Verdi, Giuseppe
Summary: The four parts of the opera have the titles The Duel, The Gypsy, The Gypsy's Son and The Execution. Ferrando tells the story of the revenge taken by a gypsy for the death of her mother, the apparent destruction in the fire of the son of the old Count di Luna. In the palace gardens Leonora waits for her lover, the troubadour Manrico, mistaking the Count di Luna, who also loves her, for him, an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2009
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA TROSummary: 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: A group of four friends, all with different life goals, struggle to survive on one person's salary. After going into business together as thugs and assassins they find fame and fortune and at the same time strive to maintain their friendship.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Eros International 2000
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GANSummary: While researching his book "In cold blood", writer Truman Capote develops a relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and, in particular Perry Smith, while both men waited for their date of execution on death row.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA INFSummary: Sense and sensibility: Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve when she falls in love with the charming but unsuitable John Willoughby, ignoring her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behavior leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Elinor, sensitive to social convention, struggles to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Will the sisters learn...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SENSummary: Paris, summer 1979. Anne is a producer of cheap gay porn. When Lois, her editor and companion, leaves her, she attempts to get her back by making a more ambitious film with the flamboyant Archibald.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN KNIContents: Country strong (Gwyneth Paltrow) -- Love don't let me down (Chris Young, Patty Loveless) -- A little bit stronger (Sara Evans) -- Chances are (Garrett Hedlund) -- Liars lie (Lee Ann Womack) -- She's actin' single (I'm drinkin' double) (Ronnie Dunn) -- Shake that thing (Gwyneth Paltrow) -- Thirsty (Hank Williams, Jr.) -- Give in to me (Faith Hill) -- Timing is everything (Trace Adkins) -- Words...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC COUContents: Rarest rockabilly & hillbilly boogie. Nothin' but a nuthin' (Jimmy Stewart & his Night Hawks) -- Darlin' ; Baby doll (Jimmie Dale) -- Pretending is a game (Sleepy Jeffers & the Davis Twins) -- Don't sweep that dirt on me (Buddy Shaw) -- My baby left me (Rock Rogers) -- Little dog blues (Mel Price) -- Henpecked daddy (Ralph Johnson & the Hillbilly Show Boys) -- Umm boy you're my baby (Bill...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ace 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RARMcKinley, Robin.
Summary: A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1986
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Summary: A black hockey player hopes to be drafted into the NHL, but his dreams are threatened by the racial tensions in his Nova Scotia community.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Light Year Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ACRSummary: This stylish western skillfully interweaves classic real-life old west legends like Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill Cody, George Armstrong Custer and Abraham Lincoln into a stunning tale as vast as the wild frontier itself.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie PlainsmanSummary: They were the most legendary and respected politicians, statesmen and warriors of history's first republic since the days of ancient Rome. They were also traitors and smugglers, rabble rousers and hot-heads, unfaithful husbands and prodigious drinkers. Our "Founding Fathers" were, in fact, human beings. Gain a fascinating glimpse behind the images on the marble busts and faces on our dollar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOUDeaver, Jeffery.
Summary: Special agent Kathryn Dance and her partners at the California Bureau of Investigation hunt down escaped killer Daniel Pell, a self-styled Charles Manson. Pell is a master of control, who mesmerizes, seduces, and exploits people for his own murderous ends.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This series covers America's history from the age of Pre-Columbian Native Americans, through European discovery, colonization, independence, the forging of a young nation, and the settling of the American frontier. Students will look at the history of the United States from a new perspective, as they explore the events that have shaped modern American society. Professor Linwood Thompson is the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973 EAR3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 973 EAR PART 1
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Summary: Bank executive Cosmo Topper and his wife move into a home that is haunted by the ghosts of the previous occupants which only Cosmo can see.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ADVSummary: Traces Dilinger's violent career from his early days through his rise to the top of the FBI most-wanted list, and concludes with the well-known "lady in red" betrayal that left Dilinger a bullet-riddled corpse on a dark Chicago street.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DILSummary: A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CONSummary: The VKs return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep. When a barrier breach jeopardizes the safety of Auradon during their departure off the Isle, Mal resolves to permanently close the barrier, fearing that nemeses Uma and Hades will wreak vengeance on the kingdom. Despite her decision, an unfathomable dark force threatens the people...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Channel 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Swain, Gwenyth
Summary: Describes World War I, using the reader's choices to reveal historical details from the perspectives of a Belgian resistance fighter, a British soldier, and an American Field Service volunteer.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.3 SWASummary: A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE CONCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD CONJefferis, David.
Summary: Presents answers to such technology questions as "How do scientists make things that are too small to see?" and "What are the effects of nanotechnology on the environment?"
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 620.5 JEFSummary: Santiago Munez, an immigrant from Los Angeles, is given the chance to go to England to pursue his dream of becoming a professional soccer player. This underdog must prove he has the talent, passion, and determination to triumph against all odds.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2006