David John
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From popular TV personality Bob Beckel, a deeply moving, redemptive memoir about his life as a political operative and diplomat, his long struggle with alcohol and drugs, and his unlikely journey to finding faith. Growing up poor in an abusive home, Bob Beckel learned to be a survivor: to avoid conflict, mask his feelings, and to lie--all skills that served him well in Washington, where he would become the youngest-ever Deputy Assistant Secretary...
43) The creator
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
William Collins paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1997 the author, aged 17, escaped North Korea for China. Her mother's first words over the telephone to her lost daughter were "don't come back". The reprisals for all of them would have been lethal. Twelve years later she returned to the North Korean border in a daring mission to spirit her mother and brother to South Korea in a very costly and dangerous journey. This eloquent book offers the first credible account of ordinary life in North Korea...
45) Dear Delia: the Civil War letters of Captain Henry F. Young, Seventh Wisconsin Infantry, 1861-1864
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xlvi, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Dear Delia chronicles the story of Henry F. Young, an officer in the famed Iron Brigade, as told through 155 letters home. His insights, often poignant and powerful, enable readers to witness the Civil War as he did. Young covers innumerable details of military service-- from the camaraderie, pettiness, and thievery he witnessed among the troops, to the brutality of internecine war. Above all, Young's communications highlight his unflagging patriotism--...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (358 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The sun-soaked world of a group of past and present football players in and around Miami, Florida. Leading the pack is Spencer, a retired football superstar who is trying to find a foothold as a financial manager to current players. In an industry where the career span is unbelievably short, Spencer and his crew must figure out where the game ends and life begins, all while keeping their cool and having each other's backs.
47) True crime story
Author
Language
English
Description
"A strikingly original novel in the vein of DAISY JONES AND THE SIX meets Riley Sager, TRUE CRIME STORY twists together transcripts, emails, and documents into an investigation of a missing college girl, also weaving in the mysteries of how the narrator "Joseph Knox" came to be in possession of these files and what fate befell the original author, as well as why Knox might not be telling us everything he knows. Zoe Nolan disappeared from Manchester...
48) Amsterdam
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Part of the bestselling Surrounded by Idiots series! Internationally bestselling author Thomas Erikson shares the secrets of dealing with everyday narcissists. Are the narcissists in your life making you miserable? Are you worn out by their constant demands for attention, their absolute conviction they are right (even when they're clearly not), their determination to do whatever they want (regardless of the impact), and their baffling need to control...
50) Unbridled
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An abused teen finds redemption in her relationship with a horse that has also suffered abuse.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
We are meant to be happy. Instinctively, we all know this, somewhere deep inside. We all know what it's like to feel a burst of delight. Every one of us has at some point in our lives experienced a sense of ecstatic joy, of euphoria at the sheer sensation of being alive.
Have you ever wondered why that experience has to be so rare and fleeting?
The answer is, It doesn't.
—from Code to Joy
All the positive thinking,
...Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Spencer is back in a new season of the hit comedy that explores the glamorous, and often cutthroat, world of pro football, as seen through a group of past and present players striving to stay in the game.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 225 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A comedy that follows the life of former football superstar Spencer Strasmore as he deals with retirement while mentoring other former and current players through the business of football.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (255 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Spencer is back in a new season of the hit comedy that explores the glamorous, and often cutthroat, world of pro football, as seen through a group of past and present players striving to stay in the game.
56) Eragon
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eragon is an orphaned farm boy whose destiny is sealed forever when a mystic stone chooses him for its keeper. This is no ordinary stone, this is the last surviving egg of the dragon race. Eragon is now the new Dragon Rider, the boy who will be a savior to the repressed peoples of the Kingdom. The Kingdom is ruled by the wicked King Galbatorix and his evil wizard Durza. Eragon, together with his mentor, Brom, the gracious dragon Saphira and the beautiful...
57) Dungeoneers
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
437 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The world is not a fair place, and Colm Candorly knows it. While his parents and eight sisters seem content living on a lowly cobbler's earnings, Colm can't help but feel that everyone has the right to a more comfortable life. It's just a question of how far you're willing to go to get it. In an effort to help make ends meet, Colm uses his natural gift for pickpocketing to pilfer a pile of gold from the richer residents of town, but his actions place...
58) The Christmas guitar: a collection of favorite carols performed on acoustic guitars and mandolin
Author
Pub. Date
[1987]
Physical Desc
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (92 min., 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Daddy day care : Two fathers lose their jobs in product development at a large food company and are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman Academy and become stay-at-home fathers. With no job possibilities on the horizon, the two dads open their own day care facility, "Daddy Day Care" and employ some fairly unconventional and sidesplitting methods of caring for children. As "Daddy Day Care" starts to catch on, it launches them into...