Sean Astin
Author
Language
English
Description
The soldiers had survived the horrors of the U.S. Civil War and the POW camps. Over 2000 Union soldiers were crammed aboard the steamboat Sultana, heading home. But graft, greed, overcrowding, a poorly maintained boat, and a swollen Mississippi River conspired to create disaster. On April 27, 1865, exploding boilers caused the United States' worst maritime disaster. It's time to Remember the Sultana.
24) Woodlawn
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In 1973, a spiritual awakening captured the heart of nearly every player of the Woodlawn High School football team, including its coach Tandy Gerelds. Their dedication to love and unity in a school filled with racism and hate leads to the largest high school football game ever played in the torn city of Birmingham, Alabama, and the rise of its first African American superstar, Tony Nathan.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012], 2011
Language
English
Description
Dorothy Gale is a simple girl in rural Kansas who writes children's books based on the land of Oz created by her grandfather. Her mundane life is turned upside down when she receives an offer from a big New York agency to represent her books. In New York, Dorothy soon realizes her books, and her grandfather's stories, are based in reality. The magical world of Oz and all of its inhabitants are very real and they are coming to New York City!
26) Stay Cool
Publisher
ARC Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
c2010; c2011
Language
English
Description
An author who returns to his hometown to deliver a commencement address to a class of graduating high school students has to deal with his feelings for an old flame as well as the advances of a student who has the hots for him.
28) Out West
Author
Language
English
Description
Celebutante Prissy Alcott leaves her luxe Reno life behind for her childhood home in Colorado when she learns that her family has gone broke and is selling their ranch. She tries to reboot the family enterprise as a dude ranch with the help of her three gay friends.
Series
Lord of the rings volume 4
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frodo makes his way through the darkness to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Aragon learns of his destiny as the true King and the others prepare for a massive battle that will determine the fate of Middle-Earth.
30) The goonies
Language
English
Formats
Description
The film follows a group of misfit kids as they search for buried treasure in a subterranean cavern. Here they cross the path of lady criminal Mama Fratelli and her outlaw brood. Fortunately, the kids manage to befriend Fratelli's hideously deformed (but soft-hearted) son, who comes to their rescue.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths. Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo,...
32) 50 first dates
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Henry Roth lives an enviable life in a Hawaiian paradise, spending every night with a different beautiful tourist in search of an island fling. It's a great life, no strings attached ... until he meets Lucy. He and Lucy hit it off right from the start, but the next day she acts like she doesn't know him. Lucy suffers from short-term memory loss, so every night all memory of her day is erased. But a man in love will go to great lengths to win the girl...
Author
Language
English
Description
WITH GREAT POWER: THE STAN LEE STORY explores the vivid life and imagination of Stan Lee, the 94-year-old comic book legend who co-created over 500 legendary pop culture characters including Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man, Thor and The Hulk. Featuring interviews with both fans and colleagues including Kevin Smith, Patrick Stewart, Samuel L. Jackson, and Eva Mendes, the film is the tale of one man's determination to tell incredible stories that have enchanted...
Publisher
Nickelodeon / Paramount
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emerging from their hidden lair in the sewers for the very first time, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are ready to explore the hostile streets of NYC. Join these four super dudes: Leonardo, and Donatello, and Raphael, and Michelangelo, as they face enemies more dangerous, and taste pizza more delicious, than anything they could have imagined.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Fellowship has been broken. Boromir is dead; Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee have gone to Mordor alone to destroy the One Ring; Merry and Pippin have been captured by the Uruk-hai; Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli have made friends of the Rohan, a race of humans that are in the path of the upcoming war, led by its aging king, Theoden. The two towers between Mordor and Isengard, Barad-dur and Orthanc, have united in their lust for destruction. The...
36) The naughty list
Publisher
KickARC Ventures
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Two young elves have a hard time following the rules. But after wrecking the North Pole's official Christmas tree, they find themselves on the Naughty List. They are forced to do tasks like washing windows and cleaning bathrooms but seem to always make a bigger mess than they had. After the group is regulated to kitchen duty, they manage to give the whole North Pole food poisoning! Now with only hours to go before Christmas, they are the only ones...
37) Ribbit
Publisher
Stepping Stones Entertainment
Pub. Date
�2011
Language
English
Description
Follow Ribbit the frog and his best friend, flying squirrel Sandy, as they set off to find the answer to Ribbit’s identity crisis. You see, he doesn't like hopping and he really doesn't like to get wet! Along the journey through the mystical Amazon rain forest, they encounter kooky and kind animals that will help Ribbit find the truth about his own special self. Is he a prince in disguise or just an extra-special amphibian?
Author
Language
English
Description
Frank, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck. A heartfelt, nostalgic and gently humorous story about a chance encounter in which one man's dreams become another man's destiny.
39) Unleashed
Author
Language
English
Description
Emma, a brilliant but awkward app designer, moves to San Francisco after a massive betrayal by her boyfriend with only her beloved pets, an adorable cat and an energetic mutt, in tow. One night, drawn by the light of a Supermoon, Emma's pets escape into the night and are transformed into full-grown men, forcing Emma to reconsider her outlook on dating and hilariously work out her trust issues.