Anne Archer
Series
Language
English
Description
Dan Gallagher, a New York attorney, has a tryst with seductive Alex Forrest while his wife is away. Dan later shrugs off the affair as a mistake and considers it over. But Alex won't be ignored. Not now, not tomorrow, not ever. Even if it means destroying Dan's family to keep him.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Connor Mead is the kind of guy who dumps three girlfriends - at one time and by teleconference. So when he goes home to attend his brother's wedding, he has a singular goal in mind: score with the only bridesmaid he has somehow managed to miss. But the ghost of his departed Uncle Wayne - who taught him to love 'em and then leave 'em - has another goal in mind: restore Connor's lost faith in true love. This will be a tough assignment, one that will...
Series
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Colonel Terry Childers is a patriot and war hero. But when a peacekeeping mission he leads in Yemen goes terribly wrong, he finds himself facing a court martial. Accused of breaking the rules of engagement by killing unarmed civilians, Childers' only hope of vindication rests with comrade-in-arms Hays Hodges, a military lawyer of questionable abilities. Together, they face the battle of their lives.--Container.
Series
Language
English
Description
His days as an intelligence agent behind him, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan has traveled to London to vacation with his wife and daughter. Meeting them outside Buckingham Palace, Ryan is caught in the middle of a terrorist attack on a member of the Royal Family. But Ryan's courageous act marks him as a target in the sights of the terrorists.
10) Uncle Nino
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Overworked executive Robert Micelli has little time for his loving wife, rebellious teenage son Bobby, and 12-year-old daughter Gina. Uncle Nino, an old-world Italian, unexpectedly arrives on their doorstep and transforms their disconnected lives with his simple, old-fashioned ways.
11) Lullaby
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Jonathan, the black sheep of a well-to-do family, is finally coming home. His cancer-stricken father, Robert, has announced he's ending his life in less than 48 hours. At first confused, angry and remote, Jonathan eventually sees the barriers he has set up to cope with the imagined disappointment from his estranged family, including his fragile mother, and seemingly successful sister. A chance encounter with his old girlfriend, now engaged to another...
12) Felon
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
After Wade is sent to prison for accidentally killing an intruder, he must learn to cope with the brutal conditions, including a serial killer cellmate and fights set up by the prison guards.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Whispers, an innocent baby elephant who's just learning to walk on his own four feet, finds himself separated from his mother Gentle Heart. In his desperate search to find her, he meets the cynical loner Groove, an outcast from her own herd who never wanted to be a mother. Together, this unlikely pair braves danger after danger on their journey to find water and Whispers' mother.
15) Nico the unicorn
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A young boy rediscovers the magic of friendship when his pony gives birth to Nico, a unicorn. Based on the young adult novel by Frank Sacks.
16) Felon
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Wade Porter is a loving family man who loses everything when he accidentally kills the burglar who broke into his home. Convicted of involuntary manslaughter, Wade is sentenced to three years at a maximum security facility. Forced to share a cell with a notorious mass murder and subjected to brutal beatings, Wade soon realizes he's in for the fight of his life if he is to survive the block.
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Special collector's edition ; widescreen version (16x9).
Language
English
Description
CIA Agent Jack Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence when his mentor, Admiral James Greer becomes gravely ill. His first assignment is to investigate the murder of one of the president's friends, a prominent U.S. businessman with secret ties to Colombian drug cartels. Caught in the crossfire, Ryan takes matters into his own hands.
18) Short cuts
Series
Criterion collection volume 265
Language
English
Formats
Description
While helicopters overhead spray against a Medfly infestation, a group of peoples' lives in Los Angeles intersect, some casually, some to more lasting effect. While they go out to concerts and jazz clubs and even have their pools cleaned, these same folks also lie, drink, and cheat. Death itself seems never to be far away. A look at human life and American culture with over 20 lives interweaving.
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