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1) The daughter
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a fifteen-year absence, Christian returns home to rural New South Wales for the marriage of his father, Henry, the wealthy owner of the local mill that's been the economic bedrock of the community for generations. Christian gets reacquainted with his old friend Oliver and finds himself drawn to Oliver's family, which includes wife Charlotte, daughter Hedvig, and father-in-law Walte. Unexpectedly, Christian discovers a secret that could tear...
2) Deep water
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 221 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the mutilated corpse of a young gay man is found in a smart Bondi Beach apartment, Detectives Tori Lustigman and Nick Manning are assigned the case. Is this brutal murder a domestic disturbance, a robbery gone wrong, or a gay hate crime? With mounting evidence to suggest the perpetrator has killed before, they start digging through old investigations and the discovery is shocking. They uncover up to 80 possible murders of gay men in New South...
3) Little fish
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After years of treading water in her career and redeeming herself after a troubled past, Tracy Heart sets a goal of owning her own business. Her goals are torn apart by the return of her ex-boyfriend and the criminal intentions of her brother.
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inspired by the best-selling books, this charming series follows the adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare and his father, Big Nutbrown Hare, reminding us that there is no greater love than that between a parent and child. In these seven fun-filled episodes, Little Nutbrown Hare goes about exploring the meadow and playing with his friends, all while learning valuable lessons of friendship.
5) Tracks
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It tells the remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson, a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert. Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan who begins to photograph her voyage.
6) Jasper Jones
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"A riveting and moving Australian coming of age story about Charlie Bucktin, a bookish boy of 14. On the night that Jasper Jones, the town's mixed race outcast shows him the dead body of young Laura Wishheart, Charlie's life is changed forever. Entrusted with this secret and believing Jasper to be innocent, Charlie embarks on a dangerous journey to find the true killer. Set over the scorching summer holidays of 1969, Charlie defeats the local racists,...
7) Bright star
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nineteenth century poet John Keats and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, started out as unlikely lovers who were totally at odds with each other. However, when Brawne offers to help Keats nurse his seriously ill brother, the two soon became involved in an unstoppable romance that only his untimely death at age 25 could bring to a shattering end.
8) 2:22
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
New York City air traffic controller Dylan Branson is the embodiment of a guy at the top of his game, until one day at 2:22 pm, a blinding flash of light paralyzes him for a few crucial seconds as two passenger planes barely avoid a midair collision.
Series
Criterion collection volume 973
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Description
"For her award-winning breakthrough film, director Gillian Armstrong drew on teenage author Miles Franklin's novel, a celebrated turn-of-the-twentieth-century Australian coming-of-age story, to brashly upend the conventions of period romance. Headstrong young Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis, in a star-making performance) bemoans her stifling life in the backcountry where her writerly ambitions receive little encouragement, and craves independence over...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 342 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Aaron Pedersen returns as Det. Jay Swan in this mystery set in the Australian outback. When a body is found along the coast, Jay teams up with a local constable to investigate. Facing obstruction from an archaeologist working nearby, Jay must expose the web of corruption plaguing the town as the body count rises.
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 381 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Five years after the shocking events that rocked her hometown in New Zealand, Detective Robin Griffin has returned to Sydney and is trying to rebuild her life. When the unidentified body of an Asian girl washes up on Bondi Beach, there appears little hope of finding the killer, until Robin realizes "China Girl" didn't die alone.
12) All about E
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Young E , as she is called, seems to have it all. She's the sexy DJ at Sydney's top gay nightclub and has her pick of the girls. But E is clueless. She's not out to her family, she's abandoned her music and she's lost her true love Trish. When E stumbles on a stash of cash, she and her friend Matt are forced to run to the outback and appeal to Trish to hide them. Can E keep the money, conquer her demons, and get the girl?
13) Muriel's wedding
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
No one ever paid much attention to Muriel and her humdrum small town life, so she and her best friend Rhonda decide to leave it behind and head for the big city ... where they end up having the exciting adventure of their lives! What's more, soon everyone takes notice when Muriel becomes engaged to a handsome and popular sports hero!
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 466 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Janet confronts a hornet's nest of illegal gambling, organized crime and money laundering while tracking the tragic death of a young sports star. What begins as a spot betting investigation soon unmasks the elite professional sportsmen and women, and their connection to the shadowy underbelly of performance enhancing drugs, match fixing, kickbacks and ultimately murder.
15) The dark lake
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xii, 384 pages ; 24 cm
Description
The lead homicide investigator in a rural town, Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock is deeply unnerved when a high school classmate is found strangled, her body floating in a lake. And not just any classmate, but Rosalind Ryan, whose beauty and inscrutability exerted a magnetic pull on Smithson High School, first during Rosalind's student years and then again when she returned to teach drama. As much as Rosalind's life was a mystery to Gemma when they...
16) The railway man
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on an autobiography, this film tells the true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a POW camp, where he is tortured and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Accompanied by his best friend, Lomax returns to the scene...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 139 min.) sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After two years running from the law, bushranger Ben Hall has gone into hiding, He is soon drawn back into bushranging by the reappearance of his old friend, John Gilbert. Reforming the gang and taking on a new recruit John Dunn, the trio begin a spree of robberies and crimes across New South Wales. After the killing of two policemen, the three become the most wanted men in colony.
18) Killing ground
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A couple's romantic camping trip becomes a desperate fight for survival in this ultra-raw, unhinged kill ride.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 349 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's 1999, and freshly minted detective Jay Swan arrives in a dusty Outback town. Although he's the new copper on the beat, he grew up nearby, and his estranged family still lives here as does the woman who will change his life forever, Mary. Before Jay can even report for duty, he finds himself in the middle of an armed holdup, one of a series being perpetrated by a masked gang. The heists seem to be random: a cattle truck is stolen, a popular pub...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1296 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Description
From the film critics of The New York Times come these uncut, original reviews of the most popular and influential movies ever made -- from the Talkies to blockbusters like Chicago and The Wizard of Oz from timeless classics like Casablanca and Notorious, to beloved foreign films by Truffaut and Kurosawa, Fellini and Almodovar. The reviews reflect Hollywood history at its best. In addition, this volume includes: Full cast and production credits for...
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