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21) John Carter
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs's classic novel, a war-weary former military captain is inexplicably transported to Mars and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 434 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking collection of essays by celebrated international writers bears witness to the human cost of fifty years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. In Kingdom of Olives and Ash, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, two of today's most renowned novelists and essayists, have teamed up with the Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence an organization comprised of former Israeli soldiers who served in the occupied territories and saw firsthand...
23) Wonder Boys
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During a single weekend, college professor Grady Tripp scrambles to gather together a life that has suddenly reeled out of control. An unfinished novel, a stolen car, a murdered pet and a failing marriage are just a few of the crises piling up.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (488 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the destruction of the Planet Romulus, follow Picard as he tracks down a series of mysteries about his past. Picard sets out on a new adventure against a legion of dangerous foes, with the help of a few returning characters: Data, Riker, and Seven of Nine, and a whole new crew.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 533 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A cryptic and desperate message from a long-lost friend Dr. Beverly Crusher draws Starfleet legend Admiral Jean-Luc Picard into the most daring mission of his life, forcing him to recruit allies spanning generations old and new. The legacy of Picard's past meets explosive new revelations that will alter the fate of the Federation forever. Experience the Star Trek: The Next Generation reunion three decades in the making like you've never seen it before,...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (473 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jean-Luc Picard must enlist friends both old and new to confront the perils of 21st century Earth in a desperate race against time to save the galaxy's future and face the ultimate trial from one of his greatest foes.
Publisher
Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Art Bechstein is a recent college grad and plans on spending his last summer sleepwalking through the exams that will send him far away to a job chosen for him by his gangster father. But when Art meets the beautiful Jane Belliweather and her wild boyfriend, Cleveland, Art's summer and life change forever. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh captures the adventures and emotional explorations of three young people trying to find their way in a changing world"--Container....
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (68 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin is a feature documentary exploring the remarkable life and legacy of the late feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin ... Produced with Le Guin's participation over the course of a decade, Worlds of Ursual K. Le Guin is a journey through the writer's career and her worlds, both real and fantastic. Viewers will join the writer on an intimate journey of self-discovery as she comes into her own as a major feminist author, opening...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 388 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Spider-man: "Spider-man - The web-spinning superhero has a mission to save New York from his nemesis, the Green Goblin, and to win the heart of Mary Jane, the girl next door"--Adapted from container
Spider-man 2: "Peter Park gives up his crime-fighting identity of Spider-Man in a desperate attempt to return to ordinary life and keep the love of MJ. But a ruthless, terrifying new villain, the multi-tentacled Doc Ock, forces Peter to sing back into...
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
327, [9] p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports.(chiefly col.), photos. (chiefly col.), facisms. ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
Wes Anderson is one of the most influential voices from the past two decades of American cinema. A true auteur, Anderson is known for the visual artistry, inimitable tone, and idiosyncratic characterizations that make each of his films- 'Bottle Rocket', 'Rushmore', 'The Royal Tenenbaums', 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou', 'The Darjeeling Limited', 'Fantastic Mr. Fox', and 'Moonrise Kingdom'- instantly recognizable as "Andersonian." 'The Wes Anderson...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-one tales that, in Chabon's words, 'venture to the limits of the human capacity for terror and revulsion... armed only with an umbrella and a very dry wit.' The stories here represent the best of James's work. They are set in the leisurely, late-Victorian, middle-class world of country houses, seaside inns, out-of-the-way railway stations, and cathedral closes, where gentlemen of independent means and antiquarian tastes suddenly find themselves...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An original novel based on the new Star Trek TV series! A thrilling novel leading into the new CBS series, Una McCormack's The Last Best Hope introduces you to brand new characters featured in the life of beloved Star Trek captain Jean-Luc Picard--widely considered to be one of the most popular and recognizable characters in all of science fiction"--
"Tell us, why did you leave Starfleet, Admiral?" When Starfleet discovers that the Romulan star...
37) Steampunk
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
Pub. Date
©2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 373 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Features stories in which the Victorian era is reimagined to include Martian technology, steam-powered robots, airships, alchemy, and various anachronistic technologies.
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
©1996
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 249 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The experience of growing up Jewish in America has produced some of the very best works of fiction and nonfiction ever written. Now, Growing Up Jewish brings together twenty-five accounts by some of our most popular and admired authors as well as newer and lesser-known voices. These twenty-five stories of childhood and adolescence explore issues of Jewish identity, language, generational differences, and family life.
But above all, they touch on...
Publisher
McSweeney's Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
476 p. : 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Apatow shares a collection of "writing from all disciplines-- short stories, poetry, essays, humor writing, journalism, memoir, cartoons, sketches, and even television pilots." Most were selected for their humor, but the author admits to selecting a few because they were so personally meaningful to him.
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