Kevin McCarthy
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
603 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A saga of loyalty and survival in the vast, severe American West. Irish immigrant brothers Michael and Thomas O'Driscoll have returned from the brutal front lines of the Civil War. Unable to adapt to life as farm laborers, they reenlist in the army and are thrown into ferocious combat with Red Cloud's coalition of Indian tribes in the heart of Montana's Powder River Valley. Thomas finds love amidst the daily carnage--which leads to a moment of violence...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Deserting to escape the horrors of the Indian Wars, two Irish brothers seek peace with the woman they love. For fans of Cormac McCarthy. Dakota Territory, 1867. The O'Driscoll brothers have survived a Sioux massacre, but younger brother Michael is gravely wounded. The deserters are fleeing north with Tom's lover, Sara, when they come upon a sheltering rock by a stream down off the Bozeman Trail. If there is game here, they may survive the winter....
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1956.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (80 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Something evil has taken possession of the small town of Santa Mira, California. Hysterical people accuse their loved ones of being emotionless impostors; of not being themselves. At first, Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) tries to convince them they’re wrong…but they’re not. Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Earth, replicating the villagers in giant seed “pods” and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. In a terrifying...
5) Piranha
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal.
6) Slipstream
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A screenwriter, revising the movie he is working on, finds that reality and fiction are blurring together when some of the characters in his film are showing up in real life.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
469 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Deserting to escape the horrors of the Indian wars two soldiers, Irish brothers, seek peace with the woman they love. Dakota Territory, 1867. The O'Driscoll brothers have survived a Sioux massacre, but Michael is gravely wounded. The deserters are fleeing north with Tom's lover, Sara, when they come upon a sheltering rock by a river down off the Bozeman trail. If there is game here, they may survive the winter. But their attempts to find food and...
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
What's she got? Kings over queens? Four aces? Straight flush? Whatever the beautiful blonde holds, watch out! An Old West caper about a Texas town's humdinger of a poker game. A ‘reformed’ gambler and homesteader sits down at the card table, loses his family's $4000 startup stake, and then is dealt a fantastic hand. What happens next is full deck of suspense, humor and surprises, many involving an aces-high ensemble and the newcomer's wife, who...
10) Innerspace
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man is miniaturized and accidentally injected into a man instead of a lab rabbit.
Publisher
Republic Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
[Widescreen version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Santa Mira, a small town in California, replicating the villagers in giant seed "pods" and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. In a terrifying race, for his life, Dr. Bennell escapes to warn the world of the deadly invasion of the pod people.
13) UHF
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 digital disc 97 minutes
Language
English
Description
George Newman is a daydreamer whose hyperactive imagination keeps him from holding a steady job, that is, until he becomes the general manager of Channel 62, a local television station that his uncle wins in a poker game.
Author
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Pub. Date
[1969]
Physical Desc
xx, 607 pages : portrait ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Drawing upon everyday incidents, common situations, and rural imagery, Robert Frost fashioned poetry of great lyrical beauty and potent symbolism. His language is simple, clear, and colloquial, yet dense with meaning and wider significance. This brilliant collection features some of Frost's greatest works, including "The Road Not Taken," "Asking for Roses," "The Death of the Hired Man," "In the Home Stretch," "Into My Own," "Meeting and Passing,"...