Summary: In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. This story reveals the encounter's harrowing aftermath, as the ship's surviving crew is pushed to their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE INCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD INCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IN RATED PG-13Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD InSummary: Jude Fawley is a poor stone carver who is tricked into a loveless marriage and ultimately forced to give up his dreams of a university education. After his wife deserts him, he begins a scandalous relationship with his cousin Sue Bridehead.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: KOCH Vision 2006
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV JUDSummary: 15-year old Mia is a foul-mouthed, belligerent teen living on an Essex estate [public housing] with her mother Joanne and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been excluded from school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit, spending her days aimlessly. Her only escape--besides smoking, drinking an occasional swiped bottle of booze, and fist fighting with the neighbor girls--is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FISCook, Peter
Summary: Shows life on the whaling ship Essex through the eyes of a young boy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Set You CookPhilbrick, Nathaniel.
Summary: In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage to hunt whales. Fifteen months later the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale. Fearing cannibals on the islands to the west, the 20-man crew set out in three small boats for South America, almost 3,000 miles away. Three months later, only eight were left alive. This book shares a fantastic saga of survival and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910 PHISummary: Uncertain of her future but unwilling to sacrifice her freedom, Bathsheba rejects the proposal of Gabriel Oak only to become his employer. Still in love, Gabriel can only watch as Bathsheba flirts with her neighbor, Mr. Boldwood unleashing a passionate obsession within the reserved Boldwood. Both men forsake their hearts, however, upon the arrival of the dashing soldier Frank Troy. Despite...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FARSummary: Andy and Lance continue to pursue their shared hobby of metal detecting searching the Essex countryside for treasure while navigating the challenges of their personal lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media Enterprises 2018
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DETHarry
Summary: It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mothers coffin as the world watched in sorrow--and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling--and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The legend of the most infamous bandit in the history of the West. Jesse James is the bold bandit whose name became synonymous with train hold-ups, daylight bank heists and every other daredevil crime associated with the lawless West of the 1800s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN JESSummary: I shot Jesse James: After years of crime reporting and writing pulp novels and screenplays, Samuel Fuller made his directorial debut with the lonesome ballad of Robert Ford who fatally betrayed his friend, the notorious Jesse James.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DRAMA FIRSummary: Story of a life-changing experience for a biologist studying the wolves in Canada's inhospitable North. A green young biologist named Tyler (Smith), is sent by the Canadian government to "prove" that the wolves are depleting the caribou herds, but what he finds is a natural world in perfect harmony where he becomes a tolerated outsider. Dumped unprepared in the wilds by a hard drinking bush...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY NEVSummary: The heartwarming 'tail' of a young girl whose life is changed by a scruffy, fun-loving pooch she names Winn-Dixie. The special bond between them works magic on her reserved dad and the eccentric townspeople they meet during one unforgettable summer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) is a shy research physician who uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. The awakening of the first patient proves a rebirth for the doctor, too, as the patient reveals life's simple but sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor. Encouraged by Leonard's stunning recovery, Sayer administers the drug to other patients.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1997
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD AWACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AWASummary: On a drunken impulse, Henchard sells his wife and daughter at a country fair. Years later, when he has become a respected and prosperous man, his wife and daughter seek him out in Casterbridge.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2003
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MAYSummary: Blade on the feather: Jason is a reclusive author who is visited by Daniel. Daniel is a young admirer of Jason's. After Daniel seduces Jason's daughter, dark secrets to emerge. Both men are more than they claim to be.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Koch Vision 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DENSummary: Easter parade: Don Hewes and Nadine Hale are a dancing team, but on the day before Easter she refuses to sign a new contract with him. So he takes the next dancer he meets, Hannah Brown, as a new partner. He vows to make Hannah a success before the next Easter parade. After a while Don and Hannah are so successful that Florence Ziegfeld is interested in them. With Nadine dancing for the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS GRESummary: "Centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After it is stolen, a fearless detective and a brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a 'dream terrorist'"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PAPSummary: The fictional story of a newly elected pope, the youngest in history and first-ever American, whose audacity, independence, and arch-conservatism wreak havoc within the Vatican.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV YOUSummary: Set in the fictitious city of Maardam, somewhere in northern Europe, the series follows the murder cases of retired chief inspector, Van Veeteren, and his two crime squad proteges, Munster and Moreno.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MHz Networks Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV VANSummary: Now that Jesse Stone has settled in as Paradise's police chief, he has to solve the grisly murder of a teenage girl. The investigation uncovers abuse and even leads him to a conflict with a Boston mob.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVDCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Je 3Summary: In a small village in the south of England, a handsome working man falls in love with the newly arrived schoolteacher from a wealthy family who happens to be the village beauty. Other richer men want to win her hand as well. Who will win her hand?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: During Hitler's anniversary speech on November 8, 1939, a man is arrested on the Swiss border for possession of suspicious objects. Just minutes later, a bomb explodes in the Munich Burgerbraukeller, immediately behind the Fuhrer's lectern, killing eight people. The man is Georg Elser, a carpenter from Konigsbronn in the Swabia region. A story of a man who nearly changed the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017