Lindsay Crouse
Author
Series
Petra Connor novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
With her energies focused on a baffling, vicious gang slaying and her personal life in shambles, Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor has a full plate. The last thing she needs is a whiz-kid grad student claiming to have stumbled upon a bizarre connection between several unsolved murders.
“An elaborate, tangled web . . . With unsuspected turns at every chapter break...
With her energies focused on a baffling, vicious gang slaying and her personal life in shambles, Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor has a full plate. The last thing she needs is a whiz-kid grad student claiming to have stumbled upon a bizarre connection between several unsolved murders.
“An elaborate, tangled web . . . With unsuspected turns at every chapter break...
3) Misery
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Misery is an American psychological horror thriller novel written by Stephen King and first published by Viking Press on June 8, 1987. The novel's narrative is based on the relationship of its two main characters -- the popular writer Paul Sheldon and his psychotic fan Annie Wilkes. When Paul is seriously injured following a car accident, former nurse Annie brings him to her home, where Paul receives treatment and doses of pain medication. Gradually,...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
On his 9th birthday, Omri receives a cupboard that magically brings his 3 in. toy Indian Little Bear to life. They bond, embarking on an amazing adventure, until Omri's friend Patrick brings a 6-shooting cowboy to life and the secret is in danger of being revealed
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
It's the 1930's in Waxahachie, Texas. Against this Depression-torn background unforgettable characters meet and collide. Its emotionally gripping story centers around Edna Spalding (Sally Fields) and her unending struggle against extraordinary hardships
6) Iceman
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
p2004
Physical Desc
1videodisc (1 hr., 41 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nancy Harmon fled her California home, the macabre deaths of her two children, and the hideous charges brought against her. She changed her name, dyed her hair and sought refuge in the serenity of a small New England town. Now, remarried with two new lovely children, Nancy's life is filled with happiness...until the morning when she looks for her children but all she finds is one tattered red mitten and knows that the nightmare is beginning again....
8) 18 seconds
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sherry Moore, a beautiful, blind psychic, has the extraordinary ability to 'see' the last eighteen seconds of a murder victim's life by touching the corpse. She uses her gift to help others solve mysteries only she can tap into. Serial killer Earl Sykes never got caught for his vicious murders. Instead, it was a deadly auto accident that landed him in prison. Now, years later, he is free and hungry for revenge. Setting his sights on Lieutenant Kelly...
9) The insider
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 158 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
When former executive Jeffrey Wigand is fired by his employer, one of the largest tobacco companies in America, Wigand agrees to become a paid consultant for a story by veteran 60 minutes producer Lowell Bergman, regarding alleged unethical practices within the tobacco industry. But what begins as a temporary alliance leads to a lengthy battle for both men to save their reputations and more
Author
Series
Scarpetta volume 1, 2
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
℗2006
Physical Desc
5 audio discs (6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Body of evidence: After months of menacing phone calls and feeling that her every move is being watched, successful writer Beryl Madison flees Key West when a terrifying message is scratched on her car. But the very night she returns to Richmond, she deactivates her burglar alarm and opens her door to someone who nearly decapitates her. Why did she let him in, wonders Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta? And why is Beryl's latest manuscript missing?...
11) Brave Irene
Author
Language
English
Description
Irene battles the snow to bring the gown her sick mother has made to the duchess
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brave Irene : In the face of a fierce snowstorm, Irene summons all of her courage to deliver a ball gown to a duchess when her mother falls ill.
Doctor De Soto : A hungry fox with a toothache begs a mouse dentist to relieve his pain.
Sylvester and the magic pebble : Sylvester's parents are beside themselves when Sylvester magically turns himself into a rock to escape the jaws of a hungry lion.
The amazing bone : A young pig touched by spring finds...
13) Prefontaine
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The film features the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track."
14) With and Without
Author
Language
English
Description
It should be a week full of wine, wit and relaxation. However Jill's husband doesn't show up at a lakeside vacation house and instead of a holiday, the happily married Mark & Shelly are offered an intimate view of their friend's erratic behavior as she tries to cope. The lake is serene but in the house old passions bubble to the surface in this ‘dramedy' about the limits of friendship and marriage. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (168 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
New York cop Daniel Ciello (inspired by real-life undercover narcotics cop Robert Leuci) is involved in some questionable police practices. He is approached by Internal Affairs and in exchange for him potentially being let off the hook, he is instructed to begin to expose the inner workings of police corruption.
16) Slap shot
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The coach of a third-rate hockey team signs up some rough and tough players to help his team win
17) Communion
Author
Language
English
Description
Christopher Walken stars as Whitley Strieber, a man fraught with dreams and visions linked to a possible alien abduction from his past.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 466 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A collection of five murder mysteries featuring trenchcoat-wearing police lieutenant Columbo.
Disc one: There's much more than meets the eye when Columbo investigates the death of a magician who supposedly was killed by one of his own clever magic tricks. Columbo searches for clues on the cutting room floor when he suspects a high powered film director of hiding evidence of murder.
Disc two: Does the heart rule the head, or vice versa? Columbo ponders...
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (210 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the Arrival, radio astronomer Zane Zaminsky believes he's picked up a cosmic noise that is signaling extraterrestrial intelligence. But after turning over the tape to his boss Phil Gordian, Zane's fired, his girlfriend get transferred and his partner is found dead from an apparent suicide. Zane's desperate search for answers leads him to Mexico and a mysterious power plant this is generating more than electricity and is run by people who are not...
20) Gerald's game
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An erotic game with handcuffs between husband and wife. One of them won't make it through the night. For the survivor, death would have been a blessing.