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Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1953, Katherine Watson is a free-spirited graduate of UCLA who accepts a teaching post at Wellesley College, a women-only school where the students are torn between the repressive mores of the time and their longing for intellectual freedom.
5) Submission
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Frustrated college English professor Ted (Stanley Tucci), bored with his mundane marriage and dealing with writer's block, is suddenly inspired by promising female student Angela (Addison Timlin). His interest in her soon evolves into an obsession, turning the teacher-student relationship into one of manipulation and exploitation.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic as an apartment for her and her husband Jason, a former GI struggling to finish college.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Philosophy professor Abe Lucas is at rock bottom emotionally, unable to find any meaning or joy in life. He feels that everything he's tried to do from political activism to teaching hasn't made any difference. Abe gets involved with two women: Rita Richards, a lonely professor who is unhappy in her marriage; and Jill Pollard, his best student, who becomes his closest friend. Pure chance changes everything when Abe and Jill overhear a stranger's conversation...
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A woman is murdered in Oxford. Her body is discovered by two men who meet for the first time at that moment: Arthur Seldom, a prestigious professor of logic, and Martin, a young graduate student who has just arrived at the University hoping to study with Seldom. It quickly becomes clear that this is the first in a series of murders, all of which are announced by the murderer with strange mathematical symbols. Professor and student join forces to try...
10) Wit
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is until she is diagnosed with a devastating illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. She finds that the fine line between life and death can only be walked with wit.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
12) God's not dead
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's the debate of the ages; this time, held in a seemingly insignificant venue, but the outcome, as always, will be life-changing. A Christian college freshman, Josh Wheaton, and his atheist philosophy professor hold court on the existence of God. To pass the course, Josh must prove to the class that God is alive and well. This dare could cost him his relationships, his career, even his future, but Josh stands up for his faith and takes on the challenge....
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A church destroyed. A congregation silenced. A relationship shattered. Yet even in life's darkest valleys, a small flame can light the way toward healing and hope. After a deadly fire rips through St. James Church, Hadleigh University leaders use the tragedy to push the congregation off campus, forcing the church to defend its rights and bringing together estranged brothers for a reunion that opens old wounds and forces them to address the issues...
14) Losing ground
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Losing Ground tells the story of a marriage of two remarkable people, both at a crossroads in their lives. Sara Rogers, a black professor of philosophy, is embarking on an intellectual quest to understand 'ecstasy' just as her painter husband Victor sets off on a more earthly exploration of joy"--Container.
15) Professor T
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (275 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jasper Tempest is a Professor of Criminology at Cambridge University. He is obsessed with cleanliness, structure and order, but his genius for solving crimes means he is constantly having to get his hands dirty, helping the police to crack their most difficult cases.
17) Extraordinary
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 29 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on a true marriage journey, Extraordinary tells the amazing story of ultra-marathon runner and college professor David Horton, his wife, Nancy and their attempt to finish their marriage race as well. Although proud of his incredible athletic accomplishments and the impact he has on his students, Horton's family continuously pays a high price for his years of competitive running. Following his open-heart surgery and irreparable damage to his...
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