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- One life [videorecording] / by Bonham Carter, Helena,1966-actor.; Hawes, James,film director.; Hopkins, Anthony,1937-actor.; Olin, Lena,actor.; Coxon, Lucinda,1962-screenwriter.; Videoville Showtime,publisher.;
Anthony Hopkins, Lena Olin, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Flynn, Tim Steed."Tells the true story of Nicholas Winton, who organized the rescue of hundreds of predominantly Jewish children from the Germans on the verge of World War II. Half a century later, he is haunted by the memory of those he could not save"--Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Winton, Nicholas, 1909-2015; Jewish refugees; Jewish children; Jewish children in the Holocaust; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust; Kindertransports (Rescue operations);
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- Modern Asian family. [graphic novel] / by Jun, Stefano,creator,author,illustrator.;
"A collection of short cartoons from Stefano Jun chronicling his experiences growing up a Korean immigrant in Western Canada. Having moved to Canada as an 8 year old with no knowledge of English, Stefano encounters culture shock, family love, friendship, and ultimately finding a place for himself in the vast country he has called home for 20 years now. These slice of life stories are a keenly observed insight into the experience of growing up in an unfamiliar place. Full of emotion, humour and surprise, Modern Asian Family: Straight Outta Busan is a delight to read."-- Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Autobiographical comics.; Comics (Graphic works); Personal narratives.; Jun, Stefano; Cartoonists; Cartoonists; Culture shock; Immigrant families; Koreans; Koreans; Korean Canadians;
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- Dream horse [videorecording] / by Collette, Toni,actor.; Davison, Peter,1951-actor.; Farrell, Nicholas,actor.; Lewis, Damian,1971-actor.; Lyn, Euros,film director.; Page, Joanna,1978-actor.; Phillips, Siân,1933-actor.; Teale, Owen,1961-actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, Owen Teale, Peter Davison, Sian Phillips, Nicholas Farrell, Joanna Page.Experience the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely racehorse bred by small-town bartender Jan Vokes. With little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to raise Dream and compete against the racing elites, becoming a beacon of hope in their struggling community as he rises through the ranks.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG; for language and thematic elements.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Dream Alliance (Race horse), 2001-; Race horses; Human-animal relationships;
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- Fosse/Verdon [videorecording] / by Butz, Norbert Leo,actor.; Kail, Thomas,1978-television producer.; Levenson, Steven,television producer.; Rockwell, Sam,actor.; Williams, Michelle,1980-actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,distributor.;
Sam Rockwell, Michelle Williams, Norbert Leo Butz.Bob Fosse is a visionary filmmaker and one of theaters most influential choreographers and directors. Gwen Verdon is the greatest Broadway dancer of all time. Fosse/Verdon will tell the story of these two brilliant, complicated individuals and the love they shared, the art they created, and the price they paid in the pursuit of greatness.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Television mini-series.; Biographical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987; Verdon, Gwen; Choreographers; Dancers; Man-woman relationships;
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- The royal rebel / by Chadwick, Elizabeth,1957-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.1338: England has declared war on France and Jeanette of Kent, cousin to King Edward III, says goodbye to her family and travels overseas with the royal court for the first time. Once in Antwerp, she is captivated by talented household knight Thomas Holland, just as he in turn is powerfully drawn to her. Although both know their romance is forbidden, their love for each other grows stronger than the danger they face, and they marry in secret. But before they can make their tryst known, Thomas has to leave for war, and in his absence, Jeanette is forced into a second marriage and locked away from the world. Then Thomas returns, and the real fight begins. As hostile family members battle to keep Jeanette and Thomas apart, the defiant lovers vow to be reunited, whatever the cost.
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Novels.; Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377; Joan, Princess of Wales, 1328-1385; Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400; Courts and courtiers; Man-woman relationships; Nobility; Women;
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- Mad Richard / by Krueger, Lesley,author.;
"A riveting story of talent and the price it exacts, set in a richly imagined Victorian England. Called the most promising artist of his generation, handsome, modest, and affectionate, Richard Dadd rubbed shoulders with the great luminaries of the Victorian Age. He grew up along the Medway with Charles Dickens and studied at the Royal Academy Schools under the brilliant and eccentric J.M.W. Turner. Based on Dadd's tragic true story, Mad Richard follows the young artist as he develops his craft, contemplates the nature of art and fame - as he watches Dickens navigate those tricky waters - and ultimately finds himself imprisoned in Bedlam for murder, committed as criminally insane. In 1853, Charlotte Brontë - about to publish her third novel, suffering from unrequited love, and herself wrestling with questions about art and artists, class, obsession and romance - visits Richard at Bedlam and finds an unexpected kinship in his feverish mind and his haunting work. Masterfully slipping through time and memory, Mad Richard maps the artistic temperaments of Charlotte and Richard, weaving their divergent lives together with their shared fears and follies, dreams, and crushing illusions."--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Dadd, Richard, 1817-1886;
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- Ammonite [videorecording] / by Jones, Gemma,actor.; Lee, Francis,1968 or 1969-film director.; Ronan, Saoirse,1994-actor.; Winslet, Kate,actor.; Elevation Pictures,film distributor.;
Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, Fiona Shaw, Claire Rushbrook, Alec Secareanu, James Mcardle.In the 1840s, acclaimed self-taught palaeontologist Mary Anning works alone on the wild English coastline. She hunts for common fossils to sell to rich tourists to support herself. When one such tourist arrives in Lyme, he entrusts Mary with the care of his young wife Charlotte, who is recuperating from a personal tragedy. Despite their differences, it is the beginning of a passionate and all-consuming love affair that will defy all social bounds and alter the course of both lives irrevocably.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.MPAA rating: R.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Gay films.; Female friendship; Lesbians; Women paleontologists;
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- The mercy [videorecording] / by Firth, Colin,1960-actor.; Gatiss, Mark,actor.; Marsh, James,1963-film director.; Thewlis, David,1963-actor.; Weisz, Rachel,1970-actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Tomalin, Nicholas.Strange last voyage of Donald Crowhurst.; Screen Media Films (Firm),publisher.;
Colin Firth, Rachel Weisz, David Thewlis, Mark Gatiss, Andrew Buchan.Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor competes in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in the hope of becoming the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe without stopping. With an unfinished boat and his business and house on the line, Donald leaves his wife, Clare and their children behind, hesitantly embarking on an adventure on his boat the Teignmouth Electron.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
- Subjects: Biographical films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Crowhurst, Donald, 1932-1969; Teignmouth Electron (Ketch); Sunday Times Golden Globe Race (1968-1969); Single-handed sailing; Voyages around the world;
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- The secret life of John le Carré / by Sisman, Adam,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carré was alive. Secrecy came naturally to John le Carré, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait of this fascinating man; yet some aspects of his subject remained hidden. Nowhere was this more so than in his private life. Apparently content in his marriage, the novelist conducted a string of love affairs over five decades. To these relationships he brought much of the tradecraft that he had learned as a spy--cover stories, cut-outs and dead letter boxes. These clandestine operations brought an element of danger to his life, but they also meant deceiving those closest to him. Small wonder that betrayal became a running theme in his work. In trying to manage his biography, the novelist engaged in a succession of skirmishes with his biographer. While he could control what Sisman wrote about him in his lifetime, he accepted that the truth would eventually become known. Following his death in 2020, what had been withheld can now be revealed. The Secret Life of John le Carré reveals a hitherto-hidden perspective on the life and work of the spy-turned-author and a fascinating meditation on the complex relationship between biographer and subject. "Now that he is dead," Sisman writes, "we can know him better.""--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Le Carré, John, 1931-2020.; Novelists, English;
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- The greatest showman [videorecording] / by Zendaya,1996-actor.; Gracey, Michael(Film director),film director.; Bicks, Jenny,screenwriter.; Condon, Bill,1955-screenwriter.; Efron, Zac,actor.; Jackman, Hugh,actor.; Williams, Michelle,1980-actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,film director.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation,production company.;
Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya.Inspired by the ambition and imagination of P.T. Barnum, the musical tells the story of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a mesmerizing spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Musical films.; Biographical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891; Circus owners; Circus performers;
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