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1) Jarhead
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows "Swoff," a third-generation Marine enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound pack on his back through the Middle Eastern deserts. There is no cover from intolerable heat or from the Iraqi soldiers, who are always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country...
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Two determined California college students, Arian and Ernest, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley, and attempt to do something important with their lives. The two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan. Dr. Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field and the human consequences of war becomes clear for these two students trapped behind enemy lines. They...
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
August 1944. Follows four black soldiers of the all-black 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped near the small Tuscan village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II. One of the men will risks his life to save an Italian boy who lives in the city where the Waffen-SS have massacred most of the citizens of the town in retaliation for Italian partisan activity. A sculpted head from the Ponte Santa Trinita...
4) Stop-loss
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Decorated Iraq war hero Sgt. Brandon King makes a celebrated return to his small Texas hometown following his tour of duty. He tries to resume the life he left behind with the help and support of his family and his best friend, Steve Shriver, who served with him in Iraq. Along with their other war buddies, Brandon and Steve try to make peace with civilian life. Then, against Brandon's will, the Army orders him back to duty in Iraq, which upends his...
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Colee, TK and Cheever are three soldiers who return home from the Iraq War after suffering injuries. They learn that life has moved on without them. The three end up on an unexpected road trip across the U.S. Colee is on a mission to bring her boyfriend's guitar back to his family. TK is seeking the confidence to face his wife after a shrapnel injury threatens his sexual function. Cheever is a middle-aged man who is planning to hit the casinos in...
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (874 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A group of soldiers, scientists and civilians, fleeing an attack, is stranded billions of miles from Earth on an Ancient ship known as the Destiny. Locked on an unknown course, they must fight to survive and find a way home. The danger, adventure and hope they find on board the Destiny will reveal the heroes and villains among them.
7) Pin-up girl
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lorrie Jones visits a popular hangout for servicemen. She falls in love with a war hero and tries to come up with a way to be near him. Lorrie pretends to be a Broadway star, and in turn she is hired by the USO and becomes a real star.
8) Platoon
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An idealistic new recruit arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his enemy is not just the Viet Cong, but also gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and the anger growing within himself.
10) Hero
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
A fearless warrior rises up to defy an empire and unite a nation. With supernatural skill, and no fear, the soldier embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that has massacred his people. To achieve the justice he seeks, he must take on the empire's most ruthless assassins and reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat. The story of the First Emperor of China, who is on the brink of winning a war-torn land during the dawn of the Qin dynasty...
12) Skyhunter
Author
Series
Skyhunter volume 1
Publisher
Puck
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
1.® edición.
Physical Desc
413 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Talin is a Striker, a member of an elite fighting force that stands as the last defense for the only free nation in the world: Mara. A refugee, Talin knows firsthand the horrors of the Federation, a world-dominating war machine responsible for destroying nation after nation with its terrifying army of mutant beasts known only as Ghosts. But when a mysterious prisoner is brought from the front to Mara's capital, Talin senses there's more to him than...
Author
Series
Deseo volume 895
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
156 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Major Hank Renshaw knows almost everything there is to know about Gabrielle Ballard. Except for what it's like to touch her. Because Gabrielle is his best friend's fiancée. Or she was. Until his buddy died in battle--right after making Hank promise to find her. So now Hank's in New Orleans. In Gabrielle's apartment. Watching her nurse her infant son. It's not honor that draws him to her. It's not duty that makes him stay. It's need he's feeling,...