Josh Hamilton
Author
Language
English
Description
Wrapped up in a story of the British public's' rejection of the establishment is a much darker story about shady money, untoward digital campaign tactics, and a fraught battle exploding from the highest rungs of British politics and society. Brexit: The Establishment Civil War is a crucial examination of what is now driving British politics, the dark money and forces attempting to manipulate it, and the online warfare techniques that are being, deployed...
2) Outsourced
Author
Language
English
Description
After his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman heads to India to train his replacement, in this delightful cross cultural romantic comedy.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Princeton. Good Friday, 1999. On the eve of graduation, two students are a hairsbreadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a Renaissance text that has battled scholars for centuries. Famous for its hypnotic power over those who study it, the five-hundred-year-old Hypnerotomachia may finally reveal its secrets - to Tom Sullivan, whose father was obsessed with the book, and Paul Harris, whose future depends on it. But as the...
4) Eighth Grade
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Kayla (Elsie Fisher) endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school—the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year—before she begins high school. Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Comedy at the **Golden Globes.** Winner of the Best First Screenplay Award at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards.** Winner of a **WGA Award** for Best Original...
5) Outsourced
Publisher
Ocean Park Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Todd Anderson gets the bad news from his boss, his job has been outsourced. Adding insult to injury, Todd must travel to India to train his own replacement. Sometimes getting lost is the best way to find yourself.
6) Outsourced
Publisher
Stadium Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
When the call center he manages in Seattle is OUTSOURCED to India, Todd travels there to train his replacement. Housed in a new building that looks like an above-ground bunker, the call center is staffed by willing novices whom Todd trains to sound American. One star on the staff is Asha, teaches Todd that he should learn about India, and in the process learn about himself.
7) Diggers
Publisher
Magnolia Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (90 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A coming-of-age story about four working-class friends growing up in Long Island, New York, as clam diggers.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Comedy written and directed by Noah Baumbach. Grover has just graduated college but has little direction and is struggling to determine what he wants to do with the rest of his life. His girlfriend Jane on the other hand has big plans and has just accepted a fellowship in Prague. Despite her assurance that their relationship will be unaffected by the distance, Grover is skeptical and feels despondent when she leaves. He decides to move in with a group...
Author
Language
English
Description
Dennis-with a famous painter father and social activist mother-is a small-time drug dealer and total mess. His hero-worshipping friend Warren has just impulsively stolen $15,000 from his father, an abusive lingerie tycoon. When Jessica, a mixed-up prep school girl, shows up for a date, Warren pulls out a wad of bills and takes her off, awkwardly, for a night of seduction. A wildly funny, bittersweet, and moving story, This Is Our Youth is as trenchant...
Author
Publisher
Faith Words
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
viii, 257 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Josh Hamilton chronicles his comeback from drug and alcohol addiction to playing baseball in the major leagues"--Provided by the publisher
11) Dark skies
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dark Skies is a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacy Barrett witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barrett family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacy take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after...
12) O pioneers!
Series
Hallmark hall of fame volume 2
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Full screen; Gold crown collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At the turn of the century, an immigrant's daughter inherits her family's Nebraska farm and her father's fierce love for the land. Fifteen years later she has made the family a fortune through her canny management of the farm, but has never forgotten the young man who left the prairie to seek his fortune.
14) Bottled Up
Author
Language
English
Description
Fay's (Leo, Prisoners) world revolves around grown daughter Sylvie (Marin Ireland, Hope Springs) who, months after a car accident, still complains of being in constant pain. After refusing physical therapy it becomes clear to everyone but Fay that Sylvie is addicted to pain killers. When earnest environmentalist Becket (Josh Hamilton, The Bourne Identity) moves to town, matchmaker Fay quickly befriends him, hoping that he might raise Sylvie's spirits....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant portrait of two American giants, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, and America entering the automobile age, told through the fascinating but little-known narrative of the summer road trips taken by Edison and Ford"--
The fascinating story of two American giants--Henry Ford and Thomas Edison--whose annual summer sojourns introduced the road trip to our culture and made the automobile an essential part of modern life, even as their own relationship...
16) House of Yes
Author
Language
English
Description
All Marty wants is a normal life, but nothing goes as planned when his fiancée meets his far-from-normal family. His beautiful but crazy twin sister, Jackie-O, becomes dangerously jealous, and their younger brother puts the moves on Marty's new love! Soon, Mother is hiding the kitchen knives - but she can't hide the family's shockingly hilarious secrets in this edgy and outrageous comedy!
17) The Letter
Author
Language
English
Description
A writer/director begins to crumble under the pressure of the approaching opening night of her latest play. Plagued by strange dreams and visions, she starts to question if she is being followed or if it is all in her head.
18) Tesla
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brilliant, visionary Nikola Tesla fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with his new system for worldwide wireless energy. The film tracks Tesla's uneasy interactions with his fellow inventor Thomas Edison and his patron George Westinghouse. Another thread traces Tesla's sidewinding courtship of financial titan J.P. Morgan, whose daughter Anne takes a more than casual interest...
19) Tesla (DVD)
Publisher
Shout! Factory/ Ifc
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brilliant, visionary Nikola Tesla fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with his new system for worldwide wireless energy. The film tracks Tesla's uneasy interactions with his fellow inventor Thomas Edison and his patron George Westinghouse. Another thread traces Tesla's sidewinding courtship of financial titan J.P. Morgan, whose daughter Anne takes a more than casual interest...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 160 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens. The first in a long line of acts targeting the Chinese for exclusion, it remained in force for more than 60 years.