Ethan Hawke
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
An unforgettable fable about a father's journey and a timeless guide to life's many questions—from Ethan Hawke, four-time Academy Award nominee, twice for writing and twice for acting.
A knight, fearing he may not return from battle, writes a letter to his children in an attempt to leave a record of all he knows. In a series of ruminations on solitude, humility, forgiveness, honesty, courage, grace, pride, and
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Language
English
Description
A decade-long project by the Academy Award-nominated actor and best-selling creator of The Lost Boy reimagines the experiences of Cochise, a young Geronimo and the war-torn Apache nation of 1872 as their culture is decimated in the aftermath of an attack on the Mexican village of Azripe.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The first novel in nearly twenty years from the acclaimed actor/writer/director is a book about art and love, fame and heartbreak--a blistering story of a young man making his Broadway debut in Henry IV just as his marriage implodes. A bracing meditation on fame and celebrity, and the redemptive, healing power of art; a portrait of the ravages of disappointment and divorce; a poignant consideration of the rites of fatherhood and manhood; a novel...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"It is 1483, and Sir Thomas Lemuel Hawke, a Cornish knight, is about to ride into battle. On the eve of his departure, he composes a letter to his four young children, consisting of twenty virtues that provide instruction on how to live a noble life, and on all the lessons, large and small, that he might have imparted to them himself were he not expecting to die on the battlefield. "Why am I alive? Where was I before I was born? What will happen to...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For the first time ever, and to help celebrate his 90th birthday in 2023, American icon Willie Nelson provides the stories behind the lyrics of 160 of his favorite songs, along with a dynamic assortment of never-before-seen photos and ephemera. From his earliest work in the 1950s to today, Willie looks back at the songs that have defined his career, from his days of earning $50 each to his biggest hits, from his less well-known songs (but incredibly...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Homecoming" takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham's unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he's not in the courtroom. He's called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton, who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again--until...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
p2009
Language
English
Description
Billy Pilgrim, a traumatized American POW who survived the Dresden bombing during World War II, is abducted by aliens and forced to watch his life over and over again until he comes to some understanding. Known as a signature antiwar novel and a cry of protest against brutality in the service of authority.
Author
Publisher
Cameron + Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A collection of irreverent and poetic short works from legendary actor Vincent D'Onofrio This is not a story woven around plot, characters, and contrivance. Rather, it is what acclaimed actor Vincent D'Onofrio's mind produces when on idle, when he is not thinking about servicing a story. His words are, in the purest sense, ideas that fall unexpectedly upon his head, "like an apple from a tree-dropping all at once," though less about gravity and Newton's...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Set against the quiet and unassuming city of Huntsville, Texas, Jack "Meadowlark" Johnson, and his teenage son, Cooper, embark on a journey of epic proportions. Told over the course a single day, this electrifying graphic novel recounts Cooper's struggle to survive the consequences of his father's mistakes and the dangers they have brought home to his estranged family. As Cooper and his father desperately navigate cascading threats of violence, they...
11) Born to be blue
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Jazz legend Chet Baker's tumultuous life is thrillingly re-imagined with wit, verve, and style to burn. In the 1950s, Baker was one of the most famous trumpeters in the world, renowned as both a pioneer of the West Coast jazz scene and an icon of cool.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Paul, a lone drifter who wanders into the forgotten town of Denton, Texas dubbed by the locals as the valley of violence. There, he picks a fight with the wrong man, Gilly, the troublemaking son of the town's unforgiving marshal. As tensions arise between Paul and Gilly, an inevitable act of violence starts a disastrous chain reaction that quickly drags the whole town into the bloody crosshairs of revenge. Can the world weary Marshal stop the violent...
14) Maggie's plan
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant Georgette.
15) Before midnight
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
16) Before sunrise
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A young American man meets a beautiful French student on a train bound for Paris, falls in love and asks her to share his last night in Vienna.
17) The purge
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity, including murder, becomes legal. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes.
18) Boyhood
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a boy named Mason, who ages from six to eighteen years old on screen.
19) Maudie
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, the unlikely romance between Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis and reclusive fishmonger Everett Lewis.
20) The phenom
Publisher
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Ever since Hopper was a child, he has dreamed of becoming a major-league pitcher. Relentlessly pushed and punished by his abusive father, he's on the verge of becoming one of the game's most promising players when he unexpectedly breaks down on the mound. Now Hopper's only hope for a future lies with an unorthodox sports therapist who urges him to piece together the past and confront the man who is both bully and family.