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O'Toole, PeterSummary: The life of a consummate politician's wife is turned upside down when she discovers that her husband, the British Conservative government's Minister for the Family, has been having an affair with a former call girl.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn, Media 2013
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV POLSummary: Friendless, orphaned Jane Eyre takes a job as governess to a lively French girl. In time, she finds herself in love with the child's guardian. When she saves him from a fire, she finds that there are many secrets to learn ... secrets that could destroy her happiness.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JANSummary: Sense and sensibility: Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Elinor, sensitive to social convention, struggles to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Will the sisters learn...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SENSummary: Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realized in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. Elsewhere, the shadow of the railway still looms, but the line has been halted five miles outside Cranford, a disaster as far as Captain Brown is concerned. Meanwhile, as Mr. Buxton returns to town with his son, William,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CRA NOT RATEDSummary: The story of lively and rebellious Elizabeth, one of five unmarried daughters living in the countryside of 19th century England, in a world where an advantageous marriage is a woman's sole occupation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2001
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV PRICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD PRI NOT RATEDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Pride 2001Summary: One double-sided disc contains episodes 1-3 on side A (200 min.) and episodes 4-6 on side B (220 min.). Based on George Elliot's novel, Middlemarch is set in early nineteenth century England and charts the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the town as it divides its population into two opposing factions: the conservatives and the liberals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2005
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MIDSummary: Charlotte Bronte's story of an orphan who grows up to become governess of a mansion, and who carries a tormented love for a man named Mr. Rochester.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2005
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JANSummary: Explores the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I in the latter half of her reign, offering a personal look at her allies, her enemies, and her suitors as she struggles to survive in a male-dominated world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: At the turn of the century, a time when women had few choices, Bess Steed Garner inherits a legacy - not only of wealth but of determination and desire, making her truly a woman of independent means. Adapted from the epistolary novel, this film follow the life of Bess Steed Garner from her childhood in 1899 to her death in 1977. Bess endures life's trials and triumphs of life with unfailing...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WOMSummary: Dramatizes the historic feud between two families living along the Tug Fork River on the border between West Virginia and Kentucky in the late 1800s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HATSummary: Beset by the political tension of an unsettled year, Gandhi calls for British removal from India. Police Superintendent Ronald Merrick arrests an Indian news reporter. Daphne Manner arrives from London. Merrick vents his frustrations on Kumar in a vicious jailhouse beating. Daphne gives birth. Mildred Layton prepares for her daughter's wedding. The Governor finds out about Merrick's abuse....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JEWSummary: While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2008
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVDCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV JOHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Series John 2008Summary: The story of a young girl who had to go into hiding during World War II for being different. Anne Frank's diary manages to create a truthful and timeless picture of domestic life in all its pettiness and normalcy, while never letting us forget the extraordinary threat of death that awaits the characters if they are discovered. This is the first authorized film based on actual entries of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DIASummary: A timeless masterpiece of love and loss, focusing on the consequences faced by three Russian families during the Napoleonic Wars.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: KOCH Vision 2007
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD WAR NOT RATEDSummary: Hailed by critics as one of the most thoughtful and important TV dramas ever, the sweeping fourteen-part remastered adaptation of Paul Scott₂s Raj Quartet is the story of the men and women of both ruling and ruled classes of WWII India, trying amidst the turmoil to come to terms with the drastic changes taking place around them, knowing that their lives will never be the same again.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JEWSummary: The four-part drama that tells the story of a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. The story spans 25 years and focuses on Olive's relationships with her husband, Henry, the good-hearted and kindly town...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OLISummary: Dinah's happy childhood is spent inside the red tent where the women of her tribe gather and share the traditions and turmoil of ancient womanhood. The film recounts the story of Dinah's mothers Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah, the four wives of Jacob. Dinah matures and experiences an intense love that subsequently leads to a devastating loss, and the fate of her family is forever changed....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2015
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE REDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD REDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ReO'Toole, Peter
Summary: Follows the life of Adolf Hitler from his Austrian childhood, to World War I veteran, to leader of the Nazi Party.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Vision 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HITSummary: "Experience the early adventures of Gus and Call - young, bold Texas Rangers whose tough exteriors are challenged by the vicious fighting amongst three warring cultures within their region. Follow their journey through barren deserts, snowy mountainous terrain and dangerous attacks that will begin to transform them into the heroes they will soon become."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: RHI Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN DEASummary: Mini-series about Octavius and Marc Anthony's struggle to control ancient Rome following Julius Caesar's assassination.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV EMPSummary: A look at the creation of the American team for the Olympics in 1896, and of their journey to get to Athens, where the games were being held.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008