Joyce Carol Oates
1) Butcher
Author
Publisher
Knopf Publishing Group
Pub. Date
20240521
Language
English
Description
"In the 1840s, a young man named Silas Weir begins practicing medicine in Pennsylvania. Though he is considered inept by family, neighbors, and even his mentor, Dr. Weir discovers he has a gift for phlebotomy, treating patients by bleeding them to purify their bodies. But when an experimental procedure goes horribly wrong, Dr. Weir is forced to start over, relocating his family to Trenton, New Jersey, and taking a position at the New Jersey State...
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Walking home with her 12-year-old daughter after midnight on the Fourth of July, single mother is brutally assaulted by a local gang with her daughter Bethie watching. Bethie is able to identify the rapists, but when the rapists hire a hot shot attorney who gets them free, Dromoor, a local police officer who was first on the scene when the police were called, starts to take matters into his own hands.
4) Smooth talk
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Growing up in small-town America, high school sophomore Connie Wyatt is anxious to escape the boredom of family farm life. Connie will find herself in dangerous waters when a flirtatious day out at the mall leads to a meeting with the mysterious and charismatic Arnold Friend.