Kevin Conway
1) Fire
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"For readers of "The Perfect Storm", opening this long-awaited new work by Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the "Andrea Gail" and into the inferno of a fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho...From the murderous mechanics of the diamond trade in Sierra Leone to the logic of guerrilla warfare in Afghanistan and the forensics of genocide in Kosovo, this new collection of Junger's nonfiction will take readers places they...
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[2006]
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In 1963, with the city of Boston already terrified by a series of savage crimes known as the Boston Stranglings, a murder occurred in the quiet suburb of Belmont, just a few blocks from the house of Sebastian Junger's family, a murder that seemed to fit exactly the pattern of the Strangler. Roy Smith, a black man who had cleaned the victim's house that day, was arrested, tried, and convicted, but the terror of the Strangler continued. Two years later,...
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[2007]
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Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
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c2012
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Ken Burns documents the worst human-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance. Includes bonus features.
5) Mark Twain
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Recounts Mark Twain's life told primarily through his own words. Includes interviews with Hal Holbrook, Arthur Miller, William Styron and many others.
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c2012
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Ken Burns documents the worst human-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Menacing black blizzards killed farmers' crops and livestock, threatened the lives of their children, and forced thousands of desperate families to pick up and move elsewhere. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and...
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"In 1903 there were only 150 miles of paved roads in the entire nation and most people had never seen a "horseless buggy" - but that did not stop Horatio Nelson Jackson, a thirty-one-year-old Vermont doctor, who impulsively bet fifty dollars that he could drive his 20-horsepower automobile from San Francisco to New York City. Here - in Jackson's own words and photographs - is a glorious account of that months-long, problem-beset, thrilling-to-the-rattled-bones...
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[2014]
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Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, 14 hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962. Over the course of these years, Theodore would...
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[2003]
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Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain left behind a quiet life and a career as a college professor to fight for the Union. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a man of great religious faith who served in the defense of the Confederacy. And Gen. Robert E. Lee, who led the Confederate army, was a man who was forced to choose between his loyalty to the United States and his love of the Southern states where he was born and raised. As Chamberlain, Jackson,...
12) Invincible
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[2006]
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Vince Papale is a down-on-his-luck substitute teacher in Philadelphia who, at the age of 30, was out of work, abandoned by his wife, and biding time as a part-time bartender when he decides to answer an open call for tryouts on the Philadelphia Eagles NFL football team in 1976. Going with his gut instinct, new coach Dick Vermeil rewards Papale's diligent efforts with a place on the team.
13) Mark Twain
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2004
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Tells the story of Twain's extraordinary life, full of rollicking adventure, stupendous success and crushing defeat, hilarious comedy, and almost unbearable tragedy.
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c2004
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Historical photographs and text help chronicle the 1903 cross-country drive of Vermont doctor Horatio Nelson Jackson and his friend Sewall Crocker--the first automobile trip ever made across the U.S.--in a vehicle without a roof, windshield, or speeds higher than thirty miles an hour, without the aid of paved roads or streetlights.
15) After the rain
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Phil Broker novels volume 5
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[2004]
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Phil Broker travels to Landgon, North Dakota, to assist his estranged Delta Force operator wife and daughter only to learn that his wife is running a smugling operation with links to terrorism.
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c2006
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Gettysburg (254 min.): "... the gripping saga of the tactics, command errors and sacrifices behind the bloodiest battle ever fought on U.S. soil."--Container.
Gods and generals (219 min.): "... reveals the spirited allegiances and fierce combat of earlier Civil War struggles, framing its tale with the fateful clashes of Bull Run, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville."--Container.