In the midst of a snowfield in Antarctica, the scientists and workers of a small American research base are shocked when a helicopter begins to circle their camp, chasing and shooting at a dog. The helicopter is destroyed and the passenger's aboard are killed. The dog is let into...
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"A unique and fascinating look at Victorian society through the remarkable lives of an enlightened and philanthropic aristocratic couple, the Marquess and Marchioness of Aberdeen, who exhausted their vast fortune buying homes around the globe where they entertained the rich and f...
Joseph Campbell outlines the Hero's Journey, a universal motif of adventure and transformation that runs through virtually all of the world's mythic traditions. He also explores the Cosmogonic Cycle, the mythic pattern of world creation and destruction.
The screen adaption of Guy Vanderhaeghe's award winning novel, The Englishman's boy, is an expressive and unforgettable tale of deceit, manipulation, guilt and voilence set against the dual backdrops of an unforgiving 1873 North American frontier and the allure of 1920's Hollywoo...
"A faithful adaptation of the C.S. Lewis classic, this audio drama was recorded in London with some of England's finest actors."--Container.
Mike, a sensitive narcoleptic who dreams of the mother who abandoned him, and Scott, the rebellious son of a prominent family and the object of Mike's desire, embark on a quest from the grungy streets of Portland to the open highways of the Pacific Northwest, in search of an elus...
"A Pope Francis lexicon is a collection of over fifty essays by an impressive set of contributors from around the globe, each writing on a specific word that has become important in the ministry of Pope Francis. An A-list of insightful voices from the Catholic world (and some imp...
James Bond struggles to keep major government weapons, both Western and Soviet, from the hands of a new generation of Russian "free-market" hoodlums.
When a team of scientists discover an alien ship buried deep in the ice of Antarctica, they transport its frozen passenger back to their base--unaware that it's still alive.
Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corrupt...
Looks at exotic fruits fanatics around the world revealing the wide variety beyond the industrialized monoculture dominating today's grocery stores.
Based on a wildly popular UC Berkeley course, a primer on how to think critically, make sound decisions, and solve problems -- individually and collectively -- using scientists' tricks of the trade. In our deluge of information, it's getting harder and harder to distinguish the r...
They met in the dark: Discharged for treason, a former Navy commander sets out to expose the espionage ring that destroyed his career. The October man: After a traumatic brain injury, a young engineer tries to repair his life. But his recovery is thwarted when a woman is found ...
Two old business partners bet that they can turn a street hustler into a successful businessman.
A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat and mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities.
Any Johhny Reb who tries to escape the Union prison outpost at Fort Bravo faces the unforgiving Arizona Territory desert stretching out before him...and the even more unforgiving pursuit of Bravo's resolute Captain Roper. Yet there's a common foe that may unite the Civil War riva...
Based on historical events, this suspenseful thriller examines the infamous 1969 death of Mary Jo Kopechne, who drowned after Senator Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, and the moral and legal complexities that play out over the following week.
Darby hires the drunken, one-eyed, overweight marshal Rooster Cogburn, played by Wayne, to find and kill the man who murdered her father and stole all the family's money. She accompanies him on his journey to find the killer, as does Campbell, a Texas Ranger who wants a reward.