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Paris '44 : the shame and the glory / by Bishop, Patrick(Patrick Joseph),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Celebrating the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Paris, a heart-stopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the great hinge moments of WW2. The fall of Paris to the Nazis in June 1940 seemed like the darkest day of the Second World War; and the liberation of the city in August 1944 felt like the brightest. The liberation was a hinge moment of immense significance for the twentieth century, heralding the final victory of light over darkness and opening the door to a future free from fear. It was also the party of the century: champagne flowed freely, total strangers embraced -- it was a celebration of life renewed against the backdrop of the world's favourite city, seen in by the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Lee Miller. This happy ending has come to feel as if it was pre-ordained. But there was nothing inevitable about it. Had things gone differently Paris might have gone down as a ghastly monument to Nazi nihilism, reduced to a rubble-strewn graveyard. This book, timed for the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Paris, tells the story of those iridescent days in a startling new way. In a countdown narrative, packed with drama, heroism, joy -- and heart-thumping suspense -- the City of Lights' fate hangs in the balance."--
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945;
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Alvin and the Chipmunks [videorecording] : chipwrecked / by Aibel, Jonathan,1969-; Applegate, Christina,1971-; Bagdasarian, Ross.; Berger, Glenn.; Cross, David,1964-; Faris, Anna,1976-; Gubler, Matthew Gray,1980-; Karman, Janice.; Lee, Jason,1970-; Long, Justin,1978-; McCartney, Jesse,1987-; Mitchell, Mike.; Poehler, Amy,1971-; Slate, Jenny,1982-; Fox 2000 Pictures.; Regency Enterprises.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Jason Lee, David Cross, Jenny Slate, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Amy Poehler, Anna Faris, Christina Applegate.The vacationing Chipmunks and Chipettes are turning a luxury cruise liner into their personal playground, until they become 'chipwrecked' on a remote island. As the 'Munks and Chipettes try various schemes to find their way home, they accidentally discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1), 5.1 Dolby Digital (English), Dolby Surround (French, Spanish).
Subjects: Chipettes (Musical group); Chipmunks (Musical group); Children's films.; Chipmunks; Feature films.; Friendship; Shipwrecks; Vacations; Video recordings for children.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2012., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
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What we do in the shadows. [videorecording] / by Waititi, Taika,television producer.; Clement, Jemaine,television producer,creator.; Novak, Kayvan,1978-actor.; Berry, Matt,1974-actor.; Demetriou, Natasia,actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,distributor.;
Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou.What We Do in the Shadows, based on the feature film by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, returns for its second season, documenting the nightly exploits of vampire roommates Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), Laszlo (Matt Berry), and Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) as they navigate the modern world of Staten Island with the help of their human familiar, Guillermo (Harvey Guillén). Over the course of the season, the vampires will try to find their way in a world of human Super Bowl parties, internet trolls, an energy vampire who gets a promotion and becomes drunk on power and of course, all the ghosts, witches, necromancers, zombies and shadowy cloaked assassins who roam freely in the Tri-State area. Is Guillermo destined to be a vampire or a vampire hunter? Or maybe just a familiar for the rest of his life?14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television comedies.; Television programs.; Vampire television programs.; Vampires; Friendship; Roommates;
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The old man & the gun [videorecording] / by Glover, Danny,actor.; Lowery, David,film director.; Redford, Robert,actor.; Waits, Tom,1949-actor.; Spacek, Sissy,actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.;
Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, Danny Glover, Tom Waits.Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker's escape from San Quentin at the age of 70. The escape enchanted the public and confounded the authorities. Detective John Hunt became captivated with Forrest's commitment to his craft.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief strong language.Blu-ray disc, AVC @ 36 MBPS (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1 DVS, Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Comedy films.; Crime films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Tucker, Forrest; Escapes; Escaped prisoners; Fugitives from justice;
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The handmaid's tale. [videorecording] / by Fiennes, Joseph,1970-actor.; Miller, Bruce,creator.; Moss, Elisabeth,1983-actor.; Strahovski, Yvonne,1982-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Atwood, Margaret,1939-Handmaid's tale.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,publisher.;
Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes.A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.2018 Golden Globe Award for best television series, drama
Subjects: Dystopian television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Dystopias; Man-woman relationships; Misogyny; Pregnancy; Theocracy;
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The folly and the glory : America, Russia, and political warfare, 1945-2020 / by Weiner, Tim,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."With vivid storytelling and access to insider accounts, Weiner sets out to trace the roots of Russian-American political warfare--conflict waged without weapons--over the last seven decades to understand how a president landed in the White House with the help of an expansive, covert Russian campaign. Russia's modern revival of Soviet-era intelligence operations constitutes one of the most significant threats to democracy in the United States and around the world, and yet the US has not engaged its own political warfare methods in defense, even as our own justice department has concluded unequivocally that Russia influenced the 2016 election. To get to the heart of what's at stake and find potential solutions, Weiner examines long-running twentieth century CIA operations, political machinations by the Soviet KGB around the world, the erosion of American political warfare after the Cold War, and why twenty-first century Russia has returned to the practice while the US has not. Weiner takes us behind closed doors and into the deliberation rooms of past and present Russian and American intelligence operations that directly led to-and help illuminate-the current administration and the future of American democracy"--
Subjects: Trump, Donald, 1946-; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; Cold War.; Intelligence service; Intelligence service; Intelligence service; Presidents; Elections;
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The shape of water [videorecording] / by Hawkins, Sally,1976-actor.; Shannon, Michael,1974-actor.; Spencer, Octavia,actor.; Toro, Guillermo del,1964-actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,film distributor.;
Special features: A fairy tale for troubled times; theatrical trailers.Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon.An otherworldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda discover a secret classified experiment.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc, AVC @ 26 MBPS (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Feature films.; Action and adventure films.; Romance films.; Fantasy films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Laboratories; Science; Captive marine animals; Security classification (Government documents); Human-animal relationships;
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Midnight in Siberia : a train journey into the heart of Russia / by Greene, David,1976-;
Rose -- Sergei -- Boris -- Another Sergei -- Lubov -- Nina -- Alexei -- Vasily -- Galina -- Marina -- Angelina -- Andrei -- Polina -- Ivan -- Tatiana -- Svetlana -- Yet another Sergei -- Taisiya -- Igor -- Olga."Travels with NPR host David Greene along the Trans-Siberian Railroad capture an overlooked, idiosyncratic Russia in the age of Putin. After two and a half years as NPR's Moscow bureau chief, David Greene travels across the country--a 6,000-mile journey by rail, from Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok--to speak with ordinary Russians about how their lives have changed in the post-Soviet years. Reaching beyond the headline-grabbing protests in Moscow, Greene speaks with a group of singing babushkas from Buranovo, a teenager hawking 'space rocks' from last spring's meteor shower in Chelyabinsk, and activists battling for environmental regulation in the pollution-choked town of Baikalsk. Through the stories of fellow travelers, Greene explores the challenges and opportunities facing the new Russia--a nation that boasts open elections and new-found prosperity yet still continues to endure oppression, corruption, and stark inequality. Set against the wintery landscape of Siberia, Greene's lively travel narrative offers a glimpse into the soul of twentieth-century Russia--how its people remember their history and look forward to the future"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Greene, David, 1976-; Velikai͡a︡ Sibirskai͡a︡ magistralʹ.; Interviews; Railroad travel; Social change; Social problems;
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Mr. Popper's penguins [videorecording] / by Anders, Sean,1969-; Atwater, Florence.Mr. Popper's penguins.Videorecording.; Atwater, Richard.Mr. Popper's penguins.Videorecording.; Ballhaus, Florian,1965-; Carrey, Jim,1962-; Carroll, Madeline,1996-; Davis, John(John Andrew),1953 Apr. 7-; Green, Bruce.; Gugino, Carla,1971-; Kent, Rolfe.; Lansbury, Angela,1925-; Lovibond, Ophelia.; Morris, John.; Stern, Jared.; Waters, Mark.; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Davis Entertainment Company.;
Director of photography, Florian Ballhaus ; editor, Bruce Green ; music, Rolfe Kent.Jim Carrey, Madeleine Carroll, Ophelia Lovibond, Angela Lansbury, Carla Gugino.Tom Popper, a successful businessman who's clueless when it comes to the really important things in life, until he inherits six 'adorable' penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom's rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland, and the rest of his world upside-down. Adapted from the award-winning classic children's book, Mr. Popper's Penguins is a cool blast of fun for all ages.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.DVD ; widescreen presentation (1.85:1) ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; region 1.
Subjects: Atwater, Richard.; Businessmen; Children's films.; Comedy films.; Feature films.; Human-animal relationships; Penguins; Video recordings for children.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2011., 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
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Widows [videorecording] / by Bernthal, Jon,actor.; Coon, Carrie,1981-actor.; Davis, Viola,1965-actor.; Debicki, Elizabeth,actor.; McQueen, Steven R.,1988-screenwriter,film director.; Duvall, Robert,actor.; Erivo, Cynthia,1987-actor.; Farrell, Colin,1976-actor.; García-Rulfo, Manuel,1981-actor.; Henry, Brian Tyree,actor.; Kaluuya, Daniel,1989-actor.; Neeson, Liam,actor.; Rodriguez, Michelle,actor.; Weaver, Jacki,1947-actor.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,film distributor.;
Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Liam Neeson, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell, Daniel Kaluuya, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Brian Tyree Henry, Cynthia Erivo.When their bank robber husbands are killed during a job-gone-bad, three widows (Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki) and a recruited driver (Cynthia Erivo) must pull off a dangerous heist in order to pay back 2 million dollars to a ruthless crime boss and politician (Brian Tyree Henry). But all is not as it seems as the ladies realize there was more to their husbands' fates than meets the eye.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS, 2.0.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Caper films.; Widows; Gangsters; Brigands and robbers; Female friendship;
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