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Madam Secretary. [videorecording] / by Leoni, Téa,1966-actor.; Daly, Tim,1956-actor.; Neuwirth, Bebe,actor.; Ivanek, Željko,1957-actor.; CBS Television Network,broadcaster.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Tea Leoni, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth, Zeljko Ivanek.In the first season of the gripping political thriller Madam Secretary, Dr. Elizabeth McCord navigates the maze of politics to protect America and affect global issues. When the current Secretary of State is killed in a mysterious airplane accident, the White House turns to Elizabeth to take over the job. As a former CIA analyst, she understands the risks of the world. However, she's far less prepared for the treachery of politics.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround and stereophonic.
Subjects: Television programs.; Women cabinet officers; Cabinet officers; International relations; Families;
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The order : a novel / by Silva, Daniel,1960-author.;
"Gabriel Allon has slipped quietly into Venice for a much-needed holiday with his wife and two young children. But when Pope Paul VII dies suddenly, Gabriel is summoned to Rome by the Holy Father's loyal private secretary, Archbishop Luigi Donati. A billion Catholic faithful have been told that the pope died of a heart attack. Donati, however, has two good reasons to suspect his master was murdered. The Swiss Guard who was standing watch outside the papal apartments the night of the pope's death is missing. So, too, is the letter the Holy Father was writing during the final hours of his life. A letter that was addressed to Gabriel. "While researching in the Vatican Secret Archives, I came upon a most remarkable book ... " The book is a long-suppressed gospel that calls into question the accuracy of the New Testament's depiction of one of the most portentous events in human history. For that reason alone, the Order of St. Helena will stop at nothing to keep it out of Gabriel's hands. A shadowy Catholic society with ties to the European far right, the Order is plotting to seize control of the papacy. And it is only the beginning. As the cardinals gather in Rome for the start of the conclave, Gabriel sets out on a desperate search for proof of the Order's conspiracy, and for a long-lost gospel with the power to put an end to two thousand years of murderous hatred. His quest will take him from the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, to a monastery in Assisi, to the hidden depths of the Secret Archives, and finally to the Sistine Chapel, where he will witness an event no outsider has ever before seen--the sacred passing of the Keys of St. Peter to a newly elected pope.--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Allon, Gabriel (Fictitious character); Catholic Church; Popes; Murder;
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The magnolia palace : a novel / by Davis, Fiona,1966-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A tantalizing novel about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City's most impressive Gilded Age mansions. Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old Lillian Carter's life has completely fallen apart. For the past six years, under the moniker Angelica, Lillian was one of the most sought-after artists' models in New York City, with statues based on her figure gracing landmarks from the Plaza Hotel to the Brooklyn Bridge. But with her mother gone, a grieving Lillian is rudderless and desperate--the work has dried up and a looming scandal has left her entirely without a safe haven. So when she stumbles upon an employment opportunity at the Frick mansion--a building that, ironically, bears her own visage--Lillian jumps at the chance. But the longer she works as a private secretary to the imperious and demanding Helen Frick, the daughter and heiress of industrialist and art patron Henry Clay Frick, the more deeply her life gets intertwined with that of the family--pulling her into a tangled web of romantic trysts, stolen jewels, and family drama that runs so deep, the stakes just may be life or death. Nearly fifty years later, mod English model Veronica Weber has her own chance to make her career--and with it, earn the money she needs to support her family back home--within the walls of the former Frick residence, now converted into one of New York City's most impressive museums. But when she--along with a charming intern/budding art curator named Joshua--is dismissed from the Vogue shoot taking place at the Frick Collection, she chances upon a series of hidden messages in the museum: messages that will lead her and Joshua on a hunt that could not only solve Veronica's financial woes, but could finally reveal the truth behind a decades-old murder in the infamous Frick family"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Art museums; Artists' models; Betrayal; Family secrets; Heiresses; Mansions; Models (Persons); Murder; Scandals;
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The splendid and the vile : a saga of Churchill, family, and defiance during the blitz / by Larson, Erik,1954-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold the country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally-and willing to fight to the end. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people "the art of being fearless." It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it's also an intimate domestic drama set against the backdrop of Churchill's prime-ministerial country home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is brightest and the bombing threat is highest; and of course 10 Downing Street in London. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports-some released only recently-Larson provides a new lens on London's darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their youngest daughter, Mary, who chafes against her parents' wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; Pamela's illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the cadre of close advisers who comprised Churchill's "Secret Circle," including his lovestruck private secretary, John Colville; newspaper baron Lord Beaverbrook; and the Rasputin-like Frederick Lindemann. The Splendid and the Vile takes readers out of today's political dysfunction and back to a time of true leadership, when-in the face of unrelenting horror-Churchill's eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.; Prime ministers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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Cold case Hammarskjöld [videorecording] / by Brügger, Mads,film director.; Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Magnolia Pictures (Firm),production company.; Wingman Media,production company.; Piraya Film (Firm),production company.; Laika Film & Television AB,production company.;
In 1961, Secretary General of the UN Dag Hammarskjold died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia while en route to ceasefire negotiations between non-combatant UN forces and troops from the breakaway state of Katanga. What started as conspiracy theories have evolved into a growing consensus that Hammarskjold and fifteen other people were shot down, inciting the UN to reopen the case on the suspicion of assassination.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Feature films.; Historical films.; Political films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Hammarskjöld, Dag, 1905-1961; United Nations. Secretary-General.; Assassination; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Terrorism;
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The Ides of March [videorecording] / by Clooney, George.; Desplat, Alexandre.; Giamatti, Paul.; Gosling, Ryan,1980-; Heslov, Grant,1963-; Hoffman, Philip Seymour,1967-; Mirrione, Stephen,1969-; Oliver, Brian,1971-; Papamichael, Phedon.; Tomei, Marisa.; Willimon, Beau.Farragut north.Videorecording.; Wood, Evan Rachel,1987-; Wright, Jeffrey.; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm.; Alliance Films.; Appian Way (Firm); Columbia Pictures.; Cross Creek Pictures.; Crystal City Entertainment.; Exclusive Media Group.; Smokehouse Pictures (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm);
Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; editor, Stephen Mirrione ; music, Alexandre Desplat.Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Evan Rachel Wood.During the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, an up-and-coming campaign press secretary finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Blu-ray ; anamorphic widescreen presentation (2.40:1) ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround ; region 1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Political corruption; Political films.; Press secretaries; Primaries; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2012., Sony Pictures Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Alliance Films,
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The high note [videorecording] / by Ganatra, Nisha Kumari,film director.; Johnson, Dakota,1989-actor.; Pullman, Bill,actor.; Raphael, June Diane,actor.; Ross, Tracee Ellis,1972-actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Dakota Johnson, June Diane Raphael, Bill Pullman, Tracee Ellis Ross, Ice Cube, Kelvin Harrison Jr.Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis (Tracee Ellis Ross), a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights. Maggie (Dakota Johnson) is Grace's overworked personal assistant who's stuck running errands, but still aspires to her childhood dream of becoming a music producer. When Grace's manager (Ice Cube) presents her with a choice that could alter the course of her career, Maggie and Grace come up with a plan that could change their lives forever.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some strong language, and suggestive references.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Secretaries; Female friendship; Music trade; Man-woman relationships; Women singers;
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Letters for the ages : the private and personal letters of Sir Winston Churchill / by Churchill, Winston,1874-1965,author.; Churchill, Winston,1874-1965.Correspondence.Selections.; Drake, James,editor.; Packwood, Allen,editor.;
"Here are some of the best of Churchill's letters, many of a more personal and intimate nature, presented in chronological order, with a preface to each letter explaining the context. The recipients include a vast range of people, including his schoolmaster, his American grandmother and former President Eisenhower. They are taken from within the Churchill Archive in Cambridge, where there is a mass of Churchill's correspondence. Several of the letters included have never appeared in book form before. Winston Churchill has become an iconic figure greatly loved the world over, but maybe especially these days in the USA. Churchill understood the power of words and he used his writing to sustain and complement his political career, publishing over 40 books and receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. This volume concentrates on his more intimate words. It seeks to show the private man behind the public figure and introduce fresh light on Churchill's character and personality by capturing the drama, immediacy, storms, depressions, passions and challenges of Churchill's extraordinary career. Churchill was neither a god nor a demon. Through these letters we see him as a human being with human emotions, frailties and a large ego. He was not always right. He held strong opinions and was often provocative. These letters take us into his world and allow us to follow the changes in his motivations and beliefs as he navigates his 90 years. There are intimate letters to his parents, his teacher at Harrow, Louis de Souza (Boer Secretary of State for War), his wife Clementine, Prime Minister Asquith, Lord Northcliffe, Anthony Eden, President Roosevelt, Eamon De Valera, the French Socialist Prime Minister Léon Blum and Charles De Gaulle. These are letters of a personal nature and are most illuminating. They are enhanced by facsimiles of the letters and images which appear throughout the book, helping the reader to envisage a sense of Churchill in his most private moments."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965;
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Long shot [videorecording] / by Hannah, Liz,1985-screenwriter.; Jackson, O'Shea,Jr.,1991-actor.; Levine, Jonathan,1976-film director.; Odenkirk, Bob,1962-actor.; Park, Randall,actor.; Patel, Ravi,1978-actor.; Raphael, June Diane,actor.; Rogen, Seth,1982-actor.; Serkis, Andy,actor.; Skarsgård, Alexander,actor.; Sterling, Dan,screenwriter.; Theron, Charlize,film producer,actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),film distributor.;
Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, June Diane Raphael, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Ravi Patel, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Serkis, Randall Park, Alexander Skarsgård.Unemployed journalist Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen) gets a new gig when he's hired as a speechwriter for Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron), U.S. Secretary of State, presidential candidate ... and Fred's onetime babysitter and unrequited crush. Despite their vast differences, they begin to hit it off and start dating. But will the less-than-sophisticated Fred prove to be too big a liability to Charlotte's campaign?Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for strong sexual content, language throughout and some drug use.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Romantic comedy films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Journalists; Man-woman relationships; Women presidential candidates; First loves; Women politicians; Speechwriters;
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Victoria. [videorecording] / by Andrews, Guy,screenwriter.; Audsley, Nicholas,1982-actor.; Bartlett, Sabrina,actor.; Boulter, David(Producer),television producer.; Bowles, Peter,1936-actor.; Burnett, David(Actor),actor.; Coleman, Jenna,1986-actor.; Fleetwood, Kate,1972-actor.; Fox, Laurence,actor.; Goodwin, Daisy,creator,screenwriter.; Hudson, Nell,1990-actor.; Hughes, Tom,1986-actor.; Jennings, Alex,actor.; Kingsley, Ferdinand,1988-actor.; Knight, Tommy,1993-actor.; Regan, Vincent,actor.; Sax, Geoffrey,television director.; Schiller, Adrian,actor.; Sessions, John,1953-actor.; Swainsbury, Sam,actor.; Thomas, Chloë,television director.; Thomas, Delyth,television director.; Thomas, Edwin,1987-actor.; Travers, Lily,actor.; Waller, Jordan,actor.; Wilford, Ottilie,screenwriter.; Wilson-Jones, Anna,actor.; ITV (Firm),broadcaster.; Mammoth Screen (Firm),production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster,publisher.;
Jenna Coleman, Tom Hughes, Nicholas Audsley, Sabrina Bartlett, Peter Bowles, David Burnett, Kate Fleetwood, Nell Hudson, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tommy Knight, Vincent Regan, Adrian Schiller, Sam Swainsbury, Edwin Thomas, Lily Travers, Jordan Waller, Anna Wilson-Jones, John Sessions, Laurence Fox, Alex Jennings.Ascending to the throne in 1838, the young Victoria spends the early years of her reign struggling with her duties as monarch, harboring a romantic interest in Prime Minister Lord Melbourne (Rufus Sewell) before eventually marrying Prince Albert (Tom Hughes).PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Historical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861; Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901; Kings and rulers; Man-woman relationships; Nobility; Queens;
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