Summary: A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AMESummary: They were the most legendary and respected politicians, statesmen and warriors of history's first republic since the days of ancient Rome. They were also traitors and smugglers, rabble rousers and hot-heads, unfaithful husbands and prodigious drinkers. Our "Founding Fathers" were, in fact, human beings. Gain a fascinating glimpse behind the images on the marble busts and faces on our dollar...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2000
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOUSummary: Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GANSummary: 10-year-old baseball fan Yankee Irving is always the last one picked for sandlot baseball games. But when Babe Ruth's prized bat is stolen during the 1932 World Series, Yankee steps up to the plate to help retrieve it for his beloved idol. He embarks on a wild cross-country journey that teaches him the stuff of real heroes, and along the way, Yankee learns that importance of perseverance and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD Everyone'sSummary: 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
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JFKCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie JFKCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER JFKSummary: This animated bird's eye view of Edison's legendary career takes you behind the scenes to reveal the hard work and sheer excitement of daily discoveries with "The Wizard of Menlo Park."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Nest Family Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ANISummary: Everyone's invited to Big Pete's Halloween party. But the gang needs to reach Trick-Or-Treat Tower before the moon is full or the gates will lock and the party will be over before it starts. Can they get through the foggy woods, past the Candy Corn Patch and over the drawbridge in time?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD MiSummary: Experience these masterpieces of storytelling. With revolutionary animation, unforgettable music and characters you love, these short films have changed the face of animation and entertainment and are sure to delight people of all ages.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PIX RATED GCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PIXCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PIXCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PiCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD PixarSummary: Jim is a young man who grew up reading tales of pirates and adventures on the high seas, and longs for similar excitement in his own life. One day a dying man hands him a map and gives him a warning. Upon careful examination, Jim realizes the map charts the course to Treasure Planet, a distant world where hundreds of space pirates have stashed their loot. Jim is certain this is the adventure...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TRESummary: Eloise and Nanny are on their way to Hollywood where Eloise is given the chance to star in a real movie! She is certain her glamorous dreams are coming true, but stardom is a lot of work. Can she pull off her secret plan and go back to being just plain fabulous Eloise?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Starz Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ELOSummary: Welcome to Sheetrock Hills. When folks need help, there's one person in town who always gets the call - Handy Manny, the best handyman around. Whatever the job, erecting a new flagpole, fixing a broken trophy or repairing stairs, Manny gets it done with the help of his trusty set of mismatched talking tools.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV HANSummary: Dora's first trip: Dora tells the story of how she first met Boots. -- Best friends: On Best Friend's day, Dora and Boots meet on Rainbow Rock for a special picnic. -- Tree house: Dora and Boots keep running into friends in need of help. -- Chocolate tree : Abuela tells Dora and Boots about a magical Chocolate Tree that lived near her house when she was a little girl.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV DORSummary: Witness Adam Sandler's zaniest SNL moments, including the characters of Lucy, the Gap Girl, Canteen Boy, Opera Man, Brian host of the "Denise Show", Bruce Springsteen, and Cajun Man.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: NBC Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SATSummary: A young girl walks through a secret door that she has found in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life, but much better. When her adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents, including the Other Mother, try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Includes 16 episodes originally broadcast on PBS Kids, designed to help children with letter recognition.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by NCircle Entertainment 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A trio of cows - Maggie, Mrs. Calloway and Grace - hit the high prairie to track down a cattle rustler named Alameda Slim in hopes that the reward money will save their farm. With the aid of Buck, a horse with heroic ambitions, the bovine avengers track the villain to his lair and save the day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2004
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY HOMSummary: In the streets of New York City, Oliver, an orphaned kitten, is befriended by Dodger, a carefree mutt, and his band of streetwise dogs. Together they try to avoid the evil Sykes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney DVD 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV OLICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV OLICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD OliverSummary: Baby MacDonald introduces infants and toddlers to the sunrise, the barn, the tractors, feeding the animals, and the crops in the fields. Using real-world images and delightful puppet scenes featuring a cow, pig and rooster, your little one will enjoy traditional nursery rhymes along with classical music specially re-orchestrated just for the little ears.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BABSummary: John Blackthorne is a ship-wrecked English navigator who becomes both an observer and a participant in historic changes in Japan during the Tokugawa, or, Edo period. Toranaga is a feuding warlord vying to become the supreme military dictator, or shōgun. Blackthorne is drawn into the turmoil and becomes determined to be the first foreigner to become a samurai warrior.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Video 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Jack is a samurai warrior, whose magical sword is enchanted "with the power of righteousness," who trains his body and his mind to confront Aku. Aku is an evil, shape-shifting wizard who dethroned Jack's emperor father. During their pitched battle, Aku dispatches Jack into the future through a time portal. The solitary warrior's single-minded quest is to find his way back to undo the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Life is hard on MacDonald farm in stony, windswept Nova Scotia - and harder for young Belinda, a deaf mute whose affliction has been confused with mental deficiency.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA JOHSummary: Novak is a witch who casts a spell on a book publisher (Stewart) to make him fall in love with her. He is most unhappy when he finds out what happened.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BELSummary: Five electrical appliances find that their young owner has disappeared. The toaster takes charge, rounding up the vacuum cleaner, the electric blanket, bedside lamp and radio. Together they take off for the big city in search of their master.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 2003
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BRASummary: Join Diego and his team on another interactive adventure to help Iggy the Iguana find his way home in time for the sing-along, rescue Oli and Oscar River Otters, get Linda to the library opening on time, and help Ana the Anaconda find a new home.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007