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41) Short fiction
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Now in one stunning collection, four of Stephen King’s most well-loved horror stories: The Mist, Apt Pupil, The Body, and The Sun Dog. In The Mist, terror descends in the wake of a summer storm. David Drayton, his son Billy, and their neighbor Brent Norton join dozens of others and head to the local grocery store to replenish supplies and become trapped by a strange mist that has enveloped the town....
43) Arguably: essays
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Essayist Christopher Hitchens ruminates on why Charles Dickens was among the best of writers and the worst of men, the haunting science fiction of J.G. Ballard, the enduring legacies of Thomas Jefferson and George Orwell, the persistent agonies of anti-Semitism and jihad, the enduring relevance of Karl Marx, and how politics justifies itself by culture--and how the latter prompts the former.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship continue their quest to destroy the One Ring and stand against the evil of the dark lord Sauron. The Fellowship has divided and now find themselves taking different paths to defeating Sauron and his allies. Their destinies now lie at two towers - Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupted wizard Saruman waits and Sauron's fortress at Baraddur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor."--Amazon.com.
49) Apt pupil
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio/Encore
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY FICTION (POST C 1945). Stephen King s short story Apt Pupil from the collection "Different Seasons" is now an Encore stand-alone CD for the first time. The inspiration for the film of the same name starring Ian McKellen about top high school student Todd Bowden and his obsession with the dark and deadly past of an older man in town."
Author
Series
Dark tower volume 7
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
The final hour of Roland Deschain's quest for the Dark Tower has arrived. This tower has been his Holy Grail, the quest his raison d'etre-- and Roland will not stop until he reaches the magical and dangerous tower that stands at the nexus of all time and space.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Includes all three original theatrical films: The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; and The Return of the King, plus seven hours of extras.
"The Fellowship of the Ring: .. The Fellowship of the Ring is an epic adventure of good against evil, the power of friendship and individual courage. The saga centers around an unassuming Hobbit named Frodo Baggins who inherits a Ring that would give a dark and powerful lord the power to enslave the world....
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty utility-belts)...
57) King on screen
Publisher
Dark Star
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The Shining, Carrie, It, Misery, Stand By Me; more than 60 of Stephen King's novels have been adapted into films. King on Screen pulls back the curtain and offers an intimate sit down with the filmmakers who brought King's stories to life.