David Strathairn
Author
Series
The Sacketts volume 19
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Continues the adventures of the Sackett family across the Dakota Plains and into the gold fields of Western Canada.
Author
Series
The Sacketts volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
The adventures of the members of the Sackett family in the frontier West.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Many a hardcase had died trying to tale the bank and settle an old score at the same time. But he never counted on meeting a beautiful woman and her trail-savvy but reckless father, headed a straight for Apache country. Now Considine and his gang can either ride like hell for the border just ahead of an angry posse, or join the old man and his daughter in a desperate last stand against blood-hungry warriors. The choice is simple: risk the hangman's...
Author
Series
The Sacketts volume 6
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of members of the Sackett family in the frontier West.
7) O pioneers!
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003, c1992
Edition
Gold crown collector's ed.
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.
9) Hondo
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
He was etched by the desert's howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the Apache and the ways of staying alive. She was a woman alone raising a young son on a remote Arizona ranch. And between Hondo Lane and Angie Lowe was the warrior Vittoro, whose people were preparing to rise against the white men. Now the pioneer woman, the gunman, and the Apache warrior are caught in a drama of love, war, and honor.
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series. Based on Eliot Asinof's book.
"The best baseball movie ever!"--USA Today.
Publisher
Momentum Pictures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Widowed, broke, and adrift, farmer Fred Stern finds a new purpose in life when he learns that a multi-national oil company has been polluting his water. But as his crusade against the posers that spill out of the courtroom and into his personal life, Fred must find a way to avoid the ruin of his farm, his family, and his dreams. It pulls back the curtain on the culture of greed that poisons Corporate America, from sea to polluted sea.
12) Bad manners
Publisher
DigiView Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Full-screen.
Language
English
Description
When an academic couple visits the home of another, mind games and misunderstanding turn into suspicions of theft and professional jealousy. Set in the modern academic world where careers and reputations hang by a thread.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Takes place in the 1950's America, during the early days of broadcast journalism. It chronicles the real-life conflict between television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. With a desire to report the facts and enlighten the public, Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer Fred Friendly and Joe Wershba in the CBS newsroom - defy corporate and sponsorship pressures to...
14) The river wild
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
A woman's skills and courage are put to the ultimate test when an encounter with three mysterious strangers turns her family's white water rafting trip into a living hell.
15) Godzilla
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
From visionary new director Gareth Edwards comes a powerful story of human courage and reconciliation in the face of titanic forces of nature, when the awe-inspiring Godzilla rises to restore balance as humanity stands defenseless.
16) The Climb
Publisher
Spellbound Pictures
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Its Baltimore 1959, when a man is not a man unless he is a WWII or Korean War Veteran. 12-year-old Danny feels that he must live down the reputation of his father for being a coward since he did not serve in the military. It takes an old man, who has come home to die, to help Danny learn the true meaning of courage.
17) The uninvited
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Anna and Alex's mother dies a mysterious death. Late, Anna returns home to her sister and best friend, Alex, after a stay in a mental hospital. Her recovery is jeopardized thanks to her aloof father and the presence of a ghost in their home. The sisters are confronted with terrifying nightmares, ghostly visions, and deadly consequences when they begin to investigate their father's cruel new fiancee.
18) Fast color
Publisher
Lionsgate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Hunted by mysterious forces, a young woman with supernatural abilities must go on the run when her powers are discovered. With nowhere else to go, she flees back to her family and the farmhouse she abandoned long ago. There, while being pursued by the local Sheriff, she begins to mend the broken relationships with her mother and daughter.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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.
20) Fracture
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Ted Crawford is a wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous structural engineer who lives in Los Angeles. He shoots his wife and entraps her lover. After the police arrive, he signs a confession. At his arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hotshot D.A. who is getting ready to leave for a civil-law firm. He is told by everyone the case is open and shut....