Kate Burton
1) Red mist
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Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly killings.
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1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, black and white with color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"More than 40 years after his death, Hemingway is one of the most widely read, and widely written about American authors. His distinct style and profound influence are indisputable; his larger-than-life persona is still the stuff of heated debate. As well known in his lifetime as any movie star, Hemingway was a dashing international figure who challenged the notion that writers exist in an ivory tower. There were the battles, the bull fights, the...
5) The vote
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2 videodiscs (approximately 220 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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One hundred years after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, it tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in US history.
6) Arcadia
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In a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sits Lady Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, and her tutor, Septimus Hodge. Through the window may be seen some of the "five hundred acres inclusive of lake" where Capability Brown's idealized landscape is about to give way to the Gothic style: "everything but vampires," as the garden historian Hannah Jarvis remarks to Bernard Nightingale when they stand in the same room 180 years later. Bernard...
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1 videodisc (approximately 130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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With songs like June Is Bustin' Out All Over; Mister Snow; and You'll Never Walk Alone, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel remains a landmark in musical theater. The New York Philharmonic welcomes an all-star Broadway and opera cast.
8) Breaking
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate back into civilian life.
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First performed in 1905 and published in 1907, "Major Barbara" is a dramatic play by the famed Irish playwright and activist George Bernard Shaw. The story centers around its title character who, as an officer in the Salvation Army, becomes disenchanted by the increasing social problems that she sees and the willingness of her organization to accept money from armament manufacturers. Barbara is disillusioned about the good work the Salvation Army...
10) 127 Hours
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1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In April 2003 Aron Ralston, a 27-year-old hiker, fell and was trapped in a narrow crevasse, his right arm wedged against the rock wall by a boulder. Mr. Ralston's ordeal was a struggle for survival and a profound existential crisis. He had gone to Bluejohn Canyon, Utah for a rock-climbing weekend alone. Not telling anyone where he is going is part of the point: real freedom means getting a clean break from civilization and the burdens of family, friends,...
11) Under Milk Wood
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Matthew Rhys and Kate Burton headline a Welsh and Welsh-American cast celebrating the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth in a performance of his timeless "play for voices." With characters such as Captain Cat, Polly Garter, and Nogood Boyo, Thomas brings to life the inhabitants of the fictional town of Llareggub in funny, poignant, and poetic detail.
Includes a conversation with Andrew Lycett, author of Dylan Thomas: A New Life.
An L.A. Theatre...
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Kate Burton reprises her Tony-nominated performance as Constance Middleton in W. Somerset Maugham's classic comedy of manners. There's something Constance Middleton's friends are dying to tell her: her husband is having an affair, with her best friend! Despite their hints, Constance remains ever cool, and seemingly oblivious. Or is she?
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Savour Australia volume 4
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English
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In Tasmania, Jason immerses himself into the natural world by visiting Cradle Mountain and Weindorfer's Forest Walk. He also experiences Hobart's cafe culture, and goes on the hunt for fresh seafood.