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Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Season two returns as the Great War rages across Europe, and not even the serene Yorkshire countryside is free from its effects. The men and women of Downton are doing their part both on the front lines and the home front, but the intensity of war only serves to inflame the more familiar passions of love, loss, blackmail, and betrayal.
2) Mockingjay
Author
Series
Hunger Games trilogy volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Katniss Everdeen has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. Katniss Everdeen's having survived the Hunger games twice makes her a target of the Capitol and President Snow, as well as a hero to the rebels. It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without...
Series
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Ben Cartwright and his sons run their ranch, the Ponderosa, on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe and contribute to taming the wild West. Showdown: Bank robber Sam Kirby and his gang hide out on the Ponderosa. Sam gets a job as a ranchhand under an assumed name and Joe Cartwright gets suspicious of him. San Francisco holiday: At the end of the cattle drive in San Francisco two of Ben's drovers are shanghaied on a boat bound for Hong Kong and while Ben...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Set in an Edwardian country house in 1912, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of the Crawley family and the servants who work for them. In the drawing rooms, library, and beautiful bedrooms, with their tall windows looking across the park, lives the family, but below stairs are other residents, the servants, as fiercely possessive of their ranks as anyone above.
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Anne-Marie Duff stars as the shrewd and captivating queen who defended her throne amidst an atmosphere of plotting and intrigue, torture and murder, The Virgin Queen is a riveting drama that explores the fascinating 44-year-reign of Elizabeth I--Container.
The story of Elizabeth I beginning with her imprisonment in the Tower of London, a dramatic retelling that highlights the plots, intrigue, and deception surrounding and involving the life and reign...
6) Dumb clucks
Author
Series
Rotten School volume 16
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When a battle erupts on campus between the fans of two different televised cartoons, it is up to fourth-grade schemer Bernie Bridges to calm everyone down before Parents' Weekend, or risk being expelled.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Season six introduces several jarring storylines. As "Billith" comes to terms with his newfound powers after emerging from a pool of blood at the end of season five, Louisiana governor Truman Burrell declares open season on vampires, replete with novel anti-vamp weapons and high-tech internment camp. Sookie and Jason steel themselves for an encounter with the killer of their parents; the mysterious and ancient Warlow.
8) Taste test
Author
Publisher
Walker & Company
Pub. Date
c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
While attending a New Hampshire culinary academy, North Carolina high schooler Nora suspects someone of sabotaging the academy's televised cooking competition.
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The whole time I'm reading a Mhairi McFarlane novel, I feel like a fist is squeezing my heart… she is so ridiculously talented." – Emily Henry International bestseller Mhairi McFarlane delivers a witty, clever, emotional new novel about a woman whose life unravels spectacularly after her screenwriter boyfriend uses their relationship as inspiration for his new television show. When Roisin and Joe join their friends for a weekend at a country...
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Explores the history and evolution of cats.
Cats are among the most feared and revered creatures on the planet. Their power, strength, and enigmatic nature have fascinated us for centuries. They've dominated human culture since the dawn of civilization. u Uniform Resource Ide http://steveberry.org/books/cotton-malone-series/
13) SS-GB
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the alternative historical reality where Nazis invaded Britain, a Scotland Yard detective is torn between his responsibility to fight crime and his aversion to working under German command.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The Shannon is Ireland's greatest geographical landmark and the longest river. It is both a barrier and highway. A silver ribbon holding back the rugged landscapes of the west from the gentler plains to the east. On its journey south, the Shannon passes through a huge palette of rural landscapes; where on little-known backwaters, Ireland's wild animals and plants still thrive as almost nowhere else.
Series
Publisher
Nev. Dept. of Cultural Affairs
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Featuring many familiar faces in the archives/museums world, the camera follows 11-year-old Alexis Elise who's on the trail of missing coins from the 1870s Verdi Train Robbery. In her sleuthing, she's guided by Shayne Del Cohen, Guy Rocha, Dennis Myers, Phil Earl, Michael Maher, Jacque Sunstrandt, Fred Holabird and other key players. She digs for documents at the NV Historical Society, UNR Special Collections, and Nevada State Archives, and finds...
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A lavish period drama set in Atlantic City, following the life and times of Nucky Thompson - the undisputed political and criminal mastermind whose grip on power and control of the city's liquor supply is under constant threat.
18) Canada explorer
Publisher
Topics Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
There's a lot undiscovered about Canada's vast landscape- lakes and mountains that are still unknown. But the places known are worth exploring. See all of Canada's beautiful provinces in this exclusive set featuring more than five hours of spectacular scenery and destinations. 12 Specials that Capture the Spirit of Canada.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred. This is her story.
20) Eastern Canada
Publisher
Pilot Productions
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Join Nova Scotia native Zoe D'Amato as she journeys across Eastern Canada. Starting at Cape Spear, the eastern most point of North America; Halifax, to check out a haunted restaurant before heading north to Cape Breton Island. Then to Prince Edward Island, to learn about the Harness Racing; before heading across the eight-mile Confederation Bridge to New Brunswick to do some kayaking and lobster fishing.
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