Lawrence Roberts
Author
Language
English
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Description
A vivid account of the largest act of civil disobedience in US history, in Richard Nixon's Washington
They surged into Washington by the tens of thousands in the spring of 1971. Fiery radicals, flower children, and militant vets gathered for the most audacious act in a years-long movement to end America's war in Vietnam: a blockade of the nation's capital. And the White House, headed by an increasingly paranoid Richard Nixon, was determined...
4) Mayday 1971
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"They surged into Washington by the tens of thousands in the spring of 1971. Fiery radicals, flower children, and militant vets gathered for the most audacious act in a years-long movement to end Americas war in Vietnam: a blockade of the nations capital. And the White House, headed by an increasingly paranoid Richard Nixon, was determined to stop it. Longtime Washington journalist Lawrence Roberts, drawing on dozens of interviews, unexplored public...
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Series
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English
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"The most valuable aspect of religion," writes Robert Lawrence Smith, "is that it provides us with a framework for living. I have always felt that the beauty and power of Quakerism is that it exhorts us to live more simply, more truthfully, more charitably."
Taking his inspiration from the teaching of the first Quaker, George Fox, and from his own nine generations of Quaker forebears, Smith speaks to all of us who are seeking a way to make our lives...
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
General Irwin, a respected three-star tactician whose career ends in disgrace when he's court martialed and sent to a maximum security military prison, The Castle. Irwin quickly butts heads with the facility's autocratic warden, Colonel Winter, who runs his command with an iron fist, even killing prisoners when he deems it necessary. Irwin rallies his fellow convicts into a rag-tag army and leads them in a revolt against Winter, an action that the...
8) Clueless
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Still as smart and charming as ever, Clueless gets a fresh, sassy makeover for this new 'Whatever!' Collector's Edition. Alicia Silverstone sparkles as Cher, the matchmaking 15-year-old Beverly Hills High schooler who has shopping and boys on her mind.
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Social-climbing Jonathan romances rich girl Ellen to get close to her powerful father. But his plans go awry when she becomes pregnant and feeling cornered, he murders her. Dory, Ellen's twin, is suspicious of Ellen's 'suicide' and investigates.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Donald and Isabelle have a form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome. Donald, a good-natured but hapless cab driver has a knack for numbers. He falls head over heals in love with the beautiful but complex Isabelle when she joins the autism support group he leads.
12) Rapid fire
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"After witnessing a killing by a Mafia kingpin, college student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked feds. With the help of a renegade government agent and his stunning sidekick, Jake must use his lethal self-defense skills to stay alive." --
13) Rock star
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A rags to riches story of a wannabe musician who gets his break and becomes a rock star overnight, only to discover that being a superstar isn't everything it's cracked up to be.
