S. Epatha Merkerson
1) Maniac Magee
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
3) Slipstream
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A screenwriter, revising the movie he is working on, finds that reality and fiction are blurring together when some of the characters in his film are showing up in real life.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The doctors, nurses and staff of the city's most cutting-edge trauma center take on critical medical cases and their ethical dilemmas. Woven into this high-intensity environment are engrossing personal dramas where life or death is always on the line.
Author
Language
English
Description
It is 1953 and Pearlie, a dutiful housewife, finds herself living in San Francisco, caring not only for her husband's fragile health but also for her son, who is afflicted with polio. Then, one Saturday morning, a stranger appears on her doorstep and everything changes.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Lazarus is an extremely religious man who is broken hearted after his wife leaves him for his own brother. Rae is the town slut, apparently afflicted with the "disease" of uncontrollable nymphomania. After a night of hard partying and sleeping around, Rae, is beaten up and left by the roadside near Lazarus' house. Lazarus takes her in and chains her to his radiator while trying to "cure" her insatiability. Eventually, the two become friends and help...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
ADA Alexandra Borgia and Detective Joe Fontana, take on cases involving a grim sterilization campaign, post-partum psychosis and a death so disturbing to Lieutenant Van Buren that she flirts with perjury in the name of justice the legacy from esteemed producer Dick Wolf continues with this sixteenth season of television's longest-running crime series.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
This group of dedicated men and women of the NYPD and the NYC District Attorney's Office take on more cases that deal with everything from explosive race relations to poisonous blood relations. From a corrupt police officer making a deal to potential FBI cover-ups; apparent suicides to investigating a movie executive's murder.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In New York City, when a crime is committed, the victims are represented by two distinct yet intertwined forces. There's the police department, represented by the 27th precinct Homicide Detectives. It is their job to investigate the crime, collect evidence, and interview witnesses. Suspects are placed under arrest. The matter is then taken over by the prosecutors of the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Executive producer Dick Wolf delivers the latest installment of the compelling Chicago franchise, an emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors, nurses, and staff who hold it together. Crossing paths with familiar faces from ₁Chicago P.D.₂ and ₁Chicago Fire,₂ this third team of Chicago heroes take on cases inspired by topical events while forging fiery relationships...
15) Year by the sea
Publisher
Real Women Make Waves
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Tensions are running high amongst New York's finest investigative and legal professionals with cases ranging from dog maulings to revived cold cases that bring to light errors of the past. But as the season builds to a frenzy, some of the team will find themselves under attack for taking justice to the extreme.
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In New York City, when a crime is committed, the victims are represented by two distinct yet intertwined forces. There's the police department, represented by the 27th precinct Homicide Detectives. It is their job to investigate the crime, collect evidence, and interview witnesses. Suspects are placed under arrest. The matter is then taken over by the prosecutors of the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
Author
Language
English
Description
This award-winning film, narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, examines a little known aspect of African American history, when newly freed slaves throughout the South formed benevolent societies to respond to abject hunger, illness and the fear of a pauper's grave. But with time "The Fair Hope Benevolent Society" eventually struggles with a gradual loss of tradition.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The Manhattan criminal justice team tries not to let departmental shake-ups impact their abilities to pursue the riveting cases that have shocked the city. Detective Joe Fontana and ADA Alexandra Borgia bring their expertise to grim crimes regarding fake flu vaccines and con men, while ADA Serena Southerlyn exits after her strong opinions put her at odds with her colleagues in the death of a controversial rap producer.