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Summary: "In the early twentieth century, Mecklenburgh Square, a hidden architectural gem in the heart of London, was a radical address. On the outskirts of Bloomsbury known for the eponymous group who "lived in squares, painted in circles, and loved in triangles," the square was home to students, struggling artists, and revolutionaries. In the pivotal era between the two world wars, the lives of five...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 WADSummary: Three young nannies grow to be close friends as they manage the unpredictable road to love and happiness in the posh world of turn-of-the-century, upper-crust London.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Video 2004
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV BERSummary: Eden Starling is the glamorous singing diva of a theatre in Victorian London. Along with her snooty cat, Chuzzlewit, Eden selfishly plans to make the entire company of theatre performers stay and rehearse on Christmas Day. Not even Eden's costume designer and childhood friend, Catherine, can talk Eden out of her self-centered tantrum. It will be up to three very unusual Christmas Spirits to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BAR RATED GCopies Available at Kingsley
2 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday BCall number: DVD Ba
Summary: After Mary Poppins departed London, Jane and Michael Banks grew up into loving and responsible adults. When Michael becomes a single father of three children after the death of his wife, Mary Poppins revisits the Cherry Tree Lane home again to try to help Michael and his family cope and move beyond their grief. Time passes quickly for most normal mortals. Mary Poppins has never been normal....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2019
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Mary 2019Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TCFF MaSummary: To the stunned disbelief of his colleagues and patients, a London psychologist appears to have taken his own life. However, his daughter refuses to believe it, and instead is convinced it was murder. She recruits one of his former patients for help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY THISummary: After nearly 20 years of setting trends and pushing traditions, Selfridge's is still going strong as the triumph of London₂s Oxford Street. But Harry's potentially dangerous appetite for entertainment and women, while always a problem, has reached its peak. Now, he struggles to keep the reins of the store he loves, in the face of old troubles, new opportunities, and unsettled scores.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MR.Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MR. NOT RATEDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Mr Selfridge 2016Summary: Emmy Award-winning actor Jeremy Piven stars as American entrepreneur and colorful retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge. Pioneering and reckless, with an almost manic energy, Harry Selfridge created a theater of retail for early 1900s Londoners where any topic or trend that was new, exciting, entertaining-or sometimes just eccentric-was showcased. Based on the book Shopping, Seduction and Mr....
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MR.Summary: Emmy Award-winning actor Jeremy Piven stars as American entrepreneur and colorful retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge. Pioneering and reckless, with an almost manic energy, Harry Selfridge created a theater of retail for early 1900s Londoners where any topic or trend that was new, exciting, entertaining-or sometimes just eccentric-was showcased. Based on the book Shopping, Seduction and Mr....
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2013
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MR.Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MR.Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MR. RATED NRCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Mr Selfridge 2013Summary: Raw and smoldering, the film follows a young reggae DJ in Thatcher-era Brixton as he pursues his musical ambitions, battling fiercely against the racism and xenophobia of employers, neighbors, police, and the National Front. Fearless and unsentimental, and set to a blistering reggae, dub, and lovers rock soundtrack featuring Aswad, Johnny Clarke, and more, anchored by legendary producer Dennis...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BABSummary: Selfridges was the brain child of an American-Mr. Harry Gordon Selfridge. He brought about a complete revolution in the way that Londoners shopped, introducing a new American retail model which made shopping less of a practical pursuit and more of a luxurious adventure. But there was another side to the story-Harry's private life. When it began to seep into his business, the effect on him and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SECSummary: The life and times of a group of midwives working at Nonnatus House--a nursing convent serving the impoverished of East London in the late 1950s and early 1960s--are chronicled in this appealing British series based on true events. The women learn powerful lessons about life's struggles while visiting with expectant mothers and poor children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CALLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ca 9Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Call 2020Summary: A hard-hitting police drama set in the vice unit of the Metropolitan Police, based in the heart of London's West End. Prostitution, pornography and murder are all part of the workload for the vice team as they investigate the capital's darker secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by MPI Home Video 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV VICSummary: The vice unit of London's Metropolitan Police are a tight-knit undercover unit, these team members put their personal lives on hold and lay their lives on the line in the war against corruption. Detective Inspector Pat Chappel reaches out to a battered prostitute in an attempt to nail a procurer who is suspected in the savage murder of a high class callgirl. WPC Hutchins goes undercover to nail...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by MPI Home Video 2008
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV VICKhan, Sabba
Summary: "As a second-generation Pakistani immigrant living in East London, Sabba Khan paints a vivid snapshot of contemporary British Asian life and investigates the complex shifts experienced by different generations within immigrant communities, creating an uplifting and universal story that crosses borders and decades. Race, gender, and class are explored in a compelling personal narrative creating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 KHACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KHAN, SABBA KHASummary: In this landmark living history series, a Victorian tenement in the heart of London's East End has been painstakingly brought back to life. Host Michael Mosley joins a group of 21st century families as they move in and experience the tough living and working conditions of the Victorian poor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV VICSummary: 1967 brings fresh medical and personal challenges to the midwifery and district nursing rounds. Thanks to Matthew₂s continued support, things at Nonnatus House are now settled and going well, and Trixie helps Matthew understand the community he is becoming a part of. Doctor Turner faces some changes in his relationship with Timothy now that he is an adult, while Shelagh continues to support...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV MIDSummary: Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London in the late-1950s to mid-1960s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CALLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ca 8Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Call 2019Summary: Crafty cockney market trader Derek Trotter dreams of making a fortune, but each dodgy deal and shady scheme always seems to end in disaster. In the meantime, there's his family to look after.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas 2006
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ONLSummary: Much has changed since Selfridges first opened its doors. Five years later, Europe is on the brink of war and London is enjoying one last defiant period of decadence. Mr. Selfridge now has his sights set on joining the establishment and rebuilding his family life. Tensions are also running high on the shop floor as Agnes is back from Paris, chic and successful. Not everyone is thrilled by her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MRCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MRCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MR RATED NRCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Sereis Mr Selfridge 2014Summary: "From the creators of Upstairs, Downstairs (Jean Marsh, Eileen Atkins) comes an addictive drama series set in the lively opulence of high-society London during the Roaring Twenties. Louise Lombard (Hidalgo, CSI) and Stella Gonet (Nicholas NIckleby) star as Evangeline and Beatrice Eliott, sisters born into weath and privilege who are left destitute when their spendthrif father dies suddenly....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV HOUPatterson, James
Summary: "John Lennon was one of the world's most influential people. Mark David Chapman was one of the most invisible. By the end of 1980, the Beatles had been broken up for a decade -- a decade John Lennon had spent in search of his true identity: singer, songwriter, activist, burn out. "It's the perfect time to be coming back," he declared. Except that Lennon was a marked man. As early as the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LENNON, JOHN PATCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LENNON PATSummary: Jonathan Harker visits the Count in Transylvania to help him with preparations to move to England. It is in the Count's castle that Jonathan becomes a prisoner, and discovers Dracula's true nature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV COUSummary: It's 1919, WWI has just ended, and Harry Selfridge is struggling with loss. After the death of his beloved Rose, he is making costly business mistakes. His empire is weakened, and he is vulnerable to his old enemy Lord Loxley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2015
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MR.Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MR. NOT RATEDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Mr Selfridge 2015Summary: A drama about the lives of a group of midwives who care for expectant mothers in the East End of London during the 1950s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2018