Summary: James Gregory is a racist South African guard whose certainties of life are shaken to the core. During a twenty year span, James spent his time as Nelson Mandela's prison warden. Shows the daily application of a major historic abonimation, known as Apartheid, as seen through the eyes of the average White South African. These are 'ordinary' people who are neither heroes nor villains, but obtuse...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA COLSummary: Set in the Libyan Desert during World War II, British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up "The Hill," a manmade instrument of torture--a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. They are in this military prison because they once defied, rebelled and talked back to their superiors.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HILSummary: The true story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical. That is, until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country's oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2007
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER CATSummary: Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PARSummary: Two local outcasts attempt to save a local video store. Amateur film director Mike must find a way to save the business after his magnetized friend, Jerry, erases every movie in the store. Using an outdated video camera and their own special effects, the two embark on an adventure to remake all the movies, from "Ghostbusters" to "Driving Miss Daisy," turning the two town misfits into local...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BESummary: When U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler escapes death after being shot down over one of the most intense front lines in the Vietnam War, his troubles were just beginning. He is taken captive by the Vietnamese Army and is forced to endure a harrowing stint in a Vietnamese prison camp. Dengler and a small band of his fellow captives stage a death-defying escape. Based on a true story.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [distributor] 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RESSummary: Inappropriate behavior is business as usual, but big surprises are in store! Dwight is now the owner of the building and he may be letting this power go to his head; Andy is courting Erin, who is dating Gabe; Jim and Pam are struggling with being new parents; and a parade of ghosts of girlfriends past haunt Michael, leading to his final days at Dunder Mifflin.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OFFSummary: Documents the exploits of a paper supply company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The employees are led by manager Michael Scott, a deluded boss who cares about the welfare of his employees while trying to put his own spin on company policy. From sexual politics to performance reviews to email espionage, the employees at Dunder-Mifflin are there to get the job done ... or not.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD OFFCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OFFCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Of 2Summary: Michael Scott is an earnest but clueless boss who can't help but contribute his own irreverent commentary to the daily happenings at the Scranton branch of the Dunder Mifflin paper company. As the staff deals with potential office closures, mergers, romances and advancement, Michael is always there to say all the wrong things at all the right times.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD OFFCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OFFCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Tv Of 3Summary: Join the dysfunctional gang at Paddy's Pub for another outrageous season. Whether they're giving a hooker an image makeover, hitting the beach at the Jersey Shore, preparing for the apocalypse, or simply engaging in a little good old-fashioned cyber-stalking, the gang delivers more trash-talking, half-baked insanity than ever before. Now, get ready to get fat with Mac and indulge in Season...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV IT'SSummary: Clock in to The Office for even more inappropriate remarks, uncomfortable silences, and petty behavior. Join Michael Scott, the clueless boss of the Scranton Branch of Dunder Mifflin who 'manages' to create unending comical drama despite his best intentions. Trusty and loyal assistant-to-the-regional manager Dwight Schrute continues to uphold the office honor and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD OFFCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Of 5Summary: A billionaire decides on a whim to create a movie, hiring a team he considers the best: a renowned filmmaker and two egotistical actors -- one from Hollywood and the other from experimental theatre -- who cannot get along. While the director creates bizarre rituals to test their abilities, the actors find themselves confronting each other as well as their pasts and their bodies of work.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN OFFSummary: John Wilson is a brilliant, driven filmmaker who is determined to turn his new project in Africa into a grand personal adventure hunting a wild elephant.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE WHISummary: For Tom, it was love at first sight when Summer Finn walked into the greeting card company where he worked. Summer is the new administrative assistant. Soon, Tom knows that Summer is the woman with whom he wants to spend the rest of his life. Although Summer does not believe in relationships or boyfriends, Tom and Summer become more than just friends. Through the trials and tribulations of Tom...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY COMEDY FIVSummary: Play Misty for me: A radio disc jockey becomes the victim of psychotic obsession when he tries to end a torrid love affair with a fan.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on the peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen is a black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand in mother for Lilly. Rosaleen insults some of the biggest racists in their town. Lily and Rosaleen run away to a town Lily believes that her mother once lived in. They go to live with the three Boatwright sisters on their honey farm. She finds...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SECCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SECCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SEC RATED PG-13Summary: "Idealistic filmmaker Sebastian ... and his cynical producer Costa ... arrive in Bolivia to make a revisionist film about Christopher Columbus' conquest of the Americas. But as filming commences, the local citizens begin to riot in protest against a multi-national corporation that is taking control of their water supply. With the film shoot in jeopardy, both men find their convictions shaken....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF EVESummary: When renowned director Werner Herzog and fellow filmmaker Zak Penn set off to explore the legend of Scotland's Loch Ness monster, they uncover much more than they bargained for. Unexplained sightings of the creature and chaos among the crew create an uneasy feeling that things aren't what they seem. But what really happened on the infamous lake remains a mystery. Poses the provocative question...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Rommel was a brilliant military tactician. Unfortunately, Adolph Hitler thought that he too was a military genius and demands more of Rommel than he's able to provide. Rommel incurs Hitler's wrath by retreating in North Africa, but since Rommel is a war hero he is virtually "untouchable". Rommel joins in a plot to assassinate the Fuhrer. The attempt fails, and Rommel's complicity is discovered....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA DESSummary: Now working at a private security firm in Berlin, Carrie is trying to start a new life, but she soon discovers she can't escape her past. Blindsided by stunning betrayals, and without Saul and Quinn to rely on, Carrie must uncover a deadly conspiracy that puts thousands of lives at risk, including her own.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD HOM RATED RCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOMSummary: City banker Andy Dufresne arrived at Shawshank Prison in 1947. Convicted of two brutal murders, he received a double life sentence. Within the confines of the prison, Andy forms an unlikely friendship with the prison "fixer" Red. He also becomes popular with the Warden and the prison's guards, as Andy is able to use his banking experience to help the corrupt officials amass personal fortunes....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2004
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SHAKidd, Sue Monk
Summary: This is the Spanish text edition of the New York Times best selling novel, "The Secret Life of Bees". It is a beautifully written, coming of age story, set in rural South Carolina in 1964 against the back drop of the civil rights movement. It is the touching story of a young white girl, fourteen year old Lily Owens, whose mother died in a tragic accident when Lily was about four. Lily lives...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2005
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1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA WORLD SPANISH KIDSummary: Curso completo de inglés, con más de 300 ilustraciones, más de 100 ejercicios con autocorrección, más de 100 conceptos fundamentales, 30 artículos sobre costumbres y cultura de Estados Unidos, más de 700 palabras agrupadas en más de 50 temas de vocabulario, más de 500 frases verbales de uso común en Estados Unidos.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 248 SPANISH INGCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 428.3 INGSummary: A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2018