Robin Weigert
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The town of Deadwood, South Dakota is a lawless sinkhole of crime and corruption. Into this uncivilized outpost ride a disillusioned and bitter ex-lawman, Wild Bill Hickok, and Seth Bullock, a man hoping to find a new start for himself. Both men find themselves quickly on opposite sides of the legal and moral fence from Al Swearengen, saloon owner, hotel operator, and incipient boss of Deadwood. The lives of these three intertwine with many others,...
2) Smile
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality."--
3) Bombshell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A group of women decides to take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network." --
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Takes place in the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, where U.S. Army war correspondent Jake Geismar becomes involved with Lena Brandt, a former lover whose missing husband is the object of a manhunt led by both the American and Russian armies. Intrigue mounts as Jake tries to uncover the secrets Lena may be hiding in her desperation to get herself and her husband out of Berlin. Tully is an American soldier working in the U.S. army motor pool who is assigned...
Publisher
Bleeker Street Media
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. It chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world.
6) Deadwood
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The once-lawless frontier settlement has grown into a town on the threshold of South Dakota's statehood and modernization. Still, the past isn't easily dismissed as old feuds are revived, sins recalled, and allegiances tested.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
After twelve years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, offbeat detective Charlie Crews has returned to the force with a $50 million settlement, a new spiritual outlook, a strong fondness for fruit, and a highly unusual approach to solving crime.
Author
Language
English
Description
When Maggie Bryan works up the nerve to tell her parents she's pregnant, they immediately disown her.
Later that night, her boyfriend is killed. In desperation, she turns to her brother, Sam. Against his wife's wishes, Sam brings Maggie to his home in rural Pennsylvania.
While Maggie awaits the birth of her child and navigates the tension in her new home, she decides to finish high school. There she meets Anne Phillips, a volunteer educator and...
10) True stories
Series
Guys read ; 5
Publisher
Playaway
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The fifth installment in the Guys Read library of great reading features ten stories that are amazing, adventurous, unbelievable, and true. A collection of essays, biographies, travelogues, and more.
11) Pushing Dead
Author
Language
English
Description
Dan's been HIV positive for 22 years. He's got his $3,000-a-month pill regimen down, but when he deposits a $100 birthday check and suddenly doesn't qualify for his assisted healthcare plan, he's got to scramble to get his life together or risk losing it.
12) True Stories
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable—and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited
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