Stacy Keach
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Stacy Keach is known for movie roles like Fat City and American History X and the television series Titus, and of course Mike Hammer, but he's also revered in the industry as a serious actor who's passionate about his craft. In his long, impressive career, he has been hailed as America's finest classical stage actor, earning acclaim for his portrayals of Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, and King Lear. He has worked alongside and become friends with...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When In Our Time was published in 1925, it was praised by Ford Madox Ford, John Dos Passos, and F. Scott Fitzgerald for its simple and precise use of language to convey a wide range of complex emotions, and it earned Hemingway a place beside Sherwood Anderson and Gertrude Stein among the most promising American writers of that period. In Our Time contains several early Hemingway classics, including the famous Nick Adams stories "Indian Camp," "The...
7) The Kennedys
Series
Language
English
Description
The Kennedys explores the building of the Kennedy legend, a story in part created and then brilliantly promoted by the family itself. A story whose afterglow still captures the American imagination. Included is a featurette, and a teacher's guide. Narrated by Stacey Keach.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Recount the life of scientist, inventor, and visionary Nikola Tesla, often remembered as more of an eccentric cult figure than an electrical engineering genius. Tesla's suprising inventions are revealed in his autobiographical and scientific writings.
10) If I stay
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mia Hall thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at Juilliard or follow a different path to be with the love of her life, Adam. But what should have been a carefree family drive changes everything in an instant. Caught between life and death for one revealing day, Mia has only one decision left, which will not only decide her future but her ultimate fate.
11) Planes
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dusty is a cropdusting plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer. But Dusty's not exactly built for racing, and he happens to be afraid of heights. So he turns to a seasoned naval aviator, who helps Dusty qualify to take on the defending champ of the race circuit. Dusty's courage is put to the ultimate test.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Author Eugene O'Neill gives an autobiographical account of his explosive homelife. Fused by a drug-addicted mother, a father who wallows in drink after realizing he is no longer a famous actor, and an older brother who is emotionally unstable and misfit, the family is reflected by their youngest son, who at 23 is a sensitive and aspiring writer.
13) Nebraska
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After receiving a sweepstakes letter in the mail, a cantankerous father thinks he's struck it rich, and wrangles his estranged son into taking a road trip to claim the fortune. Getting waylaid in the father's hometown in Nebraska, the son tries to reconnect with his impenetrable father.
14) W
Language
English
Formats
Description
A look at the life of the 43rd president of the United States. Rising from a privileged alcoholic to a born-again Christian whose belief in religious destiny helped move him to the top ranks of political power. How he used Christianity to turn his life around, met and married his wife, and the days before his decision to declare war on Iraq.
16) Gold
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on an amazing journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. Getting the gold was hard but keeping it is even more difficult, sparking an adventure through the most powerful boardrooms of Wall Street.
17) Miracle dogs
Publisher
Tag Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A poignant and funny story of a nine year old English springer spaniel who loses her front leg to cancer.
18) Medieval siege
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
As in other episodes of the series, archaelogists and engineers attempt to duplicate ancient solutions to engineering problems. In this case, the problem is building and learning to use a war machine called a trebuchet.
19) Gold
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on an amazing journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. Getting the gold was hard but keeping it is even more difficult, sparking an adventure through the most powerful boardrooms of Wall Street.--
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Two contrasting worlds of fire and ice-- rugged, high snow-capped mountains in the depths of winter, and Death Valley, the hottest, driest place in North America-- are some of the harshest environments on Earth. This episode includes: deadly avalanches that sweep climbers and skiers off the slopes in Utah, destroy a town in France, and send a passenger train plunging down a cliff into a river in Washington; the mysterious sliding rocks at Death Valley's...