James Jones
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Series
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English
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A novel of army life in the calm before Pearl Harbor: A New York Times bestseller, a National Book Award winner, and “one of the great books of our time” (Newsday).
At the Pearl Harbor army base in 1941, Robert E. Lee Prewitt is Uncle Sam’s finest bugler. A career soldier with no patience for army politics, Prewitt becomes incensed when a commander’s favorite wins the title of First Bugler....
At the Pearl Harbor army base in 1941, Robert E. Lee Prewitt is Uncle Sam’s finest bugler. A career soldier with no patience for army politics, Prewitt becomes incensed when a commander’s favorite wins the title of First Bugler....
Author
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Never-before-published fiction by one of the finest war authors of the twentieth century In 1943, a young soldier named James Jones returned from the Pacific, lightly wounded and psychologically tormented by the horrors of Guadalcanal. When he was well enough to leave the hospital, he went AWOL rather than return to service, and began work on a novel of the World War II experience. Jones's AWOL period was brief, but he returned to the novel...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Legacy of a dream is a 24 minute film that uses selected footage from the 180 minute Academy Award nominated documentary "King: a filmed record; Montgomery to Memphis" to present a shorter account of Dr. King's non-violent campaign for civil rights and social justice. It uses only original newsreel and other primary material, unvarnished and unretouched, and covers the period from the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 through his assassination in 1968....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Black Indians: an American story" brings to light a forgotten part of Americans past - the cultural and racial fusion of Native and African Americans. Narrated by James Earl Jones, "Black Indians: an American story" explores what brought the two groups together, what drove them apart and the challenges they face today.
6) Mosul
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Inside the brutal battle to defeat ISIS in Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city. Filmed across the entire nine-month campaign, the documentary features extraordinary combat footage of one Iraqi Special Forces unit that bore the brunt of the fighting.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Explores America's darkest period: President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma in 1838. Trail of tears: Cherokee legacy is presented by Wes Studi and narrated by James Earl Jones.
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Tokyopop
Pub. Date
2003.
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English
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Things haven't been too easy for the new Rave Master, Haru Glory, since leaving his home to search for the missing Rave stones. He and his companions, Elie and Plue, have been forced into one battle after another as they flee from the sinister forces of Demon Card. Now they're off for Tremolo Mountain, where a shooting star is said to have fallen 50 years ago. Could it actually be a Rave Stone? Shuda, the Demon Card general, seems to think so; he's...
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Tokyopop
Pub. Date
2003.
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English
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Rave Master Haru Glory and his friends emerged from Tremolo Mountain with the Rave of knowledge, thanks to a little help from Deerhound, the Rave Stone's keeper. He was also rewarded with a new form for his Ten Powers Sword, Silfarion, which allows him to move at the speed of sound. He's going to need it. While Elie and Musica battle two of Shuda's minions - Rugass 70, a cyborg built by Demon Card, and Poosya, whose piece of Dark Bring lets him shoot...
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Tokyopop
Pub. Date
2003.
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English
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Musica the blacksmith forged two legendary swords long ago. One is the Ten Powers, the transforming sword of the Rave Master. The other is the Beast Sword, a blade which creates illusions when it is swung. After being apart for a generation, the swords are about to have a bloody reunion. Haru Glory, the Rave Master, now wields the Ten Powers, and he'll need it to rescue his friend Elie from Demon Card. She's being held hostage by Lance, the Beast...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
CINE Golden Eagle Award Gold Apple Award -NEMN Awards "A luminous, heart warming piece of film making." -Ray Richmond, L.A. Daily News "A warm slice of Americana." -Milton Kent, The Baltimore Sun "A must-see!" -Dee Dee Myers, Author/Former White House Press Secretary "Highly Recommended. Much more than a story about baseball; this is a story of people's dreams coming true." -National Media Review "People will come, Ray. People will most definitely...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement documents the birth of a new theatre out of the Civil Rights activism of the 1950s, '60s and '70s. It is a veritable video encyclopedia of the leading figures, institutions and events of a movement that transformed the American stage. Amiri Baraka, Ossie Davis, James Earl Jones and Ntozake Shange describe their aspirations for a theatre serving the Black community. Excerpts of A Raisin in the Sun, Black Girl,...
17) Comedy of Errors
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. The arrival and arrest of Egeon in Ephesus brings a family crisis into focus. For elsewhere in the city, his son Antipholus and his slave Dromio are seeking their respective...
19) Earth
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Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A remarkable story of three animal families on a journey across our planet - polar bears, elephants, and humpback whales. An astonishing and heartwarming film filled with adventure, suspense, and humor as it captures rare footage of nature's wildest and most elusive animals.