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(0)Ben Kingsley
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 85 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Made for television documentary chronicles the C.S. Lewis story from his early days in Northern Ireland, through his acclaimed academic career at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, his friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, and his relationship with his wife, Joy.
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Standard full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (163 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of Islamic civilization on world history and culture.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tova Friedman was one of the youngest people to emerge from Auschwitz. After surviving the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto in Central Poland where she lived as a toddler, Tova was four when she and her parents were sent to a Nazi labour camp, and almost six when she and her mother were forced into a packed cattle truck and sent to Auschwitz II, also known as the Birkenau extermination camp, while her father was transported to Dachau. During six...
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Holocaust survivor Friedman recalls her experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau as a young child in this heartrending memoir. Born in Tomasz̤w Mazowiecki, Poland, in 1938, Friedman's first memories were of life in the Jewish ghetto. Suffering starvation, disease, and constant violence, she and her parents managed to survive several deportations and mass killings by the Gestapo. In autumn 1943, however, the family was deported to a slave labor camp in central...
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
An epic adventure about Mowgli, a man-cub who's been raised by a family of wolves. Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan, who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he's ever known, Mowgli embarks on a captivating journey of self discovery, guided by panther turned stern mentor Bagheera, and the free spirited bear Baloo.
Language
English
Description
Commemorate the twenty fifth Anniversary of Steven Spielberg's cinematic masterpiece of one of the most historically significant films of all time. Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Director, the incredible true story follows the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. It is the triumph of one man who made a difference and the drama of those who survived one of the darkest...
7) Ender's game
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014].
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the...
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An American naval officer is recruited by the government to impersonate the most vicious and cold-blooded terrorist there is in order to catch him. But are things really what they seem to be?
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 37 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher, comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, 'into the light,' where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie. Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs' family....
10) Mrs. Harris
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story, tells the tragic, unlikely tale of Jean Harris who made headlines in the early 1980s after shooting and killing her lover, the celebrated "Scarsdale diet doctor," Herman Tarnower, at his home in suburban New York.
11) Anne Frank
Publisher
KL Studio Classics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (189 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The beloved, unforgettable true-life story of romance, intrigue, and courage during the world's darkest hour. For the first time in a television drama, the identities of the Franks' betrayers are revealed.
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's a race against time when a rogue prince (Jake Gyllenhaal) reluctantly teams up with a rival princess (Gemma Arterton) to safeguard a magical dagger that gives its possessor the power to reverse time and rule the world.
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"This time, Larry Daley...and his heroic friends embark on their greatest adventure yet as they travel to London in order to save the magic that brings the museum exhibits to life!" -- Container.
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
56 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Provides information about the history of the orchestra since its beginnings in the seventeenth century, instruments of the orchestra, and famous composers of classical music.
15) Self/less
Publisher
Gramercy Pictures
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, an extremely wealthy man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man. But all is not as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origin and the secret organization that will kill to protect its cause.
16) The King And I
Author
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (1:04:02) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
17) Gandhi
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (190 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Gandhi's adult life, when he led an entire country to freedom, using non-violent methods.
18) The dictator
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The creators and star of Borat bring you the hilarious comedy about what happens when the world's worst dictator comes to America. Stuck in New York and stripped of his power, Aladeen is finally forced to live his ultimate nightmare, the American dream. Featuring never-before-seen footage, that's outrageous and shamefully funny!
19) Schindler's list
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Widescreen (1.85:1) ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 196 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a Catholic war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who risked his life and went bankrupt in order to save more than 1,000 Jews from certain death in concentration camps. He employed Jews in his crockery factory manufacturing goods for the German army. At the same time he tries to stay solvent with the help of a Jewish accountant and negotiates business with a vicious Nazi commandant who enjoys shooting Jews as target practice from the balcony...
20) The walk
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1974, Philippe Petit assembled a team to help him achieve his dream of walking between the World Trade Center towers.
