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1) First blood
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A mentally unstable Vietnam vet has a one-man war with the police force of a small town after they abuse him. Includes a never-before-seen alternate suicide ending, deleted scenes and commentary with Sylvester Stallone.
2) King Rat
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 134 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Singapore's Changi Gaol during WWII, Corporal King, a thoroughly unscrupulous and opportunistic American POW, makes shabby deals with the camp guards in order to make his confinement more comfortable. King delights in rising above his military rank and social class as he uses his streetwise tactics to "rule" over his fellow Allied prisoners and his Japanese captors.
Author
Description
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.
Author
Series
Star-touched queen volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
ix, 367 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
Gauri, princess of Bharata, has been captured by her kindgom's enemies and faces a future of exile and scorn--she has nothing left to lose. But Vikram, the notoriously cunning prince of a neighboring land, promises her freedom in exchange for her partnership on his team to win the Tournament of Wishes. It seems like a fool-proof plan--until Gauri and Vikram arrive at the tournament and find that danger takes on new shapes, and new trials test their...
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Escaping from a Confederate prison by balloon, the survivors land on an uncharted island in the Pacific. The island is home to carnivorous monsters, bloodthirsty pirates, and the mad genius Captain Nemo, who inhabits the island for his own strange ends.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 22 cm
Description
This 1944 World War Two drama tells the story of Anthony, a boy living in a deprived Welsh village, anticipating the arrival of American troops. Suddenly, a German plane crashes into the village mountain. A Polish prisoner-of-war survives and is brought into the community where he builds a close relationship with Anthony. Later, the villagers discover one of the Germans on the plane has survived and is still on the mountain. Joyous, thrilling, and...
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
158 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"In 1919, in a small town in the province of Berry, France, under the crushing heat of summer heat wave, a war hero is being held prisoner in an abandoned barracks. In front of the door to his prison, a mangy dog barks night and day. Miles from where he is being held, in the French countryside, a young extraordinarily intelligent woman works the land the land, waiting and hoping. A judge whose principles have been sorely shaken by the war is traveling...
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Haunted by the death of his wife while attending brutally sick and injured soldiers at a World War II Japanese POW camp, surgeon Dorrigo Evans receives a letter that irrevocably shapes the subsequent decades of his life in Australia. Richard Flanagan's story ? of Dorrigo Evans, an Australian doctor haunted by a love affair with his uncle's wife ? journeys from the caves of Tasmanian trappers in the early twentieth century to a crumbling pre-war beachside...
9) The way back
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspired by an incredible true story beginning in 1940 when seven prisoners attempt the impossible: escape from a brutal Siberian gulag. Thus begins a treacherous 4,500-mile trek to freedom across the world's most merciless landscapes. They have little food and few supplies. They don't know or trust each other. But together, they must withstand nature at its most extreme. Their humanity is further tested when they meet a teenage runaway who begs to...
11) Rolling thunder
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pub. Date
[2013].
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A Vietnam veteran who returns home after years in a POW camp, Maj. Charles Rane is treated as a hero, but his family proves to be distant. When thugs invade his home to steal silver coins that Rane received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him, his wife and son for dead. Rane survives and becomes obsessed with getting revenge. Aided by his loyal friend Johnny Vohden, Rane, now wielding a hook for a hand, sets out on his mission of vengeance....
12) Elephant run
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
318 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Nick endures servitude, beatings, and more after his British father's plantation in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941, and when his father and others are taken prisoner and Nick is stranded with his friend Mya, they plan a daring escape on elephants, risking their lives to save Nick's father and Mya's brother from a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
Author
Series
Matthew Hawkwood novels volume 3
Formats
Description
Matthew Hawkwood, ex-soldier turned Bow Street Runner, goes undercover to hunt down smugglers and traitors at the height of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Formats
Description
"Berlin. 1963. The height of the Cold War. An early morning spy swap, not at the familiar setting for such exchanges, or at Checkpoint Charlie, where international visitors cross into the East, but at a more discreet border crossing, usually reserved forEast German VIPs. The Communists are trading two American students caught helping people to escape over the wall and a lower level CIA operative. On the other side of the trade: Martin Keller, a physicist...
15) The railway man
Publisher
The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 108 min.) : sound, color. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Eric Lomax is a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering from the psychological trauma, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor from the prison camp in an attempt to let go of a lifetime...
16) Days of infamy
Author
Series
Days of infamy series volume 1
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
440 p. ; 24 cm.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
In this gripping narrative, Ben Macintyre tackles one of the most famous prison stories in history and makes it utterly his own. During World War II, the German army used the towering Colditz Castle to hold the most defiant Allied prisoners. For four years, these prisoners of the castle tested its walls and its guards with ingenious escape attempts that would become legend. But as Macintyre shows, the story of Colditz was about much more than escape....
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
337 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Valor is the magnificent story of a genuine American hero who survived the fall of the Philippines and brutal captivity under the Japanese, from New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton. Lieutenant William Frederick "Bill" Harris was 25 years old when captured by Japanese forces during the Battle of Corregidor in May 1942. This son of a decorated Marine general escaped from hell on earth by swimming eight hours through a shark-infested bay;...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 616 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As Carrie and Saul search for the truth behind the bombing of CIA headquarters, lines are blurred between friend and foe and no one can be trusted. While hiding a stunning secret of her own, Carrie helps recruit Brody for a dangerous mission that could offer him a chance at redemption. But when the plan unravels and Brody is targeted deep inside Iran, he must put his life in Carrie's hands, leading to one of the most suspenseful and shocking season...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approx. 631 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Now working at a private security firm in Berlin, Carrie is trying to start a new life, but she soon discovers she can't escape her past. Blindsided by stunning betrayals, and without Saul and Quinn to rely on, Carrie must uncover a deadly conspiracy that puts thousands of lives at risk, including her own.
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