Summary: "BIDDER 70 follows Tim DeChristopher, the University of Utah student, who foiled President Bush's last minute 2008, fraudulent oil and gas auction, bidding $1,800,000 to save 22,000 pristine acres surrounding Utah's National Parks. He had no intention to pay or drill. He paid for it with his future."--DVD sleeve.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Gage & Gage Productions 2012

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

Summary: In a place where the brown Bar-ba-loots frisk and the Humming-Fish splash around, you will find the Lorax. The Lorax speaks of the trees, which the Once-ler is chopping down as fast as he pleases. Will the Once-ler change his destructive ways and heed the wise warnings of the Lorax?

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2012

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY LOR

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LOR RATED PG

Summary: Examines the interconnectivity between human beings and the natural world. Discusses ways in which the increasing estrangement from nature, brought on by modern lifestyles, is proving harmful both to people and the environment. Looks at biomimicry, the study of nature for the purpose of engineering new technologies. Argues that a reconnection with nature could be essential for restoring...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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

Summary: 13 conversations about one thing takes four characters (a lawyer who hits a housecleaner with his car, then flees the scene; the housecleaner herself; a science professor who leaves his wife; and an insurance claims adjuster who's deeply envious of a coworker who seems irrepressibly happy) and blends their stories into a delicate but potent mix.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Tristar Home Video 2002

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

Summary: Explore humanity's relationship with nature and wildlife, as scientists and conservationists from all over the world examine ways that can restore the planet? The documentary series asks whether newfound awareness of nature could bring about a new chapter in the human story.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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

Geisel, Theodore

Summary: The Lorax is a lovable creature who speaks for the trees, trying to stop the profit-greedy Once-ler from destroying the forest.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2012

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

Summary: Started in 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt as part of the New Deal, the CCC was used as a way to not only help unemployed Americans, but to help conserve some of the country's forests and parks. Over the next ten years it would employ over 3 million men who planted trees, fought fires, and helped their families financially. Features interviews and archived footage.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2010

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

Summary: "Camp Forgotten explores the role of the CCC in Michigan. Some of their projects included the building of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Caberfae Ski Area, and the transport of moose from Isle Royale to the Upper Peninsula. The only Native American CCC camp in the nation was also in the state, Camp Marquette. Camp Forgotten includes interviews with over a dozen CCC members who vividly...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Forgotten Films & Video 1993

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

Summary: For thousands of years, songbirds were regarded by mankind as messengers from the gods. Today, these creatures, woven inextricably into the fabric of our environment, are vanishing at an alarming rate. Under threat from climate change, pesticides and more, populations of hundreds of species have dipped dramatically. As scientists, activists and bird enthusiasts investigate this phenomenon,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Summary: "Camp Forgotten explores the role of the CCC in Michigan. Some of their projects included the building of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Caberfae Ski Area, and the transport of moose from Isle Royale to the Upper Peninsula. The only Native American CCC camp in the nation was also in the state, Camp Marquette. Camp Forgotten includes interviews with over a dozen CCC members who vividly...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Forgotten Films & Video 1993

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

Summary: These award-winning stories, fully restored to their original beauty, offer previously unseen looks into the magical world of our animal friends.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TRU V2

Summary: Happy feet: Emperor Penguins from Antarctica each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing. Instead he has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013

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1 available in Sight and Sound Rotating Display, Call number: DVD FAMILY HAP
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY HAP

Summary: Coal provides half of America's electricity. Examines the explosive forces that have set in motion a conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia. Faced with toxic ground water, the obliteration of 1.4 million acres of mountains, and a government that appeases industry, the heroes launch a valiant fight to arouse the nation's help in protecting their mountains, saving their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by New Video Group 2009

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

Summary: Stevo and Bob are two friends fresh out of college who sport mohawks and blue hair, listen to hardcore music, and try to live up to their own anarchist ideals while figuring out what to do with their lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999

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

Summary: Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.783 NAT
2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NAT

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 333.783 NAT

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Doc N

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NAT NOT RATED

Summary: The "geologic staircase" of the Southwest includes the Bryce Canyon, Zion, Glen Canyon, Monument Valley and Grand Canyon National Parks. A rugged, arid region, encompassing parts of Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico, the Colorado Plateau is home to these geographically close, but utterly unique, landmarks.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: GoodTimes Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.92 GRA

Summary: In a place where the brown Bar-ba-loots frisk and the Humming-Fish splash around, you will find the Lorax. The Lorax speaks of the trees, which the Once-ler is chopping down as fast as he pleases. Will the Once-ler change his destructive ways and heed the wise warnings of the Lorax? Includes an all-new featurette and two special features: Pontoffel Pock & His Magical Piano and Butter Battle Book.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2012

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J Blu-ray Lorax

Summary: On an unforgiving, snow swept frontier, a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who have taken to the hills. As the price on each head is collected one-by-one, only a mute gunslinger named Silence stands between the innocent refugees and the greed and corruption that the bounty hunters represent. However, in this harsh, brutal world, the lines between right...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2018

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GRE

Summary: The Lorax is a lovable creature who speaks for the trees, trying to stop Once-ler from destroying the forest.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004

Copies Available at East Bay

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

Summary: Jamal Wallace is a talented young basketball player in New York City whose secret passion is writing. After an accidental meeting, Forrester, a reclusive novelist, becomes Jamal's unlikely mentor. Soon, both men learn lessons from each other about life and the importance of friendship.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2001

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

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Finding 2000

Summary: Aron Ralston has a passion for all things outdoors. But when a falling boulder traps him in a remote Utah canyon, a thrill-seeker's adventure becomes the challenge of a lifetime. Over the next five days, Ralston embarks on a remarkable personal journey in which he relies on the memories of family and friends as well as his own courage and ingenuity to turn adversity into triumph.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Searchlight Pictures 2010

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 127 RATED R

Copies Available at Woodmere

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