Joe Morton
Author
Language
English
Description
"Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage -- and lost his mother and all memory of her when he was a child -- but he is also gifted with a mysterious power. Hiram almost drowns when he crashes a carriage into a river, but is saved from the depths by a force he doesn't understand, a blue light that lifts him up and lands him a mile away. This strange brush with death forces a new urgency on Hiram's private rebellion. Spurred on by his improvised plantation...
Author
Series
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of the pioneering men and women who sowed the seeds of a nation with their courage and their blood, and how their paths would meet amid the epic struggle against fierce enemies and nature's cruelty to win, for all time, the rich and untamed West.
4) Stealth
Language
English
Description
In the near future, the Navy develops a stealth fighter plane. On board piloting the jet is an artificial intelligence computer. The jet is placed on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific to learn combat manuevers from the human pilots aboard. But when the computer develops a mind of its own, it's the humans who are charged with stopping it before it incites a war.
6) Tap
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Max Washington is a promising but disillusioned tap dancer who must resolve the conflict between his craft and the fast track life of a high-stakes thief.
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Ultimate ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A lethal cyborg, the T-1000, has been sent back from 2029 A.D. to present day Los Angeles on a mission to kill the boy destined to lead the freedom fighters of the future. A duplicate of the original terminator cyborg is reprogrammed and sent to save the boy, assisted by the boy's mother, a woman warrior whose warnings of a world headed toward nuclear disaster go unheeded. Two versions of the film are included as well numerous additional materials....
8) Speed
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jack Traven, an L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist who is sent to diffuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist has planted on a bus. But until he does, Jack and passenger must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles per hour-- or the bomb will explode.
9) Speed
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jack Traven, an L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist who is sent to diffuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist has planted on a bus. But until he does, Jack and passenger must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles per hour-- or the bomb will explode.
10) Hemingway
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hr.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Examine the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers: Ernest Hemingway. Intimate and insightful, the series weaves together Hemingway's biography with excerpts from his work. The film penetrates the myth of Hemingway to reveal a deeply troubled and ultimately tragic figure.
12) Mr. Tornado
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Super Outbreak of 1974 was the most intense tornado outbreak on record, tearing a vicious path of destruction across thirteen states, generating 148 tornadoes from Alabama to Ontario, damaging thousands of homes, and killing more than 300 people. Meteorologist Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita spent ten months studying the outbreak's aftermath in the most extensive aerial tornado study ever conducted, and through detailed mapping and leaps of scientific...
13) Africa
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 540 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A series presenting Africa through the eyes of its people, conveying the beauty and diversity of the continent and the compelling personal stories of those who shape its future.
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1897, six Eskimos arrived in New York City, brought as the "exotic cargo" of explorer Robert Peary from Greenland. The youngest of the group was 7-year-old Minik, who struggled to create a home and identity thousands of miles from his native land.
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In May 1942, thousands of American soldiers began one of the biggest and most difficult construction projects ever undertaken. This program tells how they battled to push a 1,520-mile road across one of the world's harshest landscapes.
16) Justice League
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Together, Batman and Wonder Woman work quickly to find and recruit a team of metahumans to stand against this newly awakened threat. But despite the formation of this unprecedented league of heroes it may already be too late to save the planet form an assault of catastrophic...
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During World War II, bent on conquest, the German strategies became completely amoral, challenging and perhaps ending the concept of 'civilized warfare.' Through interviews with veterans, historians and ethicists from all the countries engaged in World War II, this American Experience film recounts the story of the Anglo-American bombing campaign against Germany, exploring the moral conundrums imposed by the reality of the war.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (787 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Take a trip to the far side of reality in the town of Eureka, where innovation and chaos go hand-in-hand. Reunite with the town's hard-working sheriff, Carter, as he tries to deal with his adopted hometown's unique geniuses while trying to raise his feisty teenage daughter on his own.
19) Paycheck
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Michael Jennings is the best reverse-engineer in the business, so his friend hires him to do a special job, with the promise of a multi-million dollar paycheck when the job is completed. At the end of the job, his short-term memories are erased, then he learns that he had agreed to forfeit his pay for the three-year job in exchange for some worthless trinkets. He has no recourse until he receives an envelope with mysterious clues to his forgotten...
20) Eureka: Season 2
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 564 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Return to the seemingly perfect town of Eureka, where the hidden work of America's brightest scientists can lead to innovative discoveries and unnatural chaos. Follow Sheriff Jack Carter as he struggles to keep a sense of normalcy amid the scientific mayhem, big brains and bigger adventure in this unusual little town in the Pacific Northwest.