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1) True women
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 3 hr., 3 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the historical novel by Janice Woods Windle about a woman in Texas who takes care of her family and fends off Indian attacks while her husband's away.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in 1860's Venice, a young Venetian borrows money from a Jew who gives him the money on the security of one pound of flesh. Upon default the Jew insists on payment of his bond and the young Venetian is rescued by the heroine disguised as a male lawyer.
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 298 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on the internationally acclaimed and best-selling novel by Lars Saabye Christensen, The Half Brother is an evocative family saga revolving around the life of un-produced screenwriter Barnum Nilsen. On V-Day, May 1945, as a continent emerges from war, Barnum's mother Vera is raped in her attic in Oslo by an unknown man, leading to the birth of Barnum's half brother, Fred. When Barnum is born five years later, to the man that Vera has since...
5) Tom Jones
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (200 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Abandoned as a baby, rescued and adopted by a country gentleman, Tom Jones grows up kind, handsome, free-spirited, and very popular with the ladies. But he cannot escape his lowly birth. When he falls in love with the bright, beautiful heiress Sophia Western, and she falls in love with him, their families unite against the match. They both end up in London, facing the wiles and whims of Sophia's aunt, the beguiling but dangerous Lady Bellaston, who...
7) The Lorax
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Presents Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax," a story that illustrates the consequences of pollution and shares the tale of the Lorax, who tried to protect his forest home from the Once-ler and his destructive ways.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (approximately 558 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After the shocking developments at the end of season 5 -- including Jon Snow's bloody fate at the hands of Castle Black mutineers, Daenerys' near-demise at the fighting pits of Meereen, and Cersei's public humiliation in the streets of King's Landing -- survivors from all parts of Westeros and Essos regroup to press forward, inexorably, towards their uncertain individual fates. Familiar faces will forge new alliances to bolster their strategic chances...
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (178 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The mists of Avalon follows the women of Avalon from their childhoods through the ultimate fulfillment of their destinies in the battle between Christianity and Paganism that threatens to bring down Arthur's kingdom.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 464 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As Outlander continues, Claire and Jamie's relationship is tested by ruthless Redcoats, volatile clan politics, and a brutal witch trial, which force Jamie and Claire to escape to a new home. Just when their life as a married couple begins to take shape, Jamie is once again drawn into Captain Randall's darkness. Ultimately, Claire discovers there is a fate worse than death as she struggles to save Jamie's heart, as well as his soul.
12) Olive Kitteridge
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The four-part drama that tells the story of a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. The story spans 25 years and focuses on Olive's relationships with her husband, Henry, the good-hearted and kindly town pharmacist; their son, Christopher, who resents his mother's...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
True to the "Fire and Blood" words of House Targaryen, rivers, fields and skies turn red as Aegon sets out on his brave and bloody conquest to defeat the seven reigning families that made up the realm--an impossible feat were it not for Aegon's possession of the most feared and ferocious weapons in all of Westeros: Dragons. Told in the animated, storybook style of the history & lore features, Game of Thrones: conquest & rebellion brings you the never-before-seen...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (752 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Season six starts with Alexandria's safety shattered by multiple threats. To make it, the people of Alexandria will need to catch up with our survivors' hardness while many of Rick's people will need to take a step back from the violence and pragmatism they've needed to embrace. These reversals won't happen easily or without conflict. But now Rick's group is fighting for something more than survival ... They're fighting for their home, and they will...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (182 min.) : sound, col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
P.G. Wodehouse's beloved Blandings Castle stories follow the foibles of an eccentric aristocrat, his peculiar family, and the ramshackle ancestral home they share. In this witty British series, Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders sparkle as Wodehouse's madcap protagonists.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 578 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the streets of seventeenth century Paris, law and order is an idea more than a reality. In addition to being King Louis XIII's personal bodyguards, Athos, Aramis, Porthos, and their new friend D'Artagnan, stand resolutely for social justice, honor, valor, love, and for the thrill of it all. They must fight to maintain order and protect their King and Queen against the worst intentions of the ruthless Cardinal Richelieu and his secret weapon, Milady....
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (688 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Police officer Rick Grimes leads a group of survivors in a world overrun by zombies. The series explores how the living are changed by the realization that those who survive can be far more dangerous than the walking dead.
20) Manon Lescaut
Pub. Date
©2000, 1983
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Hamburg State Opera's production of Puccini's opera. The Chevalier des Grieux meets and seduces the young Manon when she is being escorted by her brother to a convent. Manon lives with des Grieux in Paris, but leaves him for a rich admirer. She is later arrested, charged with prostitution, and deported to Louisiana. Des Grieux accompanies her and during an escape attempt she dies in his arms.
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