Ralph Brown
Author
Language
English
Description
Current scientific knowledge is frequently presented with a bias indicating science and religion are contradictory. This relatively recent phenomenon is despite widespread belief in a creator God being part of the history of humankind. With the incredible modern-era scientific advances, humans now seem determined to chase after and trust in material existence, simultaneously relegating God to an irrelevant status in relation to science. The Model...
3) Alien 3
Language
English
Description
Lt. Ripley is the lone survivor when her crippled spaceship crash lands on Fiorina 161, a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's prison. This is the story of her fears that an Alien was aboard her craft and the realization that may compel her to try to destroy not only the creature but herself.
4) Tapdancin'
Publisher
Michael Blackwood Productions
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
Where Europe brought the classics and the ballet to the world of dance, America brought tap to the table. In a highly entertaining overview of what is considered the first, genuinely all-American dance form, Christian Blackwood’s TAPDANCIN’ illuminates the New York driven renaissance of the once-flourishing art form. Blackwood shows how the triumphs and defeats of many great dancers from the past were mingled with the rejuvenation of this art...
Author
Series
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[1975]
Language
English
Description
"The administration of John Adams was a period of rapid change, internal discord, and the continual threat of war. Few of the nation's chief executives have been subjected to such immediate and ever-present danger of foreign involvement and national destruction, to such bitter animosities and serious cleavages within their administrations, or to such constant need for decision making as was John Adams. In the face of such adversity Adams successfully...
6) Gemini man
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Just as he is about to retire, middle-aged assassin Henry Brogan discovers he is a target and the person hunting him is a younger clone of himself that can anticipate his thoughts and actions.
Author
Series
Farmers' bulletin volume no. 1118
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Pub. Date
1920
Language
English
11) Impromptu
Series
Language
English
Description
Brazenly forward George Sand and frail, romantic Frederic Chopin are drawn together as lovers by an unnerving bond that cannot be broken despite the best efforts of those around them to keep them apart.
12) Amistad
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©1999
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland. When the ship, La Amistad, is seized, these captives are brought to the United States where they are charged with murder and await their fate in prison. A battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation, confronting the very foundation of the American justice...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, it is an unforgettable film of love, courage and sacrifice. During the final months of World War II in Hungary, a young man sets out to find his displaced family by using a stolen Nazi uniform to pose as an officer. On a journey filled with suspense and danger, he undertakes extraordinary measures to save his family and thousands of lives from the enemy.
17) Mean machine
Publisher
Paramount Classics
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Danny was a big star in British football, but was caught rigging a game during a championship tournament. His life spins out of control and ends up in prison for three years on an assault and battery conviction. The warden wants Danny to assemble a semi-pro team comprised of the prison's guards, but Danny is just smart enough to know this would seal his fate with his fellow prisoners. Instead, he offers to put together a team of inmates, who can play...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
A spaceship crew discovers an alien race that can breed with a human host, and Ripley realizes she must be the one to fight for the survival of humanity; Ripley's stories of the alien are met with skepticism until colonists on another planet begin disappearing; after her spaceship crashes on a planet inhabited by former prisoners, Ripley discovers that there was an Alien aboard the ship and she must help the men destroy the creature.
