Summary: The First Alphabet: Follow the evolution of the written word, from millennia-old carvings in an Egyptian turquoise mine to modern-day alphabets. How Writing Changed the World: The printing press transformed the spread of information, igniting the Industrial Revolution. How did technologies, from pen to paper to printing press, make it all possible?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ALakemeier, Martijn
Summary: After helping a wounded British paratrooper towards the end of World War II, a young teenage Dutch boy becomes involved in the Resistance and matures as he confronts the realities of war.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN WINMartins, Sara
Summary: A British cop is out of his element after he is sent to the tiny island of Sainte Marie to solve a murder case.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DEACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV De 4Summary: After losing her virginity, seventeen-year-old budding beauty Isabelle takes up a secret life as a call girl, meeting her older gentlemen clients for erotic hotel room trysts. Throughout, she remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Media Group 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN YOUMartins, Sara
Summary: A British cop is out of his element after he is sent to the tiny island of Sainte Marie to solve a murder case.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DEACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV De 3Summary: The story of a three day pass: An African-American soldier stationed in France is granted a promotion and a three-day leave from base and heads to Paris, where he finds whirlwind romance with a white woman--but what happens to their love when his furlough is over?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE MELSummary: A group of brave Polish pilots known as Squadron 303 fought in the skies over England in World War II, not just to keep Great Britain free from the Nazis, but also to keep alive the very idea of their own country, which had existed in its modem form for barely 20 years before it was crushed between the opposing jaws of Germany and Russia. Equipped with the almost-obsolete Hurricane airplane and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MISCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MISSummary: It's 1963, and Alison Wilson returns home to find husband Alexander dead. Soon afterward, a woman arrives at the door, claiming to be Alec's 'real wife.' Alison embarks on a mission of discovery to try and find out who her husband was, but from their wartime romance to a mysterious period in India, it soon becomes clear that Alec died holding his secrets close to his chest.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MRSCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD MRS.Summary: Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, and the rest of the beloved Peanuts gang make their big-screen debut, like they've never been seen before, in state-of-the-art 3D animation. Charlie Brown, the world's most beloved underdog, embarks upon an epic and heroic quest, while his best pal, the lovable beagle Snoopy, takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis, the Red Baron.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Sky Studios 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PEACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD PEASummary: Follow Ms. Peregrine Fisher, niece of Miss Phryne Fisher, as she steps into her aunt's role as a lady detective, this time in 1960s Melbourne, Australia.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MS.Summary: Inspector Alleyn has the upper crust contacts and manners, but like more modern detectives, he's a bona fide cop. Offers elegant country house settings, complex cases, and a detective who works for Scotland Yard. Agatha Troy is the Inspector's independent and insightful lady friend.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2004
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV INSSummary: Chief Inspector Boyd and his team are back to reopen the files of more cold cases. A spectral leader calling himself 'The Shepherd' is inciting vulnerable women to commit murder; a sadomasochistic killer is counting off his victims, leaving the word 'sorry' carved into their skin; and the discovery of an unexploded bomb threatens to bring unforeseen upheaval to the team.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WAKSummary: This episode interweaves the drama in key moments of Darwin's life with documentary sequences of current research, linking past to present and introducing major concepts of evolutionary theory. It explores why Darwin's "dangerous idea" might matter even more today than it did in his own time, and reveals how science might be used to explain the past and predict the future of life on earth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DARSummary: Sixth grader Peter is pretty much the average kid: he likes gaming, hanging with his friends, and his beloved pair of Air Jordans. But when he has to give up his most prized possession -- his bedroom -- when his recently widowed grandfather moves in with Peter's family, he's unwilling to let such an injustice stand. Peter devises a series of increasingly elaborate pranks to drive out the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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3 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY WARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WARSummary: Die hard (1988): NYPD police officer John McClane tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DIESavage, Ann
Summary: Through re-enactments and portrayals of both real and imagined events, filmmaker Guy Maddin takes viewers on a surreal tour of Winnipeg, the city he has lived in his entire life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Distribution 2015
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE MYSummary: Set during the tumultuous time of North American colonization, this gripping drama follows the lives of four young people: Abe Goffe, Beth Fanshawe, Ned Hawkins, and Hope Russell, as they fight for a better future in the wilderness of the New World and back home in England.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV NEWSummary: Cars: Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he hits a detour on his way to the most important race of his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on old Route 66, he meets Sally, Mater, Doc Hudson, and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there's more to life than trophies and fame.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Sophisticated conman Neal Caffrey teams up with FBI Agent Peter Burke to investigate an intriguing array of crimes ranging from extortion to murder. Now, reeling from the death of his girlfriend, Neal struggles to unlock the secret behind a mysterious music box and find Kate's killer, even as his partnership with Peter begins to crumble.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV WHICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD WHI RATED PG-13Summary: Lisa Baumer learns that her husband has died in a freak plane accident. Summoned to Athens to collect his generous life insurance policy, she soon discovers that others besides herself are keen to get their hands on the money and are willing to kill for it. Meanwhile, private detective Peter Lynch arrives to investigate irregularities in the insurance claim. Teaming up with a beautiful...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN CASCarlin, George
Summary: Encompassing over five decades of George Carlin₂s hilarious and groundbreaking career, the collection brings together for the first time all of the legendary comedian₂s HBO specials plus hours of bonus material, including Carlin₂s posthumous audio release, Featuring never-before-released material from the 1960's all the way through to the 2000.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Nicknamed by their grandmother, "Smiling Fish" Tony is an actor with a freewheeling spirit, while "Goat on Fire" Chris is a starchy buttoned-down accountant. Both are in seemingly perfect relationships, that is until they fall in love with women who are wildly different than themselves.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Studio Home Entertainment 2001