Karen Allen
Author
Language
English
Description
Even though Twitch is a livestream platform primarily for gamers, indie musicians are building real fanbases and making enough money for this to be a solid side hustle or even a full-time job. Artists on Twitch are supportive of each other. Viewers are looking for fun, new talent to hang out with online. The category is not over-saturated, so you can still get discovered. And the whole thing has monetization features that are fun for the viewers and...
Author
Language
English
Description
When Sara's husband, Mark, goes to law school on the East Coast, Sara moves in with her mercurial sister because she's just gotten promoted at her job and doesn't want to leave San Francisco. It's manageable. She and Mark will both focus on their careers and temporarily be BCDR, that's all-bi-coastal, dual rental. To keep busy Sara begins City Buddha-Mind walking and volunteers at a domestic violence shelter. But after Aaron, a high-powered consultant,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Do you keep finding yourself in unhealthy relationships? Have you lost track of what matters most to you? Do you keep putting yourself last? "Free to Be Me: Create a Life You Love from the Inside Out!" takes you on a journey…from a life that revolves around doing what others think you should to a life designed for (and by) you. Whether you are recovering from a break-up, grieving a loss, or simply questioning where you are in your life, "Free to...
Author
Language
English
Description
Life is, filled with hardships. Some hardships are expected, some come out of the blue, and some slowly, build up over time. Knowing this is a reality for everyone, Karen is on a mission to share practical mindset tools and strategies to help people build an unbreakable foundation.
It's not about having a perfect life where nothing bad happens. Living is about focusing on what you can do now, taking one small action at a time, and giving it your...
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (135 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel, overbearing mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister. An all-star version of the Tennessee Williams classic. Official Selection at the **Cannes Film Festival** and **Toronto International Film Festival**.
Publisher
Cardinal Flix
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Based on the short story by groundbreaking southern American writer Carson McCullers, written when she was just 25, the film, “A TREE. A ROCK. A CLOUD.”, is set at a roadside café in the early morning in the Spring of 1947. A young boy and an older man meet by chance. The man relates a luminous tale of personal heartbreak and loss, and of his hard won understanding of the nature of love. The film is the directorial debut of award winning...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1979.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (117 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Based on the acclaimed first novel by Richard Price (*The Night Of*), Philip Kaufman's THE WANDERERS follows the exploits of the eponymous Italian-American gang in the Bronx in 1963, just before the country underwent profound change. This cult classic features a jukebox full of golden oldies and a young cast of up and comers. Official Selection at the **Venice Film Festival**. “*This visually extravagant gang ode…has Fellini-esque touches.*”...
10) Scrooged
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Modern version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with Bill Murray portraying a nasty, uncaring, unforgiving TV network president. On Christmas Eve, he is visited by three ghosts who show him the error of his ways.
11) The sandlot
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in the early 1960's, this comedy focuses on a fifth grader who can't throw a baseball but is recruited by the leader of a neighborhood gang to play on the nearby sandlot field. It's the beginning of a summer he'll never forget.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Indy tries to outrace a brilliant and beautiful agent for the mystical, all-powerful Crystal Skull of Akator. Teaming up with a rebellious young biker and his spirited love Marion, Indy takes you on a breathtaking, action-packed adventure.
13) Starman
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (115 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An alien, from a distant planet, lands in Wisconsin and arrives at the remote cabin of Jenny Hayden, a distraught young widow. The alien (Starman) convinces her to drive him to Arizona, explaining that if he is not picked up by his mothership in three days he will die. En route, Starman demonstrates the power of universal love, while Jenny rediscovers her human feelings for passion.
Publisher
Lucasfilm Ltd
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.
15) Cruising
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Deluxe edition, widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
New York City detective Steve Burns Al Pacino receives orders from Captain Edelson Paul Sorvino to solve a series of brutal murders in the gay community. Steve scours the gay bars that caters to same-sex sadomasochism in a desperate attempt to solve the crime. As he infiltrates the scene, he slowly comes loose from the moorings of his own reality, and an innocent victim is tortured by the cops in an effort to exact a confession. The story is based...
17) The silent boy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katy, the precocious ten-year-old daughter of the town doctor, befriends a retarded boy.
18) Born to Blush
Author
Language
English
Description
This thrilling romantic adventure follows the plucky Mary on her journey into the depths of Dickensian England where she encounters a myriad of odd characters some of whom mean her harm while others strive to help her. Mary has a secret. Should it be discovered, she will be transported in chains to Australia as a criminal. When a childhood friend reappears in her life, friendship turns to love. But her joy is tinged with fear. He is now an officer...
19) Animal house
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Double secret probation ed.; Widescreen version (1.85:1).
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Faber College has one frat house so disreputable it will take anyone. The campus's only other frat house is full of white, anglo-saxon, rich young men that no one can stand except Dean Wormer. The dean enlists the help of their fraternity to get the boys of Delta House off campus. The dean's plan comes into play just before the homecoming parade.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Indiana Jones, an archeologist, embarks on a thrilling quest to locate the mystical Ark of the Covenant. Accompanied by his fiesty ex-flame Marion Ravenwood, Indy must discover the Ark before the Nazis do, and he has to survive poison, traps, snakes and treachery to do so.