Donald Sutherland
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
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The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal -- a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely...
Pub. Date
[2024]
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It follows the journey of Reeves and his rise from enslavement to law enforcement as one of the first Black U.S. Deputy Marshals west of the Mississippi. Despite arresting over 3,000 outlaws during his career, the weight of the badge was heavy, and he wrestled with its moral and spiritual cost to his beloved family. This release features over two hours of special features, including an exclusive interview with Production Designer, Wynn Thomas (Malcolm...
4) Forsaken
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An embittered gunslinger attempts to make amends with his estranged father while their community is besieged by ruthless land-grabbers.
Pub. Date
2001
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The brash flyboys of Team Daedalus trained body and mind for America's leap into space. Then, with the formation of NASA, they were replaced by trained chimpanzees. Four decades later, the old-school test pilots, with their grasp of outdated technology, are the only ones able to repair Russia's primitive, deorbiting satellite that threatens to crash to earth.
10) Aurora borealis
Pub. Date
2007
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Ever since the death of his father, 25-year-old Minneapolis slacker Duncan is content with shuffling aimlessly through life, ditching one dead-end job after another. Things change when he takes a job near his ill grandfather and grandmother. Duncan's new found sense of purpose leads to a romance with caregiver Kate, and a story about life and love.
11) Horrible bosses
Pub. Date
©℗2011.
Description
For Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day), the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers, permanently. There's only...
12) Fallen
Description
Detective John Hobbes is searching for a criminal he's already met, already caught and already killed.
13) Reign Over Me
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Alan Johnson runs into his old college roommate, Charlie Fineman, on the streets of New York City. He is suprised to find that Charlie does not remember him at all. Alan later learns that Charlie is suffering with grief over the loss of his family on 9/11. Flooded with grief, Charlie quits his job and isolates himself from everyone around him. Alan attempts to help Charlie get over his grief by rekindling their friendship while Charlie. As Alan spends...
14) The Eagle
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Twenty years after the disappearance of his father and the Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila travels from Rome to solve the mystery, retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, and restore his father's honor.
15) Treasure Island
Pub. Date
[2012].
Description
Young Jim Hawkins is the only one who can successfully get a schooner to a legendary Island known for buried Treasure. But aboard the ship is a mysterious cook named John Silver, whose true motivation on the journey challenges Jim's trust in the entire crew.
Pub. Date
2010
Description
In the town of Kingsbridge during the middle of the twelfth century, the lives of those who are working to build the most amazing Gothic cathedral in the world become entwined through their ambitions, loves, and tribulations. At once, this is a sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fierce spirit of a passionate age.
17) The Eagle
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Pub. Date
2011
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In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Training day: a rookie narcotics cop learns the hard way that even good cops can go very, very bad.
John Q: Police have surrounded the ER where a desperate man holds hostages and demands that the hospital do what his HMO refuses to allow, provide an operation for his critically ill son.
Fallen: Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very...
20) Behind the mask
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Tells the story of Dr. Robert Shushan, an overworked clinic director and absent father to his son, Brian. After suffering a heart attack, his life is saved by a patient. An unlikely hero is made and a friendship is born that proves to be life-altering.
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