Tony Goldwyn
Author
Language
English
Description
"Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country's most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who,...
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon ; 4
Language
English
Description
Sent to Vienna to authenticate a painting, the art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon is sidetracked by a photograph that throws his world upside-down. Could it really be the face of a man who during the last days of World War II had brutalized his mother on the Death March from Auschwitz? Questions abound when Allon, driven by an intensity he had not felt in years, begins to investigate, discovering in the process that the hunt for one man is...
Author
Language
English
Description
For seven decades Katharine Hepburn played a leading role in the popular culture of the twentieth century - reigning as an admired actress, a beloved movie star, and a treasured icon of the modern American woman. She also remained one of the most private of all the public figures of her time.
In 1983 - at the age of seventy-five, her career cresting - the four-time Academy Award winner opened the door to biographer A. Scott Berg - then thirty-three...
In 1983 - at the age of seventy-five, her career cresting - the four-time Academy Award winner opened the door to biographer A. Scott Berg - then thirty-three...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL--and a past president--has always defended his family as staunchly as he has his country. Now those defenses are under attack. A madman abducts Keating's teenage daughter, Melanie--turning every parent's deepest fear into a matter of national security. As the world watches in real time, Keating embarks on a one-man special-ops mission that tests his strengths: as a leader, a warrior, and a father"--
5) Plane
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After making an emergency landing on a war-torn island in the Philippines, where most of the passengers are soon taken hostage, an airplane pilot sets out to rescue them with the help of an accused murderer being transported by the FBI."--
6) All I wish
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"An aspiring fashion designer struggles to find success and love. The story cuts into her life once a year, always on the same date, her birthday." --
7) Divergent
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues, Tris Prior is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust in the mysterious Four and together they must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Michael and Jenna have been a couple for three years. At dinner one night, Jenna's parents, Anna and Stephen, announce that they are having a baby. Jenna is overjoyed, but everyone else has mixed emotions. At a wedding the next day, Jenna and Michael meet up with friends Chris, who is tired of his wife telling him how bad he is as she deals with their whiny baby; Izzy who is taking the break-up of his most current relationship badly and does not react...
9) Conviction
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Betty Anne Waters is a young woman whose world is shattered when her beloved brother Kenny is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Steadfastly convinced of his innocence, Betty Anne embarks on an 18-year journey to set Kenny free, using state-of-the-art forensic technology. The unshakable bond between a brother and sister, at the heart of this real-life drama, will stir your emotions and inspire you. Bonus features included.
10) King Richard
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Based on the true story that will inspire the world, follow the journey of Richard Williams, an undeterred father instrumental in raising two of the most extraordinarily gifted athletes of all time, who will end up changing the sport of tennis forever." --
11) Truman
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
President Truman led the nation through the end of World War II, the beginning of the Cold War, the struggle for civil rights and the creation of the United Nations.
12) Tarzan
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A human baby is abandoned in the African jungle and is adopted by a clan of apes. Packed with new, fun-filled bonus features, games, and award-winning songs.
13) Someone like you
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Romantic comedy about a talk show talent scout whose shaky love life drives her to study the curious mating habits of the male animal.
Publisher
ABC Studios
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Now, seemingly invincible "fixer" Olivia Pope must confront the ultimate challenge: fixing herself. After sifting through her mysterious father's labyrinth of lies, Olivia's search for answers about her mother threatens not just national security, but the entire world. Meanwhile, the lives of her "gladiators", as well as those of the president, his wife and key White House staffers, take sinister, unexpected turns.
15) Ghost
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sam and Molly are happy together and deeply in love. Walking back to their new apartment after a night out at the theatre, they encounter a thief in a dark alley. Sam is murdered and finds himself trapped as a ghost. He realises that his death was no accident. He must warn Molly about the danger that she is in. But as a ghost, Sam can not be seen or heard by the living, and so he tries to communicate with Molly through Oda Mae Brown, a psychic who...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In a twisted social experiment, a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogota, Colombia, and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's speaker system to participate in a series of murderous moral decisions.
17) Ghost
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A man killed during a robbery gone wrong remains on Earth as a ghost because of his love for his girlfriend. He teams up with a psychic to uncover the truth behind his murder, and to rescue his sweetheart from a similar fate.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Experience every breathless, jaw-dropping moment as Olivia Pope and her team of "gladiators in suits" turn up the heat and raise the stakes in Scandal: The Complete Second Season. For Olivia Pope and Associates, cleaning up other people's messes takes a shattering personal toll. Season Two blows the lid off Quinn's identity, exposes Huck's dark past, and uncovers Olivia's darkest secret something so shocking and enormous that it threatens the entire...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
In order to escape Communist Hungary, a family must leave behind their infant daughter. She is then temporarily raised by a peasant Hungarian couple. When the daughter is finally brought to America to be with her family, her relationship with her real family becomes strained. The girl is torn between two mothers and two homelands. Based on a true story. The girl returns to Hungary and take an unforgettable journey of self-discovery.
20) The 6th day
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Adam is an ace pilot in the very near future who is having a serious identity crisis. An evil corporation illegally cloned him, and now they're trying to kill him to hide the evidence. Torn from his beloved family and faced with a shocking exact duplicate of himself, Adam races against time to reclaim his life and save the world from the underground cloning movement.
