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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher, the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
2) No escape
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
How far will one man go to protect the ones he cares about most in the world? An intense international thriller, centers on an American businessman as he and his family settle into their new home in Southeast Asia. Suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising, they must frantically look for a safe escape as rebels mercilessly attack the city.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
中文(繁體)
Formats
Description
"China 859 A.D. The once-mighty Tang dynasty is in decline. The emperor is weak and incompetent. His corrupt government no longer controls the land. Unrest sweeps the country. Village by village, an underground alliance forms: The House of Flying Daggers. Based near the imperial capital the House of Flying Daggers moves in the shadows. Stealing from the rich to give to the poor, they earn the support of the people. At the same time, they are feared...
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 49 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A whole new generation of patriots can be inspired by the memorable songs that explain how our government is set up and how the electoral process works. Plus, keep track of the actual voting results in all 50 states.
6) Rosewater
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the real-life experiences of London-based, Tehran-born journalist Maziar Bahari when he returns to Iran to cover the 2009 presidential elections and is detained as a spy and tortured by an interrogator Bahari identified as Rosewater.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
The story of a Jewish family's escape from 1933 Berlin to Europe tackles prejudice, exile, displacement and adaptation, as told from the perspective of the author₂s alter ego, nine year-old Anna Kemper. Anna is too busy with schoolwork and friends to notice Hitler's face glaring from posters plastered all over 1933 Berlin. But when her father suddenly vanishes, the family is secretly hurried out of Germany. Anna begins to understand life will never...
Language
English
Description
Monty Python delivers the group's sharpest and smartest satire of both religion and Hollywood's epic films. Set in 33 A.D. Judea where the exasperated Romans try to impose order, it is a time of chaos and change with no shortage of messiahs and followers willing to believe in them. At its center is Brian Cohen, born in Bethlehem in a stable next door, who, by a series of absurd circumstances is caught up in the new religion and reluctantly mistaken...
11) Chile '76
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Set during the early days of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, Chile '76 builds from a quiet character study to a gripping suspense thriller as it explores one woman's precarious flirtation with political engagement. Carmen leads a sheltered upper-middle-class existence. She heads to her summer house in the off-season to supervise its renovation, while also performing local charitable works through her church. Her husband, children, and grandchildren...
12) Vice
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Christian Bale stars as Dick Cheney in this epic tale of how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world. Co-starring Amy Adams, Steve Carell, and Sam Rockwell, it is a darkly comic look behind the scenes of American politics.
13) America
Series
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Translates important events in American history and important features of the American political and social system into original rock songs illustrated by cartoons.
14) The ghost writer
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
16) The butler
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story about Cecil Gaines, a devoted husband, father, and White House butler who served eight Presidential administrations during the turbulent politics and civil rights battles of twentieth century America.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 991 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When it comes to prisoner negotiations, international aid, and thwarting the next world war, look no further than U.S. Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord. Since joining the White House staff, she's seen her fair share of global threats, but her greatest challenges lie ahead. While she and her husband Henry must outsmart their own personal stalker, new enemies emerge both overseas and in the states. Working alongside President Conrad Dalton, Elizabeth...
19) Trump's showdown
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Trump's fight against the investigation of his campaign and whether he obstructed justice. With the threat of impeachment growing, Trump wages an unprecedented war against the Special Counsel, the FBI, and even his own Attorney General.
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (996 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In her life, Elizabeth McCord has led many roles, as a CIA analyst, a professor, a wife, and a mother, but now, she leads America's foreign policy as Secretary of State. The sensitive nature of her work creates tension at home when she's forced to keep secrets from her husband Henry, recently reactivated as an intelligence asset. As tensions mount with Russia and chaos brews in the Middle East, Elizabeth answers directly to President Conrad Dalton....
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