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Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (187 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet.
Language
English
Description
The tale of an 18th-century physician who takes eight years to travel through a variety of fantastical lands, only to have everyone but his wife take him for a madman when he returns home.
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (284 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the 1960s, an unknown event at the Sunshine Motel caused ordinary things in Room 10 to transform into items of wonder: indestructible objects with extraordinary powers that are sought by those who know their secrets.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (178 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While searching for a ship-killing monster under the sea, three men are taken aboard the submarine Nautilus, captained by the eccentric Captain Nemo, and taken on an undersea adventure including erupting volcanoes, polar ice caps, and the lost city of Atlantis.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 314 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Escorting his daughter home from college, Detective Inspector Ronald Craven watches helplessly as she is gunned down in cold blood. Hellbent on revenge, his search for her killer leads him on a terrifying one-way trip to the heart of the nuclear state.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
There was a time when two-ton predatory fish came on land, along with 26-foot sea scorpions. State-of-the-art digital technology breathes life into these creatures that dominated earth for 250 million years. Final program in the Walking with...Series.
10) Empire Falls
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 195 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A powerful portrait of blue-collar America, a timeless tribute to the inherent decency and good humor that sustains working-class people in everyday life.
11) North & South
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 233 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the privileged Margaret Hale's father uproots the family to take work in the northern mill town of Milton, she is shocked by the dirt and gruffness of the people. But she reserves her highest contempt for the charismatic mill-owner John Thornton.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The time is World War II. De Bricassart heroically rescues refugees in Rome, then is sent by the Vatican to the sprawling Australian sheep ranch he thought he had left behind forever. A reunion with Maggie leads to new temptations and a crisis.
15) Random passage
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs ( approximately 6 hr) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows a courageous woman's journey from servitude in England to the harsh life of Outport Newfoundland. Along the way she endures many hardships, including attempted rape and being abandoned by the father of her child.
16) Anne of Avonlea
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 312 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Anne's life at Green Gables takes unexpected turns with the arrival of two new orphans and the realization of her dream to go to college. Through marriage proposals from suitors and the sale of her first story, Anne holds on to her memories of Avonlea and discovers life and love on her own terms.
17) Shaka Zulu
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (approximately 500 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The epic story of the uniting of the Zulu tribes into a powerful new nation under the leadership of one man, set in the period of European colonial expansion.
19) Lonesome dove
Language
English
Description
The tale of two former Texas Rangers who leave the South Texas town of Lonesome Dove on an epic 2500-mile cattle drive to the lush ranch country of Montana. From the re-created towns to the vast plains to the expansive cattle drive and heart-stopping stampede, it is an inspiring and enlighting experience, certain to change your views of our American heritage.
20) Mansfield Park
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (312 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fanny is an impoverished young woman, snubbed by society, who earns the respect and love of her cousin in this BBC mini-series adaptation of the Jane Austen classic set in 19th century England.
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