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- A kid from Marlboro Road : a novel / by Burns, Edward,1968-author.;
"An Irish-American family comes to life in this first novel by actor and independent filmmaker Ed Burns. The book opens at a wake, as our twelve-year-old narrator, an aspiring writer, takes in the death of his beloved grandfather, Pop, a larger-than-life figure to him. The overflowing crowd includes sandhogs in their muddy work boots, old Irish biddies in black dresses and cops in uniform, along with the family in mourning. There's an open casket, the first time he's seen a dead person. Later, at the bar across the street, he tells a story to the assembled crowd about the day his dad proposed to his mom, and how he almost got beat up by her brothers for it, and then how Pop made him propose twice. His mom calls him "Kneenie," and with her husband and older son Tommy lost to her, he's the best thing she's got. He sees her struggling, but doesn't know how to help -- since like his brother and father before him he knows he'll also abandon her soon enough. Stories cascade between the prior generation's colorful origins in the Bronx and the softer world of the Long Island town of Gibson, where the family lives now. There are scenes in the Rockaways, at Belmont Race Track, and in Montauk. Out of individual struggles a collective warmth emerges, a certain kind of American story, raucous and joyous"--
- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Family life; Irish Americans; Mothers and sons;
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- The Fitzgerald family Christmas [videorecording] / by Bishé, Kerry,1984-; Britton, Connie.; Burns, Edward,1968-; Coleman, Dara.; Magnolia Pictures (Firm); Tribeca Productions.; Video Services Corp.;
Connie Britton, Edward Burns, Kerry Bishé, Dara Coleman, Heather Burns.As Christmas approaches, the adult siblings of the Fitzgerald family prepare for the return of their estranged father.14A.DVD, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Brothers and sisters; Christmas films.; Christmas; Families; Feature films.;
- © c2013., Video Services Corp.,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Alex Cross [videorecording] / by Burns, Edward,1968-; Cohen, Rob,1949-; Esposito, Giancarlo.; Fox, Matthew,1966-; Nichols, Rachel.; Perry, Tyler.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Summit Entertainment.;
Music by John Debney ; director of photography, Ricardo Della Rosa ; edited by Matt Diezel, Thom Noble.Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns, Rachel Nichols, Giancarlo Esposito.Follows the young homicide detective/psychologist as he meets his match in a serial killer. The two face off in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, but when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits in this taut and exciting action thriller.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Cross, Alex (Fictitious character); Detectives; Feature films.; Good and evil; Murder; Serial murderers;
- © c2013., Summit Entertainment ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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- Star trek, the original series. [videorecording] / by Courage, Alexander.; Daniels, Marc.; Doohan, James.; Finnerman, Gerald Perry,1931-; Francis, Al.; Kelley, DeForest,1920-1999.; Nimoy, Leonard.; Roddenberry, Gene.; Shatner, William.; Takei, George,1937-; Paramount Pictures Corporation.;
Spectre of the gun / Lee Cronin -- Elaan of Troyius / John Meredyth Lucas -- The Paradise Syndrome / Margaret Armen -- The Enterprise incident / D.C. Fontana -- And the children shall lead / Edward J. Lakso -- Spock's brain / Lee Cronin -- Is there in truth no beauty? / Jean Lisette Aroeste -- The empath -- The Tholian web / Judy Burns -- For the world is hollow ... / Hendrik Vollaerts -- Day of the dove / Jerome Bixby -- Plato's stepchildren / Meyer Dolinsky -- Wink of an eye / Lee Cronin -- That which survives / D.C. Fontana -- Let that be your last battlefield / Lee Cronin -- Whom Gods destroy / Lee Erwin -- The mark of Gideon / Stanley Adams -- The lights of Zetar / Shari Lewis -- The cloud minders / Margaret Armen -- The way to Eden / D.C. Fontana -- Requiem for Methuselah / Jerome Bixby -- The savage curtain -- All our yesterdays / Jean Lisette Aroeste -- Turnabout intruder.Directors of photography, Gerald Perry Finnerman, Al Francis ; art director, Rolland M. Brooks, Walter M. Jefferies ; editors, James D. Ballas ... [et al.] ; theme music, Alexander Courage ; costume designers, Ken Harvey, Marge Makau, William Ware Theiss ; visual effects, Albert Whitlock.William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett.Space is our final frontier. In the 23rd century, The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, whose First Officer is Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. The Chief Medical Officer is Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy. With a determined crew of 430, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes and genetic supermen. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
- Subjects: Kirk, James T. (Fictitious character); Science fiction television programs.; Spock (Fictitious character); Star Trek television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
- © c2013., Paramount,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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