Oliver Platt
Author
Series
American Experience volume 3
Language
English
Description
Chart the ways in which the bloodiest battle in American history, and the ensuing peace, forever changed a president and a nation. In the fall of 1918, the deadly flu swept through cities at home and at the front. When the tide of war turned, the Germans wanted a cease-fire on Wilson's terms. On November 11, 1918, the war was over, but for Wilson, the last fight remained. He negotiated the terms of the peace treaty and won the world over to his League...
Author
Series
American Experience volume 2
Language
English
Description
Chart America's entry into the conflict, examining the breathtaking speed of mobilization and the profound transformations required if America was to play a central role in the Great War. In 1917, the U.S. was deeply divided about going to war. Wilson hired former journalist George Creel to lead an unprecedented propaganda campaign to support the war. But for those who resisted the patriotic fervor, the consequences could be severe. Repressive legislation...
Author
Series
American Experience volume 1
Language
English
Description
Explore America's tortured, nearly three-year journey to war. In August 1914, a war unprecedented in size and violence broke out on the European continent. Ever the idealistic diplomat, Wilson vowed to keep his country out of "the Great War." His neutrality was supported but reports from Europe began to challenge America's delicate position. From behind the battle lines came reports detailing German atrocities in Belgium and France: history's first...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Walt Disney was uniquely adept at art as well as commerce, a master filmmaker who harnessed the power of technology and storytelling. This new film examines Disney's complex life and enduring legacy. Features rare archival footage from the Disney vaults, scenes from some of his greatest films, interviews with biographers and animators, and the designers who helped turn his dream of Disneyland into reality.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Free-spirited Maggie meets her match in a charming Viagra salesman named Jamie. Maggie and Jamie leap into a no-strings-attached affair, but no matter how hard they try to keep things 'casual,' they can't help falling under the influence of the ultimate drug: love!
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
David is a widowed science fiction writer who adopts Dennis, a young boy who claims to be from the Red Planet. David believes the child acts strangely in order to process the difficulty he has had in his young life, but soon both David and his sister, Liz, begin to wonder if the boy might be telling the truth.
7) Simon Birch
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ever since doctors proclaimed Simon Birch's birth as a miracle, Simon's sure he's going to be a hero, he's just not sure how.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their superhuman powers for the first time, working together in a desperate attempt to stop the Hellfire Club and a global nuclear war.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (979 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When lives are on the line, dedicated doctors, nurses, and staff of Chicago's busiest trauma center are the ones to trust. In the engrossing second season, big changes put the ER on an emotional collision course. A slew of both professional and personal issues, from legal setbacks to romantic entanglements, illnesses, and the elusive work-life balance-threaten to affect those trying to maintain cutting-edge medicine with care and compassion.
Publisher
WGBH Boston
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Japan, Europe and Russia, birth rates are shrinking and the population is aging. In parts of India and Africa, more than half of the still growing population is under 25. The world population is now careening in two dramatically different directions. China revs up examines China's booming economy and the impact its having on the environment.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008], c1994
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The dynamic Pecos Bill teams with larger-than-life heroes Paul Bunyan and John Henry to help a brave young man in the fight against a greedy land-grabber who'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the deed to the youngster's family farm.
12) The Nobodies
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
This book promises weird surprises! Multiple jujitsu-like plot twists! An escaped rhinoceros! A girl whose braids turn into snakes! So go on, snap to it! Read the book already! You might just learn the secret art of being an Anybody. . . .
Fern and Howard are off to camp to learn the art of being Anybodies. But Camp Happy Sunshine Good Times is not what they expected: The bus driver is blind, the counselors have beaks, and
...Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 672 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Executive producer Dick Wolf delivers the latest installment of the compelling Chicago franchise, an emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors, nurses, and staff who hold it together. Crossing paths with familiar faces from ₁Chicago P.D.₂ and ₁Chicago Fire,₂ this third team of Chicago heroes take on cases inspired by topical events while forging fiery relationships...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (846 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As the courageous doctors, nurses, and staff of Chicago Med deal with the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room, heart-wrenching drama impacts them both professionally and personally. With lives on the line every day, the ED team finds themselves on an emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the hospital that gets Chicago's most difficult and challenging cases.
15) The Anybodies
Author
Series
Anybodies volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
After learning that she is not the biological daughter of boring Mr. and Mrs. Drudger, Fern embarks on magical adventures with her real father and finally finds "a place that feels like home."
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (921 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chicago's courageous medical heroes continue to confront the city's most challenging medical cases in Season Seven of the emotionally charged drama series from Emmy-winning executive producer Dick Wolf. This season, Dr. Will Halstead finds his career at risk after his cover-up of a serious ethics violation; Dr. Daniel Charles continues to provide outstanding psychiatric insight; Sharon Goodwin deals with the fiscal scrutiny that comes with being the...
17) Pieces of April
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Family outcast April lives in a beat-up apartment in New York's Lower East Side with her boyfriend, Bobby. In order to spend some time with her dying mother, April invites her conservative suburban family to her place for a Thanksgiving feast. While she frantically tries to complete the meal, the family drives in from Pennsylvania sharing less-than-pleasant opinions about April's lifestyle. Her dad tries to think positively, while sister Beth flaunts...
18) Bicentennial man
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter guide.
Language
English
Description
A comedy about an android "household appliance" robot who just wants to be a regular guy.
Publisher
MGM Television Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (541 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Coen Brothers Best Picture Oscar Nominee transforms into the season's most talked about TV debut. It features a new "true crime" story and new characters, all chilled in the trademark dry wit, murderous mayhem and "Minnesota nice" of the original classic film. Lorne Malvo, is a manipulative master criminal who changes the life of insurance salesmen Lester Nygaard. Gus Grimly and Molly Solverson are the small-town police officers who join forces...
20) Wonder Woman
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
75th commemorative edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On the mystical island of Themyscira, a proud and fierce warrior race of Amazons have raised a daughter of untold beauty, grace and strength - Princess Diana. When an army fighter pilot, Steve Trevor, crash lands on the island, the rebellious and headstrong Diana defies Amazonian law by accompanying Trevor back to civilization. Meanwhile, Aries has escaped his imprisonment at the hands of the Amazonians and has decided to exact his revenge.