Summary: Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann, starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer Randy Schoenberg, she embarks upon a major battle which takes them all the way to the heart of the Austrian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Woman 2015Copies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WOM RATED PG-13Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Weintraub, Aileen
Summary: "Meet 50 super-inspiring kids! It's never too early--and you're never too young-- to make a difference in the world! The amazing musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, activists, and other fascinating kids in this book accomplished great feats by the age of eighteen. They impacted people's lives by coming up with new inventions, making art and music, competing in sports, and speaking out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV PACSummary: The extraordinary experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TV PACSummary: Based on true events, the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE FOXSummary: John Jasper, a choirmaster and opium addict, struggles with fits of paranoia and jealousy as he watches the women he loves fall in love with his nephew, Edwin Drood; Fanny Price, a young impoverished woman, arrives at her uncle's country estate, and is snubbed by everyone except her cousin Edmund, whom she soon grows to love; mystery surrounds a pretty Victorian governess and her two young...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CLASummary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISSummary: Jude is a dock worker from Liverpool who travels to the United States in the 1960s to find his estranged father. There, he falls in love with sheltered American teenager Lucy. When her brother, Max, is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, they become involved in peace activism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS ACRSummary: A true story of a trailblazing woman who found freedom in the faraway world of the Middle East. Gertrude Bell chafes against the stifling rigidity of life in turn-of-the-century England, leaving it behind for a chance to travel to Tehran. So begins her lifelong adventure across the Arab world, a journey marked by danger, a passionate affair with a British officer, and an encounter with the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout Factory 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE QUESummary: Vietnam, 1968. A true story of a middle-aged air force officer, LTC Iceal Hambleton, who's never seen combat before. He is stranded behind enemy lines and all he can do is wait and hope. Then a voice crackles over his radio, and he has found a friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Mackrell, Judith.
Summary: The forefront British dance critic and award-nominated author of Bloomsbury Ballerina presents a revisionist assessment of the movement that shattered the boundaries of conventional femininity through the lives of six figures that exemplified it, including Lady Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, Josephine Baker and Tamara de Lempicka.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus & Giroux 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.72 MACRubin, Susan Goldman
Summary: Twelve diverse actors, directors, writers, editors, designers, and producers fought against sexism, racism and prejudice to have their voices heard and changed the industry forever.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 RUBGibson, William
Summary: A text of the television play, intended for reading, of Anne Sullivan Macy's attempts to teach her pupil, Helen Keller, to communicate.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1957
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812 GIBSummary: Follows the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother, Gail, to convince his billionaire grandfather to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses, Gail attempts to sway him as her son's captors become increasingly volatile and brutal. With her son's life in the balance, Gail and Getty Sr.'s adviser become unlikely allies in the race against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE ALLSummary: Greater follows the true story of Brandon Burlsworth, the greatest walk-on in the history of college football. Brandon dreams of playing for the Arkansas Razorbacks but is told he isn't good enough to play Division 1.The awkward kid who once was an embarrassment to his teammates and annoyance to his coaches ends up becoming an All-American player and the 63rd pick in the 1999 NFL Draft.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GRE RATED PGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GrSummary: Chronicles the summer afternoon in 1989 when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed the future First Lady, Michelle Robinson, on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SOUSummary: Based on John Steinbeck's novel and directed by award-winning director Elia Kazan. The emotionally charged film tells the story of lonely youth Cal, who vies for the affection of his hardened father and favored brother, Aron.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: Blu-ray East 2013Summary: Season two follows Queen Elizabeth through the late 1950s and early '60s as she struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her. She must face the challenges of a new era, from the Suez Canal crisis to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Cr 2Copies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series Crown 2018Abdo, Kenny
Summary: This title focuses on the Los Angeles Rams and gives information related to the team's origin in the NFL, their journey through the decades, and highlighting their Hall of Fame players. This hi-lo title is complete with vibrant photographs, simple text, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: While on a trip in 1928 to visit her son, Mrs. Moore, accompanied by her son's fiancee, is appalled at the treatment of the Indians by the ruling British government. Later, they befriend a native Indian who, over-stepping the accepted norms of his culture, invites the two ladies on an excursion. In a strange turn of events, he is accused of attempting to rape the young woman.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PASSheen, Michael
Summary: Tells the story of Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson, two pioneering researchers of human sexuality in the 1950s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment Llc 2018
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MASSummary: Ambitious and acclaimed series from The Queen writer Peter Morgan offers a comprehensive look at the adult life and reign of Elizabeth II over a projected six-season arc. The fifth season follows Elizabeth from the early to late '90s, as the fraying union of Charles and Diana ultimately came to separation, and John Major saw his tenure as prime minister end with the election of Tony Blair.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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