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2) Evelyn
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
In 1953, Desmond Doyle takes on the Irish family law system and the Catholic Church in a bid to be reunited with his children. Despite a strong work ethic, Desmond has a hard time holding on to steady work. Desmond's wife walks out on the relationship and his sporadic employment eventually attracts the attention of the law. A court order sends his two sons and young daughter to separate Catholic orphanages until Desmond can prove he's capable of properly...
3) John Adams
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
6) Lost empire
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sam and Remi Fargo, the husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team, come upon a relic that belongs to a lost Confederate ship while scuba diving in Tanzania, but their discovery conflicts with Mexico's ruling party, the Mexica Tenochca, who wants to find the artifact and prevent a secret from destroying the party.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alexander Kurbsky, a famous Russian writer and ex-paratrooper, fakes his escape from Russia and infiltrates British and American intelligence at the highest levels. He has his own motivations for doing the most effective job possible, which entails murdering anyone in his way--including Charles Ferguson, Sean Dillon and the rest of the group known informally as the "Prime Minister's private army."
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar has been assassinated and civil war threatens to destroy the Republic. In the void left by Caesar's demise, egos clash and numerous players jockey for position. The brutally ambitious Mark Antony attempts to solidify his power, aligning himself with Atia, but coming to blows with her cunning son Octavian, who has been anointed in Caesar's will as his only son and heir. Meanwhile, Titus Pullo attempts to pull his...
9) Bon voyage
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
Français
Description
Following the premiere of her latest picture Viviane finds herself with a dead man in her apartment. Frédéric is a writer who's been falsely accused of murder, thanks to Viviane. Viviane has fled Paris for Bordeaux with a cabinet minister, and once Frédéric escapes from prison, he is not far behind. Once they reach the city, which is in chaos, they become entangled in a plot involving a rickety physicist, his endlessly resourceful assistant, an...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
James Hacker, British Minister for Administrative Affairs tries to cut government waste, but the Permanent Secretary of the Department, Sir Humphrey Appleby opposes him. Private secretary Bernard Woolley is caught between these two men.
18) Nuremberg
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Dramatization of the war crime trials of Nuremberg.
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005, c2001
Language
Deutsch
Description
Swimming champion Harry Melchoir, having narrowly escaped being trapped in East Germany by the communist regime just after the completion of the Berlin Wall, joins with other freedom seekers to dig a tunnel by which he hopes to rescue his beloved sister.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Formats
Description
The junior senator from Illinois discusses how to transform U.S. politics, calling for a return to America's original ideals and revealing how they can address such issues as globalization and the function of religion in public life.
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