Edward Asner
1) Scat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
11th edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (464 pages)
Language
English
Description
"For the increasing number of people looking for ways to make a difference while on vacation, this fully updated edition is filled with in-depth information to get them ready for their adventure, including contacts, locations, costs, dates, project details, and profiles of 150 select organizations running thousands of programs in the United States and around the world. Including new details about long-term projects and organizations specifically tailored...
3) The Animal
Publisher
Revolution Studios
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
From the producers of the comedy smash Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo comes THE ANIMAL, the tale of lowly file clerk Marvin Mange (Rob Schneider), who doesn’t have the athletic prowess it takes to complete the police training school and fulfill his lifelong dream to be a cop. But his luck changes when he’s critically injured in a car accident and an eccentric doctor secretly uses animal organs to perform a trans-species-ectomy to rebuild him. Energized...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 62 min.)
Language
English
Description
Based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representation from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows. This documentary breaks important new ground in exploring wasy in which race, gender, and sexuality intersect with class, offering a complex reading of television's often one-dimensional representations. Featuring...
Author
Series
Conversations with God volume 9
Publisher
Phoenix Books and Audio
Pub. Date
p2007
Physical Desc
7 CDs (9 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The author discusses how God talks to people and what is the nature of spiritual truth.
6) Up
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
C2009
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Carl Fredericksen is a 78- year-old curmudgeon. He used to enjoy his modest life as a balloon seller when his adventure-loving wife Ellie was still alive. When she died, Carl was left with his memories and the awareness that they never made their dream journey to Paradise Falls in South America. When well-meaning officials consign Carl to Shady Oaks Retirement Home, he rigs thousands of helium balloons to his house and floats away. He discovers that...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Returning from college one Christmas, Thomas Kinkade finds his mother is ready to lose the family cottage to foreclosure. He is inspired to paint a mural of his hometown, which launches his career and helps the town rediscover their Christmas spirit.
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the midst of war in Afghanistan, Cody Cullen is touched by a lovely Christmas card sent to him by Faith Spelman. Faith lives in the small, picturesque town of Nevada City, California. As months pass, the card never leaves Cody's side, giving him the strength to survive and setting him on a mission for find her.
Special features: Edward Asner: a veteran's view; "Heart of a soldier: actor John Newton" featurette; Karene and Jeff: a real-life "Christmas...
12) Elf
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Widescreen and fullscreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + contents insert.
Language
English
Description
A human baby accidently ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working. But...
14) Up
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainmen
Pub. Date
c2009.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Carl Fredericksen is a 78- year-old curmudgeon. He used to enjoy his modest life as a balloon seller when his adventure-loving wife Ellie was still alive. When she died, Carl was left with his memories and the awareness that they never made their dream journey to Paradise Falls in South America. When well-meaning officials consign Carl to Shady Oaks Retirement Home, he rigs thousands of helium balloons to his house and floats away. He discovers that...
15) El Dorado
Series
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
A gunfighter comes to the aid of a cattle baron, but switches sides when he meets up with his old friend, the alcoholic sheriff.
16) Gus
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mule who kicks 100-yard field goals becomes the star player of a pro football team.
17) Actual Innocence
Author
Language
English
Description
It's not every day a federal judge comes knocking at one's door, especially with a curious request- to review the final appeal of a murderer on Death Row. California lawyer Greg Monarch has every intention of saying no to the request- until he discovers the prisoner is his former lover. Six months from execution, Sarah Trant has turned to the one man she hopes can save her. Greg failed once before trying to rescue Sarah from...
18) For Us All
Author
Language
English
Description
A team of lawyers uses a little-known legal writ to fight and overturn the conviction of Fred Korematsu, unjustly sentenced for resisting the WWII mass incarceration of all Japanese Americans on the West Coast. The play draws much inspiration from Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and his Quest for Justice by Lorraine K. Bannai (University of Washington Press 2015) and Justice Delayed by Peter Irons (Wesleyan University Press 1989).
Includes a...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (46 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Olive is really a kind-hearted dog who sets out to save Christmas when she hears that Blitzen is injured and Santa can't find a replacement.