Hector Elizondo
1) The Pearl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. Kino and his wife illustrate the fall from innocence of people who believe that wealth erases all problems.
2) Dain curse
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
1978
Language
English
Description
When a case of diamonds goes missing, hard-boiled private eye Hamilton Nash investigates and uncovers a tangled web involving the Dain family, a bloodline cursed with sudden, violent death.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
c2010, c2004
Language
English
Description
Summary: "In the early 1830s Texas was about to explode. Although under Mexican rule, the region was home to more than 20,000 U.S. settlers agitated by what they saw as restrictive Mexican policies. Mexican officials, concerned with illegal trading and immigration in Texas, were prepared to fight hard to keep the province under their control. Caught in the middle were the area's 4,000 Mexican Texans or Tejanos who were forced to choose a side. The...
7) Pretty Woman
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Language
English
Description
When successful corporate mogul Edward Lewis meets independent and carefree Vivian Ward, their two lives are worlds apart. But Vivian's energetic spirit challenges Edward's no-nonsense, business-minded approach to life, sparking an immediate attraction. He teaches her the finer things in life-- she teaches him that love could be the best investment he ever made.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Now that Mia has finished college, Queen Clarisse is turning over the crown to her. The catch to keeping the crown, which has been in her family for 500 years, is that she be married, in 30 days! Will she follow her heart or sacrifice for her country?
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A street-wise detective pursues his friend's murderer to Beverly Hills where he gets involved in a network of smugglers and drug peddlers; undercover agent Foley leaves Detroit to help out his Beverly Hills police friends when one of them is attacked by a vicious killer; Axel is back pursuing killers at LA's WonderWorld theme park where he becomes their newest attraction, rescuing children or becoming Okey Dokey, a blue elephant.
11) Frankie & Johnny
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Frankie, a waitress at a N.Y.C. coffee shop, has had a series of hurtful relationships and the last thing she's looking for is a new man. Johnny, an outgoing ex-con hired as the new short-order cook, falls head-over-heels for Frankie, who wants nothing to do with him.
12) Music within
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Deafened by a bomb blast in Vietnam, Richard returns home and discovers his life's calling: helping others with disabilities, including his fellow veterans. Along with his best friend Art, a wheelchair-bound rebel with a wicked wit, Richard fights for the rights of those whose voices can't always be heard. Based on the incredible true-life story of Richard Pimentel.
14) Safe house
Publisher
Showtime Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000?], c1997
Language
English
Description
Mace Sowell, an ex-intelligence operative, has kept a dark secret that could destroy the life of a certain up-and-coming presidential candidate. It's a secret that has already killed many, and Mace's name is next on the list.
Series
Last man standing volume 3
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Tim Allen returns ... as Mike Baxter in Last Man Standing, a show about everything that families in America are dealing with today - all filtered through the blunt 'man's man' comedy of an iconic American character ..."--Cover.
Series
Last man standing volume 7
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Mike Baxter is the straight-talking champion of common sense in a politically correct world. Mike will need that common sense to help guide his family through the many changes in store this year at home and at work. Vanessa, who last season traded a successful corporate career for a job as a public school teacher, now finds her rewarding new position in peril, as a teachers strike looms in Denver. The home front presents its own challenges.
17) The fan
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Language
English
Description
An obsessed young fan has been writing to Sally, a famous actress, but Sally's secretary discards the letters. When the fan sees he is being ignored, he moves to eliminate those standing between himself and his idol.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
John Woodson is disillusioned and temporarily without direction. Through a mysterious set of coincidences, he finds himself on an adventure to Peru in search of ancient scrolls, known as the Celestine Prophecy. The prophecy and its nine key insights, predict a new awakening that will redefine human life and provide a glimpse into a completely spiritual culture on earth. Resistant at first, John finds that with each step he takes and person he meets...
19) Chains of gold
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
"A hard-hitting story that echoes today's headlines, Chains of gold is the story of a teen who has made a big mistake, and the one man willing to risk everything to keep that mistake from being fatal. Social worker Scott Barnes befriends 13 year old Tommy Burke, who's involved with a crack-dealing gang yet wants to quit--but the gang has other ideas-- they kill anyone who tries to leave. When the police offer no help, Scott launches a desperate attempt...
20) Being Human
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
In five distinct yet cleverly interlocked roles, tells of a man who is a cave dweller, a Roman slave, a medieval wayfarer, a Portuguese nobleman shipwrecked in Africa and a modern Manhattanite whose homelife has hit the rocks. Each character reaches for survival, love, belonging; for all the things that made humankind draw together in the first place. Each is a human being faced with an unforgettable and universal challenge: Being Human.