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61) Little John
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
The unmarried daughter of a Texas rancher gives birth to an unwanted child. She puts the child up for adoption and moves away. Unbeknownst to her, her estranged father adopts her child. Twelve years later, the father decides to reunite his daughter with her son, even if she doesn't want anything to do with them.
62) A few good men
Description
Cruise stars as a brash Navy lawyer who's teamed with a gung-ho litigator in a politically-explosive murder case. Charged with defending two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier, they are confronted with complex issues of loyalty and honor - including its most sacred code and its most formidable warrior.
71) The rookie
Pub. Date
[2002]
Formats
Description
When a shoulder injury ended his minor league pitching career twelve years ago, Jim Morris resorted to the next best thing: coaching. But Jim's team, knowing their coach is a great ball player, makes a deal with him: if they win the district championship, they want Jim to try out for a major-league organization. Going from worst to first, the team makes it to state, and Jim is forced to live up to his end of the deal. While there prove to be a lot...
74) Pumpkinhead
Pub. Date
1988
Description
"When a backwoods community is invaded by big-city bikers, a tragic accident leaves a local child dead. Torn by grief, the father wants more than justice--he wants primitive, cold-blooded revenge. He invokes the demon, Pumpkinhead, for retribution against the bikers. But, as the father discovers to his horror, a grisly price must be paid.
Pub. Date
©2006
Description
This program focuses on Niels Bohr, who worked with some of the best physicists of the 20th century to devise his atomic model. Students will gain an understanding of the historical developments in atomic theories up to Bohr, a brief outline of Bohr's life. Bohr's first and second postulates, and his influence on contemporary society.
76) Nightjohn
Author
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her how to read.
Series
Pub. Date
[1990], c1980
Description
Uses archival photographs, sound recordings and film footage to explore world events, sports, life-styles, and achievements during 1940-1949. America mobilized for total war, bringing the fateful dawn of the atomic age. It was the decade of G.I. Joe, victory gardens, gas rationing, zoot suits and penny loafers. Includes discussion of the global conflict of World War II; the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the U.S. declaration of war; rations and shortages;...