David Hyde Pierce
Author
Language
English
Description
Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. John Taylor is a career criminal. John just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. Finding himself on the door step of Wilson posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who's been mugged and lost his luggage. As the evening progresses, we become deeply intertwined in the lives of these two men and discover just how deceiving appearances can be.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Respect for Acting. "This fascinating and detailed book about acting is Miss Hagen's credo, the accumulated wisdom of her years spent in intimate communion with her art. It is at once the voicing of her exacting standards for herself and those she [taught], and an explanation of the means to the end."--Publishers Weekly. "Hagen adds to the large corpus of titles on acting with vivid dicta drawn from experience, skill, and a sense of personal and professional...
4) A bug's life
Language
English
Formats
Description
Journey inside the miniature world of bugs where an ant named Flik hires warrior bugs to defend his colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers. Bonus title at end: Geri's game (Academy Award, Best Animated Short, 1997).
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A feminist writer in the early 1960's who is promoting her book 'Down With Love' has sworn off love. A New York City journalist thinks he doesn't need love. See what happens when they fall for each other in this old-fashioned romantic comedy.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jim is a young man who grew up reading tales of pirates and adventures on the high seas, and longs for similar excitement in his own life. One day a dying man hands him a map and gives him a warning. Upon careful examination, Jim realizes the map charts the course to Treasure Planet, a distant world where hundreds of space pirates have stashed their loot. Jim is certain this is the adventure he's been dreaming of and sets out to find the fabled Treasure...
Author
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"What pet should I get? This new book by Dr. Seuss about making up one's mind is the literary equivalent of buried treasure! What happens when a brother and sister visit a pet store to pick a pet? Naturally, they can't choose just one! The tale captures a classic childhood moment--choosing a pet--and uses it to illuminate a life lesson: that it is hard to make up your mind, but sometimes you just have to do it! Told in Dr. Seuss's signature rhyming...
12) The perfect host
Publisher
Magnet
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary. The two discover just how deceiving appearances can be in this game of cat and mouse.
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Help little monsters learn to mind their manners! Can Rosita control her emotions and keep her hands to herself? Will Prairie help Cookie Monster master polite table manners and can Cookie stop himself and not gobble all the cookies when a Cookie Connoisseur visits Sesame Street?
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"Camp Firewood, 1981. It's the last day of summer camp and everyone is busy. Camp director Beth (Janeane Garofalo) is trying to keep order while falling in love with astrophysicist Henry (David Hyde Pierce). Henry is trying to save the camp from being hit by a piece of SKYLAB hurtling toward Earth. Camp counselor Coop is in love with Katie, who is in love with lifeguard Andy. If that's not enough, there's a waterfall rescue, talking vegetable cans,...
18) Isn't she great
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Comedy based on the life of best-selling novelist Jacqueline Susann.
Publisher
B'WAY Films LLC
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Examines the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. This entertaining documentary mingles cultural history with illuminating perspectives on the origins and meanings of some of Broadway's most beloved songs, stories and shows.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Frasier Crane is a psychiatrist and radio talk show host who shares an apartment with his retired cop father in Seattle. In this season, Frasier commemorates his 2,000th radio show on KACL, Martin lands a job as a night-shift security guard, Niles and Daphne must endure an overseas visit from her conniving mother and lecherous brother, and Roz is swept off her feet by a charming and handsome new boyfriend-- a garbageman!
