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And Then It's Spring
And Then It's Spring

Julie Fogliano · Roaring Brook Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Following a snow-filled winter, a young boy and his dog decide that they've had enough of all that brown and resolve to plant a garden. They dig, they plant, they play, they wait . . . and wait . . . until at last, the brown becomes a more hopeful shade of brown, a sign that spring...
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Hemingway's boat : everything he loved in life, and lost, 1934-1961
Hemingway's boat : everything he loved in life, and lost, 1934-1961

Paul Hendrickson; Jonathan Davis · Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

Drawing on previously unpublished material, Hendrickson focuses on Hemingway's life in its twilight, just prior to his suicide, and the seemingly singular constant in the man's life: his boat, Pilar. On this vessel, Hemingway would entertain and travel, but it would also be the scene...
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Kiss me Kate
Kiss me Kate

George Sidney · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Format: Audiobook

When two squabbling ex-marrieds are cast as squabbling Renaissance romantics in a musical 'The taming of the Shrew', life imitates art, art imitates life--and it all proves no musical comedy imitates 'Kiss me Kate".
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Here Come The ABCs
Here Come The ABCs

They Might Be Giants · Disney Sound
Format: Audio CD

No stranger to the realm of children's records, They Might Be Giants have seen success with their CD No! and the book and CD combo Bed, Bed, Bed. Their latest CD, Here Come The ABCs, offers up twenty-five alphabetically themed songs. However, as is their charming way, the two Johns...
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The Passion of Ayn Rand (2007)
The Passion of Ayn Rand (2007)

Helen Mirren · Showtime Ent.
Format: DVD

Passion is not one of those words usually associated with the controversial author Ayn Rand, unless one is speaking of her controversial ideas. Her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged made egoism a virtue, and her philosophy of objectivism, which she defiantly trumpeted in the face...
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Here Come The 123s
Here Come The 123s

They Might Be Giants · Disney Sound
Format: Music CD

Takes an imaginative look at numbers, with original songs, brilliant animations, and delightful puppets.
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Edge of the City
Edge of the City

Martin Ritt · Distributed by Warner Home Video
Format: DVD video

Need a job? Charlie Malik can find a spot for you in the dockside railyards. All he asks is that you show up on time, work hard -- and kick back part of your pay. Two laborers, (Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes) face corruption on the New York waterfront and share a bond cutting across...
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Sobre el cielo y la tierra / On heaven and earth
Sobre el cielo y la tierra / On heaven and earth

Karen Foxlee · Listening Library
Format: Audio CD

Ophelia, a timid eleven-year-old girl grieving her mother, suspends her disbelief in things non-scientific when a boy locked in the museum where her father is working asks her to help him complete an age-old mission.
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The Best of Both Worlds Concert
The Best of Both Worlds Concert

Hannah Montana · Walt Disney Records
Format: Audio CD

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The Great Courses: The Science of Self
The Great Courses: The Science of Self

Lee M. Silver · The Teaching Company
Format: Audio CD

This is Course Number 1592 which contains 4 DVDs and Course Guidebook. Contains 24 lectures of 30 minutes each. Course Lecture Titles 1. A Scientific Approach to Understanding Life 2. What Is Life? 3. What Is a Human Being? 4. Mendel's Theory of Genetic Inheritance 5. Why Identical...
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Here Comes Science Cd/Dvd Set By
Here Comes Science Cd/Dvd Set By

They Might Be Giants

The 2-disc Here Comes Science CD and DVD Set from Grammy® winners They Might Be Giants features a new creative way for kids to learn. Here Comes Science, follows up their successful children's albums Here Come the ABCs and Here Come the 123s. The album features 19 songs and 19 entertaining...
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