John A. Alonzo
1) Sounder
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
The story of a black sharecropper family living in Louisiana during the Depression. The father steals food for his family and is sent to prison. While he is in jail the mother provides love, security and strength at home. The oldest son bravely becomes the man of the house until his father returns home
2) Scarface
Description
Inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title, this time set in Miami, Florida, in the 1980s, after the Mariel boatlift brought thousands of Cuban refugees to the United States. Tony Montana is the new Scarface, finding wealth and power beyond his wildest dreams. He loved The American Dream, with a vengeance. In the spring of 1980, the port of Mariel Harber was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American...
3) Back roads
Pub. Date
2005
Description
A hooker with a heart of gold winds up on the road to California with a crooked former prizefighter with maybe one good fight left in him. Sharing a turbulent relationship, the pair heads west from the Deep South -- each banking on the new beginnings that beckon and the dreams that may come true once they reach the Golden State.
4) Blue Thunder
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Chosen to test Blue Thunder, Frank Murphy is amazed by the capabilities of the high-speed, high-tech chopper. It can see through walls, record a whisper or level a city block. Distrusting the military mentality behind Blue Thunder, Murphy and his partner learn the remarkable craft is slated for use as the ultimate weapon in surveillance and crowd control.
5) Cool world
Pub. Date
[2003], c1992
Description
When ex-con cartoonist Jack Deebs was behind bars, he found escape by creating "Cool world", a cartoon series featuring the voluptuous vixen by the name Holli Would. But the 'toonsmith becomes a prisoner of his own fantasies when Holli pulls Jack into Cool world with a scheme to seduce him and bring herself to life. A hard-boiled detective warns Jack of the law: 'Noids don't have sex with doodles.
7) Deuces wild
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Description
Two brothers, Leon and Bobby, are members of the street gang in Brooklyn known as the Deuces. When their brother was killed by a drug overdose a few years earlier, the gang became determined to keep drugs off their block. Another more vicous gang known as the Vipers becomes a threat to Leon and Bobby's efforts. The Deuces are determined to do whatever is necessary to keep drugs off their block even if that means dying.
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