Tom Bower
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking, in-depth, and authoritative twenty-year history of the hunt and speculation for our most vital natural resource...The story of oil is a story of high stakes and extreme risk. It is the story of the crushing rivalries between men and women exploring for oil five miles beneath the sea, battling for control of the world's biggest corporations, and gambling billions of dollars twenty-four hours every day on oil's prices. It is the story...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
When their boat capsizes in turbulent waters off the Pacific Northwest coast, John McCormick is rescued, but his 14-year-old son Angus, and recently adopted stray Golden Labrador, are washed ashore where they fight to survive in the rugged wilderness.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A decade after a plague has wiped out nearly all of the world's female population, a father and daughter live on the outskirts of what's left of civilization as they once knew it. Disguising his daughter as a boy, the father struggles to protect her from newfound dangers as they are forced from their home into dangerous territory.
Author
Series
Criterion collection volume 940
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1901 Texas, a Mexican-American farmer must run for his life after he is accused of murdering a Texas Ranger.
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In the dangerous high-stakes world of illegal keno-pool gambling, veteran ace Nick is enamored of smart, tough, and charming newcomer Diana and is determined to stake her. Diana must prove herself in a man's world to win a match against DuBinion, the world's best shooter. Soon Diana and Nick find themselves in more danger than they ever imagined.
8) 13 sins
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Elliot Brindle is a bright, meek salesman, drowning in debt, and desperate. He receives a phone call informing him that he's on a hidden camera game show. In order to win $6.2 million, he must execute thirteen tasks. Elliot dismissively follows through with his first two instructions. With thousands of dollars suddenly appearing in his bank account, Elliot remains skeptical. As the tasks grow more extreme, Elliot's need to complete the game leads...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A former big-time Hollywood movie composer, Jack, hits rock bottom and ends up becoming a chauffeur to pay his bills. Desperate to get his life and career back on track, he attends Alcoholics Anonymous, where he meets a mysterious and beautiful woman whom he falls in love with and consults for support. Can Jack reclaim the life he once took for granted? Or will he stay trapped in dreams?
10) Pollock
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Fellow artists and lovers Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner are at the center of New York's 1940's art scene, but as Krasner neglects her work to push Pollock's career forward, Pollock begins to unravel emotionally. Pollock and Krasner escape to the country to marry, and soon, Pollock creates the work that makes him the first internationally-famous modern painter in America. But with fame and fortune comes a volatile temper and severe self-doubt; before...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
As a mid-aged man's friend dies, Bobby takes a look back at his childhood memories ... When mysterious out-of-towner, Ted, moves into the boarding house that 11-year-old Bobby shares with his self-involved mother, Bobby jumps at the chance to befriend an adult who talks to him straightforwardly. Ted enlists Bobby to read him the newspaper daily--and to keep an eye out for the "low men" bent on capturing Ted, who possesses a strange mind-reading power....
12) Gospel Hill
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009], c2008
Language
English
Description
In the town of Julia, the residents of the black neighborhood of Gospel Hill, are being forced out of their homes to make way for a multimillion-dollar golf course development. Thirty years ago Peter Malcolm, a black civil rights activist, was assassinated and race relations in the town have been strained ever since. Dr. Ron Palmer is an influential black community leader who is supporting the development. John Malcolm, Peter's brother, withdrew from...
13) High crimes
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Claire is a high-powered attorney whose perfect life comes crashing down around her when her husband is chardged with high crimes of murder. Enlisting the aid of a shrewd military attorney, Claire will risk her career and even her life to find out the truth.