Risky business
Description
Rebecca De Mornay (born August 29, 1959) is an American actress who has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows. Her breakthrough film role came in 1983, when she starred in Risky Business. De Mornay is also known for her roles in The Slugger's Wife (1985), Runaway Train (1985), The Trip to Bountiful (1985), Backdraft (1991), and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). De Mornay's other major film credits include The Three Musketeers (1993), Never Talk to Strangers (1995), Identity (2003), Lords of Dogtown, Wedding Crashers (both 2005), and Mother's Day (2010). On television, she starred as Wendy Torrance in the miniseries adaptation of The Shining (1997), and as Dorothy Walker in Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015–19).
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Books in this Series
Bomb squad officer
Presents the life and career of Timothy Hajj, a bomb squad officer in Newark, New Jersey.
Marine biologist
A profile of Dr. Sonny Gruber, a marine biologist who has been observing sharks for more than thirty years and who loves this risky occupation.
Stormchaser
Since his childhood in the DeepWoods, young Twig has always longed to soar above the forest canopy and explore the sky. Now a crew member on his father's sky pirate ship, the Stormchaser, his dream seems fulfilled. But a much higher destiny awaits Twig. The lofty city of Sanctaphrax--built on a giant rock, floating high in the sky--is at the point of disaster. The city's future is dependent on stormphrax--a valuable substance available only from the heart of a Great Storm. And only the Stormchaser, with Twig onboard, could risk entering a storm. . . .From the Hardcover edition.
Window washer
Profiles the life and work of Roko Camaj, a professional window washer who cleans the windows on the observation tower of the World Trade Center, the second tallest building in the world.
Test pilot
Test pilot. A feckless test pilot, confronted with the ultimate trial of courage, sacrifices his own life to save his younger brother. Deep-sea diver. An unfaithful wife, a treacherous friend and unmerited jealousy bring two salvage divers close to death beneath the sea. The big cats. Two wild animal trainers, vying for top billing in the circus, each comes close to death under the slashing claws of the big cats.
Photojournalist
Describes the experiences of a United Nations photographer who has recorded the terrors of war in such places as Lebanon, Cambodia, and Bosnia.
Disease detective
Profiles the training and work of a woman who has helped the Center for Disease Control track down causes of various deadly outbreaks of diseases, including the Ebola virus in Africa.
Wildlife Special Agent
Profiles the career of a special agent for the Division of Law Enforcement of the Fish and Wildlife Service while highlighting the excitement and danger involved in the work.