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Documentary films Great Britain Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Great Britain History George VI, 1936-1952 Great Britain Kings and rulers I, Queen of England Elizabeth 1533-1603 Monarchy Speech disorders Patients Biography Speech therapy Great Britain History 20th century VIII, King of England Henry 1491-1547Worsley, Lucy
Summary: Lucy Worsley explores locations important to royal history and attempts to sort out facts from fiction about the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LUCEding, June.
Summary: Presents the life of Queen Elizabeth I, from her birth to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in 1533 and her imprisonment by her half-sister, to her reign as queen, which brought peace, stability, and prosperity to sixteenth-century England.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ELINagy, Clinton
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Utah Press 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.04 SPLSummary: Pink ribbons, the symbol of the breast cancer prevention movement, are everywhere: T-shirts, hats, yogurt cups, KFC buckets, car ads, NFL stadiums - the list goes on and on. They make people feel good, as if engaged in a successful battle against breast cancer. But who is really benefiting? More and more women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Wouldn't it be something if some of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PINSummary: "Written in the I can read level two standards, young readers learn about a young Jewish woman who is chosen to be a queen by a powerful king"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BRACrispin, M. Jackson (Mordecai Jackson)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1969
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.348 CrispMoratao, Cristina
Summary: "An enthralling biography about one of the most intriguing women of the Victorian age: the first self-invented international social celebrity"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MONTEZ, LOLA MORMatthews, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firebird Books 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.14 MatthPera, Gina.
Summary: Presents a guide to clear up misconceptions about unrecognized ADD symptoms, with information on treatment options, practical solutions, and how to identify the behaviors in an individual in a relationship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1201 Alarm Press 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley travels back in time to the Tudor Court of England's Henry VIII to witness some of the most dramatic moments in the lives of his six wives. Combining drama based on eyewitness accounts and historical sources with Lucy's own contemporary historical commentary, it is these women's stories that Lucy sets out to uncover, witness, and explore.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECSummary: The life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, and culminating with his assassination in Memphis in 1968. Including archival footage, this film is an indispensable primary resource of a pivotal moment in American and world history. Originally screened in theaters for only a single night in 1970.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KINSummary: In February 1972, celebrated jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by his common-law wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City. The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz community, and the memory of the event still haunts those who knew the Morgans. This feature documentary by filmmaker Kasper Collin is a love letter to two unique personalities and the music that brought them together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fisher Klingenstein Ventures, LLC 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ILee, Tony
Summary: When Ireland suffers under the rule of Henry VIII, Grace O'Malley takes to the seas after her husband's murder and gains a reputation as the Pirate Queen of Ireland and confronts Queen Elizabeth I.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OMAEditors of Fine Woodworking
Summary: Stylish side table is a great lesson in getting the most out of your lumber. Fine Woodworking's Michael Pekovich demonstrates the importance of wood selection to avoid mismatched boards and chaotic grain. Follow him through this project and see how cutting all components from a single board results in a nicely matched tabletop and straight grain on every leg face. You'll also find a modern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taunton Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.1 FINWeir, Alison
Summary: A profile of the niece of Henry VIII reveals her contributions to sixteenth century politics, covering her two affairs, arrangement of her son's marriage to Mary Queen of Scots, and role in securing the English throne for her grandson, Scotland's James VI.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 LENNOX, MARGARET DOUGLAS WEILogue, Mark.
Summary: Albert, Duke of York began to see speech therapist Lionel Logue in a desperate bid to cure his lifelong stammer. Little did the two men know that this unlikely friendship would ultimately save the House of Windsor from collapse. The amiable Logue gave the shy young Duke the skills and the confidence to stand and deliver before a crowd. And when his elder brother, Edward VIII, abdicated the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 941.084 LOGSummary: When Rodney was a teenager his mother just dropped him off at the home of Connie Stevens and left him. Eventually he landed his first show-business job as a double for Davey Jones on "The Monkeys". Rodney ended up using his skills as a consummate hanger-on and his genuine enthusiasm for rock & roll to become a central figure in the L.A. music scene and is lauded for his good taste and good...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAYSummary: Lucy Worsley brings to life key events in European royal history, covering: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and England's parting of ways with Catholic Europe; the Regency, and the reasons that George III reliquished power; the Russian Revolution, revealing that the Czar had actually been deposed by an uprising that had preceded the October Revolution of 1917.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LUCLogue, Mark.
Summary: Presents the life of the Australian speech therapist who helped the English king, George VI, overcome a lifelong speech disorder and become an eloquent leader of his people during the difficult days of World War II.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2011
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 941.084 LOGSummary: Hosted and based on the book by Dr. Helen Castor, an accomplished and elegant historian, and filmed on location in England and France, this captivating BBC series explores the lives of seven English queens who challenged male power, the fierce and fiery reactions they provoked, and whether, in fact, much has changed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2013
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SHENapoleon
Summary: Creating the fighting force -- Preparations for war -- A military education -- The combat arms -- Generalship and the art of command --Army organization -- Strategy -- Fortification -- The army in the field -- The operational art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.02 NAPSummary: Queen Elizabeth's realm is divided, politically unstable and dangerous. We see her troubled reign through the eyes of her spymasters, Willian and Robert Cecil, a father and son team in charge of counter terrorism and the protection of the fragile life of the one woman on whom everything depends. Looks at the entrapment and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, the capture and escape of Catholic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV QUEJordan, King Abdullah II of.
Summary: A newsbreaking memoir that tackles head-on the toughest challenge in the world today. When a dying King Hussein shocked the world by picking his son rather than his brother, the longtime crown prince, to be the next king of Jordan, no one was more surprised than the young head of Special Operations, who discovered his life was in for a major upheaval. This is the inspirational story of a young...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA, Inc. 2011