James Stewart
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
The Mousekewitz family discovers the streets of America are not all paved with cheese, and living in a mouse tenement does not offer the life they hoped for. Young Tanya dreams of becoming a famous singer, and Fievel wants to become a tough lawdog like his hero Wylie Burp. Lured out west by the crafty entrepreneur Cat R. Waul, Fievel discovers the evil gentleman's true plans to turn the settlers into mouse-burgers. Enlisting the aid of his cat friend...
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Two thrill-seeking friends strangle a classmate and then hold a party for their victim's family and friends, serving refreshments on a buffet table fashioned from a trunk containing the lifeless body. When dinner conversation revolves around talk of "the perfect murder," their former teacher becomes increasingly suspicious that his proteges have turned his intellectual theories into brutal reality.
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Morning glory: An aspiring actress is mentored to success by several Broadway veterans.Little women: Follows the lives of the four March sisters living with their mother in Concord, Massachusetts, while their father is ministering to Union troops during the American Civil War.Stage door: A group of aspiring actresses share a boardinghouse in New York City.Philadelphia story: A socialite's wedding plans are complicated by the appearance of her ex-husband...
67) The Shootist
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly but is embroiled in one last battle.
68) Vertigo
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective, is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. Ferguson is hired by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, but she is later murdered and Ferguson becomes demonic in his desire to re-create her in another woman.
73) The Far Country
Pub. Date
2003, c1955
Description
A loner and his sidekick figure to get rich quick by selling a herd of cattle at a fancy price in this tale set in the wild gold rush days of Dawson, Yukon Territory. They are soon caught up in a conflict with the local, self-appointed lawman, and his claim-jumping henchmen. A solid western saga set against the colorful, scenic backdrop of Alaskan mining camps.
75) Winchester '73
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Stewart stars as an frontiersman attempting to track down his father's murderer and the whereabouts of his one-of-a-kind rifle, the Winchester '73.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings-the dazzling handiwork of the city's skilled artists and architects. But equally important for the centuries to follow were geniuses of a different sort: Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers, who blew the dust off a thousand years of history and, through the discovery and diffusion of ancient knowledge, imagined a new and enlightened...
78) Vertigo
Pub. Date
2012
Description
San Francisco police detective Scottie Ferguson is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe fear of heights. When a rich shipbuilder hires Scottie to follow his wife, who may be suicidal, Scottie finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually Ferguson becomes obsessed with the chance to re-create her in another woman.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
This John Wayne collection presents nine of the Duke's greatest westerns. In The man who shot Liberty Valance (1962), a politician recounts his friendship with a dead gunslinger. In True Grit (1969), a U.S. Marshal tracks down a murderer who has escaped into Indian Territory. In Hondo (1953), a half-Indian cavalry scout finds a young mother living on an isolated ranch in unfriendly Apache country. In McLintock (1963), a wealthy cattle baron attempts...
