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- Pride and prejudice [videorecording (DVD)] / by Austen, Jane,1775-1817.Pride and prejudice.Videorecording.; Ehle, Jennifer.; Firth, Colin,1960-; A & E Home Video (Firm); Arts and Entertainment Network.; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; New Video Group.;
Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Alison Steadman, Benjamin Whitrow, Susannah Harker.A&E's adaptation of Jane Austen's story of a feisty young woman's romantic adventures and misadventures in the society of the 19th century English gentry.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation.
- Subjects: Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.; Courtship; Family; Historical television programs.; Television mini-series.; Young women;
- © c2001., A & E Home Video : Distributed by New Video,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The quiet zone : unraveling the mystery of a town suspended in silence / by Kurczy, Stephen,author.;
Deep in the Appalachian Mountains lies the last truly quiet town in America. Green Bank, West Virginia, is a place at once futuristic and old-fashioned: It's home to the Green Bank Observatory, where astronomers search the depths of the universe using the latest technology, while schoolchildren go without WiFi or iPads. With a ban on all devices emanating radio frequencies that might interfere with the observatory's telescopes, Quiet Zone residents live a life free from constant digital connectivity. But a community that on the surface seems idyllic is a place of contradictions, where the provincial meets the seemingly supernatural and quiet can serve as a cover for something darker. Stephen Kurczy embedded in Green Bank, making the residents of this small Appalachian village his neighbors. He shopped at the town's general store, attended church services, went target shooting with a seven-year-old, square-danced with the locals, sampled the local moonshine. In The Quiet Zone, he introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters. There is a tech buster patrolling the area for illegal radio waves; "electrosensitives" who claim that WiFi is deadly; a sheriff's department with a string of unsolved murder cases dating back decades; a camp of neo-Nazis plotting their resurgence from a nearby mountain hollow. Amongst them all are the ordinary citizens seeking a simpler way of living. Kurczy asks: Is a less connected life desirable? Is it even possible? The Quiet Zone is a remarkable work of investigative journalism--at once a stirring ode to place, a tautly-wound tale of mystery, and a clarion call to reexamine the role technology plays in our lives.
- Subjects: Kurczy, Stephen; Technology; Telecommunication; Radio waves.;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- All creatures great & small. [videorecording] / by Ralph, Nicholas,actor.; Madeley, Anna,1977-actor.; West, Samuel,1966-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Herriot, James.All creatures great and small.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company.;
Nicholas Ralph, Anna Madeley, Samuel West.Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, James Herriot (Nicholas Ralph) follows his dream to become a vet in the magnificent Yorkshire Dales. He soon discovers that treating the animals is as much about treating their owners, and the Dales farmers are a tough crowd to please.PG.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Herriot, James; Veterinarians; Man-woman relationships; Country life;
- For private home use only.
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- Harlem shuffle / by Whitehead, Colson,1969-author.;
""Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked ..." To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a line of uptown hoods and crooks, and that his façade of normalcy has more than a few cracks in it. Cracks that are getting bigger and bigger all the time. See, cash is tight, especially with all those installment plan sofas, so if his cousin Freddie occasionally drops off the odd ring or necklace at the furniture store, Ray doesn't see the need to ask where it comes from. He knows a discreet jeweler downtown who also doesn't ask questions. Then Freddie falls in with a crew who plan to rob the Hotel Theresa--the "Waldorf of Harlem"--and volunteers Ray's services as the fence. The heist doesn't go as planned; they rarely do, after all. Now Ray has to cater to a new clientele, one made up of shady cops on the take, vicious minions of the local crime lord, and numerous other Harlem lowlifes. Thus begins the internal tussle between Ray the striver and Ray the crook. As Ray navigates this double life, he starts to see the truth about who actually pulls the strings in Harlem. Can Ray avoid getting killed, save his cousin, and grab his share of the big score, all while maintaining his reputation as the go-to source for all your quality home furniture needs? Harlem Shuffle is driven by an ingeniously intricate plot that plays out in a beautifully recreated Harlem of the early 1960s. It's a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem. But mostly, it's a joy to read, another dazzling novel from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Colson Whitehead"--
- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Sales personnel; Receiving stolen goods; Theft;
- Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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- Harlem shuffle [sound recording] / by Whitehead, Colson,1969-author.; Graham, Dion,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Dion Graham."Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked ..." To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a line of uptown hoods and crooks, and that his façade of normalcy has more than a few cracks in it. Cracks that are getting bigger and bigger all the time. See, cash is tight, especially with all those installment plan sofas, so if his cousin Freddie occasionally drops off the odd ring or necklace at the furniture store, Ray doesn't see the need to ask where it comes from. He knows a discreet jeweler downtown who also doesn't ask questions. Then Freddie falls in with a crew who plan to rob the Hotel Theresa--the "Waldorf of Harlem"--and volunteers Ray's services as the fence. The heist doesn't go as planned; they rarely do, after all. Now Ray has to cater to a new clientele, one made up of shady cops on the take, vicious minions of the local crime lord, and numerous other Harlem lowlifes. Thus begins the internal tussle between Ray the striver and Ray the crook. As Ray navigates this double life, he starts to see the truth about who actually pulls the strings in Harlem. Can Ray avoid getting killed, save his cousin, and grab his share of the big score, all while maintaining his reputation as the go-to source for all your quality home furniture needs? Harlem Shuffle is driven by an ingeniously intricate plot that plays out in a beautifully recreated Harlem of the early 1960s. It's a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem. But mostly, it's a joy to read, another dazzling novel from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Colson Whitehead"--
- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Receiving stolen goods; Sales personnel; Theft;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Lucy Worsley's 12 days of Tudor Christmas [videorecording] / by Sweasey, Peter,television director,television producer.; Worsley, Lucy,on-screen presenter.; Young, Simon,television producer.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company.;
Presented by Lucy Worsley.Lucy Worsley recreates how Christmas was celebrated during the age of Henry VIII, eating, drinking, singing, dancing and partying as people did 500 years ago. On each of the traditional twelve days of Christmas, Lucy reveals a different aspect of the festivities, uncovering fresh insights into the Tudor mind and casting a captivating new light on Christmas itself.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impared.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereophonic.
- Subjects: Christmas television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Christmas; Historical reenactments.;
- For private home use only.
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Dickensian. [videorecording] / by Bradbeer, Harry,film director.; Langdale, Philippa,film director.; Middleton, Tuppence,1987-actor.; Moen, Alexandra,actor.; Rundle, Sophie,actor.; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc,publisher.; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service,production company.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.;
Tuppence Middleton, Sophie Rundle, Alexandra Moen, Joseph Quinn, Tom Weston-Jones, Stephen Rea.Characters from several Charles Dickens novels living in the same Victorian London neighborhood look on as Inspector Bucket investigates the murder of Ebenezer Scrooge's partner Jacob Marley.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
- Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television series.; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Characters and characteristics in literature; Murder;
- For private home use only.
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- All creatures great & small. [videorecording (DVD)] / by Bellingham, Lynda.; Davison, Peter,1951-; Hardy, Robert,1925-; Herriot, James.; Timothy, Christopher.; Arts and Entertainment Network.; Australian Broadcasting Corporation.; BBC Video (Firm); British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; Warner Home video (Firm);
Disc 1. The prodigal returns -- Knowin' how to do it -- If music be the food of love -- Friend for life.Disc 2. Spring fever -- Out with the new -- Food for thought -- Cat in Hull's chance.Disc 3. A grand memory for forgetting -- Old dogs, new tricks -- Hampered -- Promises to keep.Disc 4. Brotherly love -- Stars reunited.Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham.Wraps up the final installment of this heart-warming tale from the Yorkshire dales with James Herriot (Christopher Timothy), his wife Helen (Lynda Bellingham) and his volatile but warm-hearted partner, Siegfried Farnon (Robert Hardy).Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby digital.
- Subjects: Herriot, James; Biographical television programs.; Television programs; Veterinarians; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
- © c2010., BBC Video : Distributed by Warner Home video,
- Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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- Funny woman. [videorecording] / by Arterton, Gemma,actor.; Everett, Rupert,actor.; Parker, Oliver,television director.; Threlfall, David,actor.; television adaptation of (work):Hornby, Nick.Funny girl.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,broadcaster.;
Gemma Arterton, David Threlfall, Rupert Everett, Arsher Ali, Tom Bateman, Matthew Beard, Leo Bill, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Alexa Davies, Rosie Cavaliero, Alistair Petrie, Morwenna Banks.As we rejoin Sophie Straw, she's finding that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be and she desperately wants to make her own voice heard. But it's not easy as a woman in the 1970s, particularly a beautiful one when the world sees you as little more than a comic muse.14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television comedies.; Television programs.; Historical television programs.; Nineteen sixties; Television actors and actresses; Women comedians; Man-woman relationships; Women television personalities; Popular culture; Television comedies;
- For private home use only.
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- The Barbizon : the hotel that set women free / by Bren, Paulina,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The Barbizon tells the story of New York's most glamorous women-only hotel, and the women-both famous and ordinary-who passed through its doors. World War I had liberated women from home and hearth, setting them on the path to political enfranchisement and gainful employment. Arriving in New York to work in the dazzling new skyscrapers, they did not want to stay in uncomfortable boarding houses; they wanted what men already had-exclusive residential hotels that catered to their needs, with daily maid service, cultural programs, workout rooms, and private dining. The Barbizon would become the most famous residential hotel of them all, welcoming everyone from aspiring actresses, dancers, and fashion models to seamstresses, secretaries, and nurses. The Barbizon's residents read like a who's who: Titanic survivor Molly Brown; actresses Rita Hayworth, Joan Crawford, Grace Kelly, Tippi Hedron, Liza Minelli, Ali McGraw, Jaclyn Smith, and Phylicia Rashad; writers Sylvia Plath, Joan Didion, Diane Johnson, Gael Greene, and Meg Wolitzer; and so many more. But before they were household names, they were among the young women arriving at the Barbizon with a suitcase, and hope. Beautifully written and impeccably researched, The Barbizon weaves together a tale that has, until now, never been told. It is an epic story of women's ambition in the 20th century. The Barbizon Hotel offered its residents a room of their own and air to breathe, unfettered from family obligations and expectations. It gave women a chance to remake themselves however they pleased. No place had existed like it before, or has since"--
- Subjects: Barbizon/63 (New York, N.Y.); Women; Women;
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