Nick Offerman
Author
Publisher
Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors, fueled by three journeys undertaken by actor, humorist, and New York Times bestselling author Nick Offerman
Nick Offerman has always felt a particular affection for the Land of the Free—not just for the people and their purported ideals but to the actual land itself: the bedrock, the...
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
To millions of readers and viewers, Nick Offerman reminds them of what they love about America: Craggy features draped in verdant foliage. A healthy supply of fresh meat and delicious hardwoods. The grizzly bear and the beaver. The persistent breeze. - As a humorist, woodworker, and actor, Offerman aspires to remind us of our obligation to nurture those American qualities that we adore. Liberty. Hard work. Decency. A love of creativity and telling...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
On February 22, 1862, two days after his death, Willie Lincoln was laid to rest in a marble crypt in a Georgetown cemetery. That very night, shattered by grief, Abraham Lincoln arrives at the cemetery under cover of darkness and visits the crypt, alone, to spend time with his son's body.
On February 22, 1862, two days after his death, Willie Lincoln was laid to rest in a marble crypt in a Georgetown cemetery. That very night, shattered by grief,...
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Celebrated travel writer Bill Bryson, instead of retiring to enjoy his family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail --2,190 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular, and rugged countryside, much to the chagrin of his wife. The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, when the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek is his long-lost former friend Katz, a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Greg is a high school senior who avoids deep human relationships as a way to safely navigate the social mine field that is teenage life. In fact, he describes his best friend Earl, with whom he makes short-film parodies of classic movies, as being 'more like a co-worker'. But when Greg's mom insists he spends time with Rachel, a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer, Greg discovers just how powerful and important true friendship...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.
7) Sing
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Description
A koala impresario stages a grand singing competition for the world's animals in order to save his elegant theater and bring it back to its former glory.
8) The founder
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Tells the true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
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English
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Since its publication in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized as a classic of American letters. In it, Wendell Berry argues that good farming is a cultural and spiritual discipline. Today’s agribusiness, however, takes farming out of its cultural context and away from families. As a result, we as a nation are more estranged from the land from the intimate knowledge, love, and care of it. Sadly, his arguments and observations are more...