Andrew McCarthy
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Most people know Andrew McCarthy from his movie roles in Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, Weekend at Bernie's, and Less than Zero, and as a charter member of Hollywood's Brat Pack. That iconic group of ingenues and heartthrobs included Rob Lowe, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, and Demi Moore, and has come to represent both a genre of film and an era of pop culture. In his memoir Brat: An '80s Story, McCarthy focuses his gaze on that singular moment...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Nicholas Vargas only thinks his life has been turned upside down after his developer father remarries and moves his new wife and daughter into the soon-to-be completed Mangrove Hollow. But an "expedition" to a nearby lake turns up a little nixie with a giant problem--the huge, lumbering, fire-breathing variety--and it's up to Nick, his stepsister Laurie, and his big brother, Julian (plus a familiar face from the original Spiderwick...
Author
Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Description
As giants start waking up and destroying everything around their Florida neighborhood, Nick, Laurie, Jules, and Cindy work frantically to find a solution.
Author
Series
Beyond the Spiderwick chronicles volume 3
Language
English
Description
Nick,Julie, Laurie, and their friends try to prevent a hydra from destroying Florida.
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (783 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A new regime has arrived at Litchfield and with it comes new business interests, spiritual movements, and parental problems that turn life behind bars upside down and ignite power struggles among Litchfield's residents and guards.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
7 sound discs (7 hr., 33 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The author, a travel writer and actor, delivers a memoir about how travel helped him become the man he wanted to be, helping him overcome life-long fears and confront his resistance to commitment. From time immemorial, travel has been a pursuit of passion, from adventurers of old seeking gold or new lands, to today's spiritual and pleasure seekers who follow in the footsteps of Elizabeth Gilbert. Some see travel as a form of light-hearted escapism...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 778 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
New faces and old resentments make for a potentially volatile blend, especially now that Litchfield is a for-profit business. This season delves into the racial and economic tensions that run rampant in the halls of Litchfield. Overrun with new inmates and overseen by inexperienced guards, the prison undergoes an unprecedented culture war.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (NTSC, 350 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Trading Christmas: Emily Springer is disappointed in her daughter, Heather, won't make the cross-country trip from Harvard to visit at Christmas. Emily decides to surprise Heather and trades houses with Charles Brewster, a college professor. Emily is the one who is surprised when she finds out her daughter left for Florida with her boyfriend and has only Charles' brother for company. In this holiday tale about twists of fate, Emily and Charles find...
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 730 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Brooklynite Piper Chapman, whose wild past comes back to haunt her and results in her arrest and detention in a federal penitentiary. To pay her debt to society, Piper trades her comfortable New York life for an orange prison jumpsuit and finds unexpected conflict and camaraderie amidst an eccentric group of inmates.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 725 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the standoff at the prison turns into a full-blown riot, the inmates take advantage of the confusion by conducting séances, holding prisoner auctions, and preening for the morning news. But with relationships tested and friendships starting to fray, will life at Litchfield ever return to normal?
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
287 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Actor and award-winning travel writer Andrew McCarthy discovers his ancestry in a compelling narrative that combines 26 intriguing and heartfelt stories about discovering home and roots with tips and recommendations on how to begin your own explorations. Addressing the explosive growth in ancestral travel, actor and travel writer Andrew McCarthy recounts his own quest to uncover his family's Irish history, along with 25 other prominent writers whose...
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (928 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Manhattan native Dr. Zoe Hart accepts an offer from a stranger to work in his medical practice in Bluebell, Alabama, and when she arrives, she finds he has died and left half the practice to her in his will.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
The moment the Grace family moves into the dilapidated Spiderwick Estate, strange things begin to happen. Jared is a curious, adventurous boy who quickly seeks out and finds the hidden laboratory of his great great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. He unleashes a mysterious force when he locates a field guide full of the secrets of the magical creatures that inhabit the forest surrounding the mansion. His twin brother Simon is calm and reserved. He is the...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (347 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A very merry mix-up (87 min.): A woman sets out to meet her fiancé's family at Christmas and winds up at the wrong house. Once the mistake is corrected, she realizes that her bond with the wrong family and their eligible son is stronger than her bond with the right one.
The Christmas ornament (87 min.): Widow Kathy Howard is having a hard time facing her first Christmas without her husband when she meets Christmas tree lot owner Tim Pierce who helps...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jack tries to impress his boss, Drew, who is also the father of his girlfriend, Demi. Jack wants to propose to Demi at Drew's Christmas dance, but, while taking dance lessons, he starts falling for his instructor.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
3 sound discs (3 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
These 36 classic stories, read directly from the text of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible by five distinguished actors are meant to "delight and inspire children before bedtime or on the go"--from publisher provided information.
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A teenager takes the journey of his life when his tree is picked to be the White House Christmas tree, and must decide if losing what means the most to his family is worth the price of fame.
20) Pretty in pink
Series
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
She's a high school girl from the wrong side of town. He's the wealthy heart-throb who asks her to the prom. As fast as their romance builds, it's threatened by the painful reality of peer pressure.
