Summary: The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOSummary: William Tell, the expert marksman, who shot an arrow through and apple atop his son's head, faces the tyrannical governor Gessler who is trying to stop the Swiss uprising. Leading the resistance, Tell's strength and skill are put to the test in dashing battles, amazing escapes, and heroic rescues.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CrossbowSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOSummary: The final episodes follow the indomitable heroine through the turmoil and terror of World War I to the 1920s. Based on a true story of Rosa Lewis, a culinary genius and the owner of London's Cavendish Hotel.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DUCSummary: Based on a true story of British women working as undercover agents in France during WWII, this compelling series comes to a thrilling close in these final eight episodes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WISSummary: At the height of WWII, brave British women risk their lives as secret agents in occupied France. Based on real-life stories, filmed on location, this suspenseful series features strong female characters, tension-filled plots, and historical authenticity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WISSummary: By 1876, most of the nation's American Indians had been forcibly relocated to reservation land. In the Dakota Territory, Red Cloud had settled his people on the great Sioux Reservation, becoming wards of the government. Other Sioux leaders saw this as defeat and continued to live in the traditional way, with legendary resistance. Then an economic depression struck, and gold was discovered in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2011
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BURCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BURSummary: Set in Poland, Paris and Berlin in the years leading up to the Second World War. At the French embassy in Warsaw, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of the city. At the same time, he is involved in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage. Risking his life, Mercier works in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SPISummary: In 1667, the powerful king of France, Louis XIV, is but 28 years old when he decides to build Versailles, the greatest palace in the world. After draining the budget, affairs and political intrigues complicate things.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV VERSummary: His personal journey changed the European understanding of the world forever. This is the absorbing true story of Venetian explorer Marco Polo's arduous trek to the East, and beyond. Literally, it's the adventure of a lifetime. Sent on a mission to accompany two priests to China with the goal of converting Kublai Khan and his court to Christianity, Marco Polo finds himself left to carry on...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MARSummary: Emmy Award-winning actor Jeremy Piven stars as American entrepreneur and colorful retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge. Pioneering and reckless, with an almost manic energy, Harry Selfridge created a theater of retail for early 1900s Londoners where any topic or trend that was new, exciting, entertaining-or sometimes just eccentric-was showcased. Based on the book Shopping, Seduction and Mr....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MR.Summary: From creator, Taylor Sheridan comes a prequel to Yellowstone. It follows the original Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. It's a stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America's promised land Montana.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD 1883Copies Available at Interlochen
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV 1883Copies Available at Woodmere
5 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV EIGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV EIGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV YELSummary: After nearly 20 years of setting trends and pushing traditions, Selfridge's is still going strong as the triumph of London₂s Oxford Street. But Harry's potentially dangerous appetite for entertainment and women, while always a problem, has reached its peak. Now, he struggles to keep the reins of the store he loves, in the face of old troubles, new opportunities, and unsettled scores.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MR.Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MR. NOT RATEDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Mr Selfridge 2016Summary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LittleSummary: The Ingalls leave Walnut Grove and the Carters move into their old house. Meanwhile, Nellie returns to Walnut Grove and Nancy runs away because she is no longer the center of attention. These are just a few of the moments from the ninth season.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LITSummary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LittleSummary: Underground tells the story of American heroes and their harrowing journey from slavery to freedom, with the legendary Harriot Tubman blazing the trail.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD UNDSummary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LittleSummary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LittleSummary: Almanzo Wilder comes to Walnut Grove with his sister Eliza Jane, the new schoolteacher. The Ingalls decided to adopt Albert. Nels Oleson is reunited with his estranged circus-sideshow sister. Laura and Mary are held captive by escaped convicts. Albert and a friend accidentally set fire to the school for the blind. Almanzo proposes marriage to Laura.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LITSummary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LittleSummary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LittleSummary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018