Danny Glover
Author
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Language
English
Formats
Description
"YES! magazine cofounder Sarah van Gelder was worried about the current state of American society. Environmental destruction, growing poverty, urban decay, rural decline - it's a long list. Can we turn this around, she wondered? Are there answers we haven't found yet? She confided her fears to a friend, who said to her, 'If the universe could deploy the one small person that is you, what would it have you do?' Her answer surprised them both: 'I'd...
4) Gospel Hill
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In the town of Julia, the residents of the black neighborhood Gospel Hill, are being forced out of their homes to make way for a multimillion-dollar development causing thirty-year-old racial discord to resurface.
5) From above
Publisher
Anderson Merchandisers Lp
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In the wake of his wife's passing, a man recalls their years spent together.
9) Extortion
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
At a Caribbean resort, Kevin Riley and his family take a carefree boat ride that turns tragic when theyb2sre stranded on an island. Near death, theyb2sre rescued by a local fisherman who demands a million dollars, then vanishes. Riley must race to find his dying wife and son on an unknown island before their time runs out.
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Vietnam veteran Jake Neeley has been hiding from his memories in the woods of the Pacific Northwest for 35 years. His solitary life is thrown into chaos when a dying Army buddy asks him to take care of his young daughter.
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Set in a medieval realm where Captain Ahab and crew hunt dragons for the vitriol that powers their world, Ishmael, a charismatic harpooner and his friend Queequeg join their quest. Ahab's adopted daughter Rachel, beautiful and tough, runs the hunting vessel. Ahab's obsession to seek revenge on a great White Dragon that slaughtered his family when he was young and left his body scarred and mauled drives the crew deeper into the heart of darkness.
12) Bat*21
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Vietnam, 1968. A true story of a middle-aged air force officer, LTC Iceal Hambleton, who's never seen combat before. He is stranded behind enemy lines and all he can do is wait and hope. Then a voice crackles over his radio, and he has found a friend.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Frank Vega and Bernie Pope, travel to Louisiana to attend the wedding of their dear friend Carmen Gutierrez. What was pictured as a wedding weekend escape to the south turns violently ugly as madness and mayhem ensue, pressing our senior heroes to once again serve justice.
15) Deadly drifter
Publisher
Platinum
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"A self-described urban guerrilla from Greenwich Village, sent on missions across the country by a mysterious commander, finds himself caught up in a nebulous world of terror, murder, and fantasy." -- container.
16) The bouquet
Publisher
Gaiam Vivendi
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Two sisters, Mandy and Terri, both somewhat estranged from their family return home to help their mother after their father dies suddenly. Shortly thereafter, they discover that the family florist business has been in decline for some time and that their father had been hiding a secret. The sisters team up to rebuild the company using Terri's marketing savvy and Mandy's knowledge of the area. While doing so, old troubles between the sisters emerge...
17) Act of vengeance
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"After an unsuccessful and bloody raid in Istanbul, two Turkish anti-terrorist agents are sent to New York City on a mission to capture a notorious terrorist known only as Dejjal (Arabic for Anti-Christ). Working with the FBI and NYPD, the agents orchestrate the arrest of a suspect who may or not be the notorious Dejjal, but when events escalate, the foreign agents must take things in their own hands to avert disaster"--Container.
20) The color purple
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
An uneducated woman living in the rural American south who was raped by her father, deprived of the children she bore him and forced to marry a brutal man she calls "Mister" is transformed by the friendship of two remarkable women, acquiring self-worth and the strength to forgive.