Davis, Franklin M.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1980

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Summary: In the small town of Dillon, Texas, everyone comes together on Friday nights when the Dillon High Panthers play. But life is not a game and the charismatic football players, their new coach Eric Taylor, and the passionate fans find that their biggest challenges and obstacles come off the field.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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Summary: "For her award-winning breakthrough film, director Gillian Armstrong drew on teenage author Miles Franklin's novel, a celebrated turn-of-the-twentieth-century Australian coming-of-age story, to brashly upend the conventions of period romance. Headstrong young Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis, in a star-making performance) bemoans her stifling life in the backcountry where her writerly ambitions...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Summary: Examines the life of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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Summary: A group of passengers with nothing in common is stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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Summary: The Stratford, Ontario, Shakespearean Festival Players, speaking through Greek-style masks, present the tragedy of Oedipus, who, having unwittingly slain his father and unknowingly married his mother, is driven by the plague that has swept through his kingdom to track down the evildoer who has polluted his land and its people.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002

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Summary: With its alluring tales of Gothic mystery and supernatural intrigue, this television program became one of the most popular daytime series of all time. In these episodes, when Victoria Winters searches the Old House for David Collins, she is abducted and held captive by Matthew Morgan, the Collinses' fugitive caretaker who is hiding following the death of family friend Bill Malloy. A massive...

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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Home Video 2012

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Summary: "Featuring guest-editor contributions by the Edgar Alan Poe Award-winning author of the Joe Pickett series, a latest annual anthology features top-selected short mystery and crime fiction stories from the past year"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020

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Contents: Yankee Doodle Dandy / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; screen play by, Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph ; original story by, Robert Buckner ; lyrics and music by, George M. Cohan ; directed by, Michael Curtiz -- This is the Army / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. presents ; screen play by, Casey Robinson and Claude Binyon ; music and lyrics by, Irving Berlin ; produced by, Jack L. Warner and Hal...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2014

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Summary: Schools out and Ocean Front High gym teacher Freddy has big plans: summer in Hawaii. But the school's vice-principal is going to have Freddy teach remedial English. The laid-back teacher has a class full of misfits. The no-nonsense history professor down the hall is keeping an eye on all the shenanigans.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Paramount 2004

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Summary: A silver-tongued swindler cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying expensive musical instruments and uniforms for a planned boys' marching band. His scam is complicated by his feelings for the local librarian, who is also the only person in town who knows anything about music.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2003

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Summary: "The public enemy": A young hoodlum rises up through the ranks of the Chicago underworld, even as a gangster's accidental death threatens to spark a bloody mob war. "White heat": A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. Shortly after the plan takes place, events take a crazy turn. "Angels with dirty...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment/Warner Bros. Entertainment 2016

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Summary: After his mother's recent death and neglected by his father, 15-year-old Howie begins ditching school and robbing local houses. He and his friend Gary, a con man searching for a way to escape to California, break into the house of Big John, an old ex-Marine. After Big John confronts Howie about the break-in, Howie discovers the secret that binds his friend and Big John. When Gary skips town and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2002

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Summary: He has survived on the streets for twenty years. He's a gambler-- a thief-- a killer and a cop. Now he's investigating the most shocking case of his life, and as he moves closer to the truth, his self-destructive past is closing in.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009

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Summary: The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.

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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2006

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Summary: From a simple robbery gone horribly wrong to a grisly murder in a secret love dungeon, this stellar collection of crime fiction short stories showcases some of today's finest voices of color.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2021

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Contents: Summertime (4:44) / Morcheeba & Hubert Laws -- It ain't necessarily so (4:39) / Finley Quaye -- But not for me (3:25) / Natalie Merchant -- They can't take that away from me (2:49) / Smoke City -- I got plenty o' nuthin' (5:01) / Spearhead & Ernest Ranglin -- Summertime (6:01) / Bobby Womack & the Roots -- I was doing all right (3:37) / Davina -- Embraceable you (4:25) / Duncan Sheik -- Let's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Antilles 1998

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Summary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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DeVos, Richard M.

Summary: The co-founder of Amway Corporation tells his rags-to-riches story, describing his childhood in Depression-era Michigan and his early business ventures, and reflects on how his deep faith in God has helped him make business decisions.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014

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Summary: Follows Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater's tumultuous election year, as well as other years in a career that encompassed numerous political and ideological triumphs. Though he never achieved the ultimate prize, the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 vindicated the conservative agenda Goldwater had long championed. Ironically, in later years, Goldwater's support of issues like abortion and gay...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007

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Franklin, Charles M.

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Publisher / Publication Date: [Heritage House 1986

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Franklin, Charles M.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 1987

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Franklin, Paul M.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Voyageur Press 2004

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