Brendon, Piers.
Summary: After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared doomed. But over the next 150 years it grew to become the greatest and most diverse empire the world has ever seen--from Canada to Australia to China, India, and Egypt--seven times larger than the Roman Empire at its apogee. Yet it was also fundamentally weak, as Piers Brendon shows in this panoramic chronicle. Run from a tiny island...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909.0971 BRESummary: Nazi Panzer forces stage a last-ditch Belgian front offensive that could turn the tide of WWII. A spectacular recreation of a crucial campaign.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BATSummary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PACSummary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TV PACMyers-Powell, Brenda
Summary: "What did Brenda Myers-Powell want? When she turned to prostitution at the age of fifteen, she wanted to support her two baby daughters and have a little money for herself. She was pretty and funny as hell, and although she called herself "Breezy," she was also tough--a survivor in every sense of the word. Over the next twenty-five years, she would move across the country, finding new pimps,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MYERS-POWELL, BRENDA MYESummary: Claire Smythson, wife of the famous abstract artist Richard Smythson, is plunged into a late-life crisis when her husband is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and is in danger of not completing the paintings for his last show.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ARTSummary: Judah Ben-Hur is a young Jewish nobleman from a prominent family who is reunited with his childhood friend Messala. Messala returns to Judea as a Roman tribune. There is a genuine friendship between the two men, yet the clash of their cultures drives a wedge between them. That wedge finally drives Messala to banish Judah to the slave galleys and sends his mother and his sister to prison. From...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A fastidious composer reeling from a disastrous concert, Gustav von Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde) travels to Venice to recover. There, he is struck by a vision of pure beauty in the form of a young boy named Tadzio (Björn Andrésen), his infatuation developing into an obsession even as rumors of a plague spread through the city. Based on the novella by Thomas Mann, this late masterpiece from Luchino...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA DEASummary: Prepare for more pulse-pounding thrills, more breathtaking action and more high-stakes heroism. The gallivanting royal bodyguards for King Louis XIII, Athos, Aramis, Porthos and d'Artagnan, are back for love, honor and adventure. Together, the inseparable Musketeers employ their bravery and skill to track down a missing Musketeer; become embroiled in a full-scale riot orchestrated by a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MUSSummary: Featuring live action and animation, this movie examines the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DIRBenson, Brendan.
Contents: It's your choice -- Rejuvenate me -- As of tonight -- Diamond -- Long term goal -- I don't wanna see you anymore -- I'll never tell -- Swallow you whole -- She's trying to poison me -- Purely automatic -- New words of wisdom -- Oh my love -- The Fritz -- Swimming -- Red, white and blues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Readymande 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BENSummary: Lancelot is a ruthless and ignoble opportunist who returns from his impossibly futile mission to locate the Holy Grail, only to callously rekindle his affair with the Lady Guinevere. A non-romanticized portrait of the knights of the round table.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LANSummary: In 1943 a French Resistance fighter is sent to an infamous Lyon prison, where 7,000 of the 12,000 prisoners died either by natural means or by execution. Lt. Fontaine, certain that execution awaits him, meticulously plans his escape.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MANBurchard, Brendon.
Summary: In the hyper-connected, hyper-digitized world in which we are living, the time has come to revise Abraham Maslow's classic "hierarchy of needs"--a pyramid of human drives that places the basic needs of safety and sustenance at the bottom. Burchard, a world-renowned motivational speaker and bestselling author, makes a compelling case that it's time for an entirely new approach to understanding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 BURSummary: Former U.S. soldier John Rambo has settled into a peaceful retirement on his father's ranch after years of fighting and facing his PTSD. But the desire for revenge urges him to travel to Mexico, where he confronts a drug cartel. He quickly finds that his past has caught up with him. As the cartel chases him down, Rambo must use all his deadly combat skills to enact vengeance. With his trusty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE RAMCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD RaSummary: Michael Steele is ten days from the biggest night of his life. He has been nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards. Achieving the height of career success, Michael is quickly cast in the role of a lifetime as the lead character in a classic struggle between good and evil when rumors about his morality and faith run rampant. Will he buckle with temptation or stay true to his beliefs?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WAG1Bronson
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redeye Distribution 2020
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC BROSummary: Bob the gambler and his friends learn that the Deauville Casino expects to pull in 800 million francs. On the night of the heist Bob plays the casino tables until the appointed time. Before the dawn breaks, some of the men and women will win, some will lose, and some will die.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BOBLiars
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wea Corp 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LIASummary: Michel, an insignificant man who drifts into crime, is arrested and imprisoned. Upon release, he abandons an attempt at reform when a master pickpocket teaches him his art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Miss Marple returns to help solve mysteries with her keen powers of observation and her quiet common-sense analysis. A pocket full of rye: Who poisoned the wealthy businessman Rex rotescue? Miss Marple barely has time to ponder this question before her former maid Gladys turns up strangled on the Fortescue estate. Murder is Easy: Murder is easy, says elederly Miss Pinkerton to Miss Marple...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV AGANuyorican Soul (Musical group)
Contents: Nuyorican Soul (intro) -- I am the black gold of the sun -- It's alright, I feel it! -- Maw Latin blues -- Gotta new life -- Nautilus (Mawtilus) -- Taita Caneme -- Habiendo el dominante -- Roy's scat -- Sweet tears -- Runaway -- Shoshana -- Jazzy Jeff's theme -- You can do it (baby) -- The nervous track -- Mind fluid -- Makes your nature rise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Giant Step/Blue Thumb Records 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC NUYSummary: On January 20, 1942, 15 German officials attended a conference at Wannsee - on the outskirts of Berlin. The meeting comprised of mid-ranking SS commanders and a variety of government ministers. The meeting was organized by SS Major Adolf Eichmann under the direction of Chief of Security Reinhard Heydrich. It was a polite conference, but under this thin veneer of manners lay an evil intent. By...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CONSummary: Based on the memoirs of an imprisoned French resistance leader, this unbelievably taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaine's single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and carrying out of his escape with gripping precision.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013