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Detective and mystery television programs Documentary films Production and direction Drama DVDs Madison, James 1751-1836 Presidents United States Biography Shoplifting Illinois Chicago Drama Thieves Illinois Chicago Drama Underwater archaeology United States Washington, George 1732-1799Summary: 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....
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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: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOUSummary: In Hollywood, they are home to killer mummies and booby traps. Now, separate fact from fantasy with this tour of the Egyptian Pyramids, which traces the rise of one of the ultimate accomplishments of the Ancient World.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by New Video 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD 932.22 Egyptian 2005Summary: From the details of his legendary liaisons to the back-room deals that helped defuse Cold War Crises, JFK: a Presidency Revealed draws from a wealth of source materials and a host of interviews with personal confidentes, administration insiders, and highly-placed sources to present a comprehensive, and revelatory look at America's 35th president. Never-before-heard audiotapes recorded in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2003
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JFKSummary: All the presidents' wives: An in-depth look at America's First Ladies--from Martha Washington to Mary Todd Lincoln to Eleanor Roosevelt to Jacqueline Kennedy to Hillary Clinton. Each segment offers an engaging portrait of the woman. These women have held one of the most enigmatic, yet high-profile, jobs in the country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Television Networks 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WOMSummary: In Pursuit to the Rhine, the Allies, under tactical air support, break through German lines and enemy resistance crumbles. In The Bomber Offensive, the Allies raid a German munitions factory by air and force a turning point in the war. The Battle of the Bulge tells the history of the last major engagement of the European campaign. The Battle of Germany tells of the final campaign of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WORSummary: Return to post-war England for mystery and a cup of tea. The consummate prim and proper crime-fighting spinster, Miss Jane Marple sets down her knitting needles to unwind the most ingenious crimes. As she travels from city to countryside and even the Bahamas, murders, missing bodies and haunted dreams have a habit of falling across Miss Marple's path.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: It's 1939 and Europe teeters on the brink of war. Ten strangers are invited to Indian Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast in southern England. Cut off from the mainland, with their generous hosts Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime. As each member of the party starts to die one by one, the survivors realize that one of them is a killer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ANDSummary: Miniseries showcasing the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through the Colosseum, one of the most exhilarating and brutal arenas in the history of humanity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV COLSummary: The Robertson family faces new challenges with their unique take on Southern living. Willie and Alan agree to help Miss Kay open up her own bakery, the Duck Commander team shows their support for two wounded veterans and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD DUCSummary: When Death gets off the Greyhound bus in the small town of Shuckton, Ontario, everyone in town is implicated when one of its most distinguished citizens is found murdered. As a suspect is arrested and the trial plays out, the entire town is affected and its dark secrets are unraveled and exposed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Network 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV KIDSummary: Taped Hollywood Bowl performance including the Luberjack song; Philosophers song; Colin "Bomber" Harris, the man who wrestles himself; Never be rude to an Arab; Crunchy frog; silly walks; nudge nudge; sit on my face and other comedy sketches. Live at Aspen: 1988 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Tribute to Monty Python.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&E 2001
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MontySummary: "The year is 1938. Cash (Wilder) is a star Broadway director who earned his nickname by directing a string of box-office hits. When Cash's wife is brutally murdered, he retreats back to the safer environs of Stamford, Connecticut, and starts his own community theater but just as he begins to heal from the tragedy of his wife's death, another murder shakes his world when a fellow businessman is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 1998
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MURSummary: Balancing suspense and satire as deftly as the scale of justice, Horace Rumpole tirelessly defends the downtrodden while undressing the upper classes. This 7-DVD pack contains all episodes of seasons 1-4.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV RUMSummary: Secret agent John Drake relies on brains and his high moral standards as he travels the globe to stop criminals and corrupt politicians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SECSummary: True story of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic adventures. Bound for Antarctica in 1914, Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, was trapped in the pack ice of the Weddell Sea. Ten months later, the ship sank, stranding Shackleton and his crew of 27. Based on the diaries and first person accounts of expedition members, the film tells of their ordeal and their 800-mile journey in an open boat across the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Entertainment 2002
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SHASummary: Kasper Carr is a master thief, targeting businesses in the Chicago area. He stakes out fresh opportunities in front of a documentary film crew, which gradually becomed complicit in his crimes. As the director and producer become entangled in the allure of their fascinating subject and the legal ramifications of their actions, Carr pursues a series of larger-scale and more dangerous jobs. All...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Indie Films 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF STRSummary: A mini-series based on Thackeray's story of an amoral beauty determined to scheme and seduce her way into Britain's upper classes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2003
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV VANSummary: Peter Pan, a mischievous young boy who refuses to grow up, his companion Tinker Bell, a pixie, and the Darling children soar to mysterious Never Land where childhood lasts forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by New Video 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PETSummary: Drawing upon rare archival materials, eyewitness battle accounts, and stirring reenactments, the video takes us inside the Alamo itself, were we relive the devastating battle and examine its lasting legacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Home Video 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 976.403 DVD Alamo 2003Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ALASummary: This epic miniseries uncovers the great forces that helped shape the United States, chronicling the migratory patterns of ethnic groups that populated the country through the telling of historical events.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AMESummary: On Christmas Eve, 1944, a German U-boat torpedoed the troopship SS Leopoldville, sending 800 U.S. soldiers to their death. For more than 50 years, the truth of this tragedy was hidden. Now the details of the disaster and the vast cover-up that followed are revealed. This authoritative expose draws on recently declassified documents from the British Admiralty, interviews with 15 survivors and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2001