David Brown
Author
Publisher
Custom House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A narrative chronicle of NASA's deep-space mission to Jupiter's ocean moon, Europa, discusses the remarkable work of scientists who overcame formidable hurdles in their effort to determine if organic life exists elsewhere in the solar system.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Illuminates the achievements of the nineteenth-century historian, writer, and intellectual, discussing Adams's relationships with political leaders inside and outside of his family and his witness to the dawn of modern America.
"Henry Adams is perhaps the most eclectic, accomplished, and important American writer of his time. His autobiography and modern classic The Education of Henry Adams was widely considered one of the best English-language nonfiction...
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The history of the United States includes a series of sectional compromises - the Constitutional Convention, the Missouri Compromise in 1820, and the Compromise of 1850. While these accords created an imperfect republic, or “a house divided,” as Lincoln put it, the country remained united. But then in 1854, this three-generations system suddenly blew up with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and here, David Brown explores in riveting detail...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The Dallas police chief who inspired a nation with his response to the killing of five of his officers shares his personal story and his faith in America's potential to unite communities through a dedication to transparency and trust. "The real deal: a real Christian, a real man, a real leader."--Whoopi Goldberg, The View "A front-row seat to the tension between law enforcement and minority residents nationwide."--TheDallas Morning News On July 7,...
Publisher
Filmhub, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This documentary aims to educate and inform the public more about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and how this neurodevelopmental disorder impacts the lives of people with it way more than you may have thought initially. It affects essentially all aspects of their lives in one way or another, usually negatively and resulting in negative outcomes. This documentary also aims to clear up the many myths and misconceptions about ADHD and...
Publisher
EPF Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Four survivors take us inside the experience of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to reveal their personal stories of devastation, heroism and hope. A corporal in the U.S. Marines, Jason Poole suffered massive head injuries in a roadside bomb in Iraq. Co-ed Kristen Collins was severely injured in a motorcycle accident while away at college. Pre-med student Jay Waller fell victim to a savage road-rage beating while on vacation. Six-year old Ian McFarland...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Claire Randall is a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743. She is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
As Outlander continues, Claire and Jamie's relationship is tested by ruthless Redcoats, volatile clan politics, and a brutal witch trial, which force Jamie and Claire to escape to a new home. Just when their life as a married couple begins to take shape, Jamie is once again drawn into Captain Randall's darkness. Ultimately, Claire discovers there is a fate worse than death as she struggles to save Jamie's heart, as well as his soul.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old orphan Maria Merryweather is sent away to live with her eccentric uncle, Sir Benjamin at the mysterious Manor. Although crumbling apart, the Manor and the surrounding lands are a place of magic and wonderment, and before long Maria finds herself a part of an ancient feud with the sinister De Noir family.
15) The sting
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two con men in 1930s Chicago, after a friend is killed by the mob, try to get even by attempting to pull off the ultimate 'sting.' No one is to be trusted as the twists unfold, leading up to one of the greatest double-crosses in movie history.
16) Jaws
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Intense shark attacks including some bloody images, language, brief partial nudity/sexual references and drug use.
"When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police ... a young marine biologist ... and a grizzled shark hunter ... embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again"--
17) Jaws
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A police officer, fisherman and marine scientist team up in order to stop a menacing great white shark.
18) A few good men
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Cruise stars as a brash Navy lawyer who's teamed with a gung-ho litigator in a politically-explosive murder case. Charged with defending two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier, they are confronted with complex issues of loyalty and honor - including its most sacred code and its most formidable warrior.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Season Four continues the story of Claire and Jamie Fraser as they try to make a home for themselves in colonial America. The Frasers in North Carolina are at another turning point in history, the edge of the American Revolution. Along the way, the Frasers cross paths with notorious pirate Stephen Bonnet in a fateful meeting that will haunt the family. Meanwhile, Brianna and Roger grow closer in the twentieth century but make a shocking discovery...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2018
Language
English
Description
The third season of Outlander picks up right after Claire travels through the stones to return to her life in 1948. Now pregnant, she struggles with the fallout of her sudden reappearance and its effect on her marriage to her first husband, Frank. Meanwhile, in the 18th century, Jamie suffers from the aftermath of his doomed last stand at the historic battle of Culloden, as well as the loss of Claire. As the years pass, Jamie and Claire attempt to...