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Series
Understanding the Old Testament volume 14
Description
Discover the genre of the biblical short story: Old Testament books that recount single plots, often focusing on displaced women. Learn the story of Ruth, of the land of Moab - Israel's hated enemy, who survived in Bethlehem through loyalty and resourcefulness. Also, encounter the Jewish, Persian Queen Esther, who saved her people by honoring her Jewishness while being queen of a gentile society.
2) Jaco
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (217 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A film following the life, career, and decline of legendary bass guitarist Jaco Pastorius, featuring interviews with friends, family, and other artists. Bonus materials include outtakes and stories from Joni Mitchell, Flea, Carlos Santana, Mike Stern, and others.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (411 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Adaptations of short stories by A.E. Coppard and H.E. Bates. Set against the English countryside during the post-World War I period. Reveals the timeless and constant qualities of the British landscape and its people.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (67 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
By 14 he had written five novels and penned a diary about the Nazi occupation of Prague. By 16 he had produced more than 170 drawings and paintings, edited an underground magazine in the Theresienstadt Ghetto, written numerous short stories and had walked to the gas chamber at Auschwitz. But this is a story of celebration as well as tragedy, a testament to how a boy's wonder and creative expression represent the best of what makes us human.
8) Finding Thea
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Although her name is found on a waterway, a park and other places in Tacoma, Thea Foss' personal story is not well known. An immigrant from Norway and a pioneer business woman, she founded, with her husband, the Foss Launch Company. This small venture grew to be the Foss Launch and Tug Company, and is now the Seattle-based Foss Maritime Company, reputedly the largest tugboat company on the West Coast. The Tugboat Annie character made popular in the...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (442 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Return to the sleepy Cotswold village of Kembleford where the lovably quirky Father Brown is facing another round of seemingly unsolvable murders. Assisted by parish secretary Mrs. McCarthy, the glamorous Lady Felicia Montague and her chauffeur Sid Carter, Father Brown will face some of his most challenging cases yet. Unexpected death on a film set, a poisoned executioner, a kidnapping, voodoo and murder abound as Father Brown tries to maintain some...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 675 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Father Brown cycles back for another season of more mysteries in the sleepy Cotswold village of Kembleford. This season, a Duke and Duchess visit the village at Christmas time, but the community is thrown into chaos when the couple's baby boy goes missing. When a female author is murdered, Father Brown turns to her novels for guidance. And when a boxer is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Father Brown uncovers a well-planned betting sting.
11) Butterfly
Pub. Date
[2001?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A shy young boy is brought out of his cocoon by a wise teacher who shows him the wonder of the natural world around him, amidst the growing tensions and chaos of the Spanish Civil War in Galicia.
12) Short cuts
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (183 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A look at human life and American culture with over 20 characters' lives interweaving.
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (8 hr., 17 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Twenty terrifying stories plus the original Pilot movie from the original first season of television's Night Gallery. Stories adapted from short stories by such authors as H.P. Lovecraft and Conrad Aiken and directed by such people as Steven Spielberg and John Badham.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 1276 min.) : silent and sound, black and white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (76 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
Description
Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart from the Hollywood establishment, cultivating visual and...
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