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3) 12 angry men
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Life is in their hands...death is on their minds. Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley and Jack Klugman lead the distinctive cast in this powerful, classic film. Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father in "one of the best...
4) King's oak
Author
Language
English
Description
He would make her whole again. Leaving behind a disastrous marriage, Andy Calhoun moves to the small town of Pemberton, Georgia, "in search of banality." What she discovers, though, is not serenity, but Tom Dabney, a passionate and magical man. An exuberant poet who worships the wilderness surrounding Pemberton, Tom is everything Andy doesn't need in her life right now. But despite warnings from friends, Andy is soon deeply immersed in Tom's life...
6) Sea people
Language
English
Description
Young Amanda discovers that an elderly couple, John and Bridget have an enchanted and mysterious relationship with the sea.
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Praetorius, believing in the power of the mind to heal as well as traditional medical therapies, is challenged to defend his unorthodox philosophy before the medical board and must also convince his new wife that he married her for love, not out of pity for her unwed, pregnant, suicidal state.
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
THE PARALLAX VIEW, a superb drama about one man's paranoia that turns out to be total, incredible fact, ranks amount the best political thrillers. Warren Beatty is a news reporter who, along with seven others, witnesses the assassination of a political candidate. When the other seven die in "accidents," the newsman begins to doubt the official position: that a lone madman was responsible for the crime. He imagines a sophisticated network of highly...
Language
English
Description
Garp is a man whose life unfolds from cradle to grave in counterpoint to the dizzy, violent, cruel and casually destructive rhythms of our anxious age. While Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, his mother Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all manner of distressed women.
11) A separate peace
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
World War II rages overseas, the prestigious Devon prep school holds a summer session for boys trying to graduate before they are drafted. Among the students are two unlikely new roomates - Gene, a quiet, introspective bookworm; and Finny, a carefree and wildly popular athlete. Charmed by Finny, Gene joins him for a series of exciting escapades. But when Gene's grades decline, he suspects that Finny secretly wants him to fail. Fueled by anger and...
Series
Hallmark hall of fame volume 11
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Gold Crown collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
A devoted old couple are separated when the wife dies. The husband struggles to cope with his loneliness and failing health, but his spirit is fading when a mysterious white dog appears and reawakens his joy of life.
13) Foxfire
Series
Hallmark hall of fame volume 4
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Gold Crown collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
When her son asks her to move to the city, an elderly woman is torn between his wishes and her many memories of sharing country life with her late husband.
14) Camilla
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
An unlikely pair, Camilla and Freda, set off down the road to do everything they always wanted. On the way, they stage a kidnapping, get duped by a con man, lose their car in a lake and have the time of their lives.
15) Impulse
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Standard screen version.
Language
English
Description
When Jennifer and her boyfriend Stuart return to her idyllic hometown, they discover that all boundaries of civility seem to have eroded. Mystified by the actions of normally kind townspeople who are suddenly driven to extremes of irrational and violent behavior, Jennifer and Stuart attempt to get to the bottom of the increasingly life-threatening chaos before it destroys them.
16) Marvin's room
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A disfunctional family takes a journey of self-discovery and reconciliation and learns to reach out to one another.
17) Marvin's room
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen years ago, fiercely independent Lee left home and left behind her kindhearted sister Bessie to care for their father, Marvin. But now Lee is returning with her teenage son for a homecoming that's sure to turn the entire household upside down.
18) Rollover
Author
Language
English
Description
Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Jane Fonda portrays a glamorous ex-film star seeking to control the financial empire founded by her late husband, in the wake of his murder.
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