c1994
Language
English
Description
Tracks the transformation of these wild pack animals into today's popular and loyal pets. Discover the wolf connections that give dogs their hunting, courting, mating, and social traits, and found out what a dog's life is really all about
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Two nemeses become bonded jilted wives after their husbands reveal they have been having an affair with each other since the 1990s and now plan to get married. As Grace and Frankie muddle through ups and downs with their business, romantic relationships and families, they must face some realities of aging.
17) Cat
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2010, c1994
Language
English
Description
Follows the journey of these mysterious and adored animals from the African savanna to the modern home. Along the way, discover the secret lives of felines great and small--their evolution, anatomy, habitat, behavior, and more
Language
English
Description
As Grace and Frankie try to get their new business off the ground, they continue to deal with family issues and rifts in their friendship. Two nemeses become bonded jilted wives after their husbands reveal they have been having an affair with each other since the 1990s and now plan to get married. They're not friends, but when their husbands leave them for each other, proper Grace and eccentric Frankie begin to bond in this Emmy-nominated series.
19) Desert
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2010, c1994
Language
English
Description
A mixture of animation and live footage serves as a background for a narrated introduction to the geographical history of deserts, their animal life and their importance for human culture
20) Bird
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Takes you soaring through the sky and around the world in an exciting journey from the bird's distant dinosaur past to its present astonishing variety. Take an up-close look at the staggering range of sizes, shapes, and habitats of these creatures