James Garner
Author
Language
English
Description
"Following the international best-seller "PC Bedtime Stories" come these nurturing tales for pre-adults. These stories purge the cultural biases, sexism, speciesism, and other -isms from the a classicsa that have been handed down from one social power structure to another. Plus new material: a PC a Pinocchioa cut from the original, and another chapter of "Rex Koko, Private Clown."--
Author
Series
Rex Koko Private Clown Mystery volume 3
Language
English
Description
From the international best-selling author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories comes a new mystery genre: Clown noir!2015 Book of the Year, Chicago Writers Association!In Top Town, a ghetto full of washed-up circus lifers in the shadow of a big city, audiences come every night for cheap thrills, both wholesome and not. Fire eaters perform for gin money. Gypsies reveal the future (and for 20 bucks can make it happen). Daredevils cheat Death time...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Chosen 2011 Book of the Year (Nontraditional Fiction) by the Chicago Writers Association! From the author of the #1 best-seller "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories", comes a hilarious thriller that establishes a new genre: Clown Noir. In Top Town, a ghetto full of washed-up circus lifers in the shadow of a big city, Rex Koko is a pariah. Yet this clown's brand of chaos helps him solve the most heinous crimes, as he tries to earn personal redemption....
Author
Series
Rex Koko Private Clown Mystery volume 2
Language
English
Description
In the follow-up to the award-winning Honk Honk, My Darling, NYT best-selling author James Finn Garner (Politically Correct Bedtime Stories) returns to the restless streets of Top Town, a ghetto full of circus has-beens and never-wases, and the stomping grounds of that Sam Spade in Whiteface, Rex Koko. In this thrilling clown noir caper, Rex Koko is asked to bring in a rogue lion and has his expensive shoes chewed up in the process. While trying to...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A NYTimes best seller in 1995, this book contains such stories as Twas the Night Before Solstice, Rudolph the Nasally Empowered Reindeer, and A Christmas Carol. It will help you celebrate holidays in an inclusive, culturally sensitive way that is much more enjoyable than a grade school pageant. Plus, the new story Santa's Ashes and Chapter 3 of Rex Koko. Private Clown."--
Author
Language
English
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Description
The hilarious sequel to the #1 phenomenon Politically Correct Bedtime Stories. "If we can cleanse these stories and put an end to the lies our children are spoon-fed while being spoon-fed...the world may finally become a decent place for persunkind and other, equally important species." -- James Finn Garner Spurred by the overwhelming success of the million-copy bestseller, Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, James Finn Garner continues his quest...
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Language
English
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Description
"When published in 1994, Politically Correct Bedtime Stories hit #1 on the NYT Bestseller list. Now, with this 100% tree-free edition, readers can enjoy classic stories in up-to-date, aggressively progressive versions without guilt, especially if their e-readers are solar-powered. Guaranteed non-offensive for witches, trolls, giants, and talking mirrors of all persuasions. Plus new material!."--
8) Wake Up Call
Author
Language
English
Description
This book is designed to be a wake up call to the entire Earth and it is a time to walk in peace and love, not warmongering. This book is about how to follow Jesus the only Messiah and not false prophets and religions of men. This book is a collection of Epistles written to all the church denominations and for them to wake up from the spirit of religion, the most evil of all and to follow the only Messiah Jesus the Christ. In the beginning was the...
Author
Language
English
Description
The #1 bestselling author of Once Upon a More Enlightened Time reads his Politically Correct holiday gift. Holiday tales have long delighted and entertained us, but until now they've always been burdened with society's skewed values and mores. Stories that reinforce the stifling class system (Dickens' A Christmas Carol), legitimize the stereotype of a merry, overweight patriarchal oppressor (Santa Claus in The Night Before Christmas) and justify the...
Author
Language
English
Description
As the year 2000 bears down, the best-selling author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, James Finn Garner, confronts a series of monumental questions: Will people remember to order new checks from the bank? Did the invitation to the Kennedy New Year's party get lost in the mail again? Are we all poised on the brink of worldwide enlightenment or complete planetary destruction? Is it really worth investing in that Five-Year CD? 'Tonight,' in the...
11) The Garner files
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 273 p., [24] p. plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Hollywood veteran traces the story of his life and career, from his abuse-marked, Depression-era childhood and his military service to his favorite behind-the-scenes memories and his relationships with numerous celebrities.
12) The Great Escape
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1963.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (172 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft III, a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history - brilliantly portrayed here by Steve McQueen, James Garner, Charles Bronson and James Coburn - who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted. One of the most ingenious adventure films of all time, this classic is directed by the legendary John...
Publisher
Cineverse
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (117 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A deceased billionaire leaves his spoiled adult grandson a series of odd tasks to perform in order to receive the ultimate gift, with the resentful grandson having no idea what that might be. Based on the book by Jim Stovall.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (593 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jim Rockford is an ex-con who has an instinct for solving cases. He is as cool as his Pontiac Firebird. From his mobile home in Malibu, this wisecracking private eye takes on the cases of the lost and the dispossessed. His cases usually turn out to be more difficult and dangerous than he initially imagines, and he often ends up in situations over his head.
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (19 hrs. 16 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Offbeat Jim Rockford is an ex-con turned private investigator who would rather fish than fight, but whose instinct on closed cases is more golden than his classic Pontiac Firebird.
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (ca. 1101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From his no-frills mobile home in Malibu, wisecracking ex-con-turned-private investigator Jim Rockford solves the biggest crimes in Los Angeles. In this season, Rockford chases down underworld mobsters, art thieves, an organ transplant ring and other criminals who never expect to find the world's most unlikely detective behind Rockford's easygoing, laid-back demeanor.
18) Grand Prix
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Two-disc special ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nine races. One champion. Formula One drivers compete to be the best in this tale of speed, spectacle, and intertwined personal lives.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two former one-term presidents are framed in a scandal by the current president and pursued across the U.S. by armed agents. The two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperate and delightfully frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence. As they scramble through the real America, they get an unexpected crash course in how their policies affected the citizens....
20) Decoration day
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 7
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Gold Crown collector's ed., full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When an estranged friend refuses the Congressional Medal of Honor for service during World War II, a retired judge tries to find out why and in the process solves a mystery, heals his friendship, saves a marriage, and falls in love.