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Series
Publisher
Tango Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
The tale of a grumpy academic and the lower-class woman who joins his household staff. He bucks the class prejudices of the time by showing compassion and trying to educate her children.
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on the vibrant true story of a young girl from the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled with the confidence and determination she needs to pursue her dream of becoming an international chess champion.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Things are so bad for recently widowed farmer Mary Bassett and her three children that this Thanksgiving they may not even be able to afford a turkey for their dinner. Suddenly, Mary's wealthy and estranged mother Isabella comes for a visit. Although Isabella finds a kindred spirit in Mary's eldest daughter and budding writer Tilly, Mary resents her mother's attempts to help them out of their financial difficulties. It will take more than money to...
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune, meeting the manipulative Alec proves to be her downfall.
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the beloved author of Dominicana, a GMA Book Club Pick and Women's Prize Finalist, an electrifying and indelible new novel about a woman who has lost everything but the chance to finally tell her story. Write this down: Cara Romero wants to work. Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But when, in her mid-50s, she loses her job in the Great Recession, she is forced back into the job market...
7) Set it off
Publisher
New Line Productions
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen deluxe extended director's cut edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Four poor black women try to get some payback from the social system which has abused them by a staging a series of bank robberies.
8) Dodesukaden
Series
Criterion collection volume 465
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language
日本語
Description
Follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. As desperate as their circumstances may seem, each of them, including the homeless father and son who dream of a home; the young woman hiding from the abuse she receives from her uncle; and a young boy who dreams of being a trolley conductor, find reasons to carry on
Author
Language
English
Description
Three lives collide on an island off India: “An engrossing tale of caste and culture… introduces readers to a little-known world.”—Entertainment Weekly
Off the easternmost coast of India, in the Bay of Bengal, lies the immense labyrinth of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans. For settlers here, life is extremely precarious. Attacks by tigers are common. Unrest and eviction are constant threats....
Off the easternmost coast of India, in the Bay of Bengal, lies the immense labyrinth of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans. For settlers here, life is extremely precarious. Attacks by tigers are common. Unrest and eviction are constant threats....
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (5 videodiscs) (ca. 635 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 p. : 18 cm) and memorabilia collection (23 items) in envelope (13 x 20 cm.) inside DVD container cover.
Language
English
Description
Great Expectations: "Nothing is quite as it seems for young orphan Pip in this superb retelling of Dickens' classic coming-of-age novel..." -cover.
Jane Eyre: "When a lonely young governess falls in love with the father of her new student at Thornfield Hall, things finally appear to be going well for Jane Eyre. However, Jane and Mr. Rochester are haunted by the mysteries of their past lives..." -cover.
Wuthering Heights: "The fiery romance of Heathcliff...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In the third of the Palliser novels, the central figure is Lizzie Eustace - young, beautiful, and widowed. Her determination to hold onto a famous necklace in the face of legal harassment by brother-in-law's solicitor entangles her in a series of crimes - apparent and real - and contrived love affairs. Often considered the least political of the Palliser novels, it is highly revealing study of Victorian Britain, its colonial activities in Ireland,...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"From author Willy Vlautin comes an exploration of greed and opportunism, set amidst a rapidly gentrifying city-a novel taking place over 48 hours in which a young woman must push herself to her limits to get the security she needs for herself and her family"--
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