John Bloom
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xx, 537 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
"How the largest man-made constellation in the heavens was built by dreamers in the Arizona Desert, targeted for destruction by panicked executives, and saved by a single Palm Beach retiree who battled Motorola, cajoled the Pentagon, wrestled with thirty banks, survived an attack by Congress, infiltrated the White House, found allies through the Black Entertainment Network, and wooed a mysterious Arab prince to rescue the only phone that links every...
Author
Description
What if you're struggling to believe that God is truly faithful?
The Bible teaches that God is always faithful, that He's always TRUE to HIS WORD. Saints throughout history have affirmed it, and hymns and worship songs celebrate it.
But what if it doesn't look that way to you? You're not alone. The Bible is full of examples of God's children struggling to trust him in seasons of disappointment, discouragement, danger, disaster, depression, and deep...
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 352 min.) : sd., col. w/b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985 and the Reagans are in the White House. Death is swinging the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior tells Lou, his lover, he's ill and Lou decides to bolt. As disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Lou. Joe is an attorney, who is Mormon and Republican, is pushed by right-winger Roy toward a job at the Justice Dept. Both Joe and Roy are in the closet: Joe out of shame and religious turmoil; Roy to preserve...
5) Wit
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is until she is diagnosed with a devastating illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. She finds that the fine line between life and death can only be walked with wit.
6) Shaft
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
To stop a racist killer Shaft's got to track down the only eyewitness that can put the bad guy behind bars. As Shaft closes in, so does the danger. Up against corrupt cops and venomous druglords Shaft's out to make crime pay up.
8) Gandhi
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (191 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicles the life of Gandhi beginning with his political activities in South Africa during the late 1890's and ending with his assassination at the hands of a Hindu extremist in 1948. Shows the development of his philosophy of non-violence as he leads the people of India to independence from the British.
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In this affectionate story of small town life in upstate New York, Sully, a fitfully employed 60-year-old construction worker, is a cheerful curmudgeon who has made a lifetime of bad decisions. He unexpectedly has a chance to make right some of them when his estranged son and grandson drop back into his life.
10) Werewolf Santa
Author
Description
Amateur monster hunter Lucy, witnesses Santa's transformation into a werewolf after he is bitten by one on Christmas Eve.