Gary Sinise
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gary Sinise shares the never-before-told story of his journey from trouble-making Chicago kid to cofounder of the legendary Steppenwolf Theater Company, world-famous actor, and tireless advocate for America's active duty defenders, veterans, and first responders.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The tragic story of two itinerant ranch hands on the run--one is the lifelong companion to the other, a developmentally disabled man.
"They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered. Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth.
7) Fallen angel
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Gold Crown collector's ed.
Language
English
Description
A high-powered Los Angeles lawyer learns a powerful lesson about second chances.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Sam Paretta is dead, killed in a plane crash. Even though it's been fourteen months since the accident, his mother, Telly, still grieves over the loss. But suddenly, her husband swears they never had a child and her psychiatrist insists she's delusional. Worst of all, there is absolutely no evidence to prove Sam ever existed. Haunted by the memories of her son, Telly's search for the truth propels her into a dark mind-shattering conspiracy...
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Mark Wahlberg plays the rough-edged Oregon-based father who pays tribute to his gay teenage son Jadin by embarking on a walk across America to speak his heart to heartland adults and students about the potential terrifying high costs of bullying.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Detective Mac Taylor, his team of forensic specialists, and police officer Flack. Their game is on when the clues in a woman's murder lead them to one of the web's most addictive virtual worlds. A plot to detonate a bomb involves two scuba instructors. A guidance counselor is killed at a dance. Murders in Times Square, Central Park, and even on the Statue of Liberty test the team. All while battling Mac's nemesis, the mysterious 333 Stalker.
12) Forrest Gump
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Special collector's ed.; widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump and chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting with Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and fighting in Vietnam.
13) The stand
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Description
Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's population. The world abruptly ends when a deadly virus accidentally escapes from a government sponsored biological warfare laboratory. Soon people are dropping...
Publisher
[distributed by] Alliance Vivafilm
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Detective Mac Taylor and his CSI team use high-tech science to follow the evidence and solve crimes in The Big Apple. The team contends with radiation poison deaths; a fugitive who poses as a Federal Air Marshal; incriminating information of some of New York's most influential people; Stella's life is threatened with the discovery of a rare ancient Greek coin; and other cases involving murder, kidnapping and crime solving.
16) Ransom
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the son of a wealthy businessman is kidnapped, he defies the experts and turns the tables on the kidnappers in a last-chance effort to rescue his boy.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The Langoliers: On a flight from LA to Boston 10 passengers awake from a nap to find that all the other passengers have vanished ... and the ground below them is only ... ground. Once they land the situation doesn't improve. No one is there ... the air is still ... the clocks have stopped ... and a dread, evil presence bent on their destruction is headed straight for them.
The stand: The U.S. government denies that there's a problem when the horrifying...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An avid fan of the actor, and owner of a replica of McQueen's car in the classic film Bullitt, Pastor Greg Laurie hits the road in his mint Mustang, traveling the country in search of the true, untold story of McQueen's redemption-filled final chapters, in a true faith journey.
19) The big bounce
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Full screen ed.
Language
English
Description
Jack is a small-time con man trying to lead an easier life in Hawaii. Trouble is, he can't keep out of trouble, and when he does stay clean, trouble finds him. Trouble, in this case, comes in the bikini-clad form of Nancy, the mistress of a local real estate developer. She lures Jack into a scheme that ultimately involves complicating Jack's moral dilemma when Nancy asks Jack to help her double-cross the developer out of $200,000.
Author
Publisher
Playaway Digital Audio
Pub. Date
[2009], p2009
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
One of the best-selling authors to ever set pen to paper, Stephen King crafts macabre tales of the highest order. In his third collection of short stories, King displays the range and fecundity of imagination that his readers savor.