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The Joy Luck Club
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2 editions published between 1994 and 2002 in English and held by 2,094 libraries worldwide Four mothers. Four daughters. Eight stories. The Joy Luck Club is four women in San Francisco who have played mah jong together on a weekly basis to for forty some years. One of them, Suyuan, has died, and her daughter June is preparing to go to China. Auntie Lindo with daughter Waverly, Auntie Ying Ying with daughter Lena, and Auntie An Mei with daughter Rose are at the going away party. Born in China, the Joy Luck Club members came to America as young adults; their daughters are 100% American. The old days are seldom spoken about, and some things about those times have never been said aloud, but the experiences left behind color the hopes and expectations these women have for their daughters. If daughters become their mothers--no matter how much both parties desire that it not happen--daughters also become different from their mothers--despite all attempts to perpetuate the status quo.
Wall Street
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66 editions published between 1987 and 2011 in 10 languages and held by 1,782 libraries worldwide An ambitious young stockbroker is lured into the illegal, lucrative world of corporate espionage.
Platoon
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9 editions published between 1988 and 2006 in English and held by 1,719 libraries worldwide Follows young Chris Taylor who arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion, and the anger growing within himself.
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17 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 1,524 libraries worldwide A look at the life of the 43rd president of the United States, from his beginnings as a privileged alcoholic to his becoming a born-again Christian whose belief in religious destiny helped move him to the top ranks of political power. How Christianity turned his life around, how he met and married his wife, and the days before his decision to declare war on Iraq are featured.
Scarface
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20 editions published between 1983 and 2011 in English and Spanish and held by 1,486 libraries worldwide Inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title, Scarface follows the violent career of a smalltime Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire.
Wall Street money never sleeps
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13 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,418 libraries worldwide Following a lengthy prison term, Gordon Gekko finds himself on the outside looking in at a world he once commanded. Hoping to repair his relationship with his daughter, Winnie, Gekko forges an alliance with her fiancé, Jake. But Winnie and Jake learn the hard way that Gekko is still a master manipulator who will stop at nothing to reclaim his rightful place at the top of Wall Street.
JFK
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52 editions published between 1963 and 2011 in 9 languages and held by 1,402 libraries worldwide Director Oliver Stone seamlessly blends archival film with acted sequences in his version of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which alleges that there was a massive plot and cover-up surrounding JFK's death.
Born on the Fourth of July
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60 editions published between 1989 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 1,210 libraries worldwide Follows the young Ron Kovic from his days as a zealous teen who eagerly joins up for the Vietnam War, to his return from the war as an embittered veteran, paralyzed from mid-chest down. Chronicles his disillusionment with the country's continued involvement in Vietnam, his physical struggle and his emergence as a brave new voice for thousands of disenchanted vets.
Nixon
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55 editions published between 1995 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 1,085 libraries worldwide Drama about the fall of Richard Nixon based on the view that a dark, murderous conspiracy controls the world.
World Trade Center
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2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 1,035 libraries worldwide The true story of Port Authority policemen John McLoughlin and William J. Jimeno, who volunteered for rescue duty and became trapped in the rubble of the Towers on September 11, 2001. The men became two of the last survivors extracted from Ground Zero. It is a story of the true heroes and of that fateful time in United States history, when buildings would fall and heroes would rise, literally from the ashes to inspire the entire human race.
Alexander
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32 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 981 libraries worldwide The story of Alexander the Great, who in 4th century BC conquered ninety percent of the known world of the time by defeating Greece, Persia, Afghanistan, and India in just eight years.
Any given Sunday
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22 editions published between 1999 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 952 libraries worldwide Tony D'Amato, the embattled Sharks coach, faces a full-on blitz of team strife plus a new, marketing-savvy Sharks owner who's sure Tony is way behind times.
World Trade Center
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23 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 891 libraries worldwide The true story of Port Authority policemen John McLoughlin and William J. Jimeno, who volunteered for rescue duty and became trapped in the rubble of the Towers on September 11, 2001. The men became two of the last survivors extracted from Ground Zero. It is a story of the true heroes and of that fateful time in United States history, when buildings would fall and heroes would rise, literally from the ashes to inspire the entire human race.
JFK
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5 editions published between 1991 and 2010 in English and held by 887 libraries worldwide The story of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison whose investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy became an obsession.
The Doors
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54 editions published between 1991 and 2011 in 9 languages and held by 872 libraries worldwide Biographical film about one of the most exciting and controversial figures of the '60s, Jim Morrison. With his rock and roll band, The Doors, he influenced the rock music scene as no other group had.
Salvador
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38 editions published between 1985 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 824 libraries worldwide In 1980, Richard Boyle, a veteran war photographer whose career needs a boost, heads for El Salvador to cover the civil war there. He forms an uneasy alliance with both guerrillas in the countryside who want him to get pictures out to the US press, and the right-wing military, who want him to bring them photographs of the rebels. After the murder of Archbishop Romero, the rape and murder of an American nurse and three nuns, and the death of a fellow journalist, Boyle attempts to escape El Salvador with his Salvadorean girlfriend Maria and her family.
Platoon
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92 editions published between 1986 and 2011 in 9 languages and held by 790 libraries worldwide Platoon is the story of every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. Chris Taylor arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and the anger growing within himself.
Born on the Fourth of July
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 774 libraries worldwide Based on the true story of Ron Kovic, a young man who volunteered for the Vietnam War, was wounded, and returned paralyzed from the mid-chest down. He later became a new voice for those disenchanted with the war.
A child's night dream
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9 editions published between 1997 and 2000 in 4 languages and held by 726 libraries worldwide A stream-of-consciousness tale of alienated youth. It chronicles the tortured thoughts of an anti-hero as he studies in Yale, fights the Vietnam War and sails on a merchant ship to Mexico.
Heaven & earth
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21 editions published between 1993 and 2004 in English and German and held by 631 libraries worldwide The true story of a man who fought, a woman who endured, and a love caught up in the war in Vietnam. more
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Alexander,--the Great,--356-323 B.C Assassination Avarice Biographical films Bush, George W.--1946- Bush, Laura Welch,--1946- Chinese Americans Cocaine Criticism, interpretation, etc. Disaster films Drama Epic films Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Films--for the hearing impaired Gangster films Garrison, Jim,--1921-1992 Greece Historical films History Interviews Investment banking Iraq War (2003-) Kennedy, John F.--1917-1963 Kings and rulers Macedonian Expansion (Greece : 359-323 B.C.) Man-woman relationships McLoughlin, John Mothers and daughters Motion picture producers and directors New York (State)--New York New York (State)--New York--Wall Street New York Stock Exchange Nixon, Richard M.--1913-1994 Presidents--Election Rescues September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) Stockbrokers Stone, Oliver United States Veterans Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Vietnam War (1961-1975) War films War films World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.)
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Alternative Names
Stone, Oliver W. 1946-
Stone, Oliver William 1946-
Stone, William Oliver
Stone, William Oliver, 1946-
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