Summary: An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOSummary: The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ROOSummary: The future's looking bright for the eccentric Durrells; catch up with their lives on the beautiful island of Corfu in the fourth and final season. Most of the family struggles with individual business ventures from running a guest house, attempting to get published, starting a beauty salon, and opening a zoo.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DURCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Du 4Summary: Dramatizes the historic feud between two families living along the Tug Fork River on the border between West Virginia and Kentucky in the late 1800s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HATSummary: Almanzo Wilder comes to Walnut Grove with his sister Eliza Jane, the new schoolteacher. The Ingalls decided to adopt Albert. Nels Oleson is reunited with his estranged circus-sideshow sister. Laura and Mary are held captive by escaped convicts. Albert and a friend accidentally set fire to the school for the blind. Almanzo proposes marriage to Laura.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LITSummary: An epic three-part series that charts the rise and fall of the Boleyn family. This story of love, sex, betrayal and obsession is told from the unique perspective of the Boleyn family.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BOLSummary: The second season of Borgia "is a cauldron of intrigue, violence, murder, lust, politics, faith, incest, betrayal and redemption, a story as compelling and enlightening as the age in which it takes place"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BORSummary: Relive the heartwarming moments when orphan Albert wins Charles' heart, when Mary conquers doubts about becoming a wife and mother, and when Laura and Albert help a dying friend realize his dream. All twenty four uncut episodes are restored and remastered for premium picture and sound to capture hearts once again.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LITSummary: Relive the Oleson's adoption of Nancy, and every endearing moment of season eight of the series, with restored and remastered picture and sound. Share memories with the Wilders and Ingalls when snowed in at Christmas, witness Almanzo's stroke and the birth of baby Rose, and behold Charles' faith as he pleads for his adopted son's life, in this completely uncut and unforgettable, 22-episode saga.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LITSummary: Based on Gerald Durrell's trilogy of Corfu novels, this latest series sees sparky English widow Louisa Durrell and her brood continue to put down roots in their dilapidated rented house, alongside an ever-increasing menagerie of animals brought home by youngest son Gerry.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DURCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD DURCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Du 3Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Durrells 2018Summary: The Ingalls leave Walnut Grove and the Carters move into their old house. Meanwhile, Nellie returns to Walnut Grove and Nancy runs away because she is no longer the center of attention. These are just a few of the moments from the ninth season.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LITSummary: When a devastating famine descended on Soviet Russia in 1921, Americans responded with a massive two-year relief campaign, championed by a new Secretary of Commerce, 'The Great Humanitarian' Herbert Hoover, an operation hailed for its efficiency, grit, and generosity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2011
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GRESummary: In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BLISummary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LittleSummary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LittleSummary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LittleSummary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LittleSummary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LittleSummary: Jeremy Irons stars in The Borgias, the saga of history's most infamous crime family. Conspiring with his ruthless sons and poisonously seductive daughter, the charismatic Rodrigo Borgia will let nothing and no one stand in the way of his relentless quest for wealth and power. Mercilessly cruel and defiantly decadent, intimidation and murder are his weapons of choice in his scandalous ascension...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BORSummary: Rodrigo Borgia becomes Pope Alexander VI, propelling him, his two sons Cesare and Juan, and his daughter, Lucrezia, to become the most powerful and influential family of the Italian Renaissance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BORSummary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LittleSummary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LittleSummary: One of television?s top family dramas of all time, finally available in a complete 48-disc DVD collection. It made its TV debut, in 1974 and it has remained an all-time American family classic ever since. The show was a top-rated series throughout its nine seasons on air and has continued to be an on air staple ever since on cable and in syndication.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD LittleSummary: After exacting vicious punishment on all those who opposed them, the Borgias are at the apex of their power and influence. With the world around them embroiled in war and turmoil, the original crime family will continue to exploit allies, silence critics, and solidify legacies. But this time, the seemingly unbreakable bonds of blood will be tested like never before, as the house notoriously...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Showtime Entertainment 2013