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Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 320 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The Apostle (1997): Robert Duvall is Sonny, a gifted preacher loved by his community. When Sonny loses control and commits a crime of passion, he is forced to run from the law. Hiding out in the small town of Bayou Boutte, he sets out on a new mission: redemption. At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991): Martin and Hazel Quarrier are missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Can the interaction of these characters...
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Set in 1967, a heartwarming film that follows the story of three generations of close friends, Lily, Eileen, and Dolly of Ballygar, a hard-knocks community in Dublin, who have one tantalizing dream: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes, that place of miracles that draws millions of visitors each year. When the chance to win presents itself, the women seize it. However, just before their trip, their old friend Chrissie arrives in...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Forced to give up his land and home, Texas rancher Red Bovie is not about to retire quietly in a trailer park. Instead he jumps in his Cadillac and hits the road with his estranged grandson for one last wild adventure filled with guns, women and booze. It's just another night in Old Mexico.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (18 hr., 14 min., 51 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In the 5th season of "Hawaii Five-0", McGarrett continues to try to bring closure to his father's case and closure to his mother's past, while the state's brash Five-O unit, who may spar and jest among themselves, remains determined to eliminate the seedy elements from the 50th state.
Pub. Date
[2008]
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6 videodiscs (approximately 1215 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Filmed entirely on location in Hawaii, this television series follows Steve McGarrett and his squad as they enforce the law and match wits with a gallery of memorable villains, including the deadly Wo Fat.
6) The surface
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 26 min) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When a plane crashes in the unpredictable waters of Lake Michigan, the pilot is pulled from the wreckage by Mitch who has been stranded on his boat. Immediately suspicious of each other, these two strangers must overcome their differences to find a way back to shore. Together, they must fight against the harsh elements if they have any hope of making it back alive.
8) Alistair1918
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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A World War One soldier accidentally time travels to present-day Los Angeles. Filthy, penniless, with no way to prove his identity, he struggles to find a way back to his wife in 1918.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 466 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (12 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
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Kind, quiet Tannie Maria isn't a woman who draws much notice. She leads a solitary life, writing recipes for the local gazette, cooking with ingredients from her garden, and chatting with her pet chicken, Morag. When Maria becomes the newspaper's advice columnist, she peppers her responses with delectable recipes to help people fix their problems. But after a woman who wrote to her turns up dead, Maria and her colleague, rookie journalist Jessie,...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 199 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Golda Meir grew up on the streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She harbored an incredible dream: she wanted to help the Jewish people build a new home. Her arduous journey led to a dusty kibbutz in Palestine and the struggle to establish the nation of Israel. Through hardship, war, and countless sacrifices, Golda survived it all and became Israel's first female prime minister. A stunning reminder that one life can truly make a difference.
14) The creator
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory...
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Hola everyone! Paulie here. I started the Latino Slant in the summer of 2020 to celebrate and spotlight the achievements of Latinos in the entertainment field. Since then we have interviewed some incredible talent from acting legend Edward James Olmos to rising stars like Andrea Munoz.
The past few years I realized I'm hearing a lot of the same questions. "Where are our stories?"We want stories that are new and exciting. Bold and entertaining. Well...
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"The Silver Shield" by Sydney Grundy. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that...
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Meet the players:
Mike, the protagonist, is a friendly and engaging man who desperately wants to have a loving, or at least friendly relationship with his twenty-two-year-old daughter, Zoe.
He also wants to get his life back on track, but frequently gets in his own way.
Scotty and Joe are Mike's two best friends since grade school:
Scotty was a chubby red-haired kid who was picked on by the school bullies, now an easygoing, affable gent who wanted...
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The Second Anthology'' is the second anthology of screenplays based on Dianna Diverno's novel. There are three anthologies of screenplays, a total of 60 screenplays for movies and animated movies for children. Screenplays : White Fox, Kill With Style, Cruiser, Revenge - Blood For Blood, Forbidden Love 2, Lady With One Dollar...
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Showing diversity is the best way to undermine the negative stereotyping of Jewish people. The five plays in this book illustrate why stereotypes of any description don't work.
In Shylock Revisited, the main character won't give up his efforts to make the merchant of Venice, Antonio, pay what he owes. In "Good Deeds" a screen writer, Salka Viertel, pays the price for helping Nazi era Jewish artists escape from Europe.
Harry Houdini takes on...
20) Mr. Bengt's Wife
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Mr. Bengt's Wife is the passionate story of Margit, an orphan and rebellious novice who breaks her convent vows to marry her "Knight", Lord Bengt, a wealthy landowner. Her husband's fortunes soon dwindle, and she seeks her freedom from her approaching poverty. As her marriage dissolves. she is hotly pursued by the convent Priest, and a childhood friend who is now the Bailiff of the town. Her love/hate relationship with Bengt also continues, adding...
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