Edward Asner
Author
Language
English
Description
Corporate raiders (Edward Asner) with limitless capital have a market analysis on a new legal substance and a strategic plan to take over. As Mary Jane (Joan Schirle), a back to the land pot farmer comes to terms with her life as a grower and a mother in the economy, will she survive the establishment's infrastructure as a female entrepreneur?
3) Scat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
4) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Chronicles a black man's search for his heritage and reveals an epic panorama of America's past.
11) Up
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carl Fredericksen is a 78- year-old curmudgeon. He used to enjoy his modest life as a balloon seller when his adventure-loving wife Ellie was still alive. When she died, Carl was left with his memories and the awareness that they never made their dream journey to Paradise Falls in South America. When well-meaning officials consign Carl to Shady Oaks Retirement Home, he rigs thousands of helium balloons to his house and floats away. He discovers that...
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2007], p1993
Language
English
Description
Thirteen episodes of Star wars, ten of The Empire strikes back, and six episodes of Return of the Jedi building on the original story as seen in the films, using the motion picture score and sound effects.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representation from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows. This documentary breaks important new ground in exploring wasy in which race, gender, and sexuality intersect with class, offering a complex reading of television's often one-dimensional representations. Featuring...
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
A soldier is sent a Christmas card while in Afghanistan from a stranger in California. As the months pass by, the card never leaves his side. It gives him the strength to survive and sets him on the path to try to find the woman who unknowingly helped him get through the war.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Spoon River Anthology, the American poet Edgar Lee Masters (1869–1950) created a series of compelling free-verse monologues in which former citizens of a mythical Midwestern town speak touchingly from the grave of the thwarted hopes and dream of their lives. First published in book form in 1915, the Anthology was the crowning achievement of Masters' career as a poet, and a work that would become a landmark of 20th-century American literature....
16) Elf: Fred Claus
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Elf: A human baby accidentally ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working....
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Returning from college one Christmas, Thomas Kinkade finds his mother is ready to lose the family cottage to foreclosure. He is inspired to paint a mural of his hometown, which launches his career and helps the town rediscover their Christmas spirit.
19) Elf
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A human baby accidently ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working. But...
20) Elf
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
A human baby accidentally ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working. But...