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Last days in Vietnam [videorecording] / by Bailey, Mark,screenwriter.; Kennedy, Rory,film director,film producer.; McAlester, Keven,screenwriter.; Moxie Firecracker Films, Inc.,production company.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),film distributor.;
Edited by Don Kelszy ; music by Gary Lionelli ; cinematography by Joan Churchill.Originally produced as a documentary released in 2014; broadcast as an episode of the PBS television program American Experience on April 28, 2015.In the final weeks of the Vietnam War, American servicemen and others begin the difficult mission of evacuating as many friends, family members and South Vietnamese collaborators as possible before Saigon falls to the North Vietnamese.E.DVD, widescreen; 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
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Catching the wind : Edward Kennedy and the liberal hour / by Gabler, Neal,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The epic, definitive biography of Ted Kennedy--an immersive journey through the life of a complicated man and a sweeping history of the fall of liberalism and the collapse of political morality. Edward M. Kennedy was never expected to succeed. The youngest of nine, he lacked his brothers' natural gifts and easy grace. Yet after winning election to the Senate at the tender age of thirty, he became the most consequential legislator of his lifetime, perhaps even American history. Surviving the traumas of his brothers' assassinations, Ted Kennedy ultimately exerted the greatest effort keeping alive the mission of an active and caring government. He swept into the Senate at the high-water mark of the mid-century New Deal consensus and fulfilled the promise of that momentum throughout his glory years in the Senate as the booming voice of American liberalism. That voice found its greatest impact in the laws he passed that wove government firmly into American life, extending aid and opportunity to those in most desperate need. Two thousand pieces of legislation, ranging from health care to education to civil rights, bore Ted's fingerprints. He worked tirelessly to better people's lives, even after the Reagan-era push for limited government rewrote the contract between nation and citizens. He did this because he felt he owed it to those who suffered, and those with whom he empathized out of his own pain and ever-present sense of inadequacy. But Ted Kennedy was not immune to the darkness that plagued his family. He lived long enough to fail, to sin, to fall in and out of favor. The infamous incident at Chappaquiddick marked an unfortunate turning point in the youngest Kennedy's life, and it would not be his last brush with controversy. As his personal failures compounded in the public eye, he struggled to maintain the traction that had carried his agenda so far. The product of a decade of work and hundreds of interviews, Catching the Wind will be an essential work of history and biography. The first of two volumes in a sweeping narrative, it traces the extraordinary life of an American statesman from his early years through the turning point of the 1970s. It is a landmark study of legislative genius and a powerful exploration of the man who spent his career upholding his mandate in service of a better America"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009.; United States. Congress. Senate; Legislators;
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The devil may dance : a novel / by Tapper, Jake,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Charlie and Margaret Marder, an established power couple in 1960s Washington DC, know all too well how the tangled web of power in the nation's capital can operate. But as they settle into their more sedate family life, they are suddenly recruited by Attorney General Robert Kennedy to learn more about a threat not only to the presidency but the security of the United States itself. In Los Angeles, they enter the world of stars and studios, attempting to figure out who is a friend and who a foe in a town built on illusion. At the center of their investigation is Frank Sinatra, a close friend of President John F. Kennedy and a rumored Mob crony, whom Charlie and Margaret must befriend in order to get the inside scoop. Drinks by the pool at the Sands and late-night adventures with the Rat Pack soon lead to the dead body of a new friend. Before they know it, the Marders are being pursued by dark forces in Hollywood studios, the Mob, the newly founded Church of Scientology, facing off against the most evil in a town of sleaze and secrets. In settings familiar but now sinister, Charlie and Margaret find the clock is not only ticking but running out. Someone out there knows what they've uncovered and can't let them leave town alive. Corruption and ambition form a deadly mix in this thrilling sequel to The Hellfire Club"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998; Legislators; Corruption; Mafia; Murder;
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Outlander v. 4 (DVD) [videorecording]. by Balfe, Caitriona; Heughan, Sam; Lacroix, Duncan; Kennedy, Maria Doyle; Skelton, Sophie; Rankin, Richard; Bell, John; Speelers, Ed; Domboy, Cesar; Lyle, Lauren; Berry, David;
Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Duncan Lacroix, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin, John Bell, Ed Speelers, Cesar Domboy, Lauren Lyle, David Berry.DVD.TV rating: TV-MA.Season Four continues the story of Claire and Jamie Fraser as they try to make a home for themselves in colonial America. The Frasers in North Carolina are at another turning point in history, the edge of the American Revolution. Along the way, the Frasers cross paths with notorious pirate Stephen Bonnet in a fateful meeting that will haunt the family. Meanwhile, Brianna and Roger grow closer in the twentieth century but make a shocking discovery that has them following in Claire's footsteps.
Subjects: Drama.; Television Series.;
© 2019., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,
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The secret life of Violet Grant / by Williams, Beatriz.;
"Passion, redemption, and a battered old suitcase full of secrets: the New York Times-bestselling author of A Hundred Summers returns with another engrossing tale of lost love and female ambition that crosses generations. Manhattan, 1964. Vivian Schuyler, newly graduated from Bryn Mawr College, has recently defied the privilege of her storied old Fifth Avenue family to do the unthinkable for a budding Kennedy-era socialite: break into the Mad Men world of razor-stylish Metropolitan magazine. But when she receives a bulky overseas parcel in the mail, the unexpected contents draw her inexorably back into her family's past, and the hushed-over crime passional of an aunt she never knew, whose existence has been wiped from the record of history. Berlin, 1914. Violet Schuyler Grant endures her marriage to the philandering and decades-older scientist Dr. Walter Grant for one reason: for all his faults, he provides the necessary support to her liminal position as a young American female physicist in prewar Germany. The arrival of Dr. Grant's magnetic former student at the beginning of Europe's fateful summer interrupts this delicate detente. Lionel Richardson, a captain in the British Army, challenges Violet to escape her husband's perverse hold, and as the world edges into war and Lionel's shocking true motives become evident, Violet is tempted to take the ultimate step to set herself free and seek a life of her own conviction with a man whose cause is as audacious as her own. As the iridescent and fractured Vivian digs deeper into her aunt's past and the mystery of her ultimate fate, Violet's story of determination and desire unfolds, shedding light on the darkness of her years abroad and teaching Vivian to reach forward with grace for the ambitious future--and the love--she wants most"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Romantic suspense fiction.; Aunts; Family secrets; Nieces; World War, 1914-1918;
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Ghosts of war : chasing my father's legend through Vietnam / by Reguly, Eric,author.;
"In the 1960s, there were few bigger journalists than the Toronto Star's Robert Reguly, who landed a series of international scoops and was right there in the Ambassador Hotel kitchen when Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. But no story loomed larger in Reguly's life, or in the world's consciousness, than the war in Vietnam, which he covered from startlingly close range in 1967. Vietnam haunted Robert, and his family, for the rest of their lives. Half a century later, his son Eric Reguly--himself an esteemed foreign correspondent--retraces his late father's footsteps through Vietnam's combat zones. Ghosts of War is the story of Eric's emotional quest to understand the complicated and distant man who raised him and guided him into journalism, as well as a reflection on his father's complex legacy."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Reguly, Eric; Reguly, Eric; Fathers and sons; Foreign correspondents; Foreign correspondents; Vietnam War, 1961-1975;
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Big little journeys [videorecording] / by Williams, Paul(Film producer),television director,television producer.; McKee, Elsa,television director.; Young, Amy(Film editor),television director.; Fabbri-Kennedy, Valeria,television director.; BBC Studios,distributor.;
Narrated by Aaron Pierre.Follow the real-life adventures of six tiny animals as they journey into the unknown - across rainforests, mountains and wetlands. The cast of animals includes a family of endangered golden-headed lion tamarins in Brazil, gymnastic bushbabies in South Africa and the rare Taiwanese Formosan pangolin - the world's most trafficked animal. Against the odds, the animals overcome huge obstacles, giant predators and natural disasters in their quest for food, family and survival. Working with scientists and conservationists around the world, the series captures the dramatic adventures faced by these tiny but mighty creatures.E.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Nonfiction television programs.; Television mini-series.; Wildlife television programs.; Nature television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Animals; Animal behavior.; Body size.; Bush babies; Golden lion tamarin; Pangolins; Endangered species.; Arvicola; Chameleons; Turtles;
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Girl abroad / by Kennedy, Elle,author.;
"When nineteen-year-old Abbey Bly gets the opportunity to study abroad for a year in London, it's the perfect chance to finally slip out from under the thumb of her beloved but overbearing retired rock star father. She's ready to be free, to discover herself, but first off, to meet the girls she's rooming with. That is, until she arrives at her gorgeous new flat to discover those roommates are actually all boys. Charming, funny, insufferably attractive boys. And off-limits, with a rule against fraternizing between housemates after unwanted drama with the previous girl. Abbey has never considered herself a rule breaker. But soon, she's lying to her father about her living situation and falling for not one, but two men she can't have: her rugby-player roommate and a broody musician with a girlfriend. Not to mention, her research for school has gotten her tangled in a deeply hidden scandal of a high-nobility family, surrounding her in secrets on all sides. If there's any hope of Abbey finding love, answers, or a future in London, she'll have to decide which rules--and hearts--might be worth breaking."--Back cover.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Foreign study; Man-woman relationships; Roommates; Scandals; Secrecy;
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Another kind of wedding [videorecording] / by Zegers, Kevin,1984-actor.; Paré, Jessica,actor.; Turner, Kathleen,1954-actor.; Kennedy, Jessica Parker,actor.; Shawn, Wallace,actor.; Fisher, Frances,1952-actor.; Kirby, Luke,1978-actor.; Kiely, Pat(Actor),film director,screenwriter.; TVA Films (Firm),film distributor.;
Kevin Zegers, Jessica Pare, Kathleen Turner, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Wallace Shawn, Frances Fisher, Luke Kirby.Matthew and Louisa are about to celebrate the biggest day of their lives, but their wedding becomes the perfect venue for their dysfunctional family to confront what tore them apart in the first place. Of course, when you marry your brother's ex-girlfriend, and force your divorced parents to be in the same place at the same time, fireworks are bound to go off! Drinks will flow, insults will be hurled, and punches thrown at this catastrophic wedding.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Romantic comedy films.; Feature films.; Dysfunctional families; Weddings; Man-woman relationships; Adult children of divorced parents; Brothers;
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Killing the mob : the fight against organized crime in America / by O'Reilly, Bill,author.; Dugard, Martin,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The true history of organized crime"--O'Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th century organized crime in the United States, and expertly plumb the history of this nation's most notorious serial robbers, conmen, murderers, and especially, mob family bosses. Covering the period from the 1930s to the 1980s, they trace the prohibition-busting bank robbers of the Depression Era, such as John Dillinger, Bonnie & Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby-Face Nelson. In addition, the authors highlight the creation of the Mafia Commission, the power struggles within the "Five Families", the growth of the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover, the mob battles to control Cuba, Las Vegas and Hollywood, as well as the personal war between the U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy and legendary Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. The stories of these legendary criminals and their true-life escapades make for riveting reading.
Subjects: True crime stories.; Organized crime; Mafia;
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