Hailed by the critics and lauded by readers for its riotously funny and scathing portrayal of America in an age of trial by media, materialism, and violence, Vernon God Little was an international sensation when it was first published in 2003 and awarded the prestigious Man Booker Prize. The memorable portrait of America is seen through the eyes of a wry, young, protagonist. Fifteen-year-old Vernon narrates the story with a cynical twang and a four-letter...

"An urgent and heartbreaking investigation into the corporate greed and governmental corruption that pumped millions of pain pills into small Appalachian towns"--

This film is an exceptionally vivid portrayal of shamanic activity, as well as an exploration of the close connection between politics and shamanism in Yanomamo culture.

Curtis Snow, an Atlanta robber and crack dealer, stole a camera from some college kids in a dope deal. The footage he then captured with his new possession depicts the grittiness of his real life on the harsh city streets where anything goes.

"Millions of Americans are taking prescription drugs made in China and don't know it-- and pharmaceutical companies are not eager to tell them. This probing book examines the implications for the quality and availability of vital medicines for consumers"--Provided by publisher.

Bobby (John Corbett) and Frank (Steven Bauer) are in big trouble. The gorgeous go-between for a major deal just got dead – and she's part of the package. Like it isn't hard enough to be a gangster – now they have to cast the perfect imposter to take her place, or there's gonna be more bodies to clean up.

Stripped of his medical license after performing an operation while high on amphetamines, Los Angeles surgeon Dr. Eugene Sands abandons his career, and finds himself crossing paths with a ruthless criminal, Raymond Blossom. Raymond hires Eugene as his "gun-shot doctor", to treat associates who cannot risk visiting a hospital. Lured deeper and deeper into the dangerous underworld and growing too close to Raymond's seductive girlfriend Claire, Eugene...

The Giants is a moving coming-of-age film about small kids with enormous hearts. Brothers Seth (Martin Nissen) and Zak (Zacharie Chasseriaud) are two young teens left to their own devices when their mother abandons them in their dead grandfather's house. As money grows thin during the long summer days, they befriend another loner, Danny (Paul Bartel), who hooks them up with a small time drug dealer interested in renting their place. When that goes...

The visionary chemist Sidney Gottlieb was the CIA's master magician and gentlehearted torturer-the agency's “poisoner in chief.” As head of the MK-ULTRA mind control project, he directed brutal experiments at secret prisons on three continents. He made pills, powders, and potions that could kill or maim without a trace-including some intended for Fidel Castro and other foreign leaders. He paid prostitutes to lure clients to CIA-run bordellos,...

A simple neighborhood party gets Devon, a talented young athlete arrested. After he violates his parole he finds that his options are limited. All that may be left for him is a life of crime. Rapper Coolio stars.