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(0)George Plimpton
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Wilbur is no ordinary pig. When he was just a piglet, he was rescued from a terrible fate by Fern, the farmer's daughter. Now he's all grown up and his life is threatened once again. But he has a unique new friend in Charlotte, the wise spider, and she has a plan that just might save him.
5) D.V
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1984
Language
English
Description
"An evening with D.V. is almost as marvelous as an evening with D.V. [herself]-same magic, same spontaneity and, above all, never a boring moment."
-Bill Blass
D.V. is the mesmerizing autobiography of one of the 20th century's greatest fashion icons, Diana Vreeland, the one-time fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar and editor-in-chief of Vogue, whose incomparable style-sense, genius, and flair helped define the world of haute couture for fifty years....
Publisher
Trinity Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
"Sandra Bullock and Jonathan Penner star in this hilarious, sexy comedy. New York advertising executive, Morris Codman(Jonathan Penner), seems to have it all - lots of talent and a beautiful girlfriend, Debbie (Sandra Bullock). When he loses his job he decides to use his advertising expertise to create, package and market a shady product that will make him millions. Debbie tries to convince him that money isn't everything and that she loves him just...
Publisher
Carousel Film & Video
Pub. Date
[2001?]
Language
English
Description
This is the first major documentary ever produced on the life and work of James Thurber. His varied accomplishments as a journalist, playwright, cartoonist and social critic are chronicled--all despite a blindness that handicapped him for the last twenty years of his life. Includes interviews with luminaries.
9) Infamous
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
While researching his book "In cold blood", writer Truman Capote develops a relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and in particular Perry Smith while both men waited for their date of execution on death row
10) The Civil War
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns's Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric doctor from Vermont, who in 1903 became the first person to drive an automobile across the United States. Follows Jackson's adventurous journey in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car from San Francisco to New York City when the automobile was still a novelty and before most roads were paved