Marlee Matlin
5) Askari
Author
Language
English
Description
A helicopter accident leaves 16 year old Emma orphaned and sent to live with her Aunt Paula and Uncle Joss on a wild African game farm. Emma struggles to adapt, but finds love for the Ollie the baby elephant, a friend she must protect from poachers.
Author
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For over 30 years, The Silent Garden has offered parents of deaf children the support and unbiased information needed to fully realize their children's potential. This completely revised third edition is a must-have resource that will help parents navigate the complex and unique challenges they face. Accessible, practical, and, above all, open-minded, The Silent Garden educates parents quickly and thoroughly about the many conflicting points of view...
9) Multiverse
Author
Language
English
Description
In this gripping sci-fi thriller, parallel universes will collide when four young scientists accidentally set off a violent chain reaction, discovering too late that altering the space-time continuum comes with dire consequences.
11) Freak City
Author
Language
English
Description
A young woman with multiple sclerosis is placed in an assisted care facility by her family.
Author
Language
English
Description
One of the most critically-acclaimed films of the 80s, Children of a Lesser God garnered four Academy Award nominations and a Best Actress Oscar for Marlee Matlin. Based on the hit Broadway play, it's the uplifting love story of John Leeds (William Hurt), an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah (Marlee Matlin). At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their teacher/student relationship blossoms...
13) Snitch
Pub. Date
200u
Language
English
Description
A man agrees to help a desperate friend get rid of a load of hot diamonds, but the deal becomes deadly when he tries to save him by tipping off the police.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Amanda, a divorced photographer, finds herself in a fantastic Alice-in-Wonderland experience when her daily, uninspired life literally begins to unravel. Guided by leading scientists and mystics, she finds that if reality itself is not questionable, her notion of it certainly is. Plunge into a world where quantum uncertainity is demonstrated - where Amanda's neurological processes, and perceptual shifts are engaged and lived - where everything is...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A love story about John Leeds, an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah. At first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their relationship blossoms into a love so passionate it shatters the barrier of silence that keeps them apart.
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A beautiful and inspiring family drama about diversity and inclusion. When a deaf actor who plays a superhero on television looks beyond his cape to influence a deaf boy to redefine what 'being normal' means, he also finds inspiration to transform himself." --
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Niki is enraged by Jenny's vindictive way of leading her on and then dumping her; Alice walks in on Jenny and Shane after their night of passion; Dylan approaches Tina to ask for her help to get back together with Helena; and much more.
19) Walker
Series
Criterion collection ; 423
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The life of William Walker, a 19th century adventurer who abandoned his career in law and politics to become a soldier of fortune and dictator of Nicaragua.
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Dead in the water: "...Unpredictable thriller about a lawyer plotting with his lover to kill his wife. But when the wife turns up dead--the lawyer is the top suspect in the murder he was planning. Twisting and turning in directions you'd never suspect, Condon's Dead in the water is a stunning achievement."--Container.
In her defense: "A torrid love affair begiins with a chance meeting between Jane Claire, a wealthy and beautiful deaf woman, and Andrew...
