Leifer, Carol

Summary: For many years, television comedy was an exclusive all boys' club--until a brilliant comedian named Carol Leifer came along, blazing a trail for funny women everywhere. From Late Night with David Letterman and Saturday Night Live to Seinfeld, The Ellen Show, and Modern Family, Carol has written for and/or performed on some of the best TV comedies of all time. This hilarious collection of essays...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Reiner, Carl

Summary: The award-winning actor and director recalls the major events in his life through a series of short stories, including "Sidney Bechet and His Jazz Band Meet Franz Kafka" and "Mary Tyler Moore Made Me Quake."

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2003

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Reiner, Carl

Contents: 2000 year old man -- Fabiola -- The astronaught -- In a coffee house. The depressed one ; The actor ; The painter ; The folksinger -- The Peruvian -- The psychiatrist -- 2000 and six month man -- The tax expert -- Two hour old baby -- The new technique psychiatric society -- The third best poet -- The Cannes Film Festival. Adolph Hartler ; Frederico Fettucini ; Tippy Skittles -- Dr. Felix...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino 1994

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Reiner, Carl

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: New Millennium Audio 2003

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Summary: "The Colonies' survivors have found their hopes of eluding their Cylon pursuers dashed by an invasion and occupation of their new home. As the fate of all human life hangs in the balance, friends become enemies, enemies become unexpected allies, and decisions are made that will haunt some people for the rest of their lives"--Set container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008

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Lerner, Carol.

Summary: Describes primarily those species of birds which are tropical migrants visiting the North only during the nesting season. Includes suggestions for attracting birds to one's yard.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow Junior Books 1996

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Lerner, Carol.

Summary: Discusses how to care for plants indoors, including such aspects as light, temperature, humidity, pests, diseases, equipment, and how to choose and grow your own plants.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow Junior Books 1999

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Lerner, Carol.

Summary: An exploration into the migration patterns of thirty different birds, from snow geese flocking to Canada's arctic tundra to chimney swifts flying across the equator, reveals how birds find their way home without a map and how they know when to migrate.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001

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Lerner, Carol.

Summary: Basic guide to birding, which features over forty of the species most commonly seen in North America, with range maps of regional species.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow Junior Books 1994

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Lesser, Carolyn.

Summary: A great polar bear sleeps, hunts, wanders, and mates as the seasons pass.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1996

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Summary: To escape the edict that condemned all first-born Hebrew males by Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Seti's favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri. He also gains the hatred of Seti's son, Rameses....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount DVD 2006

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Summary: A secret military mission takes a group of men through an Egyptian artifact known as the Stargate to an ancient civilization on the other side of the universe. Once there, they must battle the astoundingly powerful sun god, Ra, before they can find their way home.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2003

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Summary: Examines efforts by a group of citizens in West Virginia to hold the industrial giant Du Pont responsible for poisoning the drinking water supply as a result of dumping toxic chemicals.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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Summary: A complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma. A college student attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic whose kindness, however, soon takes an unsettling turn. Startlingly modern in its frankness and psychological realism, the film represents one of the purest on-screen expressions of the sensibility of the intimate community of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Summary: With unprecedented access to the foremost American negotiators, examine the behind-the-scenes story from the last 25 years, of how the United States came within reach of securing peace between Israel and its neighbors. Today, the need to learn from the past mistakes couldn't be more urgent.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: Set in the captivating world of 1960s New York, Mad Men follows iconic ad man Don Draper, his colleagues and his family for one final time.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate Entertainment 2015

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Summary: Two episodes of the television show featuring a variety of comedy skits, songs, dances, and satires ; includes introductions to each episode by Carol Burnette, Vicki Lawrence, Tim Conway, and Harvey Korman.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Whacko 2008

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Summary: Set in the captivating world of 1960s New York, Mad Men continues to follow iconic ad man Don Draper, his colleagues and his family.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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Summary: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Summary: A fairy promises real life if puppet Pinocchio can prove he is kind, honest, and loving. A wayward huckster tries to lead the puppet astray but Pinocchio decides to perform a redeeming act of bravery and kindness.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Starmaker II, LCC 2004

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Summary: In this gorgeously animated drama, the lives of several strong-willed women and a young musician intersect. Their stories reveal the hypocrisies of modern Iranian society, where sex, drugs, and corruption coexist with strict religious law. In the bustling metropolis of Tehran, avoiding prohibitions has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber, Inc. 2018

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Summary: Crime abounded in late Victorian and Edwardian times--from the streets of London to the country houses of nobility; from the royal apartments of Vienna to the hotel rooms of quiet Copenhagen. Sherlock Holmes took on many of the era's crooks, killers, blackmailers, and schemers, but so did the fictional sleuths of other celebrated writers of the time. (from container.).

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2010

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