(0)Robert Redford
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233 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Prefab home construction has arrived. The benefits of buildings a prefab home (they are better built, use resources more efficiently, and are healthier to live in) apply just as well to vacation homes as they do to primary residences. Prefabulous Small Houses explores the beauty, variety, design, and environmentally positive benefits of prefab construction through the wide variety of prefabrication methods in use today and with prefabulous examples...
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1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Three stories converge when a professor and an apathetic student discuss the nature of activism, a Republican senator tries to sell a journalist on the government's new miltary strategy, and two of the professor's former students fighting in Iraq find themselves trapped behind enemy lines.
4) Buck
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1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"... a richly textured and visually stunning film, follows Buck Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life 'horse-whisperer', he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with their horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment. Buck possesses near magical abilities as he dramatically transforms horses - and people - with his understanding, compassion...
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1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When aspiring news reporter Tally Atwater tries to break into television, only veteran newsman Warren Justice will give her a shot. In time, he teaches her everything she knows about news and she teaches him how to love again. But with her rise from local TV weather girl to network anchor, Tally and Warren must balance the dream of success with their desire for each other.
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1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Follow the great Colorado River as it reveals the most pressing environmental story of our time, the world's growing shortage of fresh water. Join environmental advocates Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Wade Davis as they travel the Grand Canyon.
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1 videodisc (47 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A vacation of sorts, that takes us away from the hectic "world" we live in and transports us to some of the most fascinating, exotic and remote sites on Earth. Gives new insight into her diverse landscapes, peoples, and animals. This magical, around-the-world odyssey is an awe-inspiring wonder the entire family will enjoy.
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Words from a Bear gives a thorough survey of Momaday's most prolific years as a doctorate fellow at Stanford University, his achievement of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1969, and his later works that solidified his place as the founding member of the 'Native American Renaissance' in art and literature, influencing a generation of Native American artists, scholars, and political activists.
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1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Einar is a crusty old rancher who does what he can to hold onto his Wyoming ranch. It's been a struggle for years; his son was killed in a car crash, his wife left him, and his longtime friend and helper, Mitch, was recently mauled by a bear. Now, Einar has to care for Mitch and help him recover. Jean and her daughter, Griff, have to leave Jean's current abusive boyfriend. The only place they can go is the ranch of Griff's grandfather, Einar, who...
13) Quiz show
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1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Fame and fortune become a hotbed of scandal when a Washington investigator uncovers corruption beneath the TV's hottest quiz show's glittering facade. The scandal implicates both the wildly popular champion and the disgruntled ex-champ.
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1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Bill Bryson, instead of retiring to enjoy his loving and beautiful wife and large and happy family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail: 2,200 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular, and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine. The peace and tranquility he hopes to find, though, is anything but, when the only person he can find willing to join him on the trek is his long-lost former friend Katz, a down-on-his-luck serial philanderer....
15) The natural
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English
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A once-promising baseball player on his way to stardom in the big leagues, finds his dreams shattered when a mysterious woman and a silver bullet end his career prematurely. Sixteen years later, armed with his childhood bat "Wonderboy," he comes back to baseball, joins the roster of the lowly New York Knights to see if he can overcome physical pain and the nefarious forces around him to lead his team to the pennant.
Roy Hobbs' boyhood dream of being...
16) Pete's dragon
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English
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For years, Mr. Meacham has told tales of the fierce dragon deep in the woods. To his daughter, Grace, these stories are little more than tall tales, until she meets Pete. Pete is a mysterious ten-year-old with no family who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliot.
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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At age 70, Forrest Tucker infamously made his escape from the tough San Quentin prison. Once he had gained his freedom, he embarked on a new set of heists that left investigators scratching their heads and the public fascinated by the story. This true story details Tucker's life which includes a detective wrapped up in the case, and a female who takes a liking to Tucker despite the criminal path he's on.
18) The sting
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1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A young con man teams up with a seasoned con man to win money from a criminal banker in 1930s Chicago.
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1 videodisc (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When a Chicano handyman from the Milagro Valley decides to irrigate his small beanfield by " borrowing" some water from a large and potentially destructive development site, he sets off a chain reaction that erupts into a humorous culture clash.
20) Truth
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1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then-President George W. Bush's military service, and the ensuing firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers.
On the morning of September 9, 2004, veteran CBS News producer Mary Mapes believed she had every reason to feel proud of a broadcast journalism job well done. By the end of the day, Mapes, CBS News, and the venerable CBS News...