Don Simpson
Author
Language
English
Description
We all have dreams of what we want to do and who we want to become. Many of us eventually decide it is too late; we have missed our chances. But is it ever really too late to try? Don Simpson does not think so. In his memoir, Too Old for Motor Racing, he tells the story of how he became a race car driver at the age of sixty-two. Simpson is an ordinary man from a regular family; he spent his early years living on a council estate in Liverpool, UK....
2) Top Gun
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Formats
Description
At the elite Navy Fighter Weapons School, cocky, young pilots compete against one another in the air as well as on the ground. Bonus features include commentary, featurette, music videos, behind-the-scenes, and more.
3) Top Gun
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A daredevil Navy pilot, striving to be the best at a Top Gun flight school, doubts his abilities when his best friend is killed in training.
4) Flashdance
Series
Language
English
Description
Alex Owens is a fiercely determined and beautiful 18-year-old woman who works as a welder by day and as a dancer at a local bar at night. Alex struggles to gain independence, finds love, and realize her dream--to dance at the Pittsburgh Conservatory of Dance.
5) Crimson tide
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998?]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the midst of a global crisis, the USS Alabama receives an unconfirmed order to launch its nuclear missiles. The tension quickly rises as the sub's respected commander and his brilliant executive officer clash over the validity of their orders, battling each other for control of the sub.
6) The rock
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (approximately 136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A general and his men take over Alcatraz Island and threaten to gas bomb San Francisco. A biochemical weapons expert and John Patrick Mason, the only man who ever successfully escaped from the prison, are called in to disarm the rockets.
7) The ref
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An unfortunate cat burglar becomes trapped in a fate worse than jail when he takes a bickering couple and their annoying relatives hostage.
Author
Language
English
Description
I was thrilled when my brother Don asked me to help him finish a manuscript he had been working on for 8 years. Ive never worked on a novel, so this task will be outside the box for me. Im used to writing religious and childrens books. The events are true but the names have been changed to protect those who have risked their lives working behind the scenes for the security of our country. This book was written to illustrate and document the experience...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Special collector's ed.; widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Axel Foley is a brash, street smart Detroit detective who follows the trail of a friend's murderer to the posh surroundings of Beverly Hills. And before Axel gets his man, he gets up to his neck in an international network of smugglers and drug peddlers.