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Summary: Dramatic biography of Rosa McCauley Parks, who in 1955 created the spark that began the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROS

Summary: Director Oliver Stone seamlessly blends archival film with acted sequences in his version of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which alleges that there was a massive plot and cover-up surrounding JFK's death.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JFK

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie JFK

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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER JFK

1 hold on 5 copies

Summary: Ambitious and acclaimed series from The Queen writer Peter Morgan offers a comprehensive look at the adult life and reign of Elizabeth II over a projected six-season arc. The fifth season follows Elizabeth from the early to late '90s, as the fraying union of Charles and Diana ultimately came to separation, and John Major saw his tenure as prime minister end with the election of Tony Blair.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV CRO

Copies Available at Woodmere

3 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CRO

Bragg, Melvyn

Summary: "The tale Heloise and Abelard has captivated the attentions of romantics since the twelfth century. Heloise was a woman beyond her time: educated, fierce, and unafraid to be herself. When Peter Abelard, a radical philosopher determined to reform the archaic practices of the Church from within, becomes her private tutor, the attraction is overwhelming. Their passionate love affair soon becomes...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Arcade Publishing 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRA

Summary: Awakenings: The story of the consequences of a maverick doctor's medical miracle.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AWA

Atkins, Jeannine

Summary: A biographical novel in verse of seven girls from different time periods who used math to explore the mysteries of the universe and grew up to do innovate work that changed history.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ATK

Summary: Offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks. Centering on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the film goes behind closed doors to examine the symbiotic relationship between Wall Street and Washington.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2012

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TOO

Summary: 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.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOY

Summary: Over the years Tsar Nicholas cannot satisfy the needs of the people or prevent Russia's entry into World War I, and the Empress falls under the spell of the evil monk, Rasputin.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video 1999

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA NIC

Golding, Julia.

Summary: When pirates raid a village in ninth-century Norway, eighteen-year-old Toki is captured as a prize, while Freydis, his younger sister, is taken to a friendly village where she and her African slave, Enno, learn that their fates are linked by prophecy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Marshall Cavendish 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GOL

Fellowes, Jessica

Summary: "1937. War with Germany is dawning, and a civil war already rages in Spain. Split across political lines, the six Mitford sisters are more divided than ever. Meanwhile their former maid, Louisa Cannon Sullivan, is now a private detective, working with her ex-policeman husband Guy Sullivan. Louisa and Guy are surprised when a call comes in from novelist Nancy Mitford requesting that they look...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC FEL

Cera, Michael

Summary: Brother and Sister both sign up to try out for the BearCountry Cardinals baseball team and practice together, despite there being only one position left on the team.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Phase 4 Films 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BER

Cameron, Sharon

Summary: "In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important than principles, and lies are more plentiful than the truth. Eva holds the key to a deadly secret: Project Bluebird -- a horrific experiment of the concentration camps, capable of tipping the balance of world...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CAM

Summary: "There has been a great deal of writing the past several decades about Native American Code Talkers of World War Two. The published works have been about Navajos and the tremendous contribution they made in the Pacific campaigns of the war. What is often overlooked is the role played in both World Wars by men of other tribes. There were Cherokee, Choctaw, Comanche, Creek and other tribal...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2019

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Cera, Michael

Summary: The cubs learn lessons from their parents and neighbors while building their own kite to take part in a kite-flying contest.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Phase 4 Films 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BER

Cera, Michael

Summary: The cubs learn lessons from their parents and neighbors about eating nutritious food, manners, and helping others.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Phase 4 Films 2012

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BER

Cera, Michael

Summary: The Berenstain Bears go to the beach and the cubs learn an important lesson about family cooperation.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Phase 4 Films (usa) Llc 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BER

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD Juv Be

Kelly, Martha Hall

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2019

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Kelly, Martha Hall

Summary: "It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2019

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Kelly, Martha Hall

Summary: "It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Kelly 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC KEL

Manning, Matthew K.

Summary: "The year is 1918. World War I is nearing its end. But the world is just beginning to suffer from a deadly pandemic. Within months, the deadly flu virus has spread around the world, infecting and killing tens of millions of people. As you return from the war, will you go to see your family and friends or quarantine to keep your loved ones safe? Will you shut down your small store to avoid...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MAN

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MAN

Keller, Shana

Summary: Polly misses her father, a soldier fighting in France during World War I, and at home everything is rationed; Polly wants to do her part to help, so she and her friends organize a parade to collect peach pits which are used in the manufacture of gas masks.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2022

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: JE FIC KEL

Wilson, Kip

Summary: Tells the story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college student who challenges the Nazi regime during World War II as part of the White Rose, a non-violent resistance group.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC WIL

Harper, Karen

Summary: In April 1897, Charlotte Bill enters service into the house of the Duke and Duchess of York as a nanny. For decades, "Lala", as she is called, cares for her royal charges, some of which will rule, and one known as "The Lost Prince". (summary).

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins 2016

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HAR

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