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Borman, Tracy Corman, Avery. Dorman, Brandon. Erman, Matthew Franco, James Scalora, Suza.Summary: As the title screens proclaim, "This film is based on a true story. The incidents and facts are documented. Some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent and also to protect the film." In a Latin American country in the throes of a military coup, Charles Horman, an American journalist and filmmaker living there with his wife Joyce, disappears--never to be seen again. His father Ed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MISFranco, James
Summary: After losing several people and places close to him, a man turns to living in the mountains as his life descends into a disturbing and primitive existence of a cave dweller.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA Inc 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CHISummary: A down on his luck detective travels from the tough streets of Brooklyn, to the hot jazz clubs of New Orleans, and finally to voodoo rituals in the swamps of Louisiana.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ANGSummary: 1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD JAMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ja 1-2Summary: "The first female doctor in New York City comes up against prejudice from male counterparts who feel threatened by her skills. Eventually, though, they come to respect her and romance blossoms between her and the head doctor"--Www.imdb.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GIRSummary: The sale of media conglomerate Waystar Royco to tech visionary Lukas Matsson looms ever closer, provoking existential angst and division among the Roys in the fourth and final season of Jesse Armstrong's Emmy-winning drama series. As the siblings anticipate the prospect of this seismic merger, the ensuing power struggle finds them grappling with what their lives will look like after the deal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SUCSummary: Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad") returns in the explosive second season of Your Honor. Disbarred, disgraced, and all but destroyed, ex-judge Michael Desiato is offered a ray of hope when a federal agent recruits him to take down the empire of corruption and vengeance that runs New Orleans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime 2023
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YOUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV YOUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD YOUSummary: The true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage who, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes, or even a football, to playing for the Texas state championships. Over the course of their winning season, these underdogs and their resilient spirit became an inspiration to their city, state, and an entire nation in need of a rebound, even catching...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TWECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie 12 2021Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TWESummary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Summary: Set in early nineteenth century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AFESummary: Includes seven original Christmas classics, such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town; Frosty the Snowman; and others.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Classic Media 2011
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ORISummary: A poignant story of love, laughter, and loss in one boy's childhood, amid the music and social tumult of the late 1960s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2022
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BELCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BELCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BELCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BELSummary: Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world's most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Studios 2023
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR HAUSummary: 1619. The British colony of Jamestown, Virginia, is shaken up when the first women in twelve years land in this breathtaking wilderness. While love triangles, bitter rivalries, and fierce competition cause conflict for the residents and the native inhabitants, the Pamunkey, they are bound together by their resolute will to survive and thrive in their new lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JAMCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ja 3Summary: Grappling with impossible love, artistic rivalry, and a dark inner life, the conjoined twins Tom and Barry Howe embrace their freakishness and spit it back in the form of searing underground 70's punk rock.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment [distributor] 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BROCorman, Avery.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CORBorman, Tracy
Summary: "At the end of The King's Witch, the first book in Tracy Borman's Stuart-era trilogy, Frances Gorges was pregnant with the child of her dead lover, Thomas Wintour, executed for his role as a conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Now, in The Devil's Slave, Frances is compelled to return to the dissolute and dangerous court where she has been suspected of witchcraft. Catholics have gone...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BORSummary: "Meet the Sweathogs. They're the rowdiest, goofiest bunch of students to ever step foot inside a high school. But if they think they're too unruly for a good teacher to handle, they're in for a rude awakening when they meet Mr. Kotter -- a former Sweathog who's returned to his alma mater to shape the minds of these remedial students as their new teacher! With the hilarious talents of comedian...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WELErman, Matthew
Summary: A man, a woman--and their parasites. Marcus has been alone since the loss of his closest friend and has just recently entered the dating scene, while Laura has drifted in and out of relationships since high school. They meet and strike up a good rapport, learning about each other, friendship, and how to deal with the slug-like parasites that have infected humanity. Bonding is a funny, quirky,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vault Comics 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ERMBorman, Tracy
Summary: In March of 1603, as she helps to nurse the dying Queen Elizabeth of England, Frances Gorges dreams of her parents' country estate, where she learned to use flowers and herbs to become a much-loved healer. When King James of Scotlant succeeds to the throne Frances is only too happy to stay at home. His court may be shockingly decadent, but his intolerant Puritanism see witchcraft in many of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BORDorman, Brandon.
Summary: Cap'n Bones and his crew face sharks, a sea serpent, and more as they follow a map toward a real treasure.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2011
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Dorman 2011Scalora, Suza.
Summary: After mysteriously receiving a copy of an old manuscript, an archeologist sets off around the world to photograph and document the existence of a variety of fairies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Joanna Cotler Books 1999