Fred Wolf
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
World renowned physicist Fred Alan Wolf explains the scientific concepts of quantum mechanics in accessible language for nonscientists.
Winner of the National Book Award
Taking the Quantum Leap entertainingly traces the history of physics from the observations of the early Greeks through the discoveries of Galileo and Newton to the dazzling theories of such scientists as Planck, Einstein, Bohr, and Bohm. This humanized...
Winner of the National Book Award
Taking the Quantum Leap entertainingly traces the history of physics from the observations of the early Greeks through the discoveries of Galileo and Newton to the dazzling theories of such scientists as Planck, Einstein, Bohr, and Bohm. This humanized...
Author
Publisher
Quest Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"[The author] cites Hindu yoga systems to show how we can defeat time through any spiritual practice - such as meditation - that dissolves the ego. He shows how quantum physics supports this claim and explains in simple terms such phenomena as black holes, wormholes, and parallel universes. [His] ... scenarios help us imagine what traveling to the past or the future through mind yoga would be like." --
Author
Publisher
Hierophant Publishing
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The author explains how our current understanding of time, space, and matter have changed in just the last few years, concluding with his own insight into how these newer ideas may give us a glimpse into the "mind of God."
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In this sequel to the 2001 cult favorite, the return of the mullet-wearing, rock and roll loving, down on his luck white-trash-hero who embarks on another epic journey, this time through the recent past, the heartland of America, and his own mind, to get back to his loved ones."--
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Playboy Bunny, Shelly, is tossed out of the Playboy Mansion, she has nowhere to go. She quickly falls in with the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. The members of the sorority, all seven of whom are socially inept, are about to lose their house. The girls need a dose of what only the eternally bubbly Shelley can provide. Eventually, the girls, and Shelly, learn to stop pretending to be what they think others want them to be and start being...
10) Joe Dirt
Language
English
Description
Joe is searching for the family that left him behind at the Grand Canyon when he was a boy. Along the way he meets up with a shock jock DJ, who targets Joe as the butt of his show. But his plucky spirit and ability to keep it real, has the listeners cheering him on and helps him find a better family than the one he thought he wanted.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Animal enthusiast Peter Gaulke and his sidekick Fred Wolf host an ailing wildlife television show called Strange Wilderness. The program is in a steep ratings decline. Desperate to save the show, Peter devises an incredible scheme to find the one animal that could truly turn the show around and change the nature-show landscape forever - Bigfoot.
13) Grown ups 2
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Lenny has decided to relocate his family back to the small town to have his kids grow up where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grownups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.
14) Grown ups 2
Publisher
Sony Picture Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Lenny has decided to relocate his family back to the small town to have his kids grow up where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grownups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.
15) Black sheep
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Every time Mike tries to help his brother Al during his campaign for governor it becomes a disaster. Campaign-aide Steve volunteers to baby-sit Mike and soon realizes he made a big mistake. When Mike discovers the incumbent is a crook he reaches a new level of destruction.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Dickie Roberts is a former child actor who appeared on a hit television show. Now in his thirties, he can only find work as a parking valet and spends his free time with other formal child stars. Wanting to make a comeback, he manages to get an audition with director Rob Reiner. When the role requires him to be normal, he decides to hire a normal family for $20,000 in order to "research" the childhood he missed out on.
17) 40-love
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A 22-year-old stats whiz sets out on a cross-country road trip to NYC with the hopes of convincing one of the world's greatest tennis stars he can help her defeat her most challenging rival in the upcoming championship tournament." --
18) The point
Publisher
BMG Music
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Oblio, a round-headed boy living in the land of "Point", where everything and everybody has one. Since his head isn't pointed like everyone else's, Oblio, along with his trusty dog, Arrow is banished to the "Pointless Forest." Once there, the adventure begins, with Oblio and Arrow encountering one extraordinary character after another as they make their way on their wonderful journey.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Bill Traylor was born into slavery in 1853 on a cotton plantation in rural Alabama, and continued to farm the land until the late 1920s when he moved to Montgomery and worked odd jobs in the thriving segregated black neighborhood. A decade later, in his late 80s, Traylor became homeless and started to draw and paint, devising his visual language to depict his memories of slavery and scenes of a radically changing urban culture, becoming one of America's...