Mark Harris
1) The Southpaw
Author
Language
English
Description
Coming of age in America by way of the baseball diamond, left-hander Henry Wiggen grows to manhood in a right-handed world. From his small-town beginnings, to the top of the game, Henry finds out how hard it is to please his coach, his girl, the sports page and himself-all at once. The first installation of a series that includes Bang the Drum Slowly, The Southpaw is a comic and poignant look at Henry Wiggen's first season in the majors. Based on...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Pictures at a Revolution, Mark Harris turned the story of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967 into a landmark work of cultural history, a book about the transformation of an art form and the larger social shift it signified. In Five Came Back, he achieves something larger and even more remarkable, giving us the untold story of how Hollywood changed World War II, and how World War II changed Hollywood, through the prism of five film...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A magnificent biography of one of the most protean creative forces in American entertainment history, a life of dazzling highs and vertiginous plunges--some of the worst largely unknown until now--by the acclaimed author of Pictures at a Revolution and Five Came Back. Mike Nichols burst onto the scene as a wunderkind without parallel: while still in his 20's, he was half of a lucrative hit improv duo with Elaine May that was the talk of the country....
Author
Language
English
Description
The epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967-Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Dolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde-and through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood, and America, forever. It's the mid-1960s, and westerns, war movies, and blockbuster musicals such as Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music dominate the box office....
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Black Guy Dies First explores the Black journey in modern horror cinema, from the fodder epitomized by Spider Baby to the Oscar-winning cinematic heights of Get Out and beyond. This eye-opening book delves into the themes, tropes, and traits that have come to characterize Black roles in horror since 1968, a year in which race made national headlines in iconic moments from the enactment of the 1968 Civil Rights Act and Martin Luther King Jr.'s...
Language
English
Description
Ariel is a talented, strong-willed high school student with dreams of making the U.S. swim team when in a flash her world is turned upside down by a brutal event that causes her to turn inward and lose focus. Shocked and angered when the story starts to surface, her family and their entire community then join forces to get justice.
Author
Language
English
Description
This installment of Creative Inspirations takes viewers on a historic journey through the extraordinary career of Harry Marks, a pioneer in the use of digital effects.
Harry Marks is considered by many to be the godfather of broadcast design. More than any other individual, he changed television by doing things with graphics that had never been attempted before. Not only did he pioneer the use of emerging imaging technologies, but he did so with...
12) Black coffee
Language
English
Description
Robert picked the wrong time to meet his soul mate! After being fired from his own father's company, he feels like his luck has run out; until Morgan enters into his life. Just as things start to heat up between them, trouble brews as Morgan's ex-husband vows to get her back and Robert's gold-digging ex-girlfriend returns with an agenda of her own. With the help of his cousin, Robert's about to find out how much good can come out of a bad situation....
Language
English
Description
A full-throttle espionage thriller, starring Joel McCrea as a green Yank reporter sent to Europe to get the scoop on the imminent war. It's wall-to-wall witty repartee, head-spinning plot twists, and brilliantly mounted suspense set pieces, including an ocean plane crash climax with astonishing special effects.
Author
Language
English
Description
A seemingly quiet morning in rural small town America unravels when Sheriff Long and his military buddy, Chuck, find themselves in the midst of a full on zombie Invasion. With the assistance of family and friends, the Sheriff has to figure a way to fight off the onslaught and escape the surrounded diner the survivors are trapped in. A 'Safe Zone' the military has set up a few towns away may be their only hope....but when the truth of the zombies...
Author
Language
English
Description
This celebratory presentation of contemporary inspiration and American history combines the past glory and achievements of General John J. Black Jack Pershing (1860-1948) with his modern-day impact upon young Americans. Inspired by Pershing's numerous civil and military accomplishments, a diverse group of American cadets decides to follow his global footsteps to uncover how his leadership still influences our society today. From the trenches of war...