Martin Sheen
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten years ago, in his best selling Ethics for a New Millennium, His Holiness the Dalai Lama first proposed an approach to ethics based on universal rather than religious principles. Now, in Beyond Religion, he elaborates and deepens his vision for the nonreligious way. A blueprint for all those who may choose not to identify with a religious tradition, yet still yearn for a life of spiritual fulfillment as they work for a better world.
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1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
This biography explores whether Americans should celebrate Jackson or apologize for him. The program reveals the world of America's 7th president, who founded the Democratic Party, yet was viewed by his enemies as an American Napoleon. The film contains reenactments, lithographs, letters and the insights of distinguished scholars.
3) Desert
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1 videodiscs (62 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
A mixture of animation and live footage serves as a background for a narrated introduction to the geographical history of deserts, their animal life and their importance for human culture.
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4 videodiscs (approximately 5 hr., 15 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
In the footsteps of the Holy Family examines the Holy Family's flight from Herod, visiting various stops along the route at which miracles are believed to have occurred. The Apostles collection examines the New Testament and Apocryphal gospels in search the truth about the Apostles. The second part of the program focuses on the Apostle Paul.
6) Pond & river
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1 videodisc (62 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Takes you on a twisting journey down the great rivers of the world, pausing to visit the thriving realm of freshwater ponds. Travel upstream to find civilization's source - then down again to see the key to our very survival.
7) Gettysburg
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1 videodisc (254 min.) : sound (stereo), color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Civil War drama depicting the events and personal struggles of the Union and Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Andrew Shepherd is a consummate politician and a man of integrity, who also happens to be a widower, ready to start dating again. He is swept off his feet by a lobbyist, Sydney Ellen Wade. His critics rant that it is immoral and his friends proclaim that it's romantic, but one thing is certain, all that stands between true love and re-election is the approval of the American public.
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
A new adaptation of the classic series, the film is set in 1907 on beautiful Prince Edward Island. Anne Shirley is sent there to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who wanted to adopt a boy. Anne must make her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and in Avonlea to ensure she is never sent back to the orphanage again.
10) Wall Street
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An ambitious young stockbroker is lured into the illegal, lucrative world of corporate espionage when he is seduced by the power, status and financial wizardry of Wall Street legend Gordon Gekko.
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1 videodisc (51 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Armed with sophisticated equipment, Dr. Robert Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and his team of researchers become the first humans to see and photograph the Titanic since its sinking more than 70 years ago.
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6 videodiscs (approximately 946 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Follow the drama when the government is temporarily passed from a Democratic administration to the Republican Speaker of the House, as President Bartlet copes with the kidnapping of his youngest daughter Zoey.
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4 videodiscs (954 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
The President and staff have been targeted for disruption by rival politicians, soon after being targeted by would-be assassins. The President heads through midterm elections and into a crisis that leads to allegations of criminal conduct. 22 episodes.
14) Badlands
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
In Fort Dupre, South Dakota, in 1959, twenty-five-year-old garbageman Kit Carruthers and his fifteen-year-old girlfriend Holly Sargis go on the run after killing Holly's father. On their way towards the Badlands of Montana they leave a trail of murders.
15) The way
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1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Tom goes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France, to collect the remains of his adult son, who was killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago. Rather than return home, Tom decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage to honor his son's desire to finish the journey. What Tom doesn't plan on is the profound impact the journey will have on him as he begins to learn the difference between the life one lives and the life one chooses....
17) Kennedy
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2 videodiscs (348 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Centers on the presidential years and the loves, lives, triumphs and tragedies of one of the most controversial families of the 20th century. Covers historical events such as the Bay of Pigs invasion, the violent racial turmoil, the escalation of America's involvement in Vietnam and the Cuban Missle Crisis. Explores the private life of Kennedy, the tragic death of his infant son and his chronic womanizing. He was scrutinized by the FBI under the leadership...
20) Catch-22
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1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
The story of a group of fliers in the Mediterranean during World War II.