Eric Bogosian
5) In the weeds
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
In one New York bistro, the waiters aren't just waiters, they're aspiring actors, waiting for the big break. Pompous customers and cranky chefs aren't enough to send them packing; this waitstaff bands together through another night without getting fired.
Author
Description
One of the most chilling novels ever written about the oppression of totalitarian regimes--and the first to open Western eyes to the terrors of Stalin's prison camps. This book allowed Solzhenitsyn, who later became Russia's conscience in exile, to challenge the brutal might of the Soviet Union.
7) Uncut gems
Pub. Date
2020
Description
A charismatic jeweler makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family, and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.
Pub. Date
1997
Description
A renegade electronics wiz and his mercenary army have commandeered a passenger train and transformed it into a rolling command unit for a weapons satellite. One passenger, ex-Navy SEAL Casey Ryback, eludes capture and fights against the clock to rescue the train from disaster.
Pub. Date
[2011], c2006
Description
The legacy of television's most successful brand continues with the sixth year of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Analyze crimes from the unique perspective of the lawbreakers themselves as they strategize and execute the plans that end up on the New York Police Department's Major Case Squad roster.
12) Talk radio - DVD
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
A Dallas talk radio host subjects his ex-wife and co-workers to a darkly comic marathon bout of compulsive risk-taking with his unstable radio audience.
Pub. Date
[1998], c1995
Description
Eighteen years ago the town accused Dolores Claiborne of murdering her husband in cold blood. Now a woman lies dead and a witness finds Dolores standing over the body. Her daughter is the only one who can save her life and the only thing that stands between guilt and innocence is the evil secret that made the daughter run away ten years ago.
14) Rebel in the rye
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Fiftysomething and still clueless Leo Spivak is drifting through life without a compass. Among his problems are his rebelling teenage daughter, a gravely ill father, a work protege after his job, and his wife is loing her patience and his own judgment are sinking fast. It's going to take a bizarre twist of fate and some twisted wisdom from a "freelance rabbi" to help Leo navigate the murky waters of middle age and turn his midlife crisis into a midlife...
16) Uncut gems
Description
"A charismatic jeweler makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family, and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win." --container