David Strathairn
Author
Language
English
Description
When a series of package bombs show up on the doorsteps of prominent politicians and businessmen in the summer of 1919, U.S. Bureau of Investigation Agent William Flynn (Strathairn) is assigned the task of finding those responsible. He becomes immersed in an investigation that uncovers an anarchist plot to destroy democracy. Inspired by true events of the 20's the film sets the stage for a timely thriller with resoundingly similar parallels to the...
2) Blue Car
Author
Language
English
Description
Having been abandoned by her father and neglected by her overworked mother, young Meg turns to her English teacher for solace and inspiration. But the safety of what begins as a mentoring friendship turns increasingly complex and ambiguous in this powerful tale of sex and betrayal.
3) Hondo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
From America's favorite storyteller comes this thrilling novel of the frontier whose timeless themes of courage, duty, and honor resonate today more than ever. In Hondo, Louis L'Amour chronicles the uniquely American drama of a plainspoken military scout who rides into the life of a strong-willed woman. This is the account of their extraordinary struggle for survival in a land of untamed beauty on the dark eve of war.... HONDO Hondo Lane was a man...
5) Sackett
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
A long-time drifter, William Tell Sackett hungers for a place to settle down and build a life. His search takes him to a ghost trail that leads to a secluded and very beautiful valley holding a fortune in gold. Meeting Angie Kerry, a woman as courageous and resourceful as she is beautiful, Tell begins to dream of a home in the untamed valley. But, knowing that dangerous men would follow him there looking for gold, Kerry is forced to preserve his claim...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
One of the most significant and far-reaching events in U. S. history, the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 sharpened and brought to a head a number of crucial questions concerning slavery, states' rights, the legal status of blacks, and the effects of the Dred Scott decision. The debates were held as part of the campaign for the Illinois senatorial seat, pitting the two-term incumbent, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, against the lesser-known Abraham Lincoln,...
Author
Series
The Sacketts volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
In The Lonely Men, Louis L’Amour spins the tale of a man who must elude an Apache trap—only to discover that his greatest enemy might be very close to home.
Tell Sackett had fought his share of Indians and managed to take something of value from his battles: a deep and abiding respect. But that respect is lost when Apache braves kidnap his nephew, forcing Tell to cross the border into the Sierra Madres to bring the
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Makatozi is a true Indian born out of his time. Without food, shelter, clothing, weapon or ally, he is at least free to shed his twentieth century sensibility and summon up the noble calling of his Sioux warrior forbears.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, and Dakota Fanning star in this acclaimed film about a father coping with his fugitive daughter and his perfect life suddenly unraveling.
12) Howl
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
James Franco delivers a career-defining performance as poet Allen Ginsberg. Through his search for personal and creative expression, Ginsberg writes *Howl*, and must contend with attorney Jake Ehrlich (Jon Hamm) during *Howl’s* bizarre obscenity trial. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. Nominated for Outstanding Film...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspired by actual events, this "ripped-from-the-headlines" thriller features Kathy Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) as a Nebraskan police officer who takes a job working as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Her expectations of helping to rebuild a devastated country are dashed when she uncovers a dangerous reality of corruption, cover-up, and intrigue amid a world of private contractors and multinational diplomatic doubletalk.
14) Mojave crossing
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tell Sackett was sitting pretty, with thirty pounds of gold that were mostly his. Maybe that was why when a beautiful raven-haired woman asked to ride with him to Los Angeles, he didn't care that she came with a lot of trouble. A powerful hard ride over the blistering Mojave desert was one third of the trouble. Another third was trackers out for the woman and for his blood. The last third was getting ambushed and being left without the woman, a horse,...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So, in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to...
16) The daybreakers
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
"Tyrel Sackett was born into trouble but vowed to justice. After having to kill a man in Tennessee, he hit the trail west with his brother Orrin. Those were the years when decent men and women lived in fear of Indians, rustlers, and killers, but the Sackett brothers worked to make the West a place where people could raise their children in peace. Orrin brought law and order from Santa Fe to Montana, and his brother Tye backed him up every step of...
17) Nightmare Alley
Publisher
Searchlight Pictures
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a manipulative carnival man teams with an equally deceptive psychiatrist to grift the wealthy in 1940s New York society, he learns that his new partner in crime might be his most formidable opponent yet.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aaron Cross is an agent groomed by the government program that also unleashed Jason Bourne, but with a few new wrinkles. Cross is busy training in Alaska when he's caught in a tsunami of hurt, thus beginning a frantic search for answers to who and what he is.
19) Lincoln
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Language
English
Description
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1953, and the piece of talking furniture called TV is still a novelty in America's living rooms. It chronicles the real-life conflict between television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee.