Peter Graves
1) Airplane!
Series
Formats
Description
In this spoof of disaster movies, an ex-Navy pilot with a deep aversion to planes finds himself on a flight with an ex-girlfriend he wants to win back. He becomes embroiled in a crisis where the crew and many of the passengers have fallen seriously ill. Now, it is up to him to overcome his fear of flying and land the airplane safely before the poisonings become fatal.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 18
Description
When her best friend, the sailor Henry Koskela, is falsely accused of murder, a gorilla named Sally Jones visits the run-down docks of Lisbon, embarks on a dizzying journey across the seven seas, and calls on the Maharaja of Bhapur's magnificent court--all in an attempt to clear Henry's name.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
At the beginning of November 1942, it looked as if the Axis powers could still win the Second World War; at the end of that month, it was obviously just a matter of time before they would lose. In between were el-Alamein, Guadalcanal, the French North Africa landings, the Japanese retreat in New Guinea and the Soviet encirclement of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad. It may have been the most important thirty days of the twentieth century. In this...
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Design for war: British and German forces battle for dominance in the North Atlantic early in the war.
Pacific boils over: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor draws America into the conflict.
Sealing the breach: Hunting deadly Nazi "wolf packs" in the Atlantic.
Midway is east: The pivotal battle in June 1942 costs Japan four aircraft carriers.
Mediterranean mosaic: Fortifications at Gibraltar and Malta help shape tactics in Europe's southern sea.
Guadalcanal:...
Series
Criterion collection volume 541
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
A self-styled preacher marries and murders the widow of an executed convict with whom he once shared a cell. He then terrorizes her two young children to force them to tell him the whereabouts of the $10,000 he knows their father hid before his imprisonment.
10) The winds of war
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Tells an epic story of military strategy, politics, romance, and family conflict set against the backdrop of world events from 1938 through the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Follows naval officer Victor "Pug" Henry as he is sent to Berlin as the U.S. Naval attach . Shows how "Pug" and his family are drawn into the center of the conflicts that lead to America's involvement in World War II as Germany expands and proceeds to seize several...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Discs 1-4. Victory at sea: Culled from over 13,000 hours of footage shot by the U.S., British, German, and Japanese navies, this documentary series shows combat footage.
Discs 5-8. Hero ships: Profiles the battleships, destroyers, aircraft carriers, submarines, and specialized ships. Along with archival footage and interviews, this documentary also includes inspections of the ships' "battle stations," providing combat history and evolving technology...
12) Red planet Mars
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
"An American scientist contacts Mars by radio and receives information that Mars is a utopia and that Earth's people can be saved if they return to the worship of God. Revolution sweeps the Earth, including the Soviet Union. But there remains doubt about the messages being genuine, as an ex-Nazi claims he was duping the Americans"--Container.
14) These Old Broads
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Three aging divas and their agent all hate each other, but since they are all desperate for money they agree to reunite for a television special.
15) Mutiny
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
During the War of 1812, the United States, in need of gold, arranges with a French group to lend the government $10 million in bullion. To bring the gold here, an American ship must break through the British blockade. No sooner is the gold aboard the American ship, when the crew mutinies and sets the captain adrift. Beneath the 12 mile reef: A Romeo-and-Juliet romance/adventure featuring a Greek family of sponge divers from Tarpon Springs and a "Conch"...
Series
Longmire volume 5
Description
Sheriff Walt Longmire returns, recovering from a vicious attack, only to find himself in the crosshairs of a wrongful-death civil suit. His best friend Henry Standing Bear and daughter, Cady are now working for his nemesis, Jacob Nighthorse.
Pub. Date
©2000
Description
Theme park mogul Steven Price is throwing a strange birthday party for his wife, a scary night in an abandoned insane asylum. He invites five strangers to join them with the promise of a million dollars for those who make it through the night without being scared to death, literally.
Series
Pub. Date
2007, c1962
Description
This is not a test : A police officer stops travelers at a road block and informs them that the country is under a missile attack.
Killers from space : Aliens need a new habitat and after having chosen Earth they unleash giant bugs, gila monsters and roaches.
Wasp woman : A business woman in search of a new cosmetic product turns to a scientist studying wasps. After an injection of anti-aging wasp serum the woman turns into a hideous half wasp-half...
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