Sidney Poitier
Author
Language
English
Description
"I have no wish to play the pontificating fool, pretending that I've suddenly come up with the answers to all life's questions. Quite the contrary, I began this book as an exploration, an exercise in selfquestioning. In other words, I wanted to find out, as I looked back at a long and complicated life, with many twists and turns, how well I've done at measuring up to the values I myself have set."
In this luminous memoir, a true American
...Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Sidney Poitier is one of the most revered actors in the history of Hollywood. He has overcome enormous obstacles in extraordinary times and is a role model for many Americans because of his convictions, bravery, and grace. Poitier reflects on his amazing life in Life Beyond Measure, offering inspirational advice and personal stories in the form of extended letters to his great-granddaughter. Writing for all who admire his example and who search for...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Montaro Caine, CEO of the Fitzer Corporation, is losing control of the company he built. At this moment of crisis, a man and woman appear at his office with a coin of unknown provenance, composed of a metal unknown on Earth. Montaro immediately recognizes it as the companion of a coin he analyzed as a graduate student working in a lab at MIT, which was later returned to its unidentified owner. But the value of the coin lies not in its monetary worth...
Author
Pub. Date
p2000
Language
English
Description
In this luminous memoir, a true American icon looks back on his celebrated life and career. His body of work is arguable the most morally significant in cinematic history, and the power and influence of that work are indicative of the character of the man behind the many storied roles. Here, Sidney Poitier explores these elements of character and personal values to take his own measure - as a man, as a husband, and father, and as an actor. Poitier...
Publisher
MGM DVD
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
"Joker Jackson (Tony Curtis) and Noah Cullen (Sidney Poitier) are two convicts on the run. Escaping from a Southern work gang, the two men are bound together by an unbreakable iron chain and separated by an unbridled hatred towards the other"--Container.
14) The Jackal
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Jackal--the greatest assassin in history--out to eliminate a top U.S. government official. Declan Mulqueen, an imprisoned underground operative, is the only man who can stop him. Now, the Deputy Director of the FBI is taking the biggest risk of all...he's releasing one criminal to stop another.
16) Shoot to kill
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A city cop and a wilderness expert team up to capture a psychopathic thief and murderer who has escaped to the wild.
17) Edge of the city
Publisher
Turner Entertainment[distributor]
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
If you need a job Charlie Malik can find a spot for you in the dockside railyards. All he needs in return is that you show up on time, work hard, and kick back part of your pay. Two New York City longshoremen, Axel Nordmann, an Army deserter, and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going freight car loader, join forces against a corrupt New York waterfront union official. The two share a bond that cuts across society's black/white divide.
18) A patch of blue
Publisher
Turner Entertainment and Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Accidentally blinded as a child, 18-year-old Selina D'Arcey falls in love with a gentle and charming man, Gordon Ralfe, whom she meets in a rare visit to a park. Her racist mother declares that because Gordon is black, their relationship cannot continue, forcing Selina to choose between her family and her heart.
19) The defiant ones
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Two prisoners on a chain gang hate each other, but react in an unexpected way when they are finally free.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
12 monkeys: A lone time traveller from the year 2035 must solve a riddle that may save his people... but it mat also take him to the brink of madness.
Mercury rising: Art Jefferies, a renegade FBI agent, combats ruthless Federal agents to protect Simon, a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the govrenment's new "unbreakable" code.
The jackal: A ruthless assassin has been hired to emiminate someone at the very top of the U.S. govrnment. Constantly...