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Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young...
2) DVDs
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 p.) : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of DVDs and explains how they are manufactured and used all over the world. Includes a glossary of terms used in the book and resources for further research.
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 dvd (100 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
June 1945. Tracking an escaped Russian POW at the behest of British intelligence, Foyle becomes involved in a murder investigation conducted by his former subordinate, DI Paul Milner. The situation threatens not only their already strained relationship, but also Foyle's life.
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 dvd (100 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
July 1945. While African American GIs wait for transport home, racial tensions run high at the army base in Hastings -- particularly when a black American serviceman becomes romantically involved with a white local woman. Then a series of nighttime holdups adds to the town's concerns and leaves Foyle puzzled.
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 dvd (100 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
1945. Foyle probes the mysterious motives of James Devereaux, a former POW and member of the British Free Corps, who refuses to defend himself against treason charges. Meanwhile, Milner investigates the murder of a young woman rooming with the Devereaux family's housekeeper.
6) Midway
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Collector's ed.
Language
English
Description
"This is the way it was--the story of the battle that was the turning point of the war in the Pacific, told wherever possible with actual film shot during combat. It exemplifies the combination of planning, courage, error and pure chance by which great events are often decided."--Title screens. In June of 1942, quite possibly the most important naval encounter of WWII took place in the middle of the Pacific, at Midway Island. While fictional, the...
Language
English
Description
In 1940s Indiana, nine-year-old Ralphie dreams of his ideal Christmas gift: a genuine Red Ryder 200-shot carbine action air rifle. But when gruff dad and doting mom regularly respond with "You'll shoot your eye out!" Ralphie mounts a full-scale Santa-begging campaign. He encounters a slew of calamities from snowsuit paralysis to the dreaded tongue-on-a-frozen-flagpole gambit.
9) Casablanca
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In World War II Morocco, seething with European refugees desperate for passage to neutral Lisbon, only a world-weary and bitter nightclub owner can help his former lover and her Resistance-hero husband escape from the Nazis.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Reveals every aspect of the human brain's anatomy and how it functions with extraordinary clarity. Fully updated to include the latest cutting-edge technology and research, such as brain implants and stimulation, how memory works, and the far-reaching changes that take place in the brain during early life."--Back cover.
11) Citizen Kane
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (119 min., 113 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An all-powerful press magnate, Kane, dies in his fabulous castle Xanadu, his last word being "Rosebud", which leads a reporter to seek the meaning behind the word and find the meaning of Kane. Prominent publisher, William Randolph Hearst, saw the film as a thinly disguised version of his career and attempted to suppress it.
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (29 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Explains how to recognize eating disorders, how friends and loved ones should communicate their fears and concerns, and how those who suffer from these often fatal illnesses can find professional help. Special emphasis is placed on identifying anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating as actual diseases, not as misguided lifestyle choices -- a realization necessary for effective treatment.
13) The Matrix
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The day-in, day world is the real world is merely perception. In reality it is a hoax perpetrated by an all-powerful artificial intelligence that control us. A small group of humans has found a way out of the construct, and is now fighting for the future of the human race.
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Provides soccer tips for players and coaches, fun games and some of the most challenging and creative soccer drills for the experienced and advanced player. The drills include footwork, crosses, heading, shooting, juggling, volleys, and conditioning.
16) Ghostbusters
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When ghosts go on a rampage, only three men can save the world. Soon every spook in the city is loose and our heroes face the supreme challenge. If you want your spirits raised, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
17) The mummy
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1920s, adventurer Rick leads Egyptologist Evelyn and her brother Jonathan to mysterious Hamunaptra. While Jonathan is keen on finding legendary Egyptian treasures, Evelyn wants to search for the Book of the Living, which would clarify a lot in historical knowledge about the ancient Egyptians. Unfortunately, they free Imhotep's mummy from his eternal prison. Imhotep, a former high priest to the pharaoh, wants not only to use Evelyn's body...
20) A bug's life
Language
English
Description
Journey inside the miniature world of bugs where an ant named Flik hires warrior bugs to defend his colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers. Bonus title at end: Geri's game (Academy Award, Best Animated Short, 1997)
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