King, Terrence
Summary: What does it mean to be a rebel, a hero, or the destroyer of habitat and civilization? As a devastated world recovers from war and plight, an unlikely heroine emerges and attempts to rescue distressed rebels from the government’s corruption controlling the rationed food supply and from a rogue general trying to steal the only known honeybees. And Earth itself fights back. Following the Great...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Terrence King 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KINSummary: Liu Jin-xi is a village craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves the shopkeeper's life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu. Convinced that Liu's martial arts mastery belies a hidden history of training by one of the region's vicious clans, Xu doggedly pursues the shy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WUSummary: A historical action war drama based on the founding of the Republic of China, when nationalist forces led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the last ruling Qing Dynasty, which held unquestioned power and rule for 250 years. From the walls of the Forbidden City to the battlefields of China, no expense was spared in the production and no detail ignored in its quest for historical accuracy. 1911 is a true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NINSummary: "Two homicidal grifters perversely turn the tables on a corrupt system of unregulated mines and negligent owners by befriending fellow miners, murdering them in staged 'accidents', and then passing their victims off as relatives in order to pocket their employer's hush money"--Cntainer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLISummary: "Set in Fo Shan, China during the Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man vividly brings to life the brutality of the infamous Japanese occupation, where once proud men are forced to fight [to the] death for a precious bag of rice. Defined by courage and humility, Ip Man, whose fighting skills are revered all over China, rises to the fore front. Upon refusing to teach his martial arts to the invading...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IPSummary: Ever since Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, was a little girl, the English have wanted her country and her crown. As a teenager, Mary is sent to France to wed its next king to save herself and her people. Waiting at the French Court is the gorgeous Prince Francis, his illegitimate half-brother Sebastian, a king on the brink of madness, a scheming queen, and the seer Nostradamus with a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD REI RATED PG-13Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV REISummary: This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASSSummary: On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in a "whites only" section of a public bus, thus starting a boycott of the city buses. This single act is considered the beginning of the civil rights movement in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOYSummary: "Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, has one driving ambition: to unify China's seven kingdoms into one magnificent empire. Impressed by her lover's convictions, Lady Zhao helps Ying Zheng concoct an assassination plot that would justify the conquest of Qin's most powerful enemy"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN EMPSummary: A young couple find themselves stranded in the rural town of Gatlin, Nebraska, where they encounter a mysterious religious sect of children. But nowhere in town are there any adults. The horror grows to a blood-curdling climax as the two new visitors learn the horrifying secret behind the prospering corn fields.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR CHIWhite, T. H. (Terence Hanbury)
Summary: Wart is ignored by everyone except his tutor, Merlin until he pulls the sword from the stone that declares him rightful king of England.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WHISummary: A reimagining of the origin of the mythic Kong in a compelling, original adventure. A diverse team of explorers are brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific, as beautiful as it is treacherous, unaware that they're crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE KONSummary: Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven. Inspired by his mother who insisted he make his own way, he found his calling at the keyboard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RAY RATED PG-13Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RAYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Ray 2005Summary: Kong, Skull Island: When a scientific expedition to an uncharted island awakens titanic forces of nature, a mission of discovery becomes an explosive war between monster and man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KONSummary: In acclaimed director Edgar Wright's psychological thriller, Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer, Sandie. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something far darker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA LASCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LASSummary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONC1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONC
White, T. H. (Terence Hanbury)
Summary: The complete The Once and Future King, White's retelling of the Arthurian legend, is made up of five books: The sword in the stone, The witch in the wood, The ill-made knight, The candle in the wind, and The Book of Merlyn. In the first book, Merlyn instructs Arthur and his brother Sir Kay in the ways of the world. One of them will need it-- the king has died leaving no heir, and a rightful one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naxos AudioBooks Ltd. 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Disney proudly presents the 50th anniversary edition of a spellbinding and beloved animated classic. Take an amazing journey with a young orphan named 'Wart' and the extraordinary wizard Merlin. According to legend, only someone with the purest character and inner strength can pull the enchanted sword from the stone and claim the throne of England. Armed with newfound confidence and the power...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2013
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY SWOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SWOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD SwordSummary: Long-awaited and unseen anywhere for decades, Georges Simenon's Maigret (1960-1963) is the definitive adaptation of Georges Simenon's world famous novels. This BBC television production stars Rupert Davies as Commissaire Jules Maigret, the dogged French detective. Though Simenon₂s books have been adapted many times, Davies₂s celebrated, BAFTA-winning portrayal won the approval of Simenon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY BRITISH TV MAISummary: Long-awaited and unseen anywhere for decades, Georges Simenon₂s Maigret (1960-1963) is the definitive adaptation of Georges Simenon's world-famous novels. This BBC television production stars Rupert Davies as Commissaire Jules Maigret, the dogged French detective. Though Simenon's books have been adapted many times, Davies's celebrated, BAFTA-winning portrayal won the approval of Simenon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY BRITISH TV MAIHoward, Terrence
Summary: Follows music mogul Lucious Lyon who, after he is diagnosed with ALS, must decide which of his family members should take his place as head of the business.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allied Vaughn 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV EMPMcCauley, Terrence
Summary: "In the boomtown of Dover Station, Montana, tracks have been laid and everyone's looking to make a fortune, lawfully or not. And the law has something to say about it--one bullet at a time"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCMcCauley, Terrence
Summary: At long last, U.S. Marshal Aaron Mackey and Deputy Billy Sunday will see crime baron James Grant and his kill-crazy cronies stand trial for the mayhem and suffering they unleashed on the people of Dover Station. But as Montana Territory's statehood is approaching, murdering devils like Grant can no longer be tolerated in positions of political power. Or can they? Montana's capital of Helena...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021