Michael Cumpsty
1) Disgrace
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A white woman is gang-raped by blacks in this novel on post-apartheid South Africa. But she understands such settling of scores is inevitable, given what whites did to blacks, and she keeps the baby. By the author of Waiting for the barbarians.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Battling illness and unable to finish a novel that has taken him ten years to write, aging novelist Leonard Schiller is slipping into literary obscurity. At one time a famous author, Schiller has been all but forgotten by the readers, colleagues and critics who once praised his works. When Heather Wolfe, an ambitious graduate student, convinces Schiller that her thesis could reintroduce his writing to the world, the reclusive writer is forced to confront...
Author
Language
English
Description
Discover the classic thriller that launched the #1 detective series and is the inspiration for the original series Cross on Prime Video!
Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. He works and lives in Southeast D.C. and looks like Muhammad Ali in his prime. He's a tough guy from a tough part of town who wears Harris Tweed jackets and likes to relax by banging out Gershwin tunes on his baby grand piano....
Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. He works and lives in Southeast D.C. and looks like Muhammad Ali in his prime. He's a tough guy from a tough part of town who wears Harris Tweed jackets and likes to relax by banging out Gershwin tunes on his baby grand piano....
Series
Criterion collection volume 426
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008], c1997
Edition
Director-approved special ed. ; widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([15] p. ; 18 cm.)
Language
English
Description
Thanksgiving 1973. The climate is changing, both politically and physically. As the Watergate scandal unfolds in the background, the inhabitants of a small Conneticut town begin to slip into an existentialist void. Social taboos are shattered on whims and the line between adult authority and juvenile irresponsibility is practically nonexistant. Focuses on the Hood and Carver families. Chronicles a brief period of rapid moral deterioration. Their actions...
7) La Bete
Author
Language
English
Description
Valere, a common street performer, joins the elite ranks of a veteran acting troup. However, a rift soon grows, as Valere butts heads with Elomire, the troupe's leader, who thinks Valere's acting style is vulgar.
