Summary: Based on South African President Nelson Mandela's autobiography of the same name, it chronicles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison before becoming President and working to rebuild the country's once segregated society.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MAN

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAN RATED PG-13

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Mandella 2014

Summary: A heartwarming tale of two unique women who bond while recuperating in a hospital. Martha, a mother of four rambunctious and imaginative children, finds solace when she meets the younger woman, Claudia, and quickly the two build a strong relationship. When Martha invites Claudia to live with her family, Claudia unwittingly takes on the responsibility of becoming a surrogate mother to Martha's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AMA

Summary: In the darkness, a clock ticks. Aging antique dealer Jesus Gris marks his time with his granddaughter Aurora, and his wife Mercedes. Señor Gris comes to possess, quite accidentally, the ancient Cronos device. The invention of a sixteenth century alchemist who fled to Mexico during the Spanish Inquisition, it grants eternal life and youthful vigor to the user. The only drawbacks are marble white...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Producciones Iguana 2004

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CRO

Summary: "Hockey great Gordie Howe retired after 25 winning seasons with the Detroit Red Wings. But he realized that retirement just didn't work for him... When his sons were drafted to the Houston Aeros he came out of retirement to join the team! He was written off by many, who thought he was too old to be playing competitively. Through hard work, perseverance, and the loving support of his wife and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Number Nine (MB) Productions Inc. 2013

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MR.

Summary: L'Armee des Ombres is a stark and unvarnished story about Resistance fighters in Vichy France in 1942-43 when the French leadership allowed the Nazis to occupy the country. The members of this army are cold, hungry, desperate men and women, with false names and no addresses, who can be betrayed in an instant by a traitor or an accident. They know they will probably die. A meditation on the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ARM

Summary: Bitter rivals fight for control of the Women's Institute in a rural English town as it struggles with the onset of World War II. Separated from husbands, fathers, sons and brothers for years at a time, some permanently, they find themselves under extraordinary pressures in a rapidly fragmenting world.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV HOM

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HOM NOT RATED

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Home 2015

Summary: Great Paxford's inspirational band of women return for more incredible stories from the home front as they deal with imminent threat during the Battle of Britain. As the nation finds itself increasingly beleaguered, relationships, friendships, and loyalties within the community will be tested as never before. The women find they must heighten their efforts to boost morale amidst the chaos and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Distribution 2017

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV HOM

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Home 2017

Summary: The residents of Letterkenny belong to one of three groups: hicks, skids, and hockey players. The three groups are constantly feuding with each other over seemingly trivial matters, often ending with someone getting their butt kicked.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LET

Summary: A young Englishman teaching in an outback school sets off to spend his summer vacation in Sydney but doesn't make it beyond the nearby mining town known as 'the Yabba'. He is engulfed by the slightly sinister mateship of the locals with its undertow of repressed sexuality and squalid violence. The excess of this alcoholic nightmare is held in check by rough humour.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Madman Entertainment 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA WAK

Summary: Exploring the decaying London, the Doctor learns it is not as empty as it seems. The Daleks have conquered the earth and its population has been commandeered into huge mining operations. Earth's only hope lies with a small band of resistance fighters.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2003

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOC

Summary: "On a remote island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid, there is a machine that can remove evil from the minds of an entire population -- the Conscience of Marinus. Fearful of its immense power falling into the wrong hands, its sole guardian has scattered the machine's operating keys across the planet. The TARDIS crew arrives to find the island under attack by the evil Voord. Marinus' last...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOC

Summary: Well into their 30s, Juan Nunez and Benjamin Wilson still can't seem to finish veterinary school or leave their parents' homes. Instead, they wallow in comfortable limbo a suburb of Mexico City. On a fateful Christmas Eve, however, they decide it's finally time to distinguish themselves by executing the most infamous cultural artifacts heist in all of Mexican history, looting the country's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MUS

Lund, Emme

Summary: Though Owen Tanner has never met anyone else who has a chatty bird in their chest, medical forums would call him a Terror. From the moment Gail emerged between Owen's ribs, his mother knew that she had to hide him away from the world. After a decade spent in hiding, Owen takes a brazen trip outdoors in the middle of a forest fire, and his life is upended forever. Suddenly, Owen is forced to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Boks 2022

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LUN

Fung, Rosena

Summary: "Heartbreakingly honest and quietly funny, this #ownvoices graphic novel from a debut creator is a refreshingly real exploration of mental health, cultural differences, and the trials of middle school. Livy is already having trouble fitting in as the new girl at school--and then there's Viola. Viola is Livy's anxiety brought to life, a shadowy twin that only Livy can see or hear. Livy tries to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FUN

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Summary: Howard is a widowed sailor living alone on the coast of Ireland. His daughter, Grace, hires Annie, a lovely older woman to help around the house. Initially resistant to this support, Howard is soon charmed by Annie's gentle care, and the two fall in love. This new romance illuminates the hurt within Howard's relationship with Grace, tearing at Howard and Annie's seaside love story.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Music Box Films 2024

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MY

Summary: Splendor in the grass: Two 1920s Kansas teenagers find their intense sexual feelings for each other are putting them at odds with their families and the rigid respectability of the town they live in.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009

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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE GRE

Summary: Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BIG

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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BIG

Lund, Natalie

Summary: The night little Madison disappears from her crib, Luce sees a pair of eyes-two points of gold deep in the forest behind her house-and feels certain they belong to a wolf. Her town, Picnic, Illinois, is the kind of place where everyone knows one another and no one locks their doors. It's not the kind of place where a toddler goes missing without a trace, where wolves lurk in the shadows. In...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC LUN

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LUN

Chung, Maxine Mei-Fung

Summary: "One woman, multiple personas. But which one is telling the truth? Alexa W nearly has her life together: a new relationship, a job that pays the bills, and a promising interview for a photojournalism position. But, it's complicated. Alexa is manipulated by a series of alternate personas that run her life, and it's a constant struggle to keep her other selves in check, to prevent them from...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHU

Sund, Erik Axl

Summary: "Two women--a police detective and a psychotherapist--are faced with the question: how much suffering can one human being inflict upon another before he ceases to be human and becomes a monster?" --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SUN

Fung, Pik-Shuen

Summary: "In Ghost Forest, the unnamed narrator is the eldest of two daughters who grew up in Vancouver with her mother, away from her father in China, who's now sick. She's twenty-four and realizing she has never told her father that she loves him. The stories and experiences that unfold through his subsequent death and memorialization are lessons and curiosities of intimacy and affection. They are...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FUN

Funk, Josh

Summary: Inspector Croissant seeks the help of Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast to investigate a terrible odor coming from the refrigerator.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E Funk