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Language
English
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Have you ever wondered how molecules form groups or how forces in chemistry interact? Basic principles of chemistry, including atoms, the elements, compounds, reactions, and more, are explored through informative and engaging text in this new addition to the How Do series. The How Do series is a great introduction to various STEM topics, each written in a format that encourages audiences to ask questions and guess the answers before exploring the...
2) Shenandoah
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A Virginia farmer during the Civil War refuses to support either the Confederacy or the Union until his son is taken prisoner and, seeing the horrors of war first-hand, he is forced at last to take his stand.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2004
Edition
Collector's ed.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 506 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 episode guide ([10] pages : coll. illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
Animated episodic television series examining the humorous life and times of a somewhat dysfunctional American family.
4) Civil War
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a dystopian future America, a team of military-embedded journalists race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1775, Henry Felder, a Swiss-German colonist, lives with his family in the back-country of the British colony of South Carolina. He and his community are suffering under British injustice. After many years of struggling with corrupt British rulers, Felder is urged by the new patriot governor to write Articles of Separation from the English king. Felder's Indian fighting comrade, Bill Jenkins, forms a Tory militia to assist the Crown as the fight...
Publisher
Two Little Hands Productions
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 45 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
"Abigail Nightingale has an important recital coming up, but she's feeling sick! The TreeSchoolers set out to learn why we sometimes get sick and what we can do to keep our bodies strong and healthy. As they learn, the TreeSchoolers wonder: will Abigail get better in time for her recital?"
7) Ambulance
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Needing money to cover his wife's medical bills, a decorated veteran teams up with his adoptive brother to steal $32 million from a Los Angeles bank. However, when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate thieves hijack an ambulance that's carrying a severely wounded cop and an EMT worker. Caught in a high-speed chase, the two siblings must figure out a way to outrun the law while keeping their hostages alive.
9) Cars
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he hits a detour on his way to the most important race of his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on old Route 66, he meets Sally, Mater, Doc Hudson, and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there's more to life than trophies and fame.
11) True Grit
Series
Language
English
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In 1970, John Wayne won an Academy Award. for his larger-than-life performance as the drunken, uncouth and totally fearless one-eyed U.S. Marshall, Rooster Cogburn. The cantankerous Rooster is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings. When Cogburn's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. And the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an...
Series
Language
English
Description
A week after the Rapture, millions of people have vanished into thin air, a desperate world turns to the United Nations president. Basking in the adoration and trust of the people, he seems to have the entire planet at his command. But a small group, the Tribulation Force, is aware of his true and sinister identity. Now the group must embark on a dangerous mission to open the eyes of the world to tell the truth to anyone who will listen.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Using data siphoned off the U.S. intelligence agencies' threat matrix, information not related to terrorism, but rather violent crimes of a personal nature, during each episode, the former CIA agent and his enigmatic partner identify a 'person of interest' and set about solving the mystery of the impending crime. Tapping into the world's Big Brother-like surveillance network, the shadowy duo knows that something bad is going to happen; it's their...
14) Billy Madison
Language
English
Description
He's heir to the Madison Hotel millions, but the only subjects Billy has studied are babes and booze. But when Brian Madison informs his goofball son that he plans to turn over his Fortune 500 company to vice president/weasel Eric Gordon, Billy makes the bet of his life. He's going back to school with hilarious results.
15) Meet the Fockers
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Pam and Greg get their parents together it turns into one disaster after another. The hippie Fockers are the direct opposite of the uptight Byrneses. With one pitfall after the next, the story takes awkward in-law experiences to new heights.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth Thatcher is a young teacher accustomed to high society, so she experiences culture shock when she gets her first classroom assignment in Coal Valley. However, she finds her work fulfilling as she makes her home in Coal Valley. She even finds herself falling for the handsome Constable Jack Thornton. But when circumstances call back to her family's home in the city, she must decide if she wants to remain with them or return to Coal Valley....
17) The imposters
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two out-of-work actors stow away aboard a luxury liner. They must give an all-out performance to evade the authorities and to foil the plot of a deranged crewman.
18) Some like it hot
Series
Criterion collection volume 950
Language
English
Description
Two musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-female band in order to evade the Mafia, since they witnessed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bean: The outrageous Mr. Bean is sent on a mission to escort a famous painting to its new home. Johnny English: When the Crown Jewels are stolen, bumbling Johnny English is the only secret agent in the country who can solve the crime.
20) Wolves
Language
English
Description
An intimate look at canis lupus, the wolf. Filmed in Yellowstone National Park, Montana, Idaho, Alaska and Quebec, the film offers a look at the relationship between people and wolves, wolves and the environment, and what people can do to offset the damages done to the native wolf population.
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