Amanda Peet
3) Syriana
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
As a career CIA operative, Bob Barnes begins to uncover the disturbing truth about the work he has devoted his life to. An up-and-coming oil broker, Bryan Woodman faces an unimaginable family tragedy and finds redemption in his partnership with idealistic Gulf Prince Nasir al-Subaai. Corporate lawyer, Bennett Holiday faces a moral dilemma as he finesses the questionable merger of two powerful U.S. oil companies Across the globe, a disenfranchised...
4) 2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
A geophysical team, who are investigating the effect radiation from other solar systems has on the Earth, learn that the core of the Earth is heating up and warn the President of the United States. While the leaders of the world race to build 'arks' to escape the impending doom, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc all over the world.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
David is a widowed science fiction writer who adopts Dennis, a young boy who claims to be from the Red Planet. David believes the child acts strangely in order to process the difficulty he has had in his young life, but soon both David and his sister, Liz, begin to wonder if the boy might be telling the truth.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
While fourteen year old Duncan is being dragged on a family trip with his mom and her overbearing boyfriend, he finds a gregarious friend at a local water park. The two form a powerful bond as Duncan learns to swim through the challenges of life, love, family and friendship, resulting in a vacation he'll never forget.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the last surviving Earthlings invade her planet to make it their own, a young Terrian named Mala helps an injured human pilot, forming an unlikely friendship and a way to show their leaders that war is not the answer.
Mala is a precocious girl living on the beautiful planet Terra, a place where peace and tolerance are celebrated. Unbeknownst to Mala and her fellow Terrians, the last inhabitants of Earth have exhausted the resources of their...
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
¡Cuándo un naufragio aterriza un empleado del correo humilde llamó Gulliver a la isla fantástica de Lilliput, él transforma en un gigante, en el tamaño y el ego! Los altos cuentos de Gulliver y hechos heroicos ganan los corazones de los Lilliputienses diminutos, pero cuando él lo pierde todo y pone a sus amigos recién descubiertos en el peligro, Gulliver debe encontrar un modo de deshacer el daño. Por ello todo, Gulliver solamente puede aprender...
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When a shipwreck lands a lowly mailroom clerk named Gulliver on the fantastical island of Lilliput, he transforms into a giant, in size and ego! Gulliver's tall tales and heroic deeds win the hearts of the tiny Lilliputians, but when he loses it all and puts his newfound friends in peril, Gulliver must find a way to undo the damage. Through it all, Gulliver may just learn that it's how big you are on the inside that counts.