Jon Favreau
Author
Publisher
Crooked Media Reads
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 178 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The former Obama White House aides who launched the Pod Save America podcast deliver a guide to becoming involved and making a difference via politics without losing hope. From donating to a campaign to running for office, they suggest ways to have the most impact.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
335 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Each espiode of the YouTube cooking show Binging with Babish involves Andrew Rea teaching a recipe based on a favorite TV show or film, such as the babka from the classic Seinfeld episode, the beef bourguignon from Julie & Julia, or the timpano from Big Night. This cookbook includes these and other fan-favorite recipes. Some are so delicious that you'll want to make them for dinner right away, like Bubba's shrimp from Forrest Gump, while others can...
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Former bounty hunter Boba Fett has survived the sarlacc pit, nursed back to health and taken in by a tribe of Tuskens on Tatooine. When the tribe is slaughtered, Boba seeks revenge, and sets himself up in Jabba the Hutts old palace along with his new right hand, assassin Fennec Shand. But the fight for power on Tatooine goes deeper than expected, and Boba will need help from new and old allies in order to secure his position and avenge his tribe.
4) The break-up
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. Neither one is willing to move out of the condo they once shared. Taking the advice of their respective friends and confidants, including a few complete strangers, they both engage in mental warfare designed to force the other person to flee the premises. But they might just realize that they might be fighting to keep their relationship alive.
5) Chef
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero's identity is revealed, bringing his Super Hero responsibilities into conflict with his normal life and putting those he cares about most at risk. When he enlists Doctor Strange's help to restore his secret, the spell tears a hole in their world, releasing the most powerful villains who have ever fought a Spider-Man in any universe. Now, Peter will have to overcome...
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An epic adventure about Mowgli, a man-cub who's been raised by a family of wolves. Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan, who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he's ever known, Mowgli embarks on a captivating journey of self discovery, guided by panther turned stern mentor Bagheera, and the free spirited bear Baloo.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (436 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For nine-year-old Sheldon Cooper, it isn't easy growing up in East Texas. Being a once-in-a-generation mind capable of advanced mathematics and science is not always helpful in a land where church and football are king. And while the vulnerable, gifted, and somewhat naive Sheldon deals with the world, his very normal family must find a way to deal with him.
9) Elf
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Widescreen and standard full screen versions.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A human baby accidentally ends up at the North Pole and grows up among the elf community. Buddy, as he comes to be known, knows that he's "special". When he's 30, Buddy learns from Santa that he's really a human. He decides to go in search of his father, to find out where he belongs. He walks to Manhattan, and is immediately run over by a cab. His father at first rejects him and Buddy ends up in a department store where other elves are working. But...
10) Cowboys & aliens
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. A posse of cowboys and natives are all that stand in their way.
11) The lion king
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother, and former heir to the throne, has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy, and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what...
Author
Publisher
Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
224 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Mandalorian and Grogu continue their journey to find more of Grogu's kind as they make their way through a dangerous galaxy in the tumultuous era following the fall of the Empire. They will encounter strange creatures, mysterious Jedi, old friends, and the sinister Moff Gideon, who wants the Child for his own purposes"--
13) Rudy
Series
Language
English
Description
A young man from a working class family, destined to follow his father into a job in the factory, has one big dream: to play for Notre Dame's Fighting Irish football team.
14) Iron Man 2
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Now that the world knows billionaire inventor Tony Stark is the armored super hero Iron Man, his life has suddenly become even more intense. Everyone wants in on the Iron Man technology, whether for power or profit, but for Ivan Vanko, it's revenge. With Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, Stark must once again suit up and face his most dangerous enemy yet.
15) Four Christmases
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen and full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation, and unable to escape, they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities.
16) Iron Man
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A wealthy industrialist is held captive in enemy territory and escapes by building a high-tech suit made of armor. When he returns home, he decides to use his money, talents, and suit to save the world. Bonus features include deleted and extended scenes.
17) Zathura
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Special ed. ; Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 101 min.) : anamorphic, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Danny twists the key of an old science fiction game. The game unleashes a localized meteor shower and wrenches Danny's house into orbit around a distant ringed planet. Besides Danny, his brother Walter and sister Lisa have to go along. Soon a defective robot, a rangy astronaut, and an alien spaceship enter the picture. The only way the kids can return their house to its proper space-time coordinates is to finish the game, but before they can finish,...
18) People like us
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
"[A] twenty-something, fast-talking salesman's latest deal collapses the day he learns his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home to put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. While there, he uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down--he has a 30-year-old sister he never knew existed"--Container.
19) Daredevil
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
By day, blind attorney Matt Murdock toils for justice in Hell's Kitchen. By night, he's Daredevil, a man without fear. He's a masked vigilante stalking the dark streets with an uncanny "radar sense" that allows him to see with superhuman capabilities. When the love of his life is targeted by New York City's ruthless Kingpin and his deadly assassin, Bullseye, Daredevil may be about to meet his match.
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (303 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After the fall of the Galactic Empire, a lone gunfighter makes his way through the lawless galaxy's outer reaches, earning his keep as a bounty hunter. When he refuses to deliver a specific bounty, he makes himself a target for some of the most powerful forces in the fallen Empire and unwittingly becomes entangled in the remnants of the rebellion.