Summary: Chris Gardner is an intelligent, energetic guy who can't catch a break. In the sluggish Bay Area economy of 1981, he's losing ground, by investing all his family's money in high cost bone-density scanners. His wife leaves him, he loses his apartment, and with his 5-year-old son in tow joins the ranks of the homeless, if not the hopeless. Bounced from shelter to shelter, he finds himself a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Pursuit 2007Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PURSummary: The cubs are excited about going on a family trip, until they find out the destination is not Grizzlyland, but a tour of Bear Country's National Parks.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BERSummary: Teaches French vocabulary to babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Features an animated panda bear named Little Pim, and is presented in the French language while showing children enjoying everyday activities. Follow Little Pim and pals as they wake up to a new day and go to sleep after a busy day, while teaching more than 60 words for morning and evening routines.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pim Corp. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: DVD JUV FRENCH LITSummary: Spot and his friends are excitedly making preparations on Christmas Eva. When two reinideer ask Spot for his help to find Santa's special Christmas sleigh every9one joins in the hunt. Spot manages to find the sleigh and the reindeer take him on a magical ride. On Christmas Day, there's an extra special surprise under the tree for Spot! Bonus episode: Spot's winter sports.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Juv SSummary: Alternates animated sequences of a panda bear named Little Pim with live action sequences of children enjoying everyday activities to teach babies, toddlers, and preschoolers over 60 mealtime-related French vocabulary words. Includes vocabulary reviews and a repeat play option.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Pim Corp. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: DVD JUV FRENCH LITSummary: A performing grizzly bear named Boog, who has been domesticated by a park ranger, Beth, helps deer friend Elliot escape from the mullet-sporting hunter, Shaw. When the two animals escape to the forest they become lost - just as hunting season begins. To make the situation worse, Boog doesn't know how to survive outside of his beloved ranch. Elliott and Boog develop a strong bond not only...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY OPESummary: After locking up an embezzling CEO, Jeanne pushes the limits of her power even further and winds up in a dangerous game of threats and intimidation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Lorber Films 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COMSummary: It is a time of both splendor and despair for the deeply divided French nation where the self-serving King Louis XIV enjoys the riches of the world while his people starve. Believing he is all-powerful, Louis fears no one -- except the one person who could bring an end to his absolute power: the man he condemned to wear an iron mask and be imprisoned for life. But when the king's selfish...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 1998
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MANSummary: After her father leaves to find work during the Great Depression, Kit's mother takes in boarders, and when the lockbox with the family money disappears, Kit sets out to solve the mystery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KITSummary: "George and the Man with the Yellow Hat are having a very merry time counting down the days until Christmas. There's only one puzzle: neither of them can figure out what to give the other for a present ... Will they be able to find the answers before Christmas morning?"--Publisher
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CURSummary: Nicholas becomes the head of the family when his father dies unexpectedly. Keeping watch over his mother and his sister Kate becomes an even greater challenge when Nicholas discovers that his father lost the family fortune due to ill-advised investments. Without a shilling to his name, Nicholas turns to his wealthy but unforgiving Uncle Ralph for help.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: United Artists Films 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NICSummary: A self-assured successful child psychologist goes into a panic when he learns his girlfriend is pregnant.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie NineCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NINSummary: The Crusades began as a holy mission to liberate Jerusalem and became the largest mass migration in European history. When they ended 200 years later, the Crusades had created a mythology of knights and chivalry, and left a legacy of distrust between East and West that continues to shape our world today. Filmed on location throughout Europe and the Middle East.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2001
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CRUSummary: Documents an entire school year with Wilma Stephenson and those students committed enough to surrender themselves to her enlightened despotism. By the end of the year, thirteen of her students will have made it through the gauntlet. At a school where over 40% of students don't even make it to their senior year, Wilma shows her kids how to achieve the American Dream: You choose a realistic goal....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PRESummary: When Hansel and Gretel are abducted, Nicky Flippers of the Happily Ever After Agency calls in Red, Granny, the Wolf, and Twitchy to investigate.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co 1900
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOOSummary: A drama about the deep friendship between Gale Sayers, black halfback for the Chicago Bears, and his white teammate, Brian Piccolo, who died of cancer in 1970.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BRISummary: Discusses the type of relationship you want to have with your child, your parenting priorities, and how to avoid many of the mistakes of our predecessors.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Unconditionalparenting.com 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A retired American jewel thief living on the French Riviera seeks to prove his innocence by exposing the burglar who has been imitating his technique.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Picture 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie To 2002Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER TOSummary: A difficult look at a country whose children are being orphaned at an alarming rate due to AIDS, their lack of education, and how they try to survive living in one of the poorest countries in the world. Includes interviews with President Bill Clinton, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Virgil Films 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ISummary: This clandestine documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France on a usb drive hidden in a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, depicts the day-to-day life of acclaimed director Jafar Panahi (Offside, The Circle) during his house arrest in his Tehran apartment. While appealing his 2010 sentence (six years in prison and a 20-year ban from filmmaking, interviews or...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012