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Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
[2006], c1975
Language
English
Description
Anne's life at Green Gables takes unexpected turns with the arrival of two new orphans and the realization of her dream to go to college. Through marriage proposals from suitors and the sale of her first story, Anne holds on to her memories of Avonlea and discovers life and love on her own terms.
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
Español
Description
This historically accurate mini series, based on the life of the sixteenth century nun and mystic writer, Santa Teresa de Jesús (sometimes called Santa Teresa de Avila), offers an account of the times when this mystic nun was setting up Carmelite monasteries in the deepest depths of the interior of Spain. It follows her life from the time Teresa was about 23 to her death in 1852.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-chapter documentary series, created and executive produced by Academy Award-winning writer/director Oliver Stone. Do Americans really know and understand the country's shared and complicated history? How are the small details and forgotten players that influenced some of the biggest events from America's past recalled? Will children actually get the whole story from reading history books? And how will it affect the future of the country?
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie tells the story of an educator's effect on impressionable young ladies at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, revealing the challenges they face growing up in 1930s Scotland. Devoted to her students, Miss Brodie endeavors to fill them with a love of art and culture and as much self-confidence as she possesses. In doing so, she offends the conservative Miss Gaunt, tests the patience of headmistress Miss Mackay,...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An angry, headstrong youth, whose magical power could rival that of the greatest wizards, a beautiful young priestess, introduced to evil, a warrior king who wields words and weapons with equal force. All on a world of islands and incantations, mystics and maidens, prophesies and power. All on a world called Earthsea.
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000, c1999
Language
English
Description
At the edge of the mortal world lies a mystical vortex leading to the Nine Kingdoms, a fantastic land where fairy tales are reinvented--and not with happily-ever-after endings. An evil queen has doomed Prince Wendell to life as a dog. His quest to recapture the throne leads him through a portal to the mythical Tenth Kingdom--Central Park! With the help of ordinary mortals Virginia and Tony, he battles evil in a parallel universe of trolls, goblins...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Language
English
Description
No doubt remains; a mole has infiltrated the highest level of the Circus, code name for British Secret Intelligence Service. Sidelined agent George Smiley is covertly tapped to root out the traitor, a task that requires an intensive dig through the labyrinths of Cold War espionage and his own past. Stellar ensemble casts bring John le Carre's thrilling tales of Cold War-era espionage to vivid life in a television classic.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In Jane Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction, romance novel addict Catherine Morland is invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies. She forms a close friendship with the younger son on the estate, Henry Tilney, but their budding romance is mysteriously cut short"--Container.
10) Fields of fire
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c1987
Language
English
Description
In 1939, Bluey fled hard times in England, but his new life in the wild's of Australia will require more than just strength and courage. When he signs on to be a suger cane cutter, he discovers that being accepted into a hard-drinking community is tougher than the dangerous work he is doing. As the world develops a hunger for the sweet product, Bluey's new found prosperity will be challenged by war, violent local prejudices, and one final massive...
12) True women
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
p2004
Language
English
Description
A powerful, moving story about two fearless women, of frienship, romance, courage and survival in the Old West. When Mexican forces threaten their homeland, Sarah Ashby McClure and her younger sister Euphemia, move their family and friends to safety. Resettling on the rugged West Texas lains, they soon become targets of Indian raids. They are determined to defend their homeland while their men fight in the Civil War.
13) Us
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Three weeks, six countries and one divorce? What was supposed to be the holiday of a lifetime becomes a desperate quest for Douglas Petersen to save his marriage. From the bestselling novel by David Nicholls.
14) Daniel Deronda
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007], c2003
Language
English
Description
Daniel Deronda is sensitive and charming, the illegitimate son of an aristocrat, haunted by the secrets that shroud his birth. Beautiful, vivacious Gwendolen Harleth is a gambler and short on cash. When they meet at the roulette table, sparks fly. But above all, Gwendolen needs money, and the icy aristrocrat Henleigh Grandcourt is more than happy to provide.
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
In the first year of Wyoming's statehood, fresh battle lines are drawn pitting cattle barons against the newly arrived homesteaders. The three Hammett brothers are divided on the issue and must work out their differences in the midst of war.
16) Soy tu dueña
Publisher
Distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
Español
Description
Valentina inherits her family's fortune and is joined by her cousin Ivana and aunt Isabel in her Mexico City home. Unbeknownst to her, Ivana harbors a deep resentment and jealousy toward Valentina and begins an affair with her fiance, Alonso. They conspire to take over Valentina's fortune. On their wedding day, Alonso leaves Valentina at the altar to run away with Ivana. Valentina, hurt and humiliated, escapes to her country villa, where she meets...
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
It's 1939 and Europe teeters on the brink of war. Ten strangers are invited to Indian Island, an isolated rock near the Devon coast in southern England. Cut off from the mainland, with their generous hosts Mr and Mrs U.N. Owen mysteriously absent, they are each accused of a terrible crime. As each member of the party starts to die one by one, the survivors realize that one of them is a killer and start to turn on each other.
Publisher
Distributed by Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In 1788, Mary Bryant, a starving young Cornwall girl, is convicted of a petty crime and sentenced to seven years in the Australian penal colony of Botany Bay. When Mary initiates an escape, she embarks on an arduous four thousand-mile journey toward freedom in a tragic and triumphant story that would make her one of history's most fascinating and courageous unsung heroines.--Container.
19) American genius
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The eight-part docudrama, reveals the competitive forces behind history's most remarkable races for innovation. From Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates to the Wright Brothers vs. Glen Curtiss, explores the rivalries, delving into the fierce power struggles, deceit, fluke timing and raw ambition out of which innovation was born. Bold reenactments are woven together with expert interviews to shed new perspective on the backstories of innovation that have shaped...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Nearly 100 stars from television's formative years bring their stories to PBS in a revealing documentary series. Featuring sitcoms, late-night, variety and game shows -- the film melds compelling new HD interviews with archival clips to offer a fresh take on television's first celebrities, with fascinating stories, never-before-seen images and timeless clips that still entertain decades later.
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