F. Murray Abraham
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Florida's Everglades National Park is home to numerous unique and endangered animals and plants. The park has also become a dumping ground for a variety of non-native species, including Burmese pythons. The predatory snakes have moved into their new home with a vengeance, disrupting its delicate ecosystem. Follow scientists and snake hunters as they study the problem and try to find solutions to the growing crisis.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Fifteen thousand years ago, wolves stepped out of the forest and began one of the most remarkable journeys in evolutionary history. Within only a few hundred years, these wolves changed from deadly predators into man's best friend. How did it happen? And where will it end? This two-part mini-series explores the origins of dogs, their place in our history, and our place in theirs.
Author
Publisher
Listening Library/Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Listeners will rediscover Hans Christian Andersen's best-known fairy tales, and find new favorites, all brought to life by a full cast. Recognizing the literary merit of Andersen's own simple colloquial language, which Victorian translators and their imitators very often altered to sentimentalize or vulgarize, translator Erik Haugaard has remained faithful to the original text.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Now living in New York City, Carrie gets swept up in the aftereffects of the U.S. presidential election as she struggles to deal with an injury-ravaged Peter Quinn and an increasingly suspicious Saul Berenson. When the president-elect battles the CIA during her transition to power, Carrie finds herself caught in the crossfire..." -- Container.
5) Super cats
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Not only are cat the world's top predators, but they are emotional and intelligent as well as social and devoted parents. Featuring 31 species of cats spread over 14 countries, this miniseries introduces behaviors captured on film for the first time, using the latest camera technology and scientific research.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001], p2000
Language
English
Description
Jamal Wallace is a talented young basketball player in New York City whose secret passion is writing. After an accidental meeting, Forrester, a reclusive novelist, becomes Jamal's unlikely mentor. Soon, both men learn lessons from each other about life and the importance of friendship.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Issac) is at a crossroads and struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, some of them of his own making. Living at the mercy of both friends and strangers, Llewyn's misadventures take him from the baskethouses of Greenwich Village to an empty Chicago club, on an odyssey to audition for...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Combines elements of analysis, history, biography, performance, and the personal passions of six presenters to tell the stories behind the stories of six Shakespeare plays. Includes interviews with actors, directors, and scholars; visits to key locations; clips from celebrated film and television adaptations; and illustrative excerpts from performances staged at Shakespeare's Globe in London especially for the series.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Now working at a private security firm in Berlin, Carrie is trying to start a new life, but she soon discovers she can't escape her past. Blindsided by stunning betrayals, and without Saul and Quinn to rely on, Carrie must uncover a deadly conspiracy that puts thousands of lives at risk, including her own.
Publisher
Sonar Entertainment ; distributed by Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Return to Lonesome Dove:This gripping adventure follows three ex-Texas Rangers and chronicles their riotous battles, deadly gunfights, soaring triumphs and shattered dreams.
Dead man's walk: Based on the novel by Larry McMurty. This prequel to Lonesome dove introduces Gus and Call when they were young Texas Rangers, first experiencing the wild frontier and their journeys and the dangerous attacks that transform them into heroes.
Streets of Laredo:...
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
In her new role as a CIA station chief, Carrie convinces Saul and Quinn to help her hunt down one of the world's most dangerous terrorists. But when Carrie recruits a young Pakistani as an asset, the lines between right and wrong blur and the operation spins out of control. Facing unclear loyalties at every turn, Carrie must take extreme measures and risk everything to protect her country.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Season Two follows various hotel guests over a week, but with each passing day, a darker side of the picture-perfect travelers, hotel employees, and idyllic locale emerges. At its Sicily location, the White Lotus welcomes two couples trying to decide if they're friends or enemies, a three-generation Italian American family exploring its Sicilian roots, and a White Lotus VIP traveling with her husband (and assistant) in tow. Behind the scenes, the...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune.
14) Isle of dogs
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari Kobayashi embarks on an epic journey in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots.
15) American eagle
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Unique to North America, the bald eagle is the continent₂s most recognizable aerial predator, with a shocking white head, electric yellow beak, and penetrating eyes. In the 1960s, this symbol of the United States became an emblem of environmental degradation. Following their protection as an endangered species, bald eagles have come roaring back.
16) Mimic 3 film set
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Mimic: A team of scientists discover a miracle cure that stops the spread of a deadly disease, only to find three years later that something has gone terribly wrong! Their creation is able to mimic and destroy its every predator - even man!
Mimic 2: A cockroach spiced with DNA from termites is on the loose and wanting to mate with Remy, a school teacher-entomologist, who is suspected of the gruesome murders of her ex-boyfriends.
Mimic 3: When residents...
17) Amadeus
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When Mozart arrives at the court of Emperor Joseph II, court composer Antonio Salieri is horrified to discover that the godlike musical gifts he desires himself have been bestowed on a bawdy joker. Mad with envy, he plots to destroy Mozart by any means.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Now chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, Hiccup has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury coincides with the darkest threat their village has ever faced, Hiccup and Toothless must leave the only home they've known, and journey to a hidden world thought only to exist in myth. As their true destines are revealed, dragon and rider will fight together-to the very ends of the Earth-to protect everything...
19) The Grass Crown
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough returns us to an age of magnificent triumphs, volcanic passions, and barbaric cruelties.
Throughout the Western world, great kingdoms have fallen and despots lay crushed beneath the heels of Rome's advancing legions. But now internal rebellion threatens the stability of the mighty Republic. An aging, ailing Gaius Marius, heralded conqueror of Germany and Numidia, longs for that which was prophesied...
20) Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By: How One Woman Confronted the Greatest Humanitarian Crisis of Our Time
Author
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Syrian civil war and the massive humanitarian crisis it produced, Georgette Bennett tells the largely untold story of how sworn enemies-Syrians and Israelis, Jews and Muslims- came to trust each other with their lives in order to alleviate terrible suffering. The dramatic tale of their unlikely collaboration illustrates what a few determined individuals can do in the face of inertia, inefficiency, and widespread indifference....