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521) Roots
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (587 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (32 pages)
Language
English
Description
Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel about his African ancestors, that followed several generations in the lives of a slave family.
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Days before Christmas in turn-of-the-century Toronto, Detective William Murdoch is called to investigate a daring train robbery. When witnesses insist the culprit exhibited super-human abilities, Constable Crabtree realizes the robber bears a striking resemblance to the title character of his new graphic novel, Jumping Jack.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (171 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fiona Bruce tells the fascinating stories behind the creation of Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Leading experts share their knowledge of the Kings and Qeens whose vision and taste left their mark on these exceptional buildings.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (171 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lucy Worsley brings to life key events in European royal history, covering: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and England's parting of ways with Catholic Europe; the Regency, and the reasons that George III reliquished power; the Russian Revolution, revealing that the Czar had actually been deposed by an uprising that had preceded the October Revolution of 1917.
Join Lucy Worsley on a journey across Europe to visit the incredible locations where royal history...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This remarkable story from the past is especially timely today. Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this film retraces the 800 years in medieval Spain when Muslims, Christians, and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences, revealing what made this rare and fruitful collaboration possible, and what ultimately tore it apart.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the course of American history. Based on Richard Gergel's book...
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 Creating moments of joy (softcover), 1 Dementia in the family (softcover), 1 The house of Elliott (DVD), 1 Healing dulcimer and harp music (CD), 1 Quiltmaker lady (puzzle), 1 Shape shuffle game, 1 sensory button pouch, 3 Sewing images of the past cards, 4 lacing cards with string, 1 memory kit survey : 1 clear plastic container ; 15 x 171/2 x 6 in.
Language
English
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Description
Description of creating moments of joy: "In this fifth revised and expanded edition, Brackey moves beyond the challenges of Alzheimer's, offering practical advice, and focusing on creating moments of joy--while the patient may forget what was said or done, their feelings will linger on. Beginning with the first section--defining moments--she discusses signs, early stages, and understanding the person. She also switches places and makes the patient...
531) Voice of freedom
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow the story of singer Marian Anderson, whose talent broke down barriers around the world. Narrated by Renée Elise Goldsberry, Voice of Freedom interweaves Anderson's rich life story with this landmark moment in history, exploring fundamental questions about talent, race, fame, democracy and the American soul.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
14 videodiscs (28 hr., 17 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Experience for yourself the historical and personal impact of the Civil War in a way that only HISTORY can present it, in this moving megaset filled with over 25 hours of documentaries. A multifacted look at "The War Between the States," this definitive collection brings the most legendary Civil War battles, and the soldiers and leaders who fought them, vividly to life. From Gettysburg and Antietam to Shiloh, and led by the likes of Sherman, McClellan,...
533) Attica
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Survivors, observers and expert government officials recount the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility, when a violent five-day standoff between mostly Black and Latino inmates and law enforcement took place.
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