Pamela Reed
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The story of the Air Force test flights by Chuck Yeager that would lead to Project Mercury, which pioneered America's launch into the space race-- and of the seven men chosen to launch the U.S. into space: Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton.
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This is a unique book because it is medicine, a healing "balm" for the heart, the Spirit and the mind. The words on these pages gives peace and relief that "it will be well" even when you have to accept the reality of death. This book clearly explains why it seems very difficult to move on, because many individuals do not understand that it is a "heart" thing. The heart has been broken.
4) Bean
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Mr. Bean is sent on a mission to California to escort the world famous painting of "Whistler's Mother" to its new home in the Grierson Gallery. What the gallery owner, one of the richest men in America, and his curator David Langley believe, is that Mr. Bean is Dr. Bean, a renowned art expert. In fact he is just a sleepy-headed, wildly eccentric museum guard. He is also the clumsiest, craziest, wackiest, wildest, most bizarre character they have ever...
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Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor as the most prominent members of the most important family in history. Through their stories, PBS chronicles the history they helped to shape, from the Square Deal to the New Deal, San Juan Hill to the Western Front, to the founding of the United Nations.
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Based on a true story, hard-luck milkman Melvin Dummar picks up a bum in the Nevada desert. The old man claims to be Howard Hughes and eight years later, Dummar finds himself a beneficiary in the Hughes will. Dummar becomes an instant celebrity while trying to cash in on the fortune.
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The residents of a small, peaceful Kansas town are suddenly plunged into chaos when a nuclear mushroom cloud appears on the horizon, leaving them completely isolated and wondering if they're the only Americans left alive. But in this time of crisis, as sensible people become paranoid, personal agendas take over and well-kept secrets threaten to be revealed, some people will find an inner strength they never knew they had and the most unlikely heroes...
10) Savannah Sunrise
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A high-strung woman and her free-spirited mother-in-law take a road trip and discover that they need each other more than they know.
11) Proof of Life
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When a U.S. citizen working in South America is abducted and his employers cannot buy his release, the man's wife hires a kidnap-and-ransom specialist for a daring scheme to free him in this fast-paced thriller.
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In the aftermath of a devastating nuclear explosion, and a battle with neighboring New Bern, the once peaceful town of Jericho begins to rebuild itself as it attempts to communicate with the outside world. The newly formed Cheyenne government strives to establish its stronghold in the region, but Jericho's citizens become suspicious of these new leaders and they question their true intentions.
15) Chattahoochee
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Based on a powerful true story, Emmet Foley (Gary Oldman), a Korean War hero unable to adjust to civilian life, loads his pistol and takes aim at his Florida hometown, hoping to be killed by the police so his wife (Frances McDormand) can collect the insurance. But he lands in a mental hospital instead, where he witnesses a horrifying scene of abuse, filth and neglect. With the help of a fellow inmate, Walker (Dennis Hopper), Foley begins a hero's...
16) Passed Away
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Thrown for a loop by the unexpected news that dad has suddenly gone to his reward, the grieving Scanlan clan are drawn together in a test of familial endurance that soon has them at each other's throats. As the eldest son, Johnny is tactlessly reminded that he's probably the next to go; daughter Terry is the black sheep who hasn't told anyone that the marriage they all warned her against has broken up; thick-headed but nice looking younger son Frank...
17) Language Arts
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An isolated Language Arts teacher must confront the indelible mark that autism has made on his life and learn to connect with the people he loves.
18) Architect
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When a couple sets out to build their dream house, they enlist the services of an uncompromising modernist architect, who proceeds to build HIS dream house instead of theirs.
19) Junior
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Dr. Alex Hesse and his associate, Dr. Larry Arbogast have developed a wondrous new drug to ensure healthy pregnancies. But when the government forbids further testing of their creation, Alex and Larry secretly move forward with a daring plan. And Dr. Hesse becomes pregnant, which leads to comedy, romance and maternal love.
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In 1972, underdog Taft High challenged their meanest rival, Bakersfield, to the annual game. But when Jack "Butterfingers" Dundee dropped the ball instead of making the big play, Taft was defeated and star quarterback Reno Hightower has never let him live it down. Now, 13 years later, "Butterfingers" wants the chance to redeem himself, no matter what it takes. His only solution is to play Bakersfield again with the same team. But for the Taft team,...