Nick Offerman
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With wit, heartwarming stories and a keen insight into new and exciting ways to see both the past and the future of the country, the actor, writer and woodworker takes a literary journey to America's frontier to celebrate the people and landscape that have made it great.
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"February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. "My poor boy, he was too good for this earth," the president...
5) Nostalgia
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A profoundly moving drama about people's collective need to find meaning in the objects we hold dear. It is a mosaic of interconnected stories built around the central theme of loss and memory, filled with characters as real and recognizable as friends and neighbors.
Pub. Date
[2015]
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1 videodisc (105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A uniquely funny and moving story about Greg, a high school senior who avoids deep human relationships as a way to safely navigate the social mine field that is teenage life. In fact, he describes his best friend Earl, with whom he makes short-film parodies of classic movies, as being 'more like a co-worker'. But when Greg's mom insists he spends time with Rachel, a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer, Greg discovers just how...
7) The hero
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A former Western icon re-evaluates his life, his image and more importantly his heart after a surprise diagnosis.
Pub. Date
2018.
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1 videodisc (97 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. In Brooklyn, Sam Fisher and her father Frank form a band together, cleverly titled "We Are Not a Band" based off Sam's sarcastic remark about their endeavor. Sam plays keyboard, while Frank strums the guitar. The two end up achieving unlikely success, but must ultimately decide whether hitting the big time is worth the cost of their close relationship, as well as Sam's plans to head off to college in the fall.
9) The founder
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Tells the true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.
10) The Lego movie
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a journey for which Emmet is hopelessly and hilariously underprepared.
11) The little hours
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns in the Middle Ages. Introduced as a deaf blind man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.
12) Sing 2
Pub. Date
2022.
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The ever-optimistic koala Buster Moon and his all-star cast of performers prepare to launch their most dazzling stage extravaganza yet, all in the glittering entertainment capital of the world.
13) Dumb money
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world's hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill, who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement,...
14) Casa de mi padre
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Armando Alvarez has lived and worked on his father's ranch in Mexico his entire life. As the ranch faces financial strains, Armando's younger brother Raul shows up and pledges to settle all his father's debts. It seems that Raul's success as an international businessman means the ranch's troubles are over, but when Armando falls for Sonia, and Raul's business dealings turn out to be less than legit, the Alvarez family finds themselves in a full-out...
15) Civil war
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a dystopian future America, a team of military-embedded journalists race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
17) In a world
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An unsuccessful vocal coach competes against her arrogant father in the movie trailer voice-over business.
18) Good omens
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 326 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In the beginning and eleven years ago, two immortal beings decide that it might not be time to start an Apocalypse. Having followed the wrong boy for years, Aziraphale and Crowley must now try to locate the whereabouts of the real Antichrist. Perhaps the story of Agnes Nutter and her famous prophecies will hold the answer?