Joe Morton
Author
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Formats
Description
They came by river and by wagon train, braving the endless distances of the Great Plains and the icy passes of the Sierra Nevada. They were men like Linus Rawlings, a restless survivor of Indian country who'd headed east to see the ocean but left his heart—and his home—in the West. They were women like Lilith Prescott, a smart, spirited beauty who fled her family and fell for a gambling man in the midst of a frontier gold boom. These pioneering...
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (60 min.) : digital, sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"In 1948, the Soviet Union blocked access to West Berlin, starving the population and choking commerce. Allied forces refused to cede the city, and for nearly a year, supplied two million civilians and 20,000 allied solders entirely from the air. Through the personal stories of those who were there, this program provides a striking look at the first battle of the Cold War and the largest humanitarian campaign the world has ever seen."--Distributor's...
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This American Experience production draws upon rare archival material and eyewitness accounts to re-create the dramatic tribunal that defines trial procedure for state criminals to this day.
5) Speed
Language
English
Description
Jack Traven, an L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist who is sent to diffuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist has planted on a bus. But until he does, Jack and passenger must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles per hour--or the bomb will explode.
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall, from its construction in 1961 to the opening in 1989. Examines the lives of ordinary citizens caught in the politics of the Cold War, the extraordinary efforts of East Berliners to cross to the West, and the birth of the freedom movement in East Germany's Protestant Church.
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions of the boy's identity comes up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
9) Paycheck
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jennings is the best reverse-engineer in the business. He is hired by his friend Rethrick to do a special job, with the promise of a multi-million dollar paycheck when successfully completed. When he is finished, all memory of what he had been working on is ereased from his mind. That's when his problem really start to begin. He is hunted by the FBI for something he has no recollection of doing and has little time to work it out. Before his memory...
11) Stealth
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An artificial-intelligence computer piloting a stealth fighter plane for the Navy starts wreaking havoc when it develops a mind of its own. Now it's up to humans to stop it before it incites a war.
12) Lone star
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An unsolved murder in a Texas border town uncovers a tale of corruption, intrigue, and forbidden love.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"... courageous NASA astronaut Spencer Armacost and his beautiful schoolteacher wife Jillian [are] a seemingly perfect couple whose lives are momentarily shattered when Spencer's mission mysteriously loses contact with Earth for 2 minutes. But neither Spencer nor Jillian knows that those 120 seconds of terror will ultimately threaten their sanity, their future and their lives in this heart-stopping psychological thriller"--Container.
14) Forever young
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (102 min.) : sound, color, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A test pilot in 1939 who puts off proposing to his sweetheart until it's too late volunteers for a cryogenics experiment, reawakening in 1992.
15) Addiction
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"America is in the midst of the deadliest drug epidemic in US history. In 2017 alone, around 70,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, driven by a dramatic rise in the abuse of opioids like OxyContin, heroin, and fentanyl. It's a slow-motion disaster that is destroying whole communities, with no end in sight. As our nation looks for answers, take an unflinching look at the epidemic through the eyes of those living through it. Along the way, join...
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (152 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A lethal cyborg, the T-1000, has been sent back from 2029 A.D. to present day Los Angeles on a mission to kill the boy destined to lead the freedom fighters of the future. The original Terminator cyborg is reprogrammed and sent to save the boy, assisted by the boy's mother, a woman warrior whose warnings of a world headed toward nuclear disaster go unheeded.
17) Eureka: Season 2
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 564 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Return to the seemingly perfect town of Eureka, where the hidden work of America's brightest scientists can lead to innovative discoveries and unnatural chaos. Follow Sheriff Jack Carter as he struggles to keep a sense of normalcy amid the scientific mayhem, big brains and bigger adventure in this unusual little town in the Pacific Northwest.
18) Stealth
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the near future, the Navy develops a stealth fighter plane. On board piloting the jet is an artificial intelligence computer. The jet is placed on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific to learn combat manuevers from the human pilots aboard. But when the computer develops a mind of its own, it's the humans who are charged with stopping it before it incites a war.
19) The line
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tijuana, Mexico. Veteran assassin Mark Shields is assigned to track down Pelon. Pelon is the head of the Salazar Crime Cartel. Unknowingly and through several twists of fate, Shields' path will take him on a torrid encounter with Olivia, a local woman who is fighting her own demons for the sake of her daughter. Shows the plight of souls in one of the most dangerous cities in North America.
Pub. Date
2007, ©2006
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 558 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the quirky town of Eureka, America's brightest scientists are working on some of the government's best-kept secrets. Some lead to brilliant inventions, and some to total chaos. Making sense of the mysteries is Sheriff Jack Carter, a former U.S. marshal who is stranded in the surreal small town after a random car accident.