Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution because her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a...
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A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
Director Ron Howard delivers his finest effort with his extraordinary film, A BEAUTIFUL MIND, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2001. Based loosely on Sylvia Nasar's acclaimed biography of mathematician John Forbes Nash, the film is a compelling look at...
The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
Needless to say, when I first read this book, the part about the eyes, and 3 a.m., really gave me the willies for a long time. Some believe it to be true, while others do not. Either way it is a story that still haunts some. A family moves into a Long Island house...
October Sky by Homer Hickam
October Sky is the true story of Homer Hickam, based on the memoir Rocket Boys where a young boy is trapped in a close-minded coal-mining town in the 1950's. When Sputnik is successfully launched, Homer becomes obsessed with the concept of rocket launching. To the...
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Wedding bells soon ring for Mark and Rachel after the two journalists meet at a friend's nuptials. After they've tied the knot, Rachel gives up her position as a food critic to begin a family. However, Mark, a political columnist, is unable to adjust to married life,...
Sybil by Flora Rhea Schreiber
More amazing than any work of fiction, yet true in every word, it swept to the top of the bestseller lists and riveted the consciousness of the world. As an Emmy Award-winning film starring Sally Field, it captured the home screens of an entire nation and has endured...
Ted Bundy By Stephen G. Michaud and Hugh Aynesworth
Ted Bundy was young, handsome and charming with a bright future ahead of him. He was also the most notorious serial sex killer in America. This is the story of his legend of terror. The accounts vary and the actual number will never be known, but the deaths of at...
To Hell and Back by Audie Murphy
Originally published in 1949, To Hell and Back was a smash bestseller for fourteen weeks and later became a major motion picture starring Audie Murphy as himself. More than fifty years later, this classic wartime memoir is just as gripping as it was then. Desperate to...
Sea Biscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling nonfiction novel comes to life with this spectacular big-screen adaptation. Set in the 1930s, SEABISCUIT weaves its story around three men who turned a seemingly untamable horse into a bona fide champion. Charles Howard, a thriving...
The Other Side of the Mountain by Evans G. Valens
Jill Kinmont emits the true courage of a fighter. This downhill skier had her Olympic success suddenly turn tragic when she suffered a terrible fall making her a quadriplegic. Throughout all the struggles, she set forth a huge amount of determination to overcome her...