Paul Schneider
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2000
Description
Even before the Pilgrims landed in 1620, Cape Cod and its islands promised paradise to visitors, both native and European. In Paul Schneider's sure hands, the story of this waterland created by glaciers and refined by storms and tides, and of its varied inhabitants, becomes an irresistible biography of a place.
Cape Cod's Great Beach, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket are romantic stops on Schneider's roughly chronological human and natural history....
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
c1997
Description
His book is a romance, a story of first love between Americans and a thing they call "wilderness." For it was in the Adirondacks that masses of non-Native Americans first learned to cherish the wilderness as a place of recreation and solace.
In this lyrical narrative history, the author reveals that the affair between Americans and the Adirondacks was by no means one of love at first sight. And even now, Schneider shows that Americans' relationship...
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2006
Description
A gripping account of four explorers adrift in an unknown land and the harrowing journey that took them across North America 270 years before Lewis and Clark
One part Heart of Darkness, one part Lewis and Clark, Brutal Journey tells the story of a group of explorers who came to the new world on the heels of Cortés; bound for glory, only four of four hundred would survive. Eight years and some five thousand miles later, three Spaniards and a black...
5) Bright star
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Nineteenth century poet John Keats and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, started out as unlikely lovers who were totally at odds with each other. However, when Brawne offers to help Keats nurse his seriously ill brother, the two soon became involved in an unstoppable romance that only his untimely death at age 25 could bring to a shattering end.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Lars is a sweet but quirky guy who thinks he's found the girl of his dreams in a life-sized doll named Bianca. He is content with his artificial girlfriend until he develops feelings for Margo, an attractive co-worker. Now Lars finds himself in a unique love triangle, hoping to somehow discover the real meaning of true love.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Appears on list
Description
From Oscar-winner Cameron Crowe comes “a potent blend of rock ‘n’ roll and classic romantic comedy.” Orlando Bloom stars as Drew Baylor, a hot-shot designer whose life becomes completely unraveled when he loses his father and his job on one fateful day. En route to ELIZABETHTOWN to visit his family, Drew meets Claire (Kirsten Dunst). She’s beautiful, positive, and the perfect girl to guide Drew on his journey back home and to teach him what...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
A new mockumentary that looks at the exciting world of local government. Examines the mundane but necessary ways that people interact with their government, and asks why it's frequently so complicated - standing in line at the DMV, applying for home construction permits, or trying to get the city to fix a pothole.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Against all odds, a veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer from a bygone era meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband. Bonus features included.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2008]
Appears on list
Description
Everyone in 1880s America knows Jesse James. He's the nation's most notorious criminal and is being hunted by the law in 10 states. He's also the land's greatest hero, lauded as a Robin Hood by the public. No one knows of Robert Ford, at least not yet. But the ambitious 19-year-old aims to change that. He befriends Jesse and rides with his gang. And if that doesn't bring Ford fame, he will have to find a deadlier way. Friendship becomes rivalry and...
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
When a teenage girl dreams of a terrible crime that ends up taking place, she discovers that her dreams are premonitions of things to come. But when yet another vision threatens the life of her family, no one believes her and it's a mad race against time to uncover clues and take on fate to save the ones she loves and perhaps even change the past.
14) The Retrievers
Publisher
Distributed by GT Media
Pub. Date
[2007], c2001
Description
The Lowry family is in transition. They have recently moved from the city to a small town and are having a hard time adjusting. Just when their spirits need lifting, they find themselves "adopted" by a stray golden retriever named Pilot. Pilot is not only very clever and very lovable, she's also very pregnant. Although the Lowry's give the puppies up for adoption, Pilot is determined to get them back.
15) Pretty bird
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Three would-be entrepreneurs set out to invent a rocket belt. The venturesome partnership soon takes an unhealthy toll as their mismatched personalities clash and some unexpected success leads to retaliations, kidnapping, and murder.
16) The Retrievers
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
The Lowry family is in transition--they've recently moved from the city to a small town, and they're having a hard time adjusting. Just when their spirits need lifting, they find themselves "adopted" by a stray golden retriever named Pilot. It turns out that Pilot is not only very clever and very lovable, she's also very pregnant!
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
A newly single dad navigating the good, the bad, and the weird of the 30-something singles scene in the whip-smart comedy. When his wife unexpectedly informs him that she wants a divorce, well-meaning but oblivious husband Otto Wall finds himself thrust back into bachelorhood. What follows is a hilarious sequence of romantic encounters, from reconnecting with a former crush to online dating, as Otto searches for a real connection amidst a string of...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction puts their religious convictions to the test, and also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship...