Summary: 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 GAN

Summary: The story of Henry Fleming and his grappling with fear and courage as a Union Army recruit during the Civil War.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2003

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

Summary: At the end of the Civil War, Union Cavalry officer John Henry Thomas (John Wayne) and former Confederate Colonel James Langdon (Rock Hudson) lead their men into Mexico to begin a new life. Caught between Mexican rebels and the Emperor's forces, they find themselves fighting side by side and must forge an uneasy friendship in order to survive.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN UND

Summary: After young Lucas shoots some ants with his water pistol they retaliate with a secret potion that shrinks him to their size.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006

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

Summary: Social climber Alice tries to push her clodhopper family to the background and assumes airs to win the love of an amiable, wealthy young man.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE ALI

Summary: Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2006

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROM

Summary: Offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks. Centering on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the film goes behind closed doors to examine the symbiotic relationship between Wall Street and Washington.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2012

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

Summary: Pocahontas travels to England as an ambassador of peace, where she must convince the King of England that her people are truly civilized in order to stop an armada moving against them.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Video 2012

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

Summary: Balto, a sled dog in Alaska, makes an arduous journey to bring life-saving medicine to a town during a diphtheria epidemic.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Video 2001

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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BAL

Lestrade, Agnès de

Summary: Cet album associe les caractéristiques des animaux aux grandes thématiques de la famille : relations entre frères et soeurs, jalousie, partage, enfant unique, adoption, homoparentalité, etc. Sous forme d'abécédaire réparti en 26 séquences.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Milan jeunesse 2010

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J468 DEL FRENCH

Summary: World War I veteran William Wilson has everything: loving wife, good health, Wall Street career --and a "drinking problem." Penniless overnight when the stock market crashes, Bill quickly descends into a stormy sea of booze. Then he meets Bob Smith, an Ohio surgeon with the same "problem." Together they discover a way to stay sober --one day at a time, and their mutual triumph would soon become...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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

Blackstone, Stella

Summary: A short verse for each month of the year encourages the reader to find objects hidden in the pictures that depict that month's activities, including ear muffs and pine trees in January, and a scooter and a picnic bench in June.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2016

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 BLA FRENCH

Seuss

Summary: A city of Whos on a speck of dust are threatened with destruction until the smallest Who of all helps convince Horton's friends that Whos really exist.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ulysses Press 2009

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J448 SEU FRENCH

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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JBR PURPLE FRENCH SEU

Summary: Convicted by a military court for a crime they didn't commit, a daring team of former Special Forces soldiers must utilize their unique talents to break out of prison and tackle their toughest mission yet. It's going to take guts, split-second timing and an arsenal of explosive weapons, this is a job for The A-Team!

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE A

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