Summary: As they work the silver mines of Montana, the ambitious Connolly brothers dream of riches and adventure. Seduced by rumors of a greater prize to the north, they embark on a dangerous journey to the heart of the Yukon in this epic tale of greed, love, betrayal, and gold. As they become increasingly corrupted by the lust for power and wealth, the Connollys must stick together if they are to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOMSummary: A Nigerian villager is eager to work as a civil servant for the British authorities, including a sympathetic district officer, in the hopes that it will benefit him in the future. Instead, his ambition leads to his tragic downfall. Mister Johnson, based on a 1939 novel by Joyce Cary, is a graceful, heartfelt drama about the limits of idealism, affectingly acted and handsomely shot.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA MISSummary: Unabridged.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Audio Partners 2003
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A pair of preppy yet constitutionally mismatched American cousins, a salesman and a navy officer, argue about romance and politics while working in the beautiful Spanish city of the film's title. Set during the eighties, it explores topics both heady (American exceptionalism, Cold War foreign policy) and hilarious (the ins and outs of international dating, the proper shaving method) while...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY BARSummary: An anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube with hundreds of strangers. All the ways a trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some never thought of before. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cemetery Dance Publications 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLISummary: Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte face a bleak future, with their father half-blind, and troubled brother Branwell in decline. As their situation worsens, Charlotte sees that writing could offer a way out. This is the story of the sisters' great novels and their extraordinary battle for recognition.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV TOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie To Walk 2017Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ToSummary: Same Genius. New World. Florence is thrown into chaos in the wake of the Pazzi conspiracy and Leonardo da Vinci must push the limits of his mind and body to defend the city against the forces of Rome. When the dust settles, friends are buried and rivalries are enflamed. While the Medicis go to unthinkable lengths to deal with new threats, da Vinci continues on his quest to find the fabled Book...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DASummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TWISummary: After nearly forty years of marriage, Joan and Joe Castleman are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man's Wife. Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WIFCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Wife 2019Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD WIFCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WIFSummary: An original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter, filled with his unforgettable songs. Porter looks back on his life as if it were one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and actions onstage. Through elaborate production numbers and popular hits, Porter's elegant, excessive past comes to light - including his deeply complicated...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2004
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD DELCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS DELSummary: The plot revolves around the unraveling of the identity of a 16th century peasant who disappeared as a young husband, and the man who returns to resume his marriage nine years later.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber Home Video 1997
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RETBoyce, S.M.
Summary: Before Stone trained Kara Magari or taught the First Vagabond to master the Blood loyalty, he was nothing more than a slave boy named Terric. Terric is a curious loner hellbent on reading his master’s forbidden books. When one heist goes wrong, Terric abandons his old life and runs for freedom—only to fall prey to a ruthless man named Niccoli. Niccoli is an isen—a creature of magic from the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: S.M. Boyce 0000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOYSummary: After failing to have his marriage to Katherine annulled, Henry appoints himself the head of the Church of England. Anne Boleyn insists that Henry remove the Queen from the picture. A royal visit to France finally prompts Anne to consummate her relationship with Henry. After failed attempts to have his marriage annulled, Henry's patience finally wears out and he marries Anne in secret. The king...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2008
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TUDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TUDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV TudorsSummary: Set in an Edwardian country house starting in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Carnival Film & Television Limited 2012
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DOWSummary: A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by, and in tribute to, Shirley Jackson. Chilling, human, poignant and strange, her stories have inspired a generation of writers and readers. This anthology, edited by legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow, will bring together today's leading horror writers to offer their own personal tribute to the work of Shirley Jackson.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WHESummary: In these newly remastered HD adaptations of Georges Simenon's bestselling crime novels, international film brings the beloved Parisian Inspector Maigret to life. Sporting his pipe that seems a nod to Sherlock Holmes, the pragmatic and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth. To crack his cases, he peels back the veneer of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MAISummary: In 1953, Desmond Doyle takes on the Irish family law system and the Catholic Church in a bid to be reunited with his children. Despite a strong work ethic, Desmond has a hard time holding on to steady work. Desmond's wife walks out on the relationship and his sporadic employment eventually attracts the attention of the law. A court order sends his two sons and young daughter to separate...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EVESummary: The evil dead lie in wait for the one ancient incantation that will give them license to attack the living. Five vacationing college students unwittingly resurrect these demons. One by one, the students are transformed into monsters whose own thirst for revenge becomes insatiable.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2002
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EVICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR EVISummary: "A ripped-from-the-headlines social-problem picture about inmates' rights that was inspired by a recent spate of uprisings in American prisons ... shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY RIOBoyce, Erica
Summary: "When beloved local fisherman John Staybrook is lost at sea his death stirs up more than grief. Hidden secrets throughout the small community begin to bubble to the surface, and everyone from the local librarian to the nurses at the hospital are swept up in the storm. For fans of Kerry Lonsdale and Emily Bleeker, LOST AT SEA is a mysterious yet uplifting family drama with unexpected twists that...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BOYBoyce, Kristy
Summary: "Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway...but when Riley takes her mom's car without permission, she's grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad's game shop. Riley can't waste her time working...so she convinces Nathan--a nerdy teen employee--to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she'll flirt with him to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2024
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BOYSummary: 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
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Bierce, Ambrose
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ohio State University Press 2000