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Beagle Expedition (1831-1836) Catholic Church France Clergy Drama Faith Drama France History German occupation, 1940-1945 Drama Fugitives from justice Harel, Isser 1912-2003 Man-woman relationships United States World War (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements FranceSummary: A Paris housewife begins secretly spending her afternoon hours working in a bordello in an examination of contemporary social mores and class divisions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BELSummary: "This season begins with a power vacuum that protagonists across Westeros and Essos look to fill. At Castle Black, Jon Snow struggles to balance the demands of the Night's Watch with those of the newly-arrived Stannis Baratheon, who styles himself as the rightful king of Westeros. Meanwhile, Cersei scrambles to hold on to power in King's Landing amidst the Tyrells and the rise of a religious...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD GAMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GAMO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: As the horrors of the Third Reich were exposed after World War II, many Nazi war criminals--including Josef Mengele, Klaus Barbie, and Adolf Eichmann--went on the run. But self-styled "Nazi hunters" were determined to track them down. This disparate group included a French couple, American lawyer, German prosecutor, Israeli Mossad agents, and a death camp survivor. Over decades, these men and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5318 ORESummary: Tells an epic story of military strategy, politics, romance, and family conflict set against the backdrop of world events from 1938 through the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Follows naval officer Victor "Pug" Henry as he is sent to Berlin as the U.S. Naval attaché. Shows how "Pug" and his family are drawn into the center of the conflicts that lead to America's involvement in World...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WINSummary: For Becky, running a TV show in New York City was the big break she dreamed of, until star co-anchors Mike and Colleen declare an all-out, on-air war. Making the show work with its cast of eccentric characters and outrageous story angles will take a major miracle, but Becky is ready to rise and outshine.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2011
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Morning 2011Summary: The desperadoes: Steve Upton is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne Rogers, was once an outlaw, but under Steve's guidance, has gone straight and tries to earn an honest living. But when a bank is robbed, Cheyenne is the prime suspect and will need Upton's help to save him from a lynching.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN RANCharles, Ray 1930-2005
Contents: All I want to do (with Angie Stone) -- You are my sunshine (with Chris Isaak) -- It all goes by so fast (with Mary J. Blige) -- You were there (with Gladys Knight) -- Imagine (with Ruben Studdard & The Harlem Gospel Singers) -- Compared to what (with Leela James) -- Big bad love (with Diana Ross) -- I will be there (with Idina Menzel) -- Blame it on the sun (with George Michael) -- Touch (with...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES CHASummary: Frank Underwood is a cunning career politician. Zoe Barnes is an ambitious young journalist. Together they forge a partnership that trades powerful secrets for political access, and so much more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOUSummary: A Korean War vet stops a young Hmong teen from stealing his prized car, and reluctantly proceeds to reform the boy, learning about himself along the way.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRA RATED RCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Grand 2010Eisner, Peter
Summary: The true story of three intrepid people who successfully eluded the Japanese in Manila for more than two years, sabotaging enemy efforts and preparing the way for MacArthur's return. One was a debonair polo-playing expatriate businessman who was also a U.S. Navy intelligence officer. Another was a defiant enlisted American soldier. And the third was a wily American woman, an intinerant torch...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 EISSummary: At an Army base in 1941 Hawaii, the lives of enlisted men and officers are troubled by spiteful commanders, sadistic military police, and forbidden love. Includes actual scenes of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie From 2001Summary: One of the little-known stories of WWII is the fate of the Channel Islands, the only part of the British Isles invaded and occupied by the Germans. Tells the story through the eyes of three island families and the German soldiers with whom their lives become interwined.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ISLSummary: Orna is the mother of three children whose husband is struggling to open a restaurant. To help support her family, Orna lands a job with a former army superior who is now a successful real estate developer. While Orna tries to balance work and her home life, she experiences escalating sexual harassment from her boss. A pattern of predatory behavior ultimately brings her career and marital...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WORSummary: "In Japanese, tora means "tiger." In December of 1941, "tiger, tiger, tiger" was the code phrase that unleashed one of history's most devastating surprise attacks. But the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor also awakened the "sleeping giant" of American military might, and in the process, sealed Japan's fate"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2014
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PEASummary: Set in 1940 London, the story is an ode to how women played a major role in boosting national morale during the Blitz of London in the second World War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY THEWilliams, John
Contents: Summon the heroes / John Williams (6:17) -- O Fortuna : from Carmina Burana / Carl Orff (sung in Latin) (2:39) -- Bugler's dream / Leo Arnaud. Olympic fanfare and theme / John Williams (4:31) -- Ode to Zeus : from Canto Olympico / Mikis Theodorakis (sung in Greek) (3:42) -- Javelin / Michael Torke (8:53) -- Olympic hymn / Leonard Bernstein (sung in English) (5:22) -- Festive overture : op. 96 /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL WILSummary: Queen Elizabeth I must learn to weigh her counsel carefully and ignore her private yearnings if she is to keep her crown--and her head. A thriller of intrigue in the court of one of history's greatest monarchs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PolyGram Video 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ELIGrant, K. Thalia.
Summary: The first book to recreate Darwin's historic visit to the islands, following in his footsteps day by day and island by island as he records all that he observes around him. Features color and black-and-white photographs and line drawings, as well as detailed maps of Darwin's island itinerary and informative box features on the archipelago's natural history.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508.8665 GRADarwin, Charles
Summary: Read by Richard Dawkins, world-renowned authority on Darwin and best-selling author, this definite precursor to "On The Origin of Species" is a non-fiction travel journal of Darwin's observations of exotic civilizations and the flora, fauna and human life he found there.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: CSA Word 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 574.9 DARSummary: Monsignor Renard tells the story of the German occupation of France during World War II through the eyes and experiences of a humble and extraordinary priest-- whose beliefs are tested to the breaking point.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2006
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MONSummary: Set over a tumultuous ten-year period in the early 20th century, this five-hour miniseries tells the story of an honorable Englishman coping with his growing disillusion at the end of a privileged era and the beginning of a new, egalitarian society. As the comfortable certainties of Edwardian England begin to give way to the chaos and destruction of WWI, nobleman Christopher Tietjens puts...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PARCharles, Ray 1930-2005
Contents: I got a woman 2:50. -- Greenbacks 2:48. -- Come back baby 3:04. -- A fool for you 3:00. -- This little girl of mine 2:30. -- Hard times 2:53. -- A bit of soul 2:17. -- Mary Ann 2:45. -- Drown in my own tears 3:19. -- Hallelujah I love her so 2:34. -- What would I do without you 2:34. -- Lonely Avenue 2:33. -- I want to know 2:09. -- Leave my woman alone 2:38. -- It's alright 2:15. -- Ain't that...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES CHACharles, Ray 1930-2005
Contents: From the heart 3:30. -- I've got news for you 4:28. -- Moanin' 3:14. -- Let's go 2:39. -- One mint julep 3:02. -- I'm gonna move to the outskirts of town 3:38. -- Stompin' room only 3:35. -- Mister C 4:28. -- Strike up the band 2:35. -- Birth of the blues 5:05. -- Plus 3 from Genius hits the road. -- Alabamy bound 1:35. -- Basin Street Blues 2:45. -- New York's my home 2:04.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: DunhillCompact Classics 1988