Tevis, Walter S.
Summary: Eight-year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the US Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TEVSummary: Itinerant pool shark challenges the top man for the championship, sacrificing everything until he realizes the stakes are too high.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HUSSummary: The music of David Bowie takes on new life in a stage production starring Dexter's Michael C. Hall. Along with the cast recording, this release features Bowie's final three studio recordings.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 2016
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC LAZSummary: An alien being comes to Earth to colonize its water riches but instead becomes head of a large corporation and is gradually destroyed by the pleasures, the technology and the richness of life on earth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI MANSummary: An alien crashes deep into the oilfields of New Mexico with a mission: he must find the brilliant scientist Justin Falls, the one woman on earth who can help save his species. An unlikely duo, together they discover that in order to save his world, they must first save ours. An inspired continuation of the novel by Walter Tevis and the iconic 1976 film starring David Bowie. This three-disc...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MANSummary: An alien, on mission a mission to obtain water, becomes a head of a large corporation. Ultimately, he is overwhelmed by American capitalism and a relationship with a women. Includes director Roeg's full uncut version.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2005