Summary: Silas Marner was a man who had everything, until he lost it all. Falsely accused of theft and driven out of his town, Silas starts life anew. One day, upon arriving home, he discovers a child asleep on the hearth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SILSummary: Garnering recognition for his stellar athletic abilities and intellectual accomplishments "Luce" follows the titular characters struggle of maintaining his integrity while dealing with the circumstances of his background. Adopted from a war-torn country just ten years prior, Luce becomes the very essence of what many consider to be the American Dream. However, all changes when his teacher...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LUCSummary: The outrageous ninth season revolves around the blended Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan, headed by Jay Pritchett. Jay and his vivacious second wife Gloria are raising their young son Joe and Gloria's college bound son Manny. Meanwhile, Jay's grown daughter Claire and her husband Phil are becoming empty nesters, while Clare's brother Mitchell and his husband Cameron fumble through nurturing their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MODSummary: The honeymoon is over, but the laughs continue in Season Six. As freshly hitched Cam and Mitch acclimate to the realities of wedded bliss, Phil and Claire find their marriage stressed by annoying neighbors, Thanksgiving dinner gone awry and Claire's online snooping. Meanwhile, a spy-camera drone wreaks havoc in Jay and Gloria's backyard and a close call on the highway leads to amusing changes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2014
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MODSummary: As the tenth season kicks off, Jay's slated to be grand marshal in a Fourth of July parade, prompting the Pritchett-Dunphy-Tuckers to set off a few too many fireworks. Phil stumbles into a new career opportunity, while Claire grapples with her potentially changing role in the family. Meanwhile, Gloria obsesses over Manny's relationship and Joe's extracurricular activities. The extended family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MODSummary: The misadventures of the Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan are as hilarious as ever in the celebrated comedy series' final season. When Phil and Claire babysit the twins, Haley and Dylan realize they're the more responsible parents. While Manny's still rebounding from heartache, Phil's still trying to bond with Jay. And although they're raising Lily with a positive self-image, Mitch and Cam discover...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Five-year-old Saroo gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of kilometers across India, away from home and family. Saroo must learn to survive alone in Kolkata, before ultimately being adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, armed with only a handful of memories, his unwavering determination, and a revolutionary technology known as Google Earth, he sets out to find his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LIOCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIO RATED PG 13Copies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Lion 2017Summary: A handsome drifter makes a pilgrimage to the scenic coast of North Carolina; a woman searches for the son she gave up for adoption as a teenager; and a small town minister's wife longs for her estranged adopted son. These three stories intertwine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing Home Video 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LOGSummary: The household hilarity continues as the Dunphy clan is wrapping up a Big Apple adventure. Back at home, Claire struggles to keep order at Pritchett's Closets while Phil and Jay go into business together. Gloria's hot sauce business heats up, as Cam and Mitchell deal with their maturing tween, Lily. Meanwhile, Manny and Luke fumble through their senior year of high school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MODO'Neill, Ed
Summary: Three non-traditional families face everyday challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MODSummary: As Cam and Mitch bicker over plans for their big day, the rest of the family has its hands full adapting to new jobs, new schools, and a new male nanny. There are babysitting disasters, an anniversary to celebrate, misguided male bonding, and everything from high-stakes poker to high-maintenance in-laws. Join the Pritchett-Dunphy clan for the wedding of the year, and share the honesty, love and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MODSummary: Enjoy a new chapter of love and laughter with the Seventh Season of the show. Quackery rules the roost when Phil adopts a trio of orphan ducklings and the rebellious Dunphy kids spread their wings. Meanwhile, Cam and Mitchell face financial hurdles and wild frat boys, Jay and Gloria 'farm' out Joe's preschool education and Manny leaps into the dating game. But will the big question finally be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MODSummary: A refreshingly hilarious look at what it means to be a family in today's hectic, unpredictable world. While fledgling fathers Cameron and Mitchell struggle with learning the ropes of parenthood, longtime parents Claire and Phil try to keep the spice in their marriage amid the chaos of raising three challenging children. Meanwhile, family patriarch Jay has more than his hands full with his sexy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MODSummary: What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to humanity, he proved to be something far more sinister?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BRISummary: Jean Valjean is paroled after serving 19 years in prison for stealing some bread. He tries to steal silverware from a missionary, but is set straight by a bishop. Nine years later, Valjean is now a wealthy industrialist and mayor. He eventually befriends Fantine, a single mother turned prostitute and risks all when he helps her after she's nearly arrested by police officer Javert. Javert was a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Les 2013Jean-Baptiste, Marianne
Summary: After her adoptive parents die, a Black optometrist searches for her birth mother and discovers that she is a poor white factory worker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Distribution 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When billionaire financier Nerio Winch and head of the W Group is murdered, his second in command must locate his only heir, a heretofore unknown adopted son, Largo. But first the heir, a twenty-something adventurer, must overcome an onslaught of drug traffickers, assassins, corporate raiders and double-dealing insiders to fulfill his destiny in this twisty, fast-paced corporate thriller.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN L'A1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF HEI
Summary: An Argentine teacher lives in blissful ignorance of the evils perpetrated by her country's government. Over time, she begins to suspect that her adopted daughter may have been the child of a murdered political prisoner. When she attempts to unearth the truth, her investigation reveals levels of political corruption so abhorrent that the illusions of her past life are irrevocably shattered.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Lorber Films 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN OFFJames, Arleta M.
Summary: Many adoptees join their new families after having endured multiple traumatic experiences, which interrupts their development. Bringing together the latest research in brain science with the field of attachment, this book considers how the two can be linked to help children in healing both the brain and the heart. Laying out the many factors that can affect a child's mental health, it shows...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2019