Gary Sinise
Author
Series
WWII in HD volume 5
Language
English
Description
The Allies are bogged down in Normandy's hedgerows in the aftermath of D-Day, while on Saipan, victory turns to horror.
Author
Series
WWII in HD volume 4
Language
English
Description
The Allies lay plans for the invasion of France; Bert Stiles and the 8th Air Force attempt to clear the skies over Normandy, while the Pacific remains a quagmire. D-Day arrives.
Author
Series
WWII in HD volume 1
Language
English
Description
As Europe falls under Nazi control, America is unprepared for war and the attack on Pearl Harbor. The first bloody battles are fought on Guadalcanal and in North Africa. Then, the Allies take on the daunting forces of the Axis.
Author
Series
WWII in HD volume 10
Language
English
Description
With the end in sight, Okinawa is a bloody obstacle to victory. The Third Reich ends with a single gunshot. America delivers the final blow to Japan and the world celebrates the fall of the Axis.
Author
Series
WWII in HD volume 9
Language
English
Description
The Battle of the Bulge pushes the Allies to the brink, and Rockie Blunt barely survives the fight. Okinawa erupts as the Japanese make their last stand. Hitler is handed a final ultimatum.
Author
Series
WWII in HD volume 7
Language
English
Description
American forces storm the Philippines while Shelby Westbrook is shot down over Europe. Jack Yusen battles the dangers of the deep when his ship is sunk after a heroic duel.
Author
Series
WWII in HD volume 8
Language
English
Description
The Marine assault on Iwo Jima brings horror and glory. Pilot Bert Stiles engages a German fighter with disastrous consequences. Reinforcements arrive in Europe to push the Allies toward victory.
Author
Series
WWII in HD volume 6
Language
English
Description
The Allies race toward Germany as American Marines battle for ground on Peleliu and across the bloody Pacific.
Author
Series
WWII in HD volume 2
Language
English
Description
The Allies take on the daunting forces of the Axis, with victory far from certain. Charles Scheffel battles Rommel's forces in Tunisia and Jack Werner faces bitter combat in the northern Pacific.
Author
Series
WWII in HD volume 3
Language
English
Description
The Marines assault Tarawa in one of the bloodiest battles yet waged. MacArthur island-hops and Italy's front lines claim a casualty.
13) Of mice and men
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In Depression-era California, two migrant workers dream of better days on a spread of their own until an act of unintentional violence leads to tragic consequences.
Author
Language
English
Description
"At age fifty-eight, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America. This chronicle of their trip meanders from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases. Still evocative and awe-inspiring after fifty years, Travels with Charley in Search of America provides an intimate look at one of America's most beloved writers in the later years of his life--a self-portrait of a man who never wrote an explicit autobiography....
15) The Forgotten
Publisher
Revolution Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (91 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
What if you were told that every moment you experienced and every memory you held dear never happened? In this psychological thriller, Julianne Moore stars as Telly Paretta, a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her eight-year old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist (Gary Sinise) reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man (Dominic West) who has had a similar experience,...
16) Joe Bell
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mark Wahlberg plays the rough-edged Oregon-based father who pays tribute to his gay teenage son Jadin by embarking on a walk across America to speak his heart to heartland adults and students about the potential terrifying high costs of bullying.
17) WWII in HD
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (488 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The first documentary to show World War II from the perspective of both sides in full, immersive HD color, the world premiere HISTORY?
18) Albino Alligator
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
After a botched robbery, three criminals (Matt Dillon, Gary Sinese and William Fichtner) make a desperate run for a dive bar and take five hostages. The place is quickly surrounded by Feds, and tensions are high. Someone is going to get hurt. Or maybe die. But then it’s revealed that one of the hostages is a fugitive wanted by the Feds. Now, how far will any of them go to ensure their own freedom?
19) The Human Stain
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Academy Award® winners Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman along with Gary Sinise and Ed Harris star in this provocative mystery. Coleman Silk (Hopkins) has a secret. A terrible fifty-year-old secret that the esteemed college professor has kept hidden from everyone including his wife, his children and his down-and-out young lover (Kidman)and it's about to ruin his entire life.
20) Midnight Clear
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1992.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (108 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Set in 1944 France, in the Ardennes forest region, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and share a Christmas celebration. The surrender plan includes a mock battle that turns bad when one of the soldiers is unaware of the surrender plan.