Filter By Subjects
Bucharest (Romania) History 20th century Juvenile fiction Dictatorship Juvenile fiction England Drama Espionage Romania History Juvenile fiction Families Romania Juvenile fiction Revolutions Juvenile fiction Romania Romania History Revolution, 1989 Juvenile fiction Transylvania (Romania) Drama Vampires Romania Transylvania DramaFilter By Subjects
Bucharest (Romania) History 20th century Juvenile fiction Dictatorship Juvenile fiction England Drama Espionage Romania History Juvenile fiction Families Romania Juvenile fiction Revolutions Juvenile fiction Romania Romania History Revolution, 1989 Juvenile fiction Transylvania (Romania) Drama Vampires Romania Transylvania DramaSummary: Jonathan Harker visits the Count in Transylvania to help him with preparations to move to England. It is in the Count's castle that Jonathan becomes a prisoner, and discovers Dracula's true nature.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV COUSepetys, Ruta
Summary: In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2022
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEPCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SEPKor, Eva Mozes.
Summary: "A memoir of a young girl's childhood in wartime Romania, unlikely survival as a "Mengele twin" subjected to cruel Nazi medical experiments in Auschwitz, and postwar journey to forgiveness"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 KORKaplan, Robert D.
Summary: "A history of Romania traces the author's intellectual development throughout his extensive visits to the country, sharing his observations about its reflection of European politics, geography and key events while exploring the indelible role of Vladimir Putin."--NoveList.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947 KAPSepetys, Ruta
Summary: "Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians arent free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceauşescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. Hes left with only two...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC SEPMuller, Herta.
Summary: From the winner of the IMPAC Award comes a fierce novel about a young Romanian woman's discovery of betrayal in the most intimate reaches of her life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books 2001
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MULWurmbrand, Richard.
Summary: "This classic story of amazing faith in shocking circumstances has been updated for a new generation. Its message remains urgent and relevant: thousands of Christians are still persecuted and tortured around the world today, suffering solely for their belief in Jesus Christ. Richard Wurmbrand endured months of solitary confinement, years of periodic physical torture, constant suffering from...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder & Stoughton 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 272 WURFanfare Ciocărlia
Contents: Kan marau la (4:31) -- Que dolor (3:55) -- Sandala (2:49) -- Pănă cănd nu te iubeam (4:06) -- Cuando tu volveras (4:30) -- Duj duj (3:56) -- Ibrahim (3:05) -- Ma maren ma (3:50) -- Mukav tu (2:09) -- Nakelavishe (2:58) -- Ma rov (4:38) -- Mig mig (3:19) -- Farewell march (1:36) -- Born to be wild (3:11)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Asphalt Tango Records 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/EUROPEAN FANSummary: 1987, Communist Romania. During the course of one day, Otilia helps her friend and roommate Gabita get a late-term abortion. With abortion, let alone any kind of contraceptive, being illegal, the women have to use illegal means to achieve their goal. Shows the rough and gritty situation in which these college students, particularly Otilia, must make decisions and deal with their consequences.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF FOUSummary: Clm̌entine is a teacher at the French School in Bucharest. She lives with her husband Lucas, who is a writer. They live in a remote estate in Snagow. During the night, Clm̌entine is awakened by weird noises outside the old house and Lucas sees their car being stolen. Then the lights in the house turn off, the phone line is dead and they see that their property gate has been trespassed and they...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Sky Films 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF THEBánffy, Miklós
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Books 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BANSebastian, Mihail
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ivan R. Dee 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5381 SEBBambola, Sylvia.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Publishers 2000
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAMSepetys, Ruta
Summary: In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Sepetys, Ruta
Summary: In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. Includes author's note.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SEPKenyon, Paul
Summary: Balanced precariously on the shifting fault line between East and West, Romania's schizophrenic, often violent past is one of the great untold stories of modern Europe. The country that gave us Vlad Dracula, and whose citizens consider themselves descendants of ancient Rome, has traditionally preferred the status of enigmatic outsider. But this beautiful and unexplored land has experienced some...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.803 KENSummary: This documentary describes the torture and brainwashing that occured at a prison in Petesti, Romania during the communist period. Using interviews with survivors and graphic paintings the persecution of Romanians is documented.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Wild Canary Sights and Sound 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BEYSummary: Set in early nineteenth century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AFESummary: Sixteen years after the ousting of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, two residents of a small town share their moments of glory at a local television station.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Tartan Video 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TWESummary: Follow actor Warwick Davis as he uncovers the story of the Ovitz family, a troupe of Jewish dwarf entertainers who were experimented on and tortured by the Nazis.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WARSummary: A 60-ish widower, living alone with his cats, feels sick enough one evening to call an ambulance. This is the beginning of his Dantesque odyssey deep into the bowels of a big city medical establishment.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Tartan Video USA 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DEASummary: Blending rigorous naturalism with the precise construction of a thriller, this Cannes award-winning drama from Cristian Mungiu sheds light on the high stakes and ethical complexities of life in contemporary Romania. As his daughter nears high-school graduation, Romeo, an upstanding doctor, counts on her winning a competitive scholarship that will send her to university in England.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GRABalkan Taksim
Contents: Meram Ekspresi (5:08 min) -- Zalina (3:48 min) -- Shlonak (3:22 min) -- Žali Zare (4:32 min) -- Lunca (4:31 min) -- A Mirelui (4:28 min) -- Mortu (4:40 min) -- Ankara Ekspresi (9:07 min) -- Anadolka (4:42 min) -- Cartes Postales (3:30 min) -- Foaie Verde (3:58 min) -- Ușak Ekspresi (4:32 min) -- Balkan Teleskop (3:32 min)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Balkan Taksim 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/WORLDBEAT BALMonroe, Maika
Summary: When a young American woman and her husband move to Bucharest, she begins to suspect that the stranger who is stalking them is a serial killer who decapitates women.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Rlj Distribution Solutions 2022