Summary: "This dramatic documentary, with full scale battles, elaborate sets, and a large cast, tells the fascinating story of three world powers - England, France and an alliance of Native American nations - whose struggles planted the seeds for the American Revolution. A central figure is George Washington, then a brash and ambitious young officer in his twenties hoping to make his reputation in the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WAR

Summary: After a lifetime in the kitchen, Jacques Pepin brings you his final series, with more than 100 recipes and his impeccable technique. It showcases the warmth, wit, and mastery of a culinary icon. Jacques' passion, humor, and culinary skills are at their best as he shares memories and wisdom from more than half a century in the kitchen.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 PEP

Summary: A collection of three dances choreographed by Martha Graham and performed by her company.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAR

Summary: Filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland examines the life of Peggy Guggenheim, the wealthy socialite who amassed a world-class collection of modern European and American art. Vreeland does a good job of examining the different sides to Guggenheim's life and cohering them into some sort of whole by the end of this cradle-to-grave account. She was blessed by a stroke of incredible good fortune: the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PEG

Summary: Set in the 1970s metropolis of Bay City, two undercover police detective, Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson and Dave Starsky, always seem to get the toughest cases from their boss, Captain Dobey. They rely on their street informer Huggy Bear and race to the scene of the crimes in their souped-up 1974 Ford Torino hot rod. The two are on their first big case which involves a former college campus drug...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004

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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY STA

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

Summary: This series follows a group of slaves who plan a daring escape from a Georgia plantation to cross 600 miles to freedom.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD UND

Summary: Woodcarver Geppetto has pets Figaro the cat and Cleo the fish. He has just made a little wooden puppet called Pinocchio. Wishing upon a star before he goes to bed, Geppetto wishes that Pinocchio would become a real boy. As Geppetto sleeps, the Blue Fairy arrives and partially grants his wish. Pinocchio can come to life, but he must prove himself worthy before becoming a real boy. He will...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2017

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6 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PIN

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PIN RATED G

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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: JE DVD Pinocchio

Summary: A Copenhagen police officer, Christian, seeks justice for his partner's murder by ISIS member Imran. In a world wracked by terror and suspicion, Christian and Alex, a fellow cop and his late partner's mistress, embark on a mission to hunt Imran down, but are unwittingly caught in a cat-and-mouse chase with a duplicitous CIA agent who is using Imran as a pawn to trap other ISIS members. Soon...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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

Summary: A biography of the man who made public parks an essential part of American life. He made enormous contributions to the American landscape, believing a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted's efforts to preserve nature created an "environmental ethic" decades before the environmental movement became a force in American politics.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 712.0237 FRE

Summary: Examines the toll of opioid addiction in the U.S. on individuals, families, and communities through personal stories, including a couple who lost their son to prescription painkillers, and expert commentary.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2018

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV UND

Summary: Eddie is a Hong Kong cop who, after a near-fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion, is suddenly transformed into a Highbinder -- an immortal warrior with superhuman powers. Eddie enlists the help of British Interpol agent Nicole to determine the secret of the medallion and face down the evil Snakehead who wants to use its magical powers for his own nefarious plans.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Medallion 2003

Summary: A suspense-filled glimpse into the dark corridors of political power, a riveting action-thriller based on the autobiography of real-life undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame, whose career was destroyed and marriage strained to its limits when her covert identity was exposed.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Entertainment 2011

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

Summary: This 6-part series will be shown on PBS in the Spring of 2006. Includes: Voyage To Kure (Parts I & II), The Gray Whale Obstacle Course, Sharks: At Risk, and America's Underwater Treasures (Parts I & II).

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JEA

Summary: A cop's death is faked and he is recruited into the top-secret organization, The CURE, who seek to protect the constitution by working outside of it.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Orion Pictures 2003

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

Summary: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of food journalist Pollan's thesis. Humans used to know how to eat well, he argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2016

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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV IN

Summary: Zane Malik is a young detective at the Major Crime Squad in Sydney, Australia. He's also a Muslim, in a post - 9/11 world where such an identity automatically arouses suspicion and fear. He's a good husband and father and a dedicated cop with one main problem on the job: Detective Sergeant Ray Crowley. Crowley's an old school policeman for whom rules and regulations play a poor second to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV EAS

Summary: The Frontline film is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab's life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FOR

Summary: A new HD cooking series with Jacques Pepin, featuring whole episodes based on subjects such as poultry, shellfish, soup, fruit desserts, and easy recipes that are practical for the home chef.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 JAC

Summary: Jacques Pépin is back with just what modern folks want: more fast, easy-to-prepare fabulous-looking, scrumptious food. Jacques proves that healthy, tasty meals can be on the table faster than a trip to the local fast food counter.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.555 PEP

Summary: For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns eleven, the fire becomes harder and harder to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios 2022

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

Summary: Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. Once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy, whether he likes it or not.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2017

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE KIN

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD KIN

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KIN PG-13