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Howl's Moving Castle

Christian Bale - GKIDS presents a Studio Ghibli film
Format: DVD

From the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of Spirited Away, and acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki, comes the Academy Award-nominated fantasy adventure for the whole family. Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet...
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Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

Cassandra Peterson - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water. Third-degree burns covered 35% of her body, and the prognosis wasn't good. But she survived....
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The longest ride

Alan Alda - Fox
Format: DVD

The star-crossed love affair between Luke, a former champion bull rider looking to make a comeback, and Sophia, a college student who is about to embark upon her dream job in New York City's art world. As conflicting paths and ideals test their relationship, Sophia and Luke make an unexpected...
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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Sebastian Cabot - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Format: DVD

Whether we're young or forever young at heart, the Hundred Acre Wood calls to that place in each of us that still believes in magic. Share all the fun, whimsy and wonder of THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH in this resplendent Special Edition of the original Disney classic -- now digitally...
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Sycamore: A Novel

Bryn Chancellor - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"Masterful. . . . What a joy to find a book that is both propulsive and perfectly composed." - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, author of The Nest"Riveting. . . .This is a movingly written, multivoiced novel examining how one tragic circumstance can sow doubt about fundamental things....
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Imitation of life

Lana Turner - Universal Studios
Format: DVD


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Mask: Director's Cut

Peter Bogdanovich - Universal
Format: DVD video

Acclaimed filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich directed this heartwarming and inspirational film based on the real-life story of Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz), a terribly disfigured but highly sensitive and intelligent teenager. Motivated by his loving mother, Rusty (Cher), and her boyfriend, Gar (Sam...
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Hoot

Luke Wilson - New Line Video, 2006.
Format: DVD video

Based on the best-selling book, Hoot is an adventure story about a boy and his classmates who take on crooked politicians and bumbling cops in the hope of saving endangered, burrowing owls threatened by construction. Songs by Jimmy Buffett." ... Fun family film ..."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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The Great Courses: Ancient Greek Civilization

Jeremy McInerney - Teaching Co.

Why do the ancient Greeks occupy such a prominent place in conceptions of Western culture and identity? The Greeks are a source of much that we esteem: democracy, philosophy, tragedy, epic and lyric poetry, history-writing, ideals of athletic competition, aesthetic sensibilities, and more....
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VeggieTales - Moe & The Big Exit

VeggieTales - Big Idea
Format: DVD

You’ve heard the story of Moses but have you heard it told as a Western?! Meet Moe, a good-natured cowboy living high on the hog out in Dodgeball City, while his kinfolk work their fingers to the bone digging the Grand Canyon. Upset by how his family is treated, Moe stands up to the zucchini...
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