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This look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction.
In this Orwellian dramatization, religion becomes a tool of repression and social control to force women into the roles of stay-at-home wives, domestic staff, prostitutes, or surrogate mothers. They have...
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Lady, a beautiful cocker spaniel, lives a proper and pampered life with her owners, Jim Dear and Darling. Then she stumbles across Tramp, a sweet-talking rough-and-tumble mutt from "the wrong side of the tracks". Tramp likes to have fun. He's foot-loose and fancy-free. And, as Lady discovers, he's nothing but trouble! But Tramp proves he's more than just a junkyard Romeo when he risks his life to save Jim Dear and Darling's baby ... and wins Lady's...
23) My Antonia
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My Ántonia, first published 1918, is one of Willa Cather's greatest works. It is the last novel in the Prairie trilogy, preceded by O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. My Ántonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America, with a particular focus on a Bohemian family, the Shimerdas, whose eldest daughter is named Ántonia. The book's narrator,
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This Edwardian social comedy explores love and prim propriety among an eccentric cast of characters assembled in an Italian pensione and in a corner of Surrey, England. A charming young English woman, Lucy Honeychurch, faints into the arms of a fellow Britisher when she witnesses a murder in a Florentine piazza. Attracted to this man, George Emerson--who is entirely unsuitable and whose father just may be a Socialist--Lucy is soon at war with the...
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"We all know the movie and storyline well. But have you experienced the original? Influenced by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, L. Frank Baum created this classic story and fantasy using the dream of young Dorothy on her journey home to demonstrate the theme of good vs. evil. Throughout her adventure, she encounters several newfound friends: a scarecrow, a tin woodman, and a cowardly lion. They traverse the land of Oz together by following...
27) Northanger Abbey
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Charmingly imperfect Catherine Morland is invited to Northanger Abbey, the home of new friends. Hearing exaggerated reports of her wealth, the head of household General Tilney encourages a marriage between his son Henry and Catherine. Before matters can be settled, Catherine must learn to distinguish between books and real life, false friends and true.
29) Disney's Bambi
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[1996]
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96 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
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English
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Bambi lives in the forest among other animals from the time of his birth until he becomes a beautiful stag and proud father.
32) Die Brücke
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[1998]
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1 videodisc (204 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Deutsch
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Young German boys suffer senseless deaths during the final days of World War II. Betrayed and urged on by unenlightened leaders, they come to believe that a small and meaningless bridge is worth any risk to their lives.
33) The seventh seal
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[1998]
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1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Swedish
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"After a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight challenges Death to a fateful game of chess" -- Container.
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[1999]
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1 videodisc (71 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster in his laboratory but his dreams of perfection are thwarted when the monster becomes an uncontrollable beast.
36) Hercules
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Taken from the gods as a newborn and adopted on earth, Hercules is just an awkward pillar of strength trying to fit in. What he wants most is to impress his father Zeus. When Hercules discovers Hades' sinister plot to take over Mount Olympus, he goes from zero to hero and, with the help of his pals Pegasus and Phil, discovers that real strength comes from the heart!
37) Mulan
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[1999?]
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1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When Mulan's aging father is drafted into the Imperial army to fight the invading Hun army, she disguises herself as a soldier and takes his place. Mulan's hilarious guardian dragon and lucky cricket are not enough to help her defeat the ruthless Hun leader; only by staying true to herself will she bring victory to her country and honor to her family.
38) The mummy
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Thought safely entombed deep beneath the desert, an ancient princess whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day. Her malevolence has grown over millennia and with it come terrors that defy human comprehension.
Violence, action and scary images, and for some suggestive content and partial nudity.
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