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English
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With its sinister humor and genius plotting, Ripley's Game is an enduring portrait of a compulsive, sociopathic American antihero.
Living on his posh French estate with his elegant heiress wife, Tom Ripley, on the cusp of middle age, is no longer the striving comer of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Having accrued considerable wealth through a long career of crime—forgery, extortion, serial murder—Ripley still finds
...4) Alien 3
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
1999, 2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lt. Ripley is the lone survivor when her crippled spaceship crash lands on Fiorina 161, a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's prison. This is the story of her fears that an Alien was aboard her craft and the realization that may compel her to try to destroy not only the creature but herself.
6) Alien
Language
English
Description
When the crew of the space-tug Nostromo responds to a distress signal from a barren planet, they discover a mysterious life form that breeds within human hosts. The acid-blooded extraterrestrial proves to be the ultimate adversary as crew members battle to stay alive and prevent the deadly creature from reaching Earth.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
287 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The outlaw avalanche of the Colorado River Basin provided grim and exciting challenge to the Hammersley Expedition crowd. But hard-bitten and hard-boiled adventurers Rainbow Ripley and Grumpy Gibbs weren't looking to explore-they were hot on the trail of a million dollar train robbery.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ellen Ripley died fighting the perfect predator. Two hundred and eight horrific experiments later, she's back. A group of scientists had cloned her--along with the alien queen inside her--hoping to breed the ultimate weapon.
Series
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
LeRoy Robert Ripley rose to fame during the Great Depression, transforming himself into an entertainer who mesmerized the nation with his razzle-dazzle blend of homespun Americana and freakish oddities. Over three decades, his franchise grew into an entertainment empire. This is the story of the man who popularized the iconic phrase, and proof of why we still can't resist his challenge to 'Believe it, or not!'
14) Freedom river
Author
Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, map ; 23 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes an incident in the life of John Parker, an ex-slave who became a successful businessman in Ripley, Ohio, and who repeatedly risked his life to help other slaves escape to freedom.
15) Aliens
Language
English
Description
Ripley returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story about the Alien encounter is met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of high-tech marines back to LV-426; and this time it's war! Bonus features included.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. He's hired to go to Italy to bring back he playboy son of a millionaire and soon is plunged into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1997]
Edition
Widescreen [édition].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
A handsome, wealthy bachelor has a sexy girlfriend, the finest things money can buy, and an envious friend who schemes to murder him and assume his identity.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Boston, 1870. When news of Charles Dickens's untimely death reaches the office of his struggling American publisher, Fields & Osgood, partner James Osgood sends Daniel Sand to take possession of the unfinished novel. When Sand is killed, Osgood and Rebecca Sand journey to England determined to recover the manuscript and stop a murderous mastermind.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
104 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Enter a world of shrunken heads, mystic holy men, shriveled aliens, and bizarre relics in the delightfully odd tale of Robert Ripley. Born in California, Ripley began his career as a sports cartoonist. He went on to chronicle global records and oddities in his weekly column, Believe It Or Not! After publishing mogul William Randolph Hearst took an interest in the column, it became a syndicated global success. Ripley spent his life traveling to more...
Series
Criterion collection volume 793
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young picture framer thinks that he has a terminal disease and is set up to become a hired assassin in West Germany because of the lure of quick money.
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