Keith David
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 5
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Geoffrey Shafer: a man who never loses, he is prepared to play the game of games for the highest stakes of all. Alex Cross: senior Washington, DC, homicide detective, he is determined, whatever the consequences, to unmask the man he has nicknamed the Weasel, the prime suspect for a spate of killings that Cross has been forbidden to investigate."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Alex Cross mystery volume 6
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
In this heart-pounding new thriller, Detective Alex Cross pursues the most brilliant killer he's ever confronted, a mysterious criminal who calls himself the Mastermind. In a series of crimes that has stunned Washington, D.C., bank robbers have been killing bank employees and their families if the robbers' instructions are not followed to the letter. Alex Cross knows this is no ordinary criminal - the pathological need for control and perfection is...
Publisher
History Channel
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Over the course of 113 historic days in 1898, the United States established itself for the first time as a true international power, expanding American reach around the globe. The major battles of the war were fought simultaneously in Cuba and the Philippines, providing the might of a newly reorganized U.S. Navy. From the sinking of the USS Maine to the Battle of Manila Bay and the Rough Riders' legendary charge up San Juan Hill, some of the most...
7) Jazz
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Nearly 2000 years ago, a dark, inhospitable cave located in a canyon near the Dead Sea was a secret hideout for Jewish refugees fleeing for their lives from the oppressive rule of the Roman Empire. In 1960, archaeologists discovered dramatic letters.
10) Platoon
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
In "Platoon, " a middle-class college student volunteers for the war in Vietnam because he considers it his patriotic duty. The first thing he encounters on the airport tarmac in Saigon is a cart of body bags. It's downhill from there: endless hikes, ditch-digging, heat, rain, bugs and snakebites, fear and confusion, sleeplessness, and terror when he finally sleeps. He will only gradually, unknowingly, become an adequate soldier--one who has left...
11) Mark Twain
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
An in-depth look at Mark Twain's life and career.
12) Bird
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
The life of legendary jazz musician Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, directed and produced by jazz fan, Clint Eastwood. The film uses actual recordings by Parker with the backgrounds removed, and accompaniment by modern musicians attuned to the Yardbird's improvisations.
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
Whitney Brown, a spoiled pre-teen from Philadelphia, is forced to move to the country when her parents feel the squeeze of economic hard times. A fish out of water, far from her comfort zone, she befriends an amazing horse, and undertakes a misguided journey back to her old life, only to discover that her family is her home.
14) Men at work
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
With little respect for their superiors, and even less for the law, garbage collectors Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez have made trouble a way of life. Practical jokers with a gift for the truly twisted gag, the two pranksters glide through work with one eye on the ladies and the other on the surf shop they dream of owning. Their fun-loving life is turned upside down when they discover the corpse of a local politician and realize that they will be...
Series
Publisher
East Stinson, Inc. Toby Byron/Multiprises
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From a clear historical point of view, Bluesland comprehensively traces blues' many tributaries as the music flows into the sophisticated jazz of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, the rhythm and blues of Louis Jordan and Dinah Washington and the rock and roll of Chuck Berry...Features performances by Son House, Leadbelly, Big Bill Broonzy, Bessie Smith, Count Basie, Louis Jordan, Jimmy Rushing, T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, Sonny...
16) Horizon line
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former couple Sara and Jackson board a single-engine plane for a routine and casual flight to their friend's tropical island wedding. However, within minutes of takeoff, their pilot suffers a fatal heart attack, leaving them with no idea where they are, and no clue how to land the plane. With nothing but miles of ocean and sky in every direction, and a terrifying storm that's about to envelop them, Sara and Jackson have only one shot, and there's...
17) The North Star
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For black slaves Big Ben and Moses, the only thing worse than the daily cruelty of life on a Virginia plantation is the fear of being hunted down and tortured as runaways. But when Ben learns he is about to be sold to a new owner, he and Moses make the desperate choice to run. Evading brutal slave hunters and with only the light of the North Star as their guide, the pair make the grueling journey.
Series
Publisher
East Stinson, Inc. Toby Byron/Multiprises
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"From a clear historical point of view, Bluesland comprehensively traces blues' many tributaries as the music flows into the sophisticated jazz of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, the rhythm and blues of Louis Jordan and Dinah Washington and the rock and roll of Chuck Berry ... Features performances by Son House, Leadbelly, Big Bill Broonzy, Bessie Smith, Count Basie, Louis Jordan, Jimmy Rushing, T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, Sonny...
Publisher
TMC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Follows author Bruce Feiler as he journeys by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel through some of the greatest stories ever told, the five books of Moses. Begins in the holy city of Jerusalem and travels to a possible site of the garden of Eden on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates in Turkey. Climbs Mt. Ararat in search of Noah's ark and explores the sulfurous land by the Dead Sea, with its salt pillars called "Lot's wife." Visits the ancient ruins...