Ken Howard
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Language
English
Description
As Western Christianity moves towards a religious realignment of epic proportions – where does your congregation stand? How will you navigate these changes? Paradigms that have guided the Church for centuries are crumbling. The old dichotomy between "conservatives" and "liberals" – that has defined us for centuries – is becoming almost irrelevant. What are our true differences today? Where and how will we come together as a Christian people...
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
America’s magnificent storyteller, Mark Twain, has crafted an intriguing and classic tale of mistaken identity, deceit and murder. Here a slave woman cradle-switches her master’s son with her own light-skinned baby, however, even though raised as a white man, he never fulfills her hopes and dreams for him as he becomes an arrogant and cruel man. Acclaimed actor Ken Howard stars as the local lawyer unraveling the mystery.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1970.
Language
English
Description
The story of three neurotic characters: A a girl whose face is scarred in a vicious attack (Liza Minnelli), a paraplegic (Robert Moore) and an introverted epileptic (Ken Howard) who, after leaving the hospital, set up housekeeping together in a cottage where they support each other. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the **Cannes Film Festival.** *"It succeeds, among other things, in making human entertainment out of rather unlikely story." - Roger Ebert,...
6) Grey Gardens
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Based on the life stories Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale who are the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis. They were raised as Park Avenue débutantes, but withdrew from New York society. They took shelter at their Long Island summer home called 'Grey Gardens.' As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality. They were reintroduced to the world...
7) 1776
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
1776 is a delightful musical celebration of the founding of The United States of America. The story centers around the familiar historical characters as they organize a movement for independence from Mother England. All events lead up to that most significant date, July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
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Language
English
Description
Dominick Birdsey, a 40-year-old housepainter whose subdued life in his hometown of Three Rivers, Connecticut, is disturbed in 1990 when his identical twin brother Thomas, a paranoid schizophrenic whose condition is complicated by religious mania, commits a shocking act of self-mutilation. The story is that of the embattled Birdseys, as recalled in Dominick's elaborated memory-flashbacks.
9) Last to die
Author
Series
Jack Swyteck novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Miami criminal attorney Jack Swyteck doesn't want Tatum Knight as a client. But the allegedly "reformed" contract killer is the brother of Jack's best friend, and the assassin swears he had nothing to do with the schooting death of Sally Fenning, though he claims the beautiful, depressed multi-millionairess wanted him to do the deed..."--Cover
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Series
Victor Carl novels volume 1
Language
English
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Description
A struggling lawyer jumps at an offer by a prestigious law firm to defend one of two crooks on trial, only to discover the firm has marked his client as the fall guy. Set in Philadelphia, the novel looks at the dirty tricks of the legal profession.
12) Magic hour
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English
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Movie producer Sy Spencer -- one of the premier summer residents of the Hamptons, Long Island's oh-so-fashionable beach resort for everyone who is anyone -- has hosted his last power clambake, thanks to whoever shot him dead beside his oceanfront pool. Heading the investigation is Hamptons native Steve Brady. His prime suspect is Sy's ex-wife Bonnie, a strangely appealing and energetic woman both in and out of bed. As the case against Bonnie builds,...
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English
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After Jessica Leeds- wife of a prestigious, wealthy Florida landowner- is brutally raped, three Vietnamese immigrants are charged with the crime. After the trial results in their acquittal, Jessica's husband Stephen vows vengeance. Then, the three immigrants are found savagely murdered. When all of the evidence ties Stephen Leeds to the grisly killings, Jessica turns to Florida lawyer Matthew Hope. He takes the case- ...
14) Puss in boots
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Series
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English
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A long shadow looms above the wife of filmmaker Carlton Markham. Then a hand clamps over her mouth, and a blade sinks into her back. Blood splatters on the film reel case beside her, and a young life is cut short. Lawyer Matthew Hope gets a call from Markham, who's been arrested for his wife's murder, but he says he didn't do it. Witnesses fly forward to proclaim his guilt, but Markham's not giving up on his innocence that easily. And when Hope digs...
15) Prizes
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English
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"Erich Segal, bestselling author of Love Story and Doctors, now brings his extraordinary storytelling gifts to the elite arena of the world's most remarkable physicians and scientists. In Prizes, Segal brings vividly to life three very different and memorable characters in a story brimming with love and loss, discovery and betrayal, life and death." "Adam Coopersmith. He is that rare combination: a brilliant physician who truly cares for his patients....
16) The run
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Series
Language
English
Description
A respected senator from Georgia, Will Lee has loftier aspirations. But a cruel stroke of fate thrusts him onto the national stage unexpectedly, and long before he's ready for a national campaign. The road to the White House will be more treacherous -- and deadly -- than Will can imagine. A courageous and principled man thrust into the spotlight, he suddenly finds himself the target of clandestine enemies who will use all their money and influence...
17) Cinderella
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Attorney Matthew Hope had hired Otto Samalson to conduct a simple marital investigation- so how does Samalson end up dead on a deserted highway? Hope's search for an answer takes him into Florida's drug underworld on the trail of a hooker- one who has the style and looks necessary to transform herself into a high-class cocaine-stealing Cinderella. What Hope uncovers is a complicated web of circumstances and a terrifying twist...
Publisher
APV Films
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
"This first film with Ken Howard illustrates the very special quality of his work. With his strong sense of tone and use of light, we see him paint some of his favorite subjects. Working in his studio in Cornwall with two different models, he paints figurative subjects, using the light shining in through the windows to stunning effect. In addition, we see him working outside on two different scenes. Firstly a view of Mousehole harbour with boats at...
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English
Description
It is 1814 and the Bengal Army of the Honourable East India Company is at war with a marauding Nepal. It is here that the British first encounter the martial spirit of their indomitable foe, the Gurkha hill men from that mountainous independent land.
Impressed by their fighting qualities and with the end of hostilities in sight, the Company begins to recruit them into their own ranks. Since then, these lighthearted and gallant soldiers have successfully...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Meg Summers is one of America's premier architects, designing some of most exquisite estates across the country, but ever since her sister Dawn had an affair with her former husband, Mick Drewford, a year ago, she has felt utterly and desperately alone. She is also bored with her job. She would much rather sketch fantasy drawings all day in her journal than be managing projects. On a cool fall day in East Hampton, Meg finds a mysterious note in elegant...