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Allemands France Émissions télévisées Feature films France France History German occupation, 1940-1945 Drama Fugitives from justice Drama German Occupation of France (1940-1945) Man-woman relationships Drama Video recordings for the hearing impaired World War (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 France DramaNytra, David
Summary: Siblings Leah and Alan wake one morning in the middle of an enchanted forest and encounter a strange and spectacular world filled with foppish lions, giant rabbits, and a talking stone frog for a guide.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Toon Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 NYTSummary: A poet and surgeon, husband and lover finds his life disrupted by war. It alters the lives of many, including Tonya, the gentle woman he marries and Lara, the woman he cannot forget.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE DOCContents: Yankee Doodle Dandy / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; screen play by, Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph ; original story by, Robert Buckner ; lyrics and music by, George M. Cohan ; directed by, Michael Curtiz -- This is the Army / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; screen play by, Casey Robinson and Claude Binyon ; music and lyrics by, Irving Berlin ; produced by, Jack L. Warner and Hal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2014
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GREUltra Vivid Scene (Musical group)
Contents: It happens every time -- Staring at the sun -- Three stars -- Special one -- Grey turns white -- Poison -- Guilty pleasure -- Extra ordinary -- Beauty #2 -- The kindest cut -- Praise the low -- Lightning.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK UltraSummary: Germany, 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a life of cards, booze, and women. Suddenly his luck runs dry when he is arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. He is immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp. There, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COUSummary: A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. Inside, fugitive killer Duke Mantee sweats out a manhunt, holding disillusioned writer Alan Squier, young waitress Gabby Maple, and a handful of others hostage.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2005
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PETSummary: The German occupation changes the life of the village of Villeneuve forever, and as its residents come under the pressures of war, they make choices that are inspiring and heartbreaking. In this gripping drama, ordinary citizens become patriots, traitors, Nazi employees or activists. Beginning with the Germans' arrival in June 1940, they endure five years of rationing, fighting and betrayals,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FREDavis, Kyra.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAVSummary: Vincent Parry, a man unjustly accused of murdering his wife, escapes from San Quentin and sets out to clear his name; but, he needs the help of someone he can trust. He finds both help and love in Irene, a San Francisco artist who is convinced he's innocent.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distribued by Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARDavis, Kyra.
Summary: "Mystery writer and dabbling recreational sleuth Sophie Katz is head over heels in love--with a three-bedroom Victorian. She's just got to have it, despite a few drawbacks. Her slimy ex is the Realtor. The rich, creepy seller wants her to join San Francisco's spirited Specter Society. And her first tour of the house reveals, well, a lifeless body clutching a cameo with a disturbing history of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAVDavis, Kyra.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Dress Ink 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAVDavis, Kyra.
Summary: Overjoyed at Maryanne's engagement, amateur sleuth and mystery author Sophie Katz can't wait for the wedding vows and party toasts to begin. But then Dena--best friend, bridesmaid and all-around vixen--is mysteriously shot just after the announcement, leaving Sophie to wonder whether Mary Ann, who's intent on a Disney-themed wedding with successful toymaker Monty Sanchez, was the real...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAVGreen, Jen.
Summary: A humorous look at the polar expedition of Ernest Shackleton.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Set You Wouldn't 919.8 Green 2001Summary: Vincent Parry, a man unjustly accused of murdering his wife, escapes from San Quentin and sets out to clear his name; but, he needs the help of someone he can trust. He finds both help and love in Irene, a San Francisco artist who is convinced he's innocent.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: The Tony-nominated Broadway phenomenon comes to the big screen. Composer-lyricist Sara Bareilles is Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights to reclaim part of herself. Waitress celebrates the power of friendship, dreams, the family we choose and the beauty of a well-baked pie.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: "The public enemy": A young hoodlum rises up through the ranks of the Chicago underworld, even as a gangster's accidental death threatens to spark a bloody mob war. "White heat": A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. Shortly after the plan takes place, events take a crazy turn. "Angels with dirty...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment/Warner Bros. Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY GANSummary: 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 RAMDavis, Kyra.
Summary: When she is asked to spy on her best friend's two-timing husband who turns up dead at San Francisco's hottest nightclub, would-be sleuth Sophie unwittingly becomes submerged in a world of political mudslinging, campaign cover-ups, sex, and strange fetishes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Red Dress Ink 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DAVSummary: This film dramatizes part of the Israeli independence moment, dealing with various factions involved in the internecine struggle between the moderate Haganah and the radical terrorist Irgun Zvai Leumi. Interspersed throughout are segments showing the migration of European Jews to the new land, paying special attention to the ragged survivors of Nazi death camps on board the vessel Exodus,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EXOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Exodus 2002Summary: Deanie is a beautiful and sensitive teenager who would do whatever her mother and her 1928 Kansas hometown find proper. Her boyfriend, Bud, has intense desires for Deanie and the two are very much in love. But, sexual pressures in society creates a rift in their relationship. She restrains herself while Bud acts on them, but with another girl. Bud's actions drive Deanie to madness. She is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SPLBorchert, Wolfgang
Summary: Collection of short stories and a one-act play.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [New Directions] 1971
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BORSummary: American combat pilot Col. Joseph Ryan is shot down over Nazi-controlled Italy and joins U.S. and English WWII troops in a prison camp during the summer of 1943. Given the insulting nickname "Von Ryan" because he initially seems more concerned with surviving than escaping, the colonel eventually leads Allied prisoners, as their new top ranking officer, in a daredevil race for freedom by...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE VONHarris, Duchess
Summary: After World War I, many African Americans found a welcoming home in Paris while the fight for civil rights continued in the United States. African American soldiers, writers, performers, and activists influenced French society. Blacks in Paris: African American Culture in Europe explores the legacy of African Americans in Paris.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 944.36 HARSummary: "A French village ... chronicles the impact of World War II on a small village in central France. The series follows the lives of the villagers during the war as their lives become irrevocably changed by the German occupation and its aftermath. The Germans arrive in June 1940; the occupation will go on for five years and will reveal the strengths, weaknesses and secrets of the characters as...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MHZ Networks Home Entertainment 2018