Treat Williams
Author
Language
English
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An Artist's Life: Historical Fiction about Art
Art & Artist Fiction
Author Birthdays - December
Read Alikes For Fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Art & Artist Fiction
Author Birthdays - December
Read Alikes For Fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Formats
Description
Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art and becomes his patient, Marlow finds that order destroyed. Desperate to understand the secret that torments the genius, he embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver and a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism....
2) 127 hours
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The powerfully uplifting true story of one man's struggle to survive against mountainous odds. Aron Ralston has a passion for all things outdoors. But when a falling boulder traps him in a remote Utah canyon, a thrill-seeker's adventure becomes the challenge of a lifetime. Over the next five days, Ralston embarks on a remarkable personal journey in which he relies on the memories of family and friends as well as his own courage and ingenuity to turn...
3) The phantom
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When powerful skulls are taken by the ruthless Xander Drax, the latest in a line of masked crusaders leaves his African home to thwart the evil tycoon's plan.
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 74
Publisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"When Stacey Bess gets her first teaching job, she's shocked. It's not at all what she expected. Stacey is assigned to something called the School With No Name, a space in a homeless shelter that's supposed to be a classroom. The children are all ages, many from broken families, thrown together in a 'classroom' lacking essentials like desks and books. Stacey must tackle her own fears and insecurities as she works to gain the attention and respect...
5) Howl
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Allen Ginsberg recounts the road trips, love affairs, and search for personal liberation that led to the most timeless, electrifying, and controversial work of his career. Pushing the limits and challenging the mainstream, the passionate and provocative Howl and its publisher find themselves on trial for obscenity, with prosecutor Ralph McIntosh setting out to have the book banned, while defense attorney Jake Ehrlich fervently argues for freedom of...
6) Hair
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1979
Language
English
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Description
Fresh from the farm, Claude Bukowski arrives in New York City for a date with the Army Induction Board, only to walk into a hippie "happening" in Central Park and fall in love with the beautiful Sheila. Befriended by the hippies' pacifist leader, Berger, and urged to crash a formal party in order to declare his love for Sheila, Claude begins an adventure that lands him in jail, Central Park Lake and finally, in the army. But Berger's final effort...
7) The Ritz
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"With The Ritz, Terrence McNally's hit Broadway play of the same name is cinematized by director Richard Lester. Jack Weston plays Gaetano Proclo, a minor mob flunky who's been targeted for elimination by his brother-in-law, Carmine Vespucci (Jerry Stiller). Gaetano takes refuge in what he thinks is a Turkish bath. Actually, it's The Pits. That's the name, "The Pits"--A gay bathhouse (this is the pre-AIDS era), where the exquisitely awful Googie Gomez...