Michael York
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English
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towering classic of dystopian satire, BRAVE NEW WORLD is a brilliant and terrifying vision of a soulless societý⁰₄and of one man who discovers the human costs of mindless conformity. Hundreds of years in the future, the World Controllers have created an ideal civilization. Its members, shaped by genetic engineering and behavioral conditioning, are productive and content in roles they have been assigned at conception. Government-sanctioned drugs...
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English
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It's been a year since the Pevensie children--Peter (William Moseley), Susan (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar Keynes), and Lucy (Georgie Henley)--returned to England from Narnia, and they've just about resigned themselves to living their ordinary lives. But just like that, they're once again transported to a fantastical land, but one with a long-abandoned castle. It turns out that they are in Narnia again--and they themselves lived in that castle,...
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English
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In The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, prose magician Michael Chabon conjured the golden age of comic books, interwining history, legend and story-telling verve. In The Final Solution, he has condensed his boundless vision to create a short, suspenseful tale of compassion and wit that re-imagines the classic 19th-century detective story.
In deep retirement in the English countryside, an 89-year old man, vaguely recollected by the locals...
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English
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First published in 1948, Cry, the Beloved Country stands as the single most important novel in twentieth century South African literature. A work of searing beauty, it is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. Remarkable for its contemporaneity, unforgettable for character and incident, Cry, the Beloved Country is a classic work of...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Director Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 version of Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET, an iconic box-office record shattering adaptation, stars seventeen-year-old Leonard Whiting as Romeo and fifteen-year-old Olivia Hussey as Juliet. The raw talent of these leads capture the youth and innocence of the legendary characters like never before in what has gone down in history as one of the most profitable film adaptations of Shakespeare ever produced. Winner of...
8) Cabaret
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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An egocentric American girl dreams of becoming a star while working in a third-rate Berlin cabaret.
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W. Morrow
Pub. Date
1996
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696 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough re-creates an extraordinary epoch before the mighty Republic belonged to Julius Caesar-when Rome's noblewomen were his greatest conquest.
His victories were legend-in battle and bedchamber alike. Love was a political weapon he wielded cunningly and ruthlessly in his private war against enemies in the forum. Genius, general, patrician, Gaius Julius Caesar was history. His wives bought him influence....
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Series
Naval doctrine publication volume 1120
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English
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Presents two novels, set in 1930s Berlin during the rise of Hitler, which are based partly on the author's own experiences.
Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Intent on world domination, diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back to 1969 and steals Austin's "mojo". Now Austin must return to the swingin' sixties, recover his mojo and stop his nemesis from liquidating the world.
12) Night of the fox
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2008]
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1 videodisc (ca. 188 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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U.S. officer Colonel Hugh Kelso has inside knowledge about the imminent and highly secretive D-Day invasion. When he washes ashore behind enemy lines, special agents Harry Martineau and Sara Drayton of the Allied Forces must stage a covert rescue to save his live - or end it - before the Germans acquire the valuable information he possesses. Joined by an Italian naval officer and a Jewish actor-turned-German paratrooper, the agents embark on a rescue...
13) Cabaret
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
40th anniversary special ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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With Hitler rising to power and anti-Semitism growing, the Cabaret is the only place to hide.
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Publisher
New Line Home Video
Pub. Date
c1997
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Widescreen.
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Frozen in the 60's, secret agent Austin Powers (Myers) is thawed back into action to once again battle his archenemy Dr. Evil (Myers). With his sexy sidekick Ms. Kensington (Hurley), Austin must stop Dr. Evil's outrageous plot to control the world. But first, this time-warped swinger must get hip quick and discover that there's no free love in the 90's.
Publisher
Good Times Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col., stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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The most wicked man on earth is Stone Alexander and the only person capable of thwarting him is his brother David, the President of the United States. Their showdown pits continent against continent, nation against nation and brother against brother in an all-out conflict between good and evil. David calls upon the power of God to sustain his resolve and to help him reveal the true nature of the Beast.
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Distributed by New Video Group
Pub. Date
2006
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1 videodisc (ca. 52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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About Los Angeles elementary school teacher and winner of the American Teacher Award, Rafe Esquith, who teaches his students to understand and perform Shakespeare as a motivational teaching tool and unique method of education.
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Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
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1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The "sshhh!" hits the fan when Dr. Evil and Mini-Me escape from prison. Joining forces with superfreaky Goldmember, they kidnap Austin's father, master spy Nigel Powers in a dastardly time-travel scheme to take over the world. So Austin cruises to 1975 and teams up with Foxxy Cleopatra to stop Dr. Evil and Goldmember from their mischievous mayhem.
Publisher
Film Works Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Filmed over two years in some of the most beautiful places on the planet, Earth Songs is inspired by the celebrated National Geographic and BBC documentaries of recent years. Greenland, Patagonia, Hawaii, Iceland, Peru, Alaska, The Caribbean, New Zealand, and the Canadian Rockies play host to rare animals and breathtaking scenery. With narration by actor Michael York, Earth Songs will take you on a journey of ageless wisdom, inspiring poetry and stunning...
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Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999], c1967
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Petruchio is a poverty-stricken gentleman from Verona who journeys to Padua in search of a wealthy wife. There he meets Katharina, a self-willed shrew who leads Petruchio on a merry chase before he successfully circumvents her attempts to avoid marriage. After the honeymoon, Kate helps Petruchio win a wager that he has the most obedient wife. In reality, Kate has found a more effective way to dominate her mate.