Summary: "This is the way it was--the story of the battle that was the turning point of the war in the Pacific, told wherever possible with actual film shot during combat. It exemplifies the combination of planning, courage, error and pure chance by which great events are often decided."--Title screens. In June of 1942, quite possibly the most important naval encounter of WWII took place in the middle...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MIDSummary: Jeremiah Johnson: Jeremiah is an American soldier who goes west to escape the Mexican War and becomes a mountain man. He is taken in by an old trapper who teaches him how to survive. After unavoidably violating an Indian burial ground, he loses his new Indian wife and their adopted child to vengeance. A vendetta between him and the Crows ruins his idyllic life as a fur trapper.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Crile, George.
Summary: Describes how, after the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, maverick Texas congressman Charlie Wilson persuaded his colleagues to fund the CIA's efforts to arm the mujahideen and recounts the repercussions of that covert operation.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 958.104 CRIWolfman, Marv.
Summary: A mysterious force is moving through reality, destroying all life in its wake. The world's greatest super heroes, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and thousands of others are confronted with their greatest challenge: stopping this inter-dimensional threat before it destroys all life everywhere! To stop this threat, they must ally themselves with the most dangerous super-villains. If...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WOLSummary: Going wrong: As wild teenagers, Guy Curran and Leonora Chisholm believed that they were soulmates. When they meet again eight years later, Guy aims to reclaim her, no matter who stands in his way.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV RUTSantos, José Rodrigues dos
Summary: Professor Tomás Noronha, hired to finish another scholar's research, finds a document with an encrypted message that leads him on a search for the true identity of Columbus.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SANLyon, George Ella
Summary: "Which Side Are You On? tells the story of a song which was written in 1931 by Florence Reece in a rain of bullets. Florence's husband Sam was a coal miner in Kentucky. Miners went on strike until they could get better pay, safer working conditions, and health care. The company hired thugs to attack the organizers like Sam Reece. Writer George Ella Lyon tells this hair-raising story through the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cinco Puntos Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 782.42 LYOContents: [Disc 1]. The inheritance (1997; 93 min.) / a Kraft Premier movie ; Alliance Atlantis Communications presents an Alliance Atlantis Communications/Cosgrove Meurer/Televest production ; producer, Ed Self ; teleplay by Maria Nation ; directed by Bobby Roth -- Love among the ruins (1975; 103 min.) / ABC/Circle Films ; produced by Allan Davis ; directed by George Cukor ; written by James Costigan....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BrVivaldi, Antonio
Contents: CD1. The four seasons -- Guitar in D major -- 2 mandolins in G major -- 2 oboes in D minor -- 2 violins & 2 cellos in D major -- Piccolo in C major -- La stravaganza. op. 4 -- Recorder in A minor -- Oboe in F major -- Flute in C minor -- Guitar & viola d'amore in D minor -- A major -- CD2. Recorder in G minor "La notte" -- 2 Oboes, bassoon, 2 horns & violin in F major (RV 574) -- 2 oboes,...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Decca 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL VIVSummary: A family that hasn't celebrated Christmas since their son was killed in the Gulf War is visited by a soldier who bears a striking resemblance to their son.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Home Bridge Entertainment 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: College student Nan Barlow is researching the history of witchcraft. Taunted by her brother and fiance, who have voiced their concern over her silly notions, Nan arms herself with resolve and drives into the small New England village of Whitewood. A bit anxious but consumed with curiosity, she will soon embark on the journey of her life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR CITSummary: Suddenly thrust into the bright lights and big stages of Nashville country music stardom, small-town Kentucky girl Bobbie Thomas loses not just her way but her angelic gift of song.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Pu2Reich, Christopher.
Summary: Set in the secret, labyrinthine world of Swiss banking, the story of a young man willing to risk everything--his career, his integrity, and even his life--to hunt down his father's killer.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1998
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC REISummary: Two adulterous lovers go from pillow talk to possible murder in this sexy, brain-teasing thriller. Julien is a middle-age salesman embroiled in a steamy love affair with a married woman who, after a round of kinky sex, makes a startling suggestion. Suddenly Julien is caught up in a police investigation, but just what exactly happened?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLUHandel, George Frideric
Contents: Scoglio d'immota fronte (5:00)/ Scipione (1726) -- Verdi piante, erbette liete (6:20) / Orlando (1733) -- Se pieta (8:50)/ Giulio Cesare in Egitto (1724) -- L'amor ed il destin (3:00)/ Partenope (1730) -- Ah spietato (5:25)/ Amadigi (1715) -- Brilla nell'alma un non inteso ancor (5:20) / -- Alessandro (1726) Ombre piante, urne funeste (5:46) / Rodelinda (1725) -- Combattuta da due venti...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Naive 2004