Boston (Mass.)
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From the mysterious Druids and noble King Alfred to the notorious Henry VIII and the Glorious Revolution of 1688, Charles Dickens traced his country's history for the benefit of young Victorians. Written with the beloved storyteller's customary panache, this series of historical vignettes reads like a fast-paced novel, rich in anecdotes and colorful stories. Dickens' unsparing, witty, and opinionated perspectives on the great pageant of English history...
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hour, 10 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Curious George takes his fun-filled monkey escapades to the great outdoors, inspiring laughter and learning as he plants his first rooftop garden, builds a cow-proof wall, puts his five senses to work and much more. This playful new collection is an engaging mix of fun and education that captures imaginations, promotes friendship and encourages children to use their own creativity through problem solving, innovation and determination.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel brings to life the attitudes and passions of 17th century New England. Condemned by her Puritan fellows for having a child out of wedlock, Hester Prynne is forced to wear a scarlet letter.
Pub. Date
[2021].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximatley 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When the Notre Dame cathedral caught fire in April 2019, Paris came very close to losing over 800 years of history, Now engineers are in a different race against time: to rebuild the roof and secure the medieval structure.
10) To play the king
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (225 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Manipulative and corrupted English prime minister, Urquhart, has reached the pinnacle of power as the leader of his party, but the succession of a king opposed to his policies challenges Urquhart's authority.
11) The final cut
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Urquhart turns his attention to helping himself to a wealthy retirement and finds himself caught in a political power play of someone else's devising.
12) Painted lady
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 204 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a failed suicide attempt Maggie Sheridan is taken in by Sir Charles Stafford and his son Sebastian.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (219 min..) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The true story of Vita Sackville-West's tortured, public affair with novelist Violet Keppel. Though Vita and her husband, diplomat Harold Nicolson, knowingly cheated on each other throughout their 50-year marriage, it was her liaison with her childhood friend Violet that threatened the marriage. Frank and daring in its depiction of lesbian love, this release includes scenes cut from the original broadcast.
14) Jane Eyre
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (228 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Friendless, orphaned Jane Eyre takes a job as governess to a lively French girl. In time, she finds herself in love with the child's guardian. When she saves him from a fire, she finds that there are many secrets to learn...secrets that could destroy her happiness.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits ; 30 cm
Description
"In this timely volume, artists and thinkers join in conversation around the topic of global migration, examining both its cultural impact and the culture of migration itself. Individual voices shed light on the societal transformations related to migration and its representation in 21st-century art, offering diverse points of entry into this massive phenomenon and its many manifestations. The featured artworks range from painting, sculpture, and...
16) The American
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Christopher Newman is a 19th-century 'new man' who has amassed a fortune in California, and heads to Paris to learn its ways and find a wife. There he finds a young widow whose beauty ignites desire in the American.
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Miss Marple faces her greatest challenge yet when she receives a request from an old friend, the recently deceased Mr. Rafiel, to investigate a "possible crime." But to complicate the matters, his instructions don't tell her what the crime is. Instead, she has been told to look for clues on a mystery bus tour, a trip Mr. Rafiel's instructions says might be dangerous.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (270 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three new crime dramas based on the best selling books by Henning Mankell - Sidetracked, Firewall, and One Step Behind follow Inspector Kurt Wallander, a disillusioned everyman, as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in southern Sweden.
19) Small island
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 3 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the lives of two couples, one Jamaican and the other English, whose worlds intertwine in post-World War II Britain, at a turning point in the long relationship between the two countries. It is a story of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Miss Marple visits her old school friend Lady Tressilian at the formidable aristocrat's Devon estate. Eyebrows arch higher when the dashing Wimbledon tennis star Nevile Strange arrives with his attractive but high maintenance new wife. Nevile's first wife is also attending. Miss Marple observes the tightly wound group as they holiday by the sea, sensing the sexual tensions and unresolved jealousies that lead to murder.
