Ethan Hawke
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English
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From the actor and writer Ethan Hawke: a piercing novel of love, marriage, and renewal. Jimmy is AWOL from the army, but-with characteristic fierceness and terror he's about to embark on the biggest commitment of his life. Christy is pregnant with Jimmy's child, and she's determined to head home, with or without Jimmy, to face up to her past and prepare for the future. Somehow, barreling across America from Albany to New Orleans to Ohio and Texas
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 8
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850L
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English
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From the Publisher: Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes 'unstuck in time' after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden. Slaughterhouse-Five...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: Jake Brigance returns; a death row inmate makes an unusual final request; a dysfunctional legal family gets their day in court-but maybe not the way they envisioned it. These are just a few of the unforgettable characters you'll encounter in Sparring Partners, three novellas that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that John Grisham is truly America's Favorite Storyteller. 320pp.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
172 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Language
English
Description
"It is 1483, and Sir Thomas Lemuel Hawke, a Cornish knight, is about to ride into battle. On the eve of his departure, he composes a letter to his four young children, consisting of twenty virtues that provide instruction on how to live a noble life, and on all the lessons, large and small, that he might have imparted to them himself were he not expecting to die on the battlefield. 'Why am I alive? Where was I before I was born? What will happen to...
6) The purge
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English
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In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual twelve-hour period in which any and all criminal activity, including murder, becomes legal. On that night, plagued by violence and criminal activity, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A murder trial has upset the quiet community of San Piedro, and now this tranquil village has become the center of controversy. For a local reporter the trial strikes home when he finds his ex-lover is linked to the case.
8) Boyhood
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (164 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a boy named Mason, who ages from six to eighteen years old on screen.
9) Regression
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodiscn (DVD) (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Minnesota, 1990. Detective Bruce Kenner investigates the case of young Angela, who accuses her father, John Gray, of an unspeakable crime. When John unexpectedly and without recollection admits guilt, renowned psychologist Dr. Raines is brought in to help him relive his memories and what they discover unmasks a horrifying nationwide mystery.
10) Maudie
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, the unlikely romance between Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis and reclusive fishmonger Everett Lewis.
11) Sinister
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ten years ago, true crime writer Ellison Oswald made his reputation with a best-selling account of a notorious murder. Now, desperate to replicate the success of his first book, he moves his family into a home where the previous occupants were brutally executed and a child disappeared, hoping to find inspiration in the crime scene. In the home, Ellison discovers a cache of terrifying home movies, unwittingly opening the door into a nightmarish mystery....
12) The black phone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Finney Shaw is a shy but clever 13-year-old boy who's being held in a soundproof basement by a sadistic, masked killer. When a disconnected phone on the wall starts to ring, he soon discovers that he can hear the voices of the murderer's previous victims, and they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn't happen to Finney.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 335 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this Limited Event Series based on the award-winning novel. The story is told from the point of view of "Onion," a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's motley family of abolitionist soldiers battling slavery in Kansas, and eventually finds himself in the famous 1859 Army depot raid at Harpers Ferry, an inciting incident of the Civil War. It's a humorous and dramatic tale of Antebellum...
14) Boyhood
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (Blu-ray) (164 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a boy named Mason, who ages from six to eighteen years old on screen.
15) Before midnight
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (Blu-ray) (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
Language
English
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Robin Williams portrays English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming "Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!" The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm-- changing their lives forever.
17) Cymbeline
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When extortion, betrayal, and fiery passions threaten his criminal empire, a drug kingpin is driven to desperate measures in this explosive, modern retelling of Shakespeare's timeless tragedy.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are a team of special operatives charged with maintaining order throughout the human territories. Under assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two embark on a mission to the astonishing city of Alpha. A mystery is at the center of Alpha, a dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the city.
19) Tesla
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brilliant, visionary Nikola Tesla fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, then faces thornier challenges with his new system for worldwide wireless energy. The film tracks Tesla's uneasy interactions with his fellow inventor Thomas Edison and his patron George Westinghouse. Another thread traces Tesla's sidewinding courtship of financial titan J.P. Morgan, whose daughter Anne takes a more than casual interest...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A stock broker, who is having financial troubles and in need of extra cash, and his younger brother conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. The only problem is that the owners of the jewelry store are their own parents. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.