Kevin Conway
Author
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1963, the quiet suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, is rocked by a shocking sex murder that exactly fits the pattern of the Boston Strangler. Sensing a break in the case that has paralyzed the city of Boston, the police track down a black man, Roy Smith, who cleaned the victim's house that day and left a receipt with his name on the kitchen counter. Smith is hastily convicted of the Belmont murder, but the terror of the Strangler continues....
2) Fire
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Junger brings his heart-pounding prose to bear on forest fires, terrorism, and war, in a collection of pieces that span a decade's worth of journalism. Junger's firsthand acounts of how people handle danger reveals both the awe and the terror evoked by desperate situations.
3) Invincible
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Vince Papale is a down-on-his-luck substitute teacher in Philadelphia who, at the age of 30, was out of work, abandoned by his wife, and biding time as a part-time bartender when he decides to answer an open call for tryouts on the Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team in 1976. Going with his gut instinct, new coach Dick Vermeil rewards Papale's diligent efforts with a place on the team.
4) Mark Twain
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
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Take an in-depth look at the unique behaviors and relationships of the prairie dogs that inhabit the Valles Caldera National Preserve in northern New Mexico. Through a blend of documentary footage and narration, each episode takes the audience on a first-person journey following a select few of the prairie dogs."--
6) The war
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Phil Broker's latest adventure hits close to home, when he finds his estranged wife and daughter caught in a web of deception that may conceal a terrorist plot to bomb Minneapolis's nuclear power plant
When Phil Broker's estranged wife, Nina, and his daughter, Kit, disappeared months ago, he wasn't surprised. Nina has a mysterious and dangerous job working for the government, and her work has taken her in harm's way before. Broker sets out on a...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain left behind a quiet life and a career as a college professor to fight for the Union. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a man of great religious faith who served in the defense of the Confederacy. And Gen. Robert E. Lee, who led the Confederate army, was a man who was forced to choose between his loyalty to the United States and his love of the Southern states where he was born and raised. As Chamberlain, Jackson,...
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City, in 1903 to became the first person to drive an automobile across the continent - a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific - Horatio went the opposite direction, by means of the "Horseless carriage", in less than...
11) Gettysburg
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
Gettysburg (254 min.): "... the gripping saga of the tactics, command errors and sacrifices behind the bloodiest battle ever fought on U.S. soil."--Container.
Gods and generals (219 min.): "... reveals the spirited allegiances and fierce combat of earlier Civil War struggles, framing its tale with the fateful clashes of Bull Run, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville."--Container.
12) Kahless
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For the last fifteen hundred years, the KlingonsTM have revered him as the first Klingon emperor, the legendary warrior who united their people and taught them the meaning of honor. Myths and fables have grown around the memory of Kahless, but the truth of his incredible life has remained a mystery . . . until now. A clone of the original Kahless now holds the title of emperor. He thinks he knows all there is to know about his mighty ancestor, until...
14) Ship of Line
Author
Language
English
Description
The Starship Enterprise 1701-D has been destroyed, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard finds himself without a command. While waiting for his new ship, Captain Picard has gone with Lieutenant Worf on a delicate diplomatic mission to the Cardassian Empire. As Picard conducts high-level negotiations for the return of Federation prisoners of war, the Starship Enterprise 1701-E is being constructed under the supervision of Captain Morgan Bateson, a veteran of...
15) Invincible
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Vince Papale is a down-on-his-luck substitute teacher in Philadelphia who, at the age of 30, was out of work, abandoned by his wife, and biding time as a part-time bartender when he decides to answer an open call for tryouts on the Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team in 1976. Going with his gut instinct, new coach Dick Vermeil rewards Papale's diligent efforts with a place on the team.
19) The funhouse
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Two teenage couples find themselves trapped in the maze of a carnival funhouse where they are stalked by monsters.