Joe Morton
Author
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Formats
Description
They came by river and by wagon train, braving the endless distances of the Great Plains and the icy passes of the Sierra Nevada. They were men like Linus Rawlings, a restless survivor of Indian country who'd headed east to see the ocean but left his heart—and his home—in the West. They were women like Lilith Prescott, a smart, spirited beauty who fled her family and fell for a gambling man in the midst of a frontier gold boom. These pioneering...
3) Paycheck
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jennings is the best reverse-engineer in the business. He is hired by his friend Rethrick to do a special job, with the promise of a multi-million dollar paycheck when successfully completed. When he is finished, all memory of what he had been working on is ereased from his mind. That's when his problem really start to begin. He is hunted by the FBI for something he has no recollection of doing and has little time to work it out. Before his memory...
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"It is 1932 when loyal, devoted Nurse Eunice Evers is invited to work with Dr. Brodus and Dr. Douglas on a federally funded program to treat syphilis patients in Alabama. Free treatment is offered to those who test positive for the disease, including Caleb Humphries and Willie Johnson. But when the government withdraws its support, money is offered for what will become known as 'The Tuskegee Experiment'; a study of the effects of syphilis on patients...
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
©2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 DVD discs (approximately 460 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed documentary filmmakers offer a fresh, compelling look at 10 pivotal moments in American history and their often unforeseen repercussions.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (60 min.) : digital, sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"In 1948, the Soviet Union blocked access to West Berlin, starving the population and choking commerce. Allied forces refused to cede the city, and for nearly a year, supplied two million civilians and 20,000 allied solders entirely from the air. Through the personal stories of those who were there, this program provides a striking look at the first battle of the Cold War and the largest humanitarian campaign the world has ever seen."--Distributor's...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This American Experience production draws upon rare archival material and eyewitness accounts to re-create the dramatic tribunal that defines trial procedure for state criminals to this day.
8) Speed
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Jack Traven, an L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist who is sent to diffuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist has planted on a bus. But until he does, Jack and passenger must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles per hour--or the bomb will explode.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions of the boy's identity comes up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall, from its construction in 1961 to the opening in 1989. Examines the lives of ordinary citizens caught in the politics of the Cold War, the extraordinary efforts of East Berliners to cross to the West, and the birth of the freedom movement in East Germany's Protestant Church.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (257 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Includes the outrageously funny musical comedy, The Blues Brothers (2 hrs. 13 min; R), and the follow up action-packed comedy hit, Blues Brothers 2000 (2 hrs. 4 min, PG-13).
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Widescreen version; Extreme DVD edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A lethal cyborg, the T-1000, has been sent back from 2029 A.D. to present day Los Angeles on a mission to kill the boy destined to lead the freedom fighters of the future. The original Terminator cyborg is reprogrammed and sent to save the boy, assisted by the boy's mother, a woman warrior whose warnings of a world headed toward nuclear disaster go unheeded.
14) Stealth
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen special edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An artificial-intelligence computer piloting a stealth fighter plane for the Navy starts wreaking havoc when it develops a mind of its own. Now it's up to humans to stop it before it incites a war.
15) Lone star
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An unsolved murder in a Texas border town uncovers a tale of corruption, intrigue, and forbidden love.
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"... courageous NASA astronaut Spencer Armacost and his beautiful schoolteacher wife Jillian [are] a seemingly perfect couple whose lives are momentarily shattered when Spencer's mission mysteriously loses contact with Earth for 2 minutes. But neither Spencer nor Jillian knows that those 120 seconds of terror will ultimately threaten their sanity, their future and their lives in this heart-stopping psychological thriller"--Container.
17) Forever young
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (102 min.) : sound, color, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A test pilot in 1939 who puts off proposing to his sweetheart until it's too late volunteers for a cryogenics experiment, reawakening in 1992.
18) Addiction
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"America is in the midst of the deadliest drug epidemic in US history. In 2017 alone, around 70,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, driven by a dramatic rise in the abuse of opioids like OxyContin, heroin, and fentanyl. It's a slow-motion disaster that is destroying whole communities, with no end in sight. As our nation looks for answers, take an unflinching look at the epidemic through the eyes of those living through it. Along the way, join...
19) Eureka: Season 2
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 564 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Return to the seemingly perfect town of Eureka, where the hidden work of America's brightest scientists can lead to innovative discoveries and unnatural chaos. Follow Sheriff Jack Carter as he struggles to keep a sense of normalcy amid the scientific mayhem, big brains and bigger adventure in this unusual little town in the Pacific Northwest.
20) Stealth
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the near future, the Navy develops a stealth fighter plane. On board piloting the jet is an artificial intelligence computer. The jet is placed on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific to learn combat manuevers from the human pilots aboard. But when the computer develops a mind of its own, it's the humans who are charged with stopping it before it incites a war.