Paramount Pictures Corporation
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Based on the stranger-than-fiction prison break in upstate New York, the story of two convicts who spawned a statewide manhunt and were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee who became involved with both men. It's a bizarre tale filled with twists and turns, yet through it all there's one thing that unites the inmates and citizens, everyone's looking for a way out.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The in-depth and intimate story of one of the most important African Americans to live in the first half of the 20th century. Tells the story of Jack Johnson, who was the first African American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports - Heavyweight Campion of the World. Includes his struggles in and out of the ring and his desire to live his life as a free man.
3) The stand
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Stephen King's epic of good versus evil chronicles the adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most ot the world's population.
4) Shōgun
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The story of a shipwrecked English navigator who becomes a samurai during a struggle for power by a Shogun and the Emperor in feudal Japan.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of world events that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Naval officer, Victor "Pug" Henry, and his family learn to navigate the waters of dangerous times in the late 1930s. While Germany expands and proceeds to seize several border countries, Italy attempts to establish a Fascist Colonial Empire under Mussolini and Japan prepares for a major battle with China. Meanwhile, the Henry clan finds itself drawn into...
Series
George Smiley novels volume 5
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"No doubt remains, a mole has infiltrated the Circus, code name for the British Secret Intelligence Service. It can only be one of four men operating at the very highest level. Sidelined agent George Smiley is covertly tapped to root out the mole, a task that requires a painstaking dig through the double-blind world of Cold War espionage and his own past." -- Container.
8) Tut
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The astounding saga of one of history's most extraordinary rulers, Tutankhamun (King Tut), his rise to power and his struggle to lead Egypt to glory, while his closest advisors, friends and lovers scheme for their own nefarious interests.
9) Holocaust
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Follows the tragedy and triumph of the Weiss family of Berlin and intertwines their fate as European Jews with the story of a German family, the Dorfs, whose members include a high-ranking Nazi officer. Kristallnacht, the "night of broken glass" occurs and the Weiss family suffer a series of unspeakable tragedies in the aftermath.
10) Harper's Island
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A group of friends and family meet on an island just outside of Seattle to celebrate a wedding. On the island, which is famous for a streak of unsolved murders that occurred seven years ago, suspense ensues when one by one they end up dead. Has the killer returned or is someone else to blame?
11) Texas
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The miniseries adaptation of the acclaimed novel by James A. Michener finally returns to DVD.
12) The Stand
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Millions perish, and as small, isolated frightened bands unite, the answers to their perpetual questions to justify this end of civilization are bared in their dreams--revelations that urge some to embrace a path of virtue and others one of darkness. As the opposing forces separate into two camps, the noble elements try to shield themselves from their corrupt enemy.
13) The Langoliers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The passengers on a red-eye flight awaken mid-journey to discover that they have slipped through a hole in the universe. Unless they can find a way back, unspeakable evil awaits them.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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 attaché. 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...