Joan Allen
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After a tumultuous period in American politics, a new administration has just been sworn in, and to everyone’s surprise the president chooses a political enemy for the vital position of secretary of state. There is no love lost between the president of the United States and Ellen Adams, his new secretary of state. But it’s a canny move on the part of the president. With this appointment, he silences one of his harshest critics, since taking the...
2) Bird cloud
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Highlighting the serene Wyoming landscape and its rich heritage, Annie Proulx, author of "The shipping news, " chronicles living in the Cowboy State. 'Bird Cloud' is the name Proulx gave to the 640-acre land she fell in love with on her first visit. This work of nonfiction follows Proulx as she builds a house (essentially a library surrounded by bedrooms and a kitchen) from the ground up.
3) Ethan Frome
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2009?]
Language
English
Description
Story of a man torn between his joyless marriage to one woman and his lustful desire for another.
4) Off the map
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Bo, an 11-year-old girl, lives in a remote desert area of New Mexico, with her mother, a free spirit, and her father, who is losing a battle with depression. One day an IRS agent visits the family, to perform an audit, and decides that he would rather stay than return to his job. He becomes a catalyst for major changes and discoveries affecting every member of the family.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The heartwarming true story of a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station everyday and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Even after his master passed away, he continued to return to the same spot at the station every day for the next nine years to wait for his beloved master. During his daily visits he touched many lives and taught the local people about love, compassion, and above...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Bourne continues to have nightmares from his former life. He maneuvers through international espionage, CIA plots, and turncoat agents, hoping to unravel the truth behind his memories and his own past that he cannot remember.
8) Room
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After five-year old Jack and his mother escape from the enclosed environment that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a miraculous discovery: the outside world.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A dog's way home: The adventures of Bella, a devoted dog who embarks on a 400-mile journey to reunite with her beloved human.
Hachi, a dog's tale: Based on a true story. Professor Parker Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home from work. Despite initial objections from Wilson's wife Cate, Hachi endears himself to the Wilson family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion.
Alpha: An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age. While on his...
10) The notebook
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
Two teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks fall in love one summer, but are tragically forced apart. When they reunite seven years later, their passionate romance is rekindled, forcing one of them to choose between true love and class order.
Publisher
Universal
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aaron Cross is an agent groomed by the government program that also unleashed Jason Bourne, but with a few new wrinkles. Cross is busy training in Alaska when he's caught in a tsunami of hurt, thus beginning a frantic search for answers to who and what he is.
12) Pleasantville
Publisher
New Line Productions
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Life imitates art when two modern-day teenagers get trapped in the perfect suburbia of the '50s sitcom Pleasantville.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Bourne is once again brought out of hiding. This time, inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross. Simon is trying to unveil Operation BlackBriar which is an upgrade to Project Treadstone, by writing about it in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne sets up a meeting with Ross and realizes instantly they're being scanned. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally, ultimately, uncover his dark past whilst...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Following the shocking murder of her former lover, detective Sarah Linden ... joins her partner Stephen Holder ... in a race to destroy evidence that would implicate Linden in the crime. Meanwhile, the two must resolve a case involving the horrifying slaying of a prominent family whose son is enrolled in a respected military academy."--
15) The notebook
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated by Allie's parents who disapprove of Noah's poor family, and move Allie away. When Allie doesn't hear from Noah after several years, she meets and becomes engaged to a handsome young soldier named Lon. Allie, with her love still alive for Noah, stops by Noah's home to check on him. Seeing that their reunion has rekindled a passionate romance, Allie must now choose...
16) Face/off
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
FBI Special Agent Sean Archer is trying to find a biological weapon that has been placed in Los Angeles by the sadistic terrorist-for-hire and criminal mastermind Castor Troy. Archer has been hunting Troy for the last 8 years and is consumed by revenge because Troy is responsible for the death of Archer's son. To do this, Archer must 'borrow' Troy's face using a surgical procedure to go undercover as Troy, but things go wrong when Troy assumes the...
17) A good marriage
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
With a serial killer on the loose and a stranger stalking her family, a dedicated wife unveils a sinister secret about her husband that threatens their marriage and lives.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
DEATH RACE: Private corporations run most of the prisons across the U.S. for profit. Jensen Ames is framed for his wife's murder on the same day that the steel mill he works at closes. Ames is sent to prison where he is coerced by Hennessey, the sadistic prison warden, to drive a Ford Mustang and become known as the famous masked driver, Frankenstein. She tells Ames that she knows his baby was left in foster care, but that prisoners are freed upon...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Bourne continues to have nightmares from his former life. He maneuvers through international espionage, CIA plots, and turncoat agents, hoping to unravel the truth behind his memories and his own past that he cannot remember.