William Alexander
61) The ladykillers
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen presentation.
Language
English
Description
Professor Marcus and his gang of vicious bank robbers rent a room from an elderly widow. When she begins to meddle in their 'perfect crime', the crooks decide she must be killed...but can they?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Humans originally evolved in a world of few choices. Prehistoric, preindustrial, and predigital eras required fewer decisions than today's all-access, always-on world of too much information. Economists have largely discarded the idea that agents act rationally and the market follows suit. It seems that no matter how small or innocuous a decision might seem, there's almost no way to guess the effect it might have. The authors of The Importance of...
66) Things to come
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Deals with a future time when humanity, fed up at last with the death and destruction of constant war, unites in a great movement dedicated to peace.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"This graphic novel brings to life William Ayers's bestselling memoir To teach : the journey of a teacher, third edition. From Ayers's early days teaching kindergarten, readers follow this renowned educational theorist on his 'voyage of discovery and surprise.'"--Cover, p. [4].
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
"Nobody steals from Brandt Ruger ... and lives. With a stellar cast led by Oscar winner Gene Hackman (Unforgiven), Emmy winner Candice Bergen ("Murphy Brown") and Oliver Reed (Gladiator), this searing western fires round after round of emotional heat with a torrid frontier love triangle that can only lead to revenge. To cattle baron Brandt Ruger (Hackman), his beautiful wife Melissa (Bergen) is just one of his possessions. So when notorious bandit...
71) Things to come
Series
Criterion collection volume 660
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
Takes the viewer on a hundred-year time trip to 2036 A.D. when a man and a woman are rocketed to the moon.
73) Shaolin v Lama
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
[English language version].
Language
English
Description
A kung fu fanatic, Yu Ting (Alexander Lo Rei), searching for the ultimate master saves a young Shaolin monk, Hsu Shi (William Yen) from a group of mobsters and sees it as a golden opportunity to enrich his kung fu skills. He persuades the young novice monk to smuggle him into Shaolin, but Ting's presence isn't welcome and he is driven out, but remains close to the temple, keeping in touch with Hsu Shi. When Ting rescues a girl from the clutches of...
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The hatchet man: A Tong executioner allows his wife to run off with a gangster only to learn she's been sold into prostitution.
Skyscraper souls: A financier stops at nothing to gain control of a 100-story office building and a naive young woman.
Employees' entrance: A tyrannical department store manager chases after profits and a young woman.
Ex-lady: An artist who doesn't believe in marriage reluctantly weds her lover only to discover he's seeing...
78) The Maggie
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A wily Scottish ship captain cons a rich American into letting his coal burning scow "The Maggie" carry a valuable load of furniture to a Scottish island. The American soon realizes he's been conned, but can he stop the captain from ripping him off?
Series
Criterion collection volume 406
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Fullscreen edition.
Language
English
Description
A dancer's world: Martha Graham discusses the dancer as a creative artist, as members of her dance company illustrate her theories in a dance choreographed by Miss Graham. Woven into the movements of the dance are all the basic techniques required by the modern dancer.
Appalachian spring: a ballet depicting the wedding day of a pioneer couple.
Night journey: Martha Graham's interpretation of the Oedipus legend, depicting the moment of Jocasta's...
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