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John Corbett
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
In January 1968, John Corbett and his fellow leathernecks of the 26th Marine Regiment fortified a remote outpost at a place in South Vietnam called Khe Sanh. Wihtin days of their arrival, twenty thousand North Vietnamese soldiers surrounded the bas. What followed over the next seventy-seven days became one of the deadliest fights of the Vietnam War, and one of the greatest battles in military history.
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Four teen girls diving in a ruined underwater city quickly find themselves in a watery hell as their fun outing turns into heart-stopping fear when they learn they are not alone in the submerged caves. As they swim deeper into the claustrophobic labyrinth of caves they enter the territory of the deadliest shark species in the ocean.
Description
Toula is a quiet, devoted daughter in a big, crazy Greek family. Working in her father's restaurant, she hides behind her family and keeps the world at a distance. One day at the restaurant she finds herself pouring coffee for a man who inspires her to change her life, and the way she sees the world ... forever.
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Jennifer Lopez stars as Claire Peterson, a high school literature teacher struggling to get back in the dating game after separating from her cheating husband. When handsome and charismatic nineteen year old Noah moves in next door, Claire has a moment of weakness that leads to an extremely intense and intimate night together. Noah's attraction quickly turns into a dangerous, violent obsession, forcing Claire to her limits as she protects her world...
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Ramona is a little girl with a very big imagination and a nose for mischief. Her playful antics keep everyone in her loving family on their toes, including her older sister Beezus, who's just trying to survive her first year of high school. Through all the ups and downs of childhood, Ramona and Beezus learn that anything's possible when you believe in yourself and rely on each other. Based on the best-selling books by Beverly Cleary.
Description
The long-awaited follow-up to the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time. The film reveals a Portokalos family secret that will bring the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and Greeker wedding.
"The sequel is a little like a bear hug from a beloved old relative..."--Los Angeles Times.
"Vardalos is wonderful, and 88-year-old Michael Constantine casually pockets every scene he's in."--Richard Roeper.
"Some elements are even...
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
A little boy named Charlie finds a baby reindeer in the woods and believes it is Prancer. He brings it home to care for until Santa can pick him up for Christmas. Charlie's attempt to reunite Prancer with Santa marks a direct change in the lives of Charlie and his family as, struggling and nearly broken, they are returned to love through the magical appearance of the reindeer.
Author
Description
The long-awaited follow-up to the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time. The film reveals a Portokalos family secret that will bring the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and Greeker wedding.
"Some elements are even broader while a couple, welcomely, are emotionally truer to life."--Boston Globe.
"The sequel is a little like a bear hug from a beloved old relative..."--Los Angeles Times.
"Vardalos is wonderful, and 88-year-old...
13) Gully
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Powerful and unflinchingly honest, it is the explosive and timely story of three boyhood friends, Calvin, Nicky, and Jesse, surviving an upbringing in LA's roughest neighborhoods. Steeped in violence but united by friendship, together they find their escape in one out-of-control night of partying. But when the rampage stops, retribution begins
Series
Northern exposure volume 4
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Reunites the endearing, quirky citizens of Cicely Alaska for the best season yet. Has Joel, Maggie, Chris and the rest of the town's residents in their most hilarious and heartwarming situations yet - from the arrival of a rock star to a totem pole war to the annual Mosquito Festival.
15) Raise your voice
Pub. Date
2004
Description
A girl with an extraordinary voice is accepted to a music school in Los Angeles. There is one scholarship offered for the coming year - a seemingly impossible dream. With the help of an inspirational teacher, she finds the will to meet the challenge.
"Not since the students spilled out onto the streets in 'Fame' has musical performance been so infectious a part of coming of age."--New York Daily News
"...for the...young teens seeing it, [it] will...
16) Raising Helen
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Helen is living the life she's always dreamed of with her career at a top modeling agency on the rise. But her carefree lifestyle comes to a crashing halt when she soon finds herself responsible for her sister's children - Audrey, Henry, and Sarah. No one doubts that Helen is the coolest aunt in New York, but the transformation from super-hip to super-mom is super difficult. Along the way, Helen finds support from Dan Parker, the handsome young pastor...
17) Serendipity
Description
Is there really such a thing as a benevolent destiny that will eventually reunite true soul mates separated by time and distance? It begins at Christmastime in a New York department store, where two people meet by chance -- while shopping for their "significant others"--And are immediately attracted to each other. After spending a romantic evening together, they reluctantly part, secretly hoping that fate will reunite them some day.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Joel is still trying to figure out a way to get out the fine print conditions of his scholarship, but still cannot find out how to do it. Still stuck in the eccentric Alaskan town of Cicely, Joel has opened his medical office where he is treating patients and getting to know the locals.
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
Fresh out of New York's Columbia University, cocky young Dr. Joel Fleischman is looking forward to his comfortable position in Alaska's largest city. But upon his arrival, Joel finds himself a fish out of water as he's instead assigned to a tiny Alaskan village where the offbeat locals would love him to stay forever.
Description
"The fun, the fashion, the friendship: this sequel brings it all back and more as Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda come together to take another bite out of the Big Apple and beyond. What happens after you say 'I do?' Life is everything the ladies ever wished it would be, but it wouldn't be Sex and the City if life didn't hold a few more surprises. After all, sometimes you just have to get away with the girls"--Container.
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