Ethan Canin
Author
Language
English
Description
"Milo Andret, the genius who solved the Malosz Conjecture and won the Fields Medal for mathematics, had an unusual, even eerie mind from birth, but not until he moves to Berkeley in the 1970s to pursue a ph.D. does he realize the extent of his singular talents. From the drug-soaked enclaves of beatnik California to the verdant lawns of Princeton University, from turbo-charged Wall Street to the quiet woods of Michigan, his reputation as one of the...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
When a new student starts in Professor Hundert's class, little does the professor know that this student will change his life forever. They start out butting heads and end up forming a friendship that will shake the controlled world of the professor. The lessons learned will last a lifetime.
8) Blue river
Publisher
Platinum Disc
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
In the small Wisconsin town of Blue River, secrets run deep. And for Henry Howland, high school principal and repressive moral beacon of his community, they are about to explode in a shocking series of events that will shatter the smooth surface of his life forever. Because when Howland seduces and abandons fragile single-mother Mrs. Sellers, the hot-tempered but wildly brilliant son Lawrence, begins a systematic campaign to repay him in kind.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment [distributer]
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Gone to Texas: The true-life story of Sam Houston, the frontier hero and statesman whose bravery and vision led to the creation of the Republic of Texas. The wife of a brutal sheriff falls for a condemned prisoner. She helps him escape. Together they do their best to elude the sheriff who has vowed to get his wife back and to take vengeance on the outlaw.
Blue River: In the small Wisconsin town of Blue River, secrets run deep. And for Henry Howland,...
10) Beautiful Ohio
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A family with one son who is a mathematical genius and one who longs to be free from his brother's shadow, struggles with societal issues and family dynamics during the early 1970's.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Blue River: Depicts the powerful events that unfold in a small Wisconsin town driving 2 teenage brothers apart when later in life one brother, now a homeless derelict, arrives at the home of his brother, now a successful doctor.
Gone to Texas: The true-life story of Sam Houston, the frontier hero and statesman whose bravery and vision led to the creation of the Republic of Texas.
I will fight no more forever: Shows events that led to the conflict...