Charles Martin Smith

When Josh Framm, a 12-year-old boy, finds himself in a new city with no friends, he's too shy to try out for the basketball team. However, while practicing, he meets Buddy, a runaway golden retriever, who surprises him with his ability to score baskets. Josh and Buddy eventually make the school team, and the dog's extraordinary talents spark a media frenzy -- one that attracts Buddy's greedy former owner, who wants to cash in on the dog's notoriety....

Based on the book, a contemporary Robin Hood adventure that grabbed headlines around the world-the daring, real-life story of Scottish folk hero Ian Hamilton.

Jack is a NYC advertising exec with a life as glossy as the ad he spins. Free-spirited Jill is new to the city, with nothing to stand on but her fiery personality and romantic ideals. Opposites attract, and together they author their own manifesto of "rules to live by." But their story takes a turn when the truth about Jill surfaces and their number one rule "Be honest" is violated.

"The incredible true story of four Scottish students who, despite having little money and even less experience, attempted an audacious plan: break into Westminster Abbey in the wee hours of Christmas morning and "liberate" that most powerful symbol of Scotland's nationhood-- the Stone of Destiny."--Container.

Peter Weller (Robocop) stars as ruthless mercenary Jake Wyer. Along withhis comrade Sam French, Wyer is hired by the CIA to infiltrate a band ofrebels and help them overthrow the mad dictator of the small tropicalisland of Tengara. But no one expects the mission to become so murderous. . .

Mark Twain is the invited speaker at the Bryn Mawr graduation ceremonies in 1891.

"[A] powerful, enlightening and moving chronicle of our time. 'And the band played on' follows the struggle of a handful of strong-willed men and women who took on the fight to save lives. Dr. Don Francis [is] a researcher at the Centers for Disease Control who seeks to uncover the cause of a number of mysterious deaths. With little funding for a subject few will even discuss, not only must he fight the disease, but a disinterested public, the government,...

In American graffiti, two teenage boys, scheduled to leave for college in the morning, spend a final summer night in 1962 cruising the strip. This leads to a series of misadventures for them and two other California teenagers. More American graffiti shows episodes in the same characters' lives as the 1960s continue and John Milner is drag racing, the Toad is in Vietnam, Debbie is a San Francisco hippie, and Steve and Laurie weather a domestic crisis....

The manifesto of a new Russian presidential candidate has been found-a disturbing blueprint for returning his country to a military dictatorship. Only one ex-CIA operative is qualified to stop him and life and death fight to save the future of Russia and its people has begun.

"I Love Trouble" is set amidst the frenzy of daily newspaper life in Chicago. Hot on the trail of a career-making story, reporters Sabrina Peterson and Peter Brackett indulge in an intriguing odyssey narrowly escaping every danger thrown their way except each other. The two reporters meet when called to the scene of a train derailment. Brackett, a legendary columnist for the Chicago Chronicle, is there by default it has been years since he's acturlly...