'Jaws' ranked as one of the great films of survival
You remember the opening with John Williams’ score that ran the notes like ice pellets down your spine, don't you?
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You remember the opening with John Williams’ score that ran the notes like ice pellets down your spine, don't you?
At 92 years old and a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1963, McPhee’ s explorations have literally been all over the map. Sometimes he is bringing interesting people to us, such as in his first book,“ A Sense of Where You Are,” about a young Bill Bradley when he was a college basketball star and Rhodes scholar, not yet an NBA Hall of Famer and U.S. Senator.
“This is a story about making a film on Martha’s Vineyard when technology was crude,” says David Bigelow, producer-director and Jaws researcher. “This story is about the Islanders.” Following in the footsteps of Spielberg’s 1975 film “Jaws,” Bigelow hopes to enlist as many Islanders as possible to work on the production for his documentary “Making […]
Explore the ocean's most formidable hunters in these captivating books about sharks. Brace yourself for tales of danger, beauty, and survival.
Local book lovers will have a chance to snatch up their favorite titles or perhaps discover their next great read during the annual Friends of the Library Book