Karen Black
Author
Language
English
Description
As a child, Amanda can see pictures in the clouds and spends hours imagining stories about the wispy apparitions. When she tells her mother she wishes she could be a writer, her wish is overheard. A stranger gives her an antique pen, along with the advice to take good care of it, and Amanda's creativity flourishes.Years later, however, she learns success has a price, with a cost that is more than she is willing to pay. With help from a childhood friend...
3) Blood Money
Author
Language
English
Description
John Saxon (Wings Hauser), an L.A. cop, teams with an F.B.I. agent to track down the boss of a counterfeiting plot. The counterfeiter turns out to be the man who rescued Saxon from certain death in Vietnam.
Author
Language
English
Description
A dark and funny tale of an ambitious young woman at a crucial turning point in her career and her relationship with her bi-polar mother. Louise (Julia Garcia Combs) is an insurance underwriter living in Los Angeles with her mother, May (Karen Black), who has recently been evicted from her Section 8 apartment after the building was condemned. Throw into the mix a budding romance between Louise and the local bartender, and we find ourselves in the...
9) Nashville
Publisher
Paramount
Publication Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Nashville interweaves the stories of 24 characters over 5 days during a political rally in the capital of country music.
11) Burnt offerings
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Marian and Ben find it hard to believe that for only
12) Easy rider
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Publication Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Two young men on a motorcycle trip to New Orleans encounter hippies, drugs, rednecks and prostitutes along the way.
Two motorcyclists travel across the U.S. in search of the "real" America. And find it.
13) Five easy pieces
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Publication Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Character study of a talented pianist who has given up a promising career and now works on oil rigs. After 20 years he returns home to his father's deathbed perhaps to reconcile himself with his fear of failure and desire for greatness.
Series
Publisher
Universal
Publication Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Airport: The original airplane disaster movie in which a passenger brings an explosive device on board the aircraft.
Airport 1975: A mid-air collision leaves a 747 without a pilot and little hope for survival.
Airport '77: A 747 is trapped underwater in the Bermuda Triangle. It's a race against time and the elements to save the passengers and crew!
The Concorde: Airport '79: At twice the speed of sound, the Concorde must evade a vicious attack...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Fortune hunter Billy Newman is not a man of great strength or physical courage. Like a young Johnny Depp, he gets by on his wit, wiles and good looks. And he's had quite a good run—striking gold in the Philippines and buying his very own island in the South Seas....
But there's trouble in paradise, and Billy's in the thick of it; The island's crops are failing; The island's people are dying; And the island's owner—Billy—is
...Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
Airport. The manager of an international airport must juggle personal crises with professional responsibilities as he attempts to keep his blizzard-torn facility open to rescue a bomb-damaged jetliner. Airport 1975. A small aircraft crashes into the cockpit of an airborne Boeing 747, causing the fatalities of senior crew and the blinding of the pilot with no one aboard qualified to take the controls. Airport '77. A private Boeing 747 packed with VIPs...
Author
Language
English
Description
Fifteen years ago Trudy Banta and her colleagues surveyed the national landscape for the campus examples that were published in the classic work Assessment in Practice. Since then, significant advances have occurred, including the use of technology to organize and manage the assessment process and increased reliance on assessment findings to make key decisions aimed at enhancing student learning. Trudy Banta, Elizabeth Jones, and Karen Black offer...
19) Born to Win
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Language
English
Description
Jay, a New York City hairstylist, gets hooked on heroin and subsequently quits his job to pursue his new passion: scoring one fix after another. The problem is, Jay's addiction isn't possible without a steady income, so he turns to petty crime. While stealing a car, he meets Parm, a non-junkie, and they begin a romance. Giving in to heavy pressure from Parm and the cops, Jay decides to go straight and become a snitch, but his choice plagues him with...
20) One Long Night
Author
Language
English
Description
A half-Mexican-half-Caucasian businessman tries to survive one night lost in a country he's never been to but should have been home to him.





