Craig Nelson
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Author Craig Nelson restores the mystery and majesty to an event that may have become too familiar for most people to realize what a stunning achievement it represented in planning, technology, and execution. Through interviews, 23,000 pages of NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents on the space race, Nelson creates a vivid and detailed account of the Apollo 11 mission. From the quotidian to the scientific to the magical, readers are...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The America we live in was not born on July 4, 1776, but on December 7, 1941, when an armada of Japanese warplanes supported by aircraft carriers, destroyers, and midget submarines suddenly attacked the United States, killing 2,403 men and forcing America's entry into World War II. Author Craig Nelson maps the road to war, beginning in 1914 with the laying of the keel of the USS Arizona at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, following Japan's leaders as they...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling historian Craig Nelson reveals how FDR confronted an American public disinterested in going to war in Europe, skillfully won their support, and pushed government and American industry to build the greatest war machine in history, "the arsenal of democracy" that won World War II. As Nazi Germany began to conquer Europe, America's military was unprepared, too small, and poorly supplied. The Nazis were supported by robust...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Despite being a founder of both the United States and the French Republic, the creator of the phrase "United States of America," and the author of three of the biggest bestsellers of the eighteenth century, Thomas Paine is perhaps the least well known--and the most controversial--of the American founding fathers. Author Nelson's portrait brings him to life against the backdrop of the Revolutionary era and the intellectual exhilaration of the Age of...
10) Incredibles: 2
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Bob Parr, Mr. Incredible, is left to care for Jack-Jack while Helen, Elastigirl, is out saving the world.
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Hayden Fox is the head coach of a university football team, and eats, sleeps and lives football. His wife is not passionate about sports, which tends to frequently causes friction in their relationship. While Hayden often fits the stereotype of dumb jock (as do his co-workers Luther and Dauber), he sincerely cares about his friends and family, and tries his best to make things work out.
16) Coach: Season 4
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Get back in the game with Hayden Fox as he and Assistant Coach Luther Van Dam bring the Minnesota State Screaming Eagles football team into their division's Top Twenty, and he and girlfriend Christine Armstrong work to keep their relationship in play.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security in this adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel. Director 'Bloody' Sam Peckinpah's final film.
19) Chiller
Publisher
DSSP
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A man is brought back to life after being cryogenically frozen, but he returns without a soul.
20) Book club
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Four friends' lives are turned upside down to hilarious ends when their book club tackles the infamous "50 Shades of Grey." From discovering new romance to rekindling old flames, they inspire each other to make their next chapter the best chapter.