Ethan Hawke
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hawke's narrator is a young man in torment, disgusted with himself after the collapse of his marriage, still half-hoping for a reconciliation that would allow him to forgive himself and move on as he clumsily, and sometimes hilariously, tries to manage the wreckage of his personal life with whiskey and sex. What saves him is theater: in particular, the challenge of performing the role of Hotspur in a production of Henry IV under the leadership of...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
172 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Language
English
Description
"It is 1483, and Sir Thomas Lemuel Hawke, a Cornish knight, is about to ride into battle. On the eve of his departure, he composes a letter to his four young children, consisting of twenty virtues that provide instruction on how to live a noble life, and on all the lessons, large and small, that he might have imparted to them himself were he not expecting to die on the battlefield. 'Why am I alive? Where was I before I was born? What will happen to...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 232 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
The year is 1872. The place, the Apache nations, a region torn apart by decades of war. The people, like Goyahkla, lose his family and everything he loves. After having a vision, the young Goyahkla approaches the Apache leader Cochise, and the entire Apache nation, to lead an attack against the Mexican village of Azripe. It is this wild display of courage that transforms the young brave Goyakhla into the Native American hero Geronimo. But the war...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Billy Pilgrim, an American soldier captured by the Germans, witnesses firebombing and destruction in Dresden. Launched in November, Dell's Kurt Vonnegut reissue program continues with one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.
Author
Series
Jake Brigance volume 4
Language
English
Description
"Homecoming" takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham's unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he's not in the courtroom. He's called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton, who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again--until...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jazz legend Chet Baker's tumultuous life is thrillingly re-imagined with wit, verve, and style to burn. In the 1950s, Baker was one of the most famous trumpeters in the world, renowned as both a pioneer of the West Coast jazz scene and an icon of cool.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Kidnapped from his California home and sold to prospectors embarked for the Yukon Gold Rush, Buck, a pampered house dog who has known comfort all of his life, finds himself thrust into a brutal world of cruel human masters, savage fellow sled-dogs, and an unforgiving wilderness full of hardship and misery. In the wilds, Buck earns the love of a man as rugged as he is, and he reacquaints himself with his true animal nature, a noble heritage passed...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Meet Seymour Bernstein: a virtuoso pianist, veteran New Yorker, and true original who gave up a successful concert career to teach music. In this wonderfully warm, witty, and intimate tribute from his friend, Ethan Hawke, Seymour shares unforgettable stories from his remarkable life and eye-opening words of wisdom, as well as insightful reflections on art, creativity, and the search for fulfillment.
11) Maudie
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, the unlikely romance between Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis and reclusive fishmonger Everett Lewis.
12) Boyhood
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (164 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a boy named Mason, who ages from six to eighteen years old on screen.
13) First reformed
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
14) Good Kill
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After six tours of duty, Air Force pilot Tom Egan yearns to get back into the cockpit of a real plane, but he now fights the Taliban from an air-conditioned box in the Las Vegas desert. When he and his crew start taking orders directly from the CIA, and the stakes are raised, Egan's nerves, and his relationship with his wife begin to unravel. Revealing the psychological toll drone pilots endure as they are forced to witness the aftermath of their...
15) Maggie's plan
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Maggie's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant Georgette.
16) Before sunrise
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young American man meets a beautiful French student on a train bound for Paris, falls in love and asks her to share his last night in Vienna.
17) Before sunset
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two strangers met by chance, spent a night together in Vienna, and parted before sunrise. Nine years later, Jesse has written a book about the encounter. During his accelerated European book tour, he meets up with Celine in Paris. Before Jesse's flight home, he joins Celine for a picturesque walk around the city and they have an intimate conversation, ending at Celine's apartment. Will they get the chance to fall in love all over again?
18) Boyhood
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (164 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmed over twelve years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's acclaimed smash hit is a groundbreaking celebration of life. Stars Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette.
19) The Northman
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father's murder.
20) Juliet, naked
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Annie (Byrne) is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan (O'Dowd), an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Browe (Hawke). When the acoustic demo from Tucker's 25-year-old hit album surfaces, its release leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive musician in this heartwarming story about finding love when and where you least expect it."--Container.