Paul Newman
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Publisher's description: In 1978, Paul Newman and A. E. Hotchner decided that rather than just distribute Paul's own salad dressing at Christmas to neighbors, they would offer it to a few local stores. Freewheeling, irreverent entrepreneurs, they conceived of their venture as a great way to poke fun at the mundane method of traditional marketing. Much to their surprise, the dressing was enthusiastically received. What had started as a lark quickly...
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
Luke is sent to a prison camp, where he gets a reputation as a hard man. The head of the gang hates him, and tries to break him by beating him up. It doesn't work, and he gains respect. His mother dies, and he escapes, but is caught, escapes again, and is caught again. Will the camp bosses ever break him ?
4) Cars
Pub. Date
[c2006]
Description
Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he hits a detour on his way to the most important race of his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on old Route 66, he meets Sally, Mater, Doc Hudson, and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there's more to life than trophies and fame.
7) The sting
Series
Description
Two con men set out to avenge the death of a mutual friend in 1930s Chicago. They swindle a powerful crime lord, pitting brain against brawn and pistol. No one is to be trusted as the twists unfold, leading up to one of the greatest double-crosses in movie history.
Series
Description
The Sundance Kid is the frontier's fastest gun. His partner, Butch Cassidy is always dreaming up new ways to get rich fast. If only they could blow open a baggage car without also blowing up the money-filled safe inside. So Butch and Sundance pack their guns, put on new duds, and, with Sundance's girlfriend, head down to Bolivia.
9) The verdict
Description
An alcoholic, failed attorney is reduced to ambulance chasing. A friend gives him a supposedly easy malpractice case which becomes a last chance to redeem himself and his career.
10) Roving Mars
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Join the Mars Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the mysterious red planet and discover what no human has ever seen or known before.
11) Valdez is coming
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Valdez is Coming: A Mexican-American sheriff must resort to violence against a powerful rancher in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man.
The Ride Back: A sheriff and his prisoner find that they need each others help to survive.
Buffalo Bill and the Indians: A cynical Buffalo Bill hires Sitting Bull to exploit him and add his credibility to the distorted view of history presented in his Wild West...
12) The hustler
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Itinerant pool shark challenges the top man for the championship, sacrificing everything until he realizes the stakes are too high.
Author
Description
Michael Gallagher, a legitimate businessman, reads in the paper that he is the subject of a criminal investigation. He confronts the author Megan Carter, a relentless investigative reporter. Together they learn that the story was purposely leaked to Carter as part of a plot by the chief investigator.
14) Cool hand Luke
Pub. Date
[1967]
Description
Luke butts heads with authority and attempts to escape his Florida chain gang.
15) Nobody's fool
Series
Description
Trying to get back on her feet, wild child Tanya looks to her buttoned-up, by-the-book sister Danica to help her get on track. As these polar opposites collide, with hilarious and sometimes disastrous results, Tanya discovers that Danica's picture-perfect life, including her mysterious boyfriend, may not be what it seems.
17) The meerkats
Pub. Date
2009
Description
An inspiring look at how one family's connection to each other and their surroundings is a model of resilience and fortitude for us all. The story features the coming of age of a young meerkat pup, Kolo, growing up in the Kalahari desert.
18) Hombre
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
A white man raised as an Apache faces confrontation with society.
19) Until they sail
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Love, loss and loneliness confront four sisters and their lovers, in World War II New Zealand.
Pub. Date
1999
Description
When Waring Hudsucker, head of a successful company commits suicide, the board of directors has a plan to make a lot of money, so they decide to appoint a moron to run the company. Mailroom clerk Norville Barnes is exactly what Hudsucker is looking for to be president. They hope that as soon as the stock falls low enough, the director and his friends will buy them up cheaply, take over the company and they will be successful again. However, a tough...