Reese Witherspoon
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Academy Award–winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm.
Reese Witherspoon's grandmother Dorothea always said that a combination of beauty and strength made southern women "whiskey in a teacup." We may be delicate and ornamental on the outside, she said, but inside we're strong and...
Reese Witherspoon's grandmother Dorothea always said that a combination of beauty and strength made southern women "whiskey in a teacup." We may be delicate and ornamental on the outside, she said, but inside we're strong and...
2) Whiskey in a teacup: what growing up in the South taught me about life, love, and baking biscuits
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
303 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Description
Publisher Annotation: Academy awardâ(QA(B(3C(Bwinning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm. 304pp., 500K
3) Busy Betty
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"As she tries to give her big, smelly dog Frank a bath, which becomes more impossible by the minute, Betty learns that she can accomplish anything with perseverance, teamwork, and one great idea"--
Author
Series
To kill a mockingbird volume 2
Description
Twenty years after the trial of Tom Robinson, Jean Louise Finch--Scout--returns home to Maycomb to visit her father. She struggles with personal and political issues as her small Alabama town adjusts to the turbulent events beginning to transform the United States in the mid-1950s.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Award-winning actresses and mother-daughter duo Laura Dern and Diane Ladd are the kind of women who draw strength from their lifelong friendships with other women, and most of all, from each other. Ever since Laura was born, the two have leaned on each other through the trials of everyday life and the tribulations that come with even the most storied Hollywood careers. They were always close, but when Diane developed a sudden illness, their relationship...
6) Rendition
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (122 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
What if someone you knew just ... "disappeared"? Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep and Alan Arkin star a harrowing thriller--a story that could happen to anyone today--a tale of RENDITION. When an Egyptian engineer "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington, D.C., his American wife (Academy Award winner Witherspoon--Walk the Line) and a CIA analyst (Academy Award nominee Gyllenhaal--Brokeback Mountain) who witnesses his torture...
7) Devil's knot
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A gripping, heart-wrenching true story that shocked the nation. May 5, 1993. West Memphis, Arkansas. Three young boys playing in the nearby woods never come home for dinner. In the rush to find and convict the killers, police focus on a trio of teenagers suspected of devil worship. It is only when an investigator reveals that the evidence doesn't all add up that the community is forced to face the reality that the true killer might still be out there....
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Told first-hand by some of Hollywood's leading voices behind and in front of the camera, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING uncovers what is beneath one of the most confounding dilemmas in the entertainment industry - the under-representation and misrepresentation of women. It takes an incisive look at the history, empirical evidence, and systemic forces that foster gender discrimination and thus reinforce disparity in our culture. Most importantly,...
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
FDR and Tuck are covert CIA operatives and best buddies, until they both fall for charming and sexy Lauren. Their friendship is put to the ultimate test as they wage an epic battle for her affection, using their surveillance skills and an array of high-tech gadgetry. May the best spy win!
10) Rendition
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The policy of "extraordinary rendition" began under the Clinton administration and accelerated after September 11, 2001. The policy allows for the handing over of suspected terrorists to countries that use torture as an interrogation tool. Anwar El-Ibrahimi is an Egyptian-born man who disappears on a flight from Africa to Washington, DC. He is sent to a North African country where torture is practiced and the CIA gives approval. Anwar's pregnant American-born...
11) Inherent vice
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Private eye Doc Sportello's ex-old lady shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin.
Pub. Date
1993.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (346 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Return to the story that captured both the spirit of the Old West and the hearts of America. Return to the breathtaking locations, dramatic confrontations, stirring romance and thrilling action.
13) Election
Formats
Description
Reese Witherspoon plays Tracy Flick, a straight-A go-getter determined to be president of Carver High’s student body. Popular teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick) decides to derail Tracy’s obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate. Nominated for Best Screenplay at the **Academy Awards.** Nominated for Best Actress at the **Golden Globes.** Winner of Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the **Film Independent...
14) Sing: Sing 2
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (218 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Description
Sing: A koala impresario stages a grand singing competition for the world's animals in order to save his elegant theater and bring it back to its former glory.
Sing 2: The ever-optimistic koala Buster Moon and his all-star cast of performers prepare to launch their most dazzling stage extravaganza yet, all in the glittering entertainment capital of the world. When a small fib is the one thing that attracts a huge investor, each member of the team...
15) American psycho
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young, handsome man with a Harvard education and success on Wall Street has terrible urges that take him in pursuit of women, greed, and murder.
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
2 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following the discovery of a new form of space travel as well as Meg's father's disappearance, she, her brother, and her friend must join three magical beings (Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which) to travel across the universe to rescue him from a terrible evil.
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Melanie is a successful New York fashion designer who is dating a wealthy socialite. One day he pops the big question and asks Melanie to marry him. Despite her polished uptown image, Melanie grew up poor in the deep South, and as a teenager she married her high school sweetheart. Now Melanie returns to her hometown to tell her parents the news and convince Jake to grant her a divorce. However, the more time she spends with her old flame, the more...
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Susan Murphy gets turned into a giant monster on her wedding day when a meteorite from outer space hits her. She is taken to a secret government compound where she meets a ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over the years. As a last resort, under the guidance of General W.R. Monger, on a desperate order from The President, the motley group of Monsters are called into action to combat the aliens and save the world from imminent destruction.
20) Freeway
Pub. Date
1996.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Attempting to flee her life, teenage juvenile delinquent Vanessa Lutz goes to live with her grandmother. While on her way, she meets Bob Wolverton, a charming yet sadistic serial killer. Cognac Festival du Film Policier: Best Actress - Winner (Reese Witherspoon), Critics Awards - Winner (Matthew Bright), Grand Prix - Winner (Matthew Bright); Sundance Film Festival: Grand Jury Price (Dramatic) - Nominee (Matthew Bright); Puchon International Fantastic...