Summary: The inspiration for Darwin's theory of evolution, the Galápagos Islands are a living laboratory, a geological conveyor belt that has given birth to and seen the death of many species of plants and animals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV GALSummary: Follow marine biologist Dr. Carole Baldwin as she explores 3,000 feet beneath the ocean, near the Galapagos islands, to collect rare and unusual species for study.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918.665 GALSummary: In an effort to win control of the Marshall Islands gateway to the Japanese empire, U.S. aircraft bombarded Japanese ships in the lagoon at Kwajalein for weeks. Later, this lagoon became the graveyard for WWII era airplanes and shipwrecks.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Janson Media 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.424 SILSummary: The life stories of the five Marines and one Naval officer that were forever immortalized as a symbol of WWII by raising the American flag at the battle of Iwo Jima.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DreamWorks Pictures 2007
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FLACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DVD MOVIECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FLA RATED RSummary: Within the dark recesses of Horai Island, a group of half-demons lives under the demonic rule of the Four War Gods. Escaping with barely a shred of hope, Ai, the youngest of the half-demons, returns to the island to face them with InuYasha's help. Fourth feature film based on the characters in the manga and television series.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Video 2004
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME INUSummary: Told from the perspectives of eight different Pacific Island cultures, directed by eight different female Pacific filmmakers, and starring eight different indigenous actresses as the title character, this portmanteau film about female empowerment tells the story of one fictitious woman's life in eight separate vignettes, each segment advancing a decade or so forward, deploying a single...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN VAISummary: While 'paradise' is a word freely bantered about in the travel world, the Cook Islands is a traveler₂s paradise. With its turquoise waters, sugar white beaches, colorful history, special island lifestyle, and a homegrown welcome beyond belief, it is a genuine breath of fresh air in a universe of travel-brochure hyperbole.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 919 COOSummary: "Join us for this special Dive Travel adventure as we travel to the opposite side of the planet to Sorong, Indonesia and dive off the Ocean Rover once again at Raja Ampat, (known as the Four Kings) located west of Papua, New Guinea. Widely considered the planet's most bio-diverse coral reefs, Indonesia's Raja Ampat Archipelago has over 541 species of hard coral. This equates to over 70 percent...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GRK Productions 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 797.23 DIVSummary: Relates the story of the Channel Island inhabitants who suffered pain and frustration during the German occupation during WWII. An uneasy relationship is maintained by the islanders and the Nazi's, whose constrictive regulations dampen morale.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Goldhil Video 2002
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ENESummary: Spy kids: When their international spy parents are kidnapped by children's TV program host Fegan Floop, Carmen and Juni Cortez must criss-cross the globe in a quest to save their parents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Hank is stranded on a deserted island, having given up all hope of ever making it home again. One day everything changes when a corpse names Manny washes up onshore. The two become fast friends, and ultimately go on an epic adventure that will bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE SWISummary: Explores the sheer scale and majesty of the largest ocean on Earth, the isolation of its islands, the extraordinary journeys wildlife and humans have gone through to reach these specks of land, and what happened to both after their arrival.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Worldwide Americas 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WILSummary: One of the little-known stories of WWII is the fate of the Channel Islands, the only part of the British Isles invaded and occupied by the Germans. Tells the story through the eyes of three island families and the German soldiers with whom their lives become interwined.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ISLSummary: Ready for high-speed, high-seas, treasure hunting? Set sail with Blaze and Pegwheel the Pirate-Truck to search for three keys to unlock the golden treasure! Then, use a treasure map to find the most amazing treasure there is, race to The Island of Lost Treasure for more riches, and speed through an ancient race track in search of a magical Wishing Wheel!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: On an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds; or almost entirely because in this paradise, Red, a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck, and the volatile Bomb have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies, it's up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ANGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AnCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family Angry 2016Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV ANGSummary: This 6-part series will be shown on PBS in the Spring of 2006. Includes: Voyage To Kure (Parts I & II), The Gray Whale Obstacle Course, Sharks: At Risk, and America's Underwater Treasures (Parts I & II).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JEASummary: A reimagining of the origin of the mythic Kong in a compelling, original adventure. A diverse team of explorers are brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific, as beautiful as it is treacherous, unaware that they're crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Bus, do your stuff! Field trips with Ms. Frizzle are wilder than ever, into space, over to the Galapagos Islands, even a plunge into the depths of the Sun itself.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD JUV MAGCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MAGSummary: An aspiring artist and the aspiring singer he loves join the most berserk brood of sun-and-funners on Nantucket Island in New England.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ONESummary: The enigmatic Mr. Roarke makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island's mystery in order to escape with their lives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FaSummary: They were expendable: Two PT-boat skippers defend the Philippines and give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the crippling losses at Pearl Harbor. Flying Leathernecks: An embattled Marine fighter squadron VMF 247 at Guadalcanal is led by John Wayne and campaigning to coordinate ground combat with low-flying aerial sorties.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THESummary: This documentary film about the death of five brothers who symbolized America's commitment to winning the war was one of the most painful, personal tragedies of WWII.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TRUSummary: Intense shark attacks including some bloody images, language, brief partial nudity/sexual references and drug use.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JAWCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD JAWCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE JAWSummary: There are so many beautiful islands in the bi-national Thousand Islands that its name could easily be Two Thousand and More Islands. Each has its particular charm and the Thousand Islands has long captured the heart and soul of those in search of an escape to a place of beauty and tranquility.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015