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Meryl Streep
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A focused look at the workplace, where individual women crashed through the glass ceiling, and to the courts, where they waged a battle against the "hidden injuries" of battery, harassment and rape. Two women - in very different ways - asserted women's control over their own bodies. When Anita Hill reluctantly stepped forward to accuse Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment, she brought the issue out of the shadows. At the same...
2) Dark Matter
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Elite local patron Mary (Meryl Streep) welcomes Chinese student Ye Liu to Valley State University, where he enters with dreams of fame and a Nobel Prize. But cultural differences and school politics threaten his ambitions and result in unimaginable violence. Based on actual events, Dark Matter is a thrilling examination of the origins of the universe, the dark side of cutthroat academics, and the pursuit of the American dream.
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Shout Gladi Gladi chronicles the maternal health care crisis in Africa, and the heroic efforts to rescue African women from a medical condition during childbirth that can turn them into reviled outcasts -- if they survive. About 2 million women and girls in Africa and parts of Asia are living with obstetric fistula, and many die from it every year. Those that survive are incontinent and shunned in their villages. Filmed in Kenya, Malawi and Sierra...
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This beautiful documentary takes viewers on a breathtaking tour of one of the most vibrant places in America: the Louisiana bayou and the city of New Orleans. Here, in the region's bountiful coastal wetlands, alligators, humans and other wildlife have lived in harmony for centuries. Experience a place overflowing with life, love, music, natural beauty-and hurricanes. Narrated by Meryl Streep, Hurricane on the Bayou offers a sweeping portrayal of...
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5 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge Childrens - J has 2
Fiction White, E
Southside Childrens - J
Fiction White, E
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1973 printing, c1952 | Harper & Row | 184 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. | On Shelf
3 copies. Additional copies on order.
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[2012]. | Revised edition, | Harper | 184 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. | On Shelf
2 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge Childrens - J has 2 Fiction White, E |
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5 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge Childrens Audiobook J
CD spoken Fiction White, E
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CD spoken Fiction White, E
Main Childrens Audiobook J has 2
CD spoken Fiction White, E
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[2002] | 50th anniversary retrospective ed. | Listening Library | 3 audio discs (3.5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
3 copies. Additional copies on order.
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p1970, c1952 | Listening Library | 3 sound discs (3 hrs., 14 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
1 copy. Additional copies on order.
Main Childrens Audiobook J CD spoken Fiction White, E | ||
[2019] | Unabridged. | Listening Library, an imprint of the Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group | 4 audio discs (4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
1 copy. Additional copies on order.
LaFarge Childrens Media CD spoken Fiction White, E |
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Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
6) The homesman
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4 copies. Additional copies on order.
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DVD Homesman
Main Media has 2
DVD Homesman
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DVD Homesman
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[2015] | Lionsgate | 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
4 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV DVD Homesman Main Media has 2 DVD Homesman Southside AV DVD Homesman |
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When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs to join her.
7) Mamma mia!
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3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV
DVD Mamma
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DVD Mamma
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1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV DVD Mamma Main Media has 2 DVD Mamma | |
1 videodisc (108 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Twenty-year-old Sophie is preparing to marry at her mother's hotel on a Greek island. She has a carefree life, a loving fiancee, and great friends. She is only missing one thing: a father. By reading her mother's diary she discovers that she has three possible fathers, so she secretly invites all three men to the wedding in a desperate bid to discover which of them is her father. But not all goes according to plan. Now, old loves are re-kindled, new...
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Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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2018 | Sing-along edition. | Universal Studios Home Entert | 1 videodisc (1 hr., 54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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As Sophie prepares for a hotel re-opening, she reflects on her mother's journey in life and realizes they are similar in unexpected ways.
9) Ironweed
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[2013] | Mongrel Media |
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2009 | [Standard format]. | Lionsgate |
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Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums. She used to be a singer on the radio, he used to be a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them. Helen is sick, one of their pals has cancer, he digs graves at the cemetery and visits the grave of his infant son whom he dropped. Visions of his past haunt him, including ghosts of two men he killed. Amidst their mistakes and dereliction, they live with a code of fairness and...
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2 copies. Additional copies on order.
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DVD Defending
Southside AV
DVD Defending
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c2001, 1991 | Widescreen version. | 1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
1 copy. Additional copies on order.
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2010 | 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | On Shelf
1 copy. Additional copies on order.
Southside AV DVD Defending |
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Daniel Miller was tooling along a Los Angeles boulevard listening to Barbra Streisand sing "Something's Coming" when something came - a bus. One head-on crash later, Daniel wakes up deceased. And his troubles are just beginning ... Meryl Streep joins writer/director/star Brooks ... for a witty peek at the afterlife where you can eat all you want and not gain an ounce. But there's a catch: you're saddled with Defending Your Life. If you can't make...
11) Out of Africa
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3 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV
DVD Out
Southside AV
DVD Out
Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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[2000] | Collector's ed. | Universal Studios | 1 videodisc (161 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
3 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV DVD Out Southside AV DVD Out |
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The true story of Karen Blixen, a strong-willed woman who runs a coffee plantation in Kenya in 1914.
12) Brave Irene
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2 copies. Additional copies on order.
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Fiction Steig, W
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Fiction Steig, W
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1986, [2011] | 1st ed. | Farrar, Straus, Giroux | 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm. | English | On Shelf
2 copies. Additional copies on order.
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c2011 | Macmillan | 1 sound disc (30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball.
13) Sophie's choice
Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Language | Availability | |
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[1999] | Widescreen version. | Artisan Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Main Media has 2 DVD Sophie's |
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A drama set in post-World War II Brooklyn revolves around Sophie, a Polish Catholic beauty who survived Auschwitz, her lover, Nathan, and Stingo, a would-be writer. As the three grow closer, Stingo discovers the captivating and moving truths that each harbors.
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c2006 | Widescreen ed. | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
Southside AV DVD Devil |
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Miranda, editor of "Runway" magazine, is a terror to everyone around her. Her first assistant strives to please her, but can't quite pull it off. Enter Andy, a young woman who knows nothing of the fashion industry and has never read the magazine. Nonetheless, Miranda, hires her as second assistant. When Miranda demands that she obtain the next unpublished Harry Potter manuscript, it forces Andy to dig it up in order to please her boss. With the help...
15) The Post
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2 copies, 1 person is on the wait list. Additional copies on order.
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[2018] | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (approximately 116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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This historical drama is based on the events surrounding the release of the Pentagon Papers, documents which detailed the history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam. The story centers on Kay Graham, the first female newspaper publisher in the country (specifically of the Washington Post), as well as her tough editor, Ben Bradlee. The two become involved in an unprecedented power struggle between journalists and the...
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3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV
DVD Fantastic
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DVD Fantastic
Southside AV
DVD Fantastic
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c2010 | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV DVD Fantastic Main Media DVD Fantastic Southside AV DVD Fantastic |
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Mr. and Mrs. Fox live an idyllic home life with their son Ash and visiting young nephew Kristofferson. But after twelve years of quiet domesticity, the bucolic existence proves too much for Mr. Fox's wild animal instincts. Soon he slips back into his old ways as a sneaky chicken thief and in doing so, endangers not only his beloved family, but the whole animal community. Trapped underground without enough food to go around, the animals band together...
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3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV
DVD August
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DVD August
Southside AV
DVD August
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2014 | 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV DVD August Main Media DVD August Southside AV DVD August |
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"The darkly hilarious and deeply touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose lives converge when a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them"--Container.
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2 copies. Additional copies on order.
Main Media
DVD Death
Southside AV
DVD Death
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c1998 | Universal Home Video | 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
2 copies. Additional copies on order.
Main Media DVD Death Southside AV DVD Death |
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A dark comedy about greed, vanity, sex, immortality, life -- and death. Madeline and Helen, rivals for the affections of Ernest, are both desperate to restore their youthful beauty, believing it is the only way to attract him. But while the potion each one purchases from a mysterious woman has the power to keep them beautiful, they find there is a down side to being immortal.
19) Hope springs
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2 copies. Additional copies on order.
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DVD Hope
Southside AV
DVD Hope
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©2012 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | 1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
2 copies. Additional copies on order.
Main Media DVD Hope Southside AV DVD Hope |
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Kay and Arnold are a middle-aged couple who have been married for 30 years and now are sleeping in separate rooms and barely interact in any meaningful loving way. Finally, Kay has had enough and finds a book by Dr. Feld which inspires her to sign them up for the doctor's intense week-long marriage counseling session. What follows is an insightful experience as Dr. Feld manages to help the couple understand how they have emotionally drifted apart...
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3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV
DVD Florence
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DVD Florence
Southside AV
DVD Florence
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[2016] | Paramount | 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
3 copies. Additional copies on order.
La Farge AV DVD Florence Main Media DVD Florence Southside AV DVD Florence |
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A New York socialite dreams of becoming a great opera singer. While the voice she hears in her head is beautiful, to everyone else it is hilariously awful. Her husband and biggest fan, St. Clair Bayfield is determined to protect his beloved Florence from the truth. But when Florence stages a huge concert at Carnegie Hall, he faces his greatest challenge to make sure her performance is a rousing success.
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