Summary: Poppy is a life-loving and irrepressibly cheerful primary school teacher. She is thirty years old, single, and infinitely optimistic and accepting. She lives with her best friend and flatmate Zoe in London. She is tested by a repressed driving instructor with anger problems, and, in turn, she decides to test him. She has exciting flamenco lessons, an encounter with a homeless man, an argument...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2009
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY HAPCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HAPSummary: This new, 1950s-set adaptation of the classic novel 'The Darling Buds of May' captures the warmth, optimism, and escapism of the Larkin family for a modern generation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LARSummary: In season thirteen, the Winchester brothers were thrown into a frightening alternative universe, an apocalyptic domain where they were never born, all while training Jack and saving their mother. And they won. But with Lucifer's apparent death came a new obstacle to face in season fourteen, the Archangel Michael, who has now escaped the other universe in Dean's body! Sam, Castiel, and Jack are...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD SUPBonura, Kimberlee Bethany.
Summary: "This course is designed to equip you with a basic understanding of how your body works and to enable you to set and meet your own health and fitness goals ..."--Guidebook p. 1."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613 HOWCall number: DVD 613 HOW
Summary: A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's novel. The story details to the passage from childhood to womanhood of Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy who are all sisters. Despite hard times, they cling to optimism. As they mature they face blossoming ambitions and relationships, as well as tragedy, while maintaining their unbreakable bond as sisters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LiSummary: Explores the lives of two couples, one Jamaican and the other English, whose worlds intertwine in post-World War II Britain, at a turning point in the long relationship between the two countries. It is a story of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Distribution 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SMACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SMACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SMASummary: Entertainer extrordinaire Michael Feinstein hosts a brand-new documentary on the evolution of the American popular music, told through stories of the greatest songwriters of all time, including Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George & Ira Gershwin and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC GRESummary: "Starting on his 62nd birthday, follow Charles Bradley's extraordinary journey from James Brown impersonator to recording artist during the electrifying and transformative months leading up to the release of his debut album 'No time for dreaming'. Despite a life of grinding poverty, despair and often disappointment, Bradley's optimism, perseverance and remarkable talent shine through in this...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Madman Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC CHASummary: Takes you into Hitler's bunker, in 1945, during the brutal and harrowing last days of the Third Reich. Seen through the eyes of Hitler's infamous secretary Traudl Junge, optimism crumbles into grim realization and terror as it becomes clear that Germany's defeat is inevitable. As the Russian army circles the city, the dimly lit halls of the underground refuge become an execution chamber for the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Paralyzed and confined to an iron lung since childhood, poet-journalist Mark O'Brien has overcome adversity time and time again. But now, at age 38, he faces his toughest challenge yet: losing his virginity. With the help of a beautiful therapist, a sympathetic priest, and his own unbridled sense of optimism and humor, Mark embarks on an extraordinary personal journey to discover the wondrous...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SESSummary: Lisa is the last person some would expect to find in a highway-side 'sports bar with curves,' but as general manager at Double Whammies, she has come to love the place and its customers. An incurable den mother, she nurtures and protects her girls fiercely, but over the course of one trying day, her optimism is battered from every direction. Double Whammies sells a big, weird American fantasy,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SUPSummary: Part futuristic exhibition, part glittery strip mall, the 1965 New York World's Fair was planned amid the optimism of the late 1950s, but the Fair's two year run often mirrored the chaos of the 1960s. This film, set to a historical backdrop of world events, draws on the memories of fairgoers who found hope for the future in an understanding of other cultures presented at the Fair.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2000
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NINSummary: Decades ago, the Salton Sea, two hours outside Los Angeles, was a tourist hotspot and a symbol of 1950s-era American optimism. Now, a victim of environmental decline, it stands mostly abandoned, its boomtown communities now decaying relics of a bygone era. Visionary filmmaker Alma Har'el investigates one such town, Bombay Beach, and weaves together the stories of its inhabitants with surreal...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Entertainment One 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BOMSummary: With a new iPhone, and apartment near the grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be near her daughter Lori and smother her with motherly love. When the dozens of texts, unexpected visits, and conversations dominated by unsolicited advice force Lori to draw strict personal boundaries,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MEDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Meddler 2016Summary: "In his epic and engaging documentary of life in Baghdad before and after the 2003 US invasion, Iraqi filmmaker Abbas Fahdel acquaints us with a moving portrait of his own family and friends as they struggle in the advent and the uncertain aftermath of war. Displaying courage, grace and even humor after decades of deprivation through conflict, international sanctions, and totalitarian...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HOMSummary: A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism. She quickly discovers that her unruly classroom is not easily won over by her good intentions. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA FRECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FRECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Freedom 2007Summary: A hotheaded widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband befriends an eccentric optimist who isn't quite what she seems.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE DEACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DEASummary: In the summer following their graduation an eternal optimist seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty. With that accomplished he then has to overcome her disapproving father.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SAYCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE SAYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Say 2001Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD SAYSummary: Could engineering secretly be an exciting, creative, heroic realm where the optimists of today are creating the life-saving, world-altering marvels that will make for a safer, more connected, more equal and even more awe-inspiring tomorrow.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Fearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic journey--teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven--to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2014
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2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FAMILY FROCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Frozen 2014Summary: Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2022
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY PHACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PHASummary: Workouts specifically designed to attack your midsection from every angle for optimum results. The 10 minute segments include: flat belly fast, pilates perfect abs, belly fat blaster, ab ripper, and six pack abs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Helps athletes identify areas of improvement and establish a baseline for his/her flexibility regimen. Demonstrates the best science-based exercise techniques to avoid injury and optimize muscle function on the court, field, course, track, mat, or in the water.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.07 FLESummary: Workouts specifically designed to attack your midsection from every angle for optimum results. The 10 minute segments include: flat belly fast, pilates perfect abs, belly fat blaster, ab ripper, and six pack abs.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2007