Quincy Jones

From Quincy Jones, the legendary musician, producer, and beloved mentor, comes 12 Notes, his collection of wisdom and musings on creativity and life. To Jones, creativity is a calling that can and should be answered, no matter your age or experience. Drawing from his own life, and those of his many creative collaborators past and present, Jones presents readers with an accessible guide to lessons he has learned throughout his legendary career. --...

The heart-wrenching story of a young black girl in the early 20th century who's forced into a brutal marriage and separated from her sister.

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

Two ex-cons ruthlessly murder a rural Kansas family in 1959 in order to steal their non-existent stash of money.

An Ohio couple experiences the trip from hell while in New York, when everything that could go wrong does.

Examines the life and legacy of African American poet, memoirist, and civil rights worker Maya Angelou, from her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana to the recitation of her inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton. Includes Angelou's own words woven together with archival photographs and videos as well as interviews with Angelou's friends and family.

Fresh from prison, Charlie begins to work on a heist that will either set him up for life - or send him up forever. Charlie and his unruly lot of thieves take on the mob, the police and the gridlocked traffic of Turin to rob a heavily armed shipment of gold bullion (1969 motion picture). "In Venice, Italy, a team of expert thieves pulls a daring heist of $35 million dollars in bars of gold. One of the thieves betrays his companions and swipes the...

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.