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Antonius, Marcus 83 B.C.?-30 B.C Antonius, Marcus 83 B.C.?-30 B.C Drama Dreams Drama Mendez, Antonio J Middle Earth (Imaginary place) Drama Queen of Egypt Cleopatra -30 B.C Queen of Egypt Cleopatra -30 B.C Drama Rome (Empire) Terrorists Drama United States. Central Intelligence Agency.Filter By Subjects
Antonius, Marcus 83 B.C.?-30 B.C Antonius, Marcus 83 B.C.?-30 B.C Drama Dreams Drama Mendez, Antonio J Middle Earth (Imaginary place) Drama Queen of Egypt Cleopatra -30 B.C Queen of Egypt Cleopatra -30 B.C Drama Rome (Empire) Terrorists Drama United States. Central Intelligence Agency.Summary: On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. There's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped and a mid level agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER ARGSummary: The Iran hostage crisis involved 52 American diplomats, Marines, and civilians held by force at the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. Unfolding like a political thriller, see how hostages' personal lives were torn apart and scrutinized through publicity, correspondents risked their lives to discover the truth about Iran, and military forces attempted to rescue the victims.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TAKMendez, Antonio J.
Summary: An account of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis recalls how six of the intended American hostages escaped from Iranian militants and were rescued by the co-author and his unlikely team of CIA agents and Hollywood insiders during a high-risk mission in Tehran conducted in the guise of a movie scouting expedition.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 955.05 MENMendez, Antonio J.
Summary: A top CIA operative offers an authorized account of his double life as a Department of Defense bureaucrat and a globe-trotting spy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow & Co. 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MENNammar, Jacob J.
Summary: Autobiography of a boy who grew up in Palestine, endured the Nakba, and ultimately moved to Texas to start a new life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Olive Branch Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NAMMAR, JACOB J. NAMSummary: In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2007
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Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A remarkable imagining of the historic voyages of sixteenth-century explorer and writer Fernao Mendes Pinto, one of the first Europeans to sail to and travel the Orient, Inda, Japan, and places in between. Choral renditions of Portuguese singer-songwriter Fausto's progressive '80s pop album Por Este Rio Acima add inspiration to a lush period drama.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A live performance of the tragedy "Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare. Set in Roman times, the play deals with Mark Antony's obsessive passion for Egypt's Queen Cleopatra, and how it leads to the tragic downfall of both.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS ANTFalco, Edie
Summary: Dramatizes the events of the 1994 criminal trial of Lyle and Erik Menendez for the murder of their parents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entert. 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LAWSummary: "Centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After it is stolen, a fearless detective and a brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a 'dream terrorist'"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PAPShakespeare, William
Summary: Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of the Roman World, has become the thrall of the fascinating Cleopatra. Affairs of state call him to Rome, but the attractions of the Queen of Egypt prove impossible to resist.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [BBC Audiobooks America] 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 SHASummary: Roland is an academic researcher who discovers some important letters written by a famous Victorian poet, Randolph Henry Ash. Ash was presumed to have been totally devoted to his wife, but Roland finds letters written to another unnamed woman, and soon determines that the intended recipient was another, less well-known poet, Christabel LaMotte. Roland contacts Maud, an expert on LaMotte's life...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2003
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE POSDonovan, Sam
Summary: "Daddy is the Mystery Reader at Tori's school today, and he's coming dressed as Miss Rita! Tori helps Daddy gloss, glitter, glamour, and glimmer to get ready. It takes time--because sparkle is serious business! Tori loves helping Daddy become Miss Rita. But will the other kids at school love Miss Rita like Tori does? Luckily, a last-minute idea helps Daddy and Tori find a way to make story time...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DONSummary: To win back his kingdom, Jason must enlist the help of Medea, a powerful sorceress. But when Jason scorns her for another woman, she unleashes a firestorm of revenge.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Entertainment One U.S. 2011
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Summary: While in Istanbul, a lonely middle-aged scholar encounters a djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2022
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2 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY THRCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD THRHale, Nathan
Summary: ""Remember the Alamo!" That rallying cry has been a part of Texas lore for generations. But who were the ragtag group of adventurers behind the famous slogan, and how did they end up barricaded in a fort against a Mexican army? Who survived, who died, and how? This sixth book in the bestselling Hazardous Tales series tracks the Lone Star State's bloody fight for independence from the Mexican...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The magnificent seven: Seven American gunslingers are hired to protect a small Mexican village against a band of bandits.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios 2006
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD MAGCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Movie Magnificent 2006Summary: The incredible untold story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SNOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SNO RATED RSummary: The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Zabinska and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski, have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When the Germans invade their country, they are forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck. To fight back on their own terms,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2017
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ZOOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ZOOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Zookeeper's 2017Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ZOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ZOO RATED PG-13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ZoSummary: The epic conclusion to the adventures of Bilbo Baggins. The dragon Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women, and children of Lake-town. Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo attempts to make him see reason.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FANTASY HOBSummary: In First blood, an ex-Green Beret haunted by memories of Vietnam is searching for peace, but finds instead an overzealous, small town sheriff who's spoiling for a fight.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE RAMSummary: Collection of eight classic stories. Swashbuckling pirates, talking rabbits in top hats, majestic horses, and flittering fairies spring into action, setting into motion the tales that have delighted audiences for ages.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam 2012