United Artists Corporation
1) War games
Pub. Date
1983.
Description
Young electronics wizard David Lightman unwittingly hooks into America's supersecret wargames computer and the world is suddenly threatened with nuclear annihilation.
Pub. Date
[2008]
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...
4) GoldenEye
Series
James Bond volume 18
Pub. Date
1995.
Description
When a mysterious Cossack crime lord gains control of a powerful satellite laser weapon, James Bond is sent to Russia to stop him, at all costs.
Series
James Bond volume 4
Pub. Date
c1999
Formats
Description
Agent 007 goes above the call of duty and to the bottom of the ocean to track down a villainous criminal who's holding millions hostage and threatening to plunge the world into a nuclear holocaust.
Series
James Bond volume 5
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
WW III nearly breaks out when a U.S. space capsule is swallowed up by what everyone believes is a Russian spaceship. Bond and the British government believe that it is the work of the S.P.E.C.T.R.E. organisation and must find out what their motives are.
8) Goldfinger
Series
James Bond volume 3
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
From the opening bomb blast outside a steamy nighclub to a last-minute escape from the president's personal jet, James Bond faces off with a maniacal villain bent on destroying all the gold in Fort Knox - and obliterating the world economy.
Series
James Bond volume 2
Pub. Date
1963.
Description
James Bond travels to Istanbul to retrieve a top secret Soviet decoding machine, but his mission is put in jeopardy when he falls in love with a sexy Russian double agent.
Series
James Bond volume 10
Pub. Date
1998
Formats
Description
Agent 007 joins forces with a beautiful Russian agent to battle a mad genius, multi-millionaire shipping magnate Karl Stromberg. Stromberg plans to destroy the earth and rebuild it underwater, and is in possession of an ultra- sensitive submarine tracking system which he seems to be offering to the highest bidder. After he captures a British submarine, Bond's job is to recover the tracking device and free the submarine.
11) Hotel Rwanda
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
A deeply moving true story about a five-star-hotel manager who used his wits and worlds to save more than 1,200 lives during the 1994 Rwandan conflict.
Series
James Bond volume 12
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
When a British navy ship containing a top-secret nuclear submarine tracking system is sunk, Bond is given the task of keeping the weapon from falling into Russian hands.
13) West side story
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
This musical sets the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet against a backdrop of the rivalry of two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, in New York of the 1950s. A young woman who is sister to the Sharks leader has her first taste of love with the former head of the Jets.
Series
James Bond volume 22
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
With two professional assassinations in quick succession, James Bond is quickly elevated to '00' status. Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Uganda where he is to spy on a terrorist, Mollaka. Not everything goes to plan and Bond decides to investigate, independently of MI6, in order to track down the rest of the terrorist cell. Following a lead to the Bahamas, he encounters Dimitrios and his girlfriend, Solange. He learns that Dimitrios is involved...
16) The Long Riders
Pub. Date
1980.
Description
The story of the Jesse James gang, with the Carradine brothers playing the Youngers and the Keach brothers starring as Jesse and Frank James.
17) A Bridge Too Far
Pub. Date
1977.
Description
Late in 1944, the Allies seem to have the upper hand in the European land war. A combined British and American paratrooper force, led by American general Gavin and British general Urquhart (Sean Connery), plans to take a highway leading from the Netherlands into Germany, so that British ground troops led by Lieutenant General Horrocks (Edward Fox) and Lieutenant Colonel Vandeleur (Michael Caine) can enter enemy territory. But the Allies soon learn...
18) Red dawn
Pub. Date
1984.
Description
Eight teenagers escape to the mountains after an invasion by Russians of the U.S. They fight back, using their school team name Wolverines as their rallying cry.
19) The Alamo
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,00-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.