Paul Walker
Author
Series
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by Macmillan
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 27 cm.
Description
"In 1848, carpenter James Marshall made a chance discovery that would change the face of the American West. That discovery: a few shiny flakes-of gold in a riverbed he was digging. Within a year 800,000 gold-seekers from all over the world were on their way to California, and the Gold Rush was on. This book covers the entire period of the boom-and-bust of one of the greatest expansion periods in US history-from the dangers of the journey, to the rough...
Author
Description
Adolphus Washington Greely was one of the most forward-thinking people ever to grace the field of public service. He was the oldest person ever to receive the United States Congressional Medal of Honor at the advanced age of ninety-one, and during his lifetime, he brought about some of the most significant changes to American scientific and military exploration. He was at one time the most well, known person in the world, and his acquaintance was,...
5) Hours
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After his premature daughter is born and placed on a ventilator, Hurricane Katrina strikes New Orleans and the father must find a way to keep his child alive while waiting for someone to rescue them from a dark hospital.
6) Eight below
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper. The scientist soon discovers that Shepard also has eight other valuable friends, a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for years who have rescued him from a number of tight spots. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled...
8) Eight below
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper, and their pack of sled dogs. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled with a massive storm front forces them to fly to safety, leaving the dogs behind. Now, the dogs must struggle against the elements to survive as they...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following their successful Rio heist, Dom and his crew of professional criminals have retired around the world. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam has left their lives incomplete. Hobbs asks Dom and Brian to help him take down an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers. In return, their crew will receive full pardons and be allowed to return home.
10) Fast five
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
After Brian and Mia break Dom out of jail, they find themselves trapped in Rio de Janeiro and on the run from the law. Now one last job stands between them and freedom, but will they make it before the corrupt businessmen, or the feds, catch up to them? Contains both PG-13 Rated and unrated version.
11) Timeline
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An archaeologist gets sent back in time to fourteenth-century France, and his son travels back to rescue him.
12) Eight below
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper. The scientist soon discovers that Shepard also has eight other valuable friends -- a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for years, who have rescued him from a number of tight spots. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled...
13) Running scared
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Joey Gazelle is a low level mobster whose job it is to dispose of "hot" guns from mob killings. But Joey has been hiding these guns in the drywall of his basement, instead of tossing them in the river. When Joey's son and his best friend, Oleg, witness Joey hiding some guns from a botched drug deal, Oleg steals one of the guns and shoots his abusive stepfather with it. Things are bad enough, but Oleg's stepfather happens to be the nephew of a psychotic...
14) Fast & furious
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dom Toretto is a former street racer who, along with his crew, hijacks an oil truck out on the highway. Dom is living the life of a fugitive in the Dominican Republic, but after suffering a devastating personal loss, he is driven by revenge to return to Los Angeles to bring down an elusive drug smuggler. He is reunited with undercover FBI agent Brian O'Connor who let him go eight years earlier. Brian is also on the case of the drug smuggler and he...
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Every night is a championship race on the turbo-charged streets of Los Angeles. Dominic and Johnny are rivals who are the boldest, the baddest, the best, and turn their challengers into dust. Along comes a challenger. Dominic and Johnny know that he is tough and fast, what they don't know is that he is a speed demon detective trying to bust up a theft ring.
16) Varsity blues
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A backup quarterback for the high school football team must confront the pressures and temptations of being a sports star, including conflicts with his coach and his girlfriend, when the starting quarterback is injured.
17) Timeline
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A group of present-day archeology students are stunned to discover a handwritten plea for help dated April 2, 1357...from their own professor. He's been blasted back in time to the 14th century. To rescue him, they must travel back and survive one of the most violent battles in world history--and make it back to the 21st century alive.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (558 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.
19) 2 fast 2 furious
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Now an ex-cop on the run, Brian, hooks into outlaw street racing. When the Feds strong-arm him back, Brian's no rules, win-or-die skills are unleased against an international drug lord. With his velocity-addicted buddy riding shotgun, and a drop-dead-georgeous undercover agent dialing up the heat ... it becomes a desperate race for survival and justice.