Manville, Lesley

Summary: Follows the adventures of a newly widowed woman as she navigates her new life with the help of her family.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2018

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MUM

Summary: In a crowded South London apartment building, Penny, a working mom, struggles to keep her wayward daughter, her lazy son and her disillusioned partner on the right path.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ALL

Summary: Happily married one day and widowed the next, Cathy Walker feels her way through her first year as a suddenly single woman. Some days it would be easier to rebuild her life without well-intentioned advice and often hilarious help from her son, her brother, and their girlfriends. Thank heaven for Cathy's lifelong friend Michael, who keeps a loving eye on her.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MUM

Summary: Tensions abound and the music swells in the story about the famous musical team of Gilbert and Sullivan. The two men who were extremely different in size and stature were even more different in temperament and style. Yet, they still managed to create memorable theater. This is the story of the making of one of their most famous collaborations, The Mikado.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: USA Home Entertainment 2000

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS TOP

Summary: Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realized in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. Elsewhere, the shadow of the railway still looms, but the line has been halted five miles outside Cranford, a disaster as far as Captain Brown is concerned. Meanwhile, as Mr. Buxton returns to town with his son, William,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2010

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CRA

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CRA NOT RATED

Summary: The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham. Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby has policed the murderous county for decades, and now he is ready to retire. In these four episodes Barnaby investigates his final cases before leaving the denizens of MIdsomer in the capable...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2012

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Midsomer

Summary: Joan and Tom have been married for many years. When Joan is unexpectedly diagnosed with breast cancer, the course of her treatment shines a light on their relationship as they are faced with the challenges that lie ahead and the prospect of what might happen if something were to happen to her.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ORD

Summary: Brings the world of Gilbert and Sullivan to life as a dramatization of the staging of the duo's legendary 1885 comic opera, The Mikado. The world-famous Victorian librettist and composer, along with their troupe of temperamental actors, must battle personal and professional demons while mounting this major production becomes an epic about the harsh realities of creative expression.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011

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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS TOP

Horowitz, Anthony

Summary: Helping run her boyfriend's small Greek island hotel, a homesick London editor is irresistibly drawn to the story of a murder on the Suffolk coast and the wrongful incarceration of an innocent immigrant.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperAudio 2020

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HOR

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD M HOR

Summary: The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse's early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy's eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BAC

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BAC

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2 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD

Summary: Maleficent travels to a grand old castle to celebrate young Aurora's upcoming wedding to Prince Phillip. While there, she meets Aurora's future mother-in-law -- a conniving queen who hatches a devious plot to destroy the land's fairies. Hoping to stop her, Maleficent joins forces with a seasoned warrior and a group of outcasts to battle the queen and her powerful army.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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2 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY MAL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MAL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Ma

Summary: "October, 1940. Manchester, England. As valiant Jewish RAF pilot David defends the skies against the Luftwaffe, Harry and Kasia finally arrive home. How will Robina cope with another refugee under roof? When yet another house guest arrives -- Sir James, a civil servant on official business -- he looks set to beguile his host, but will Kasia be charmed as well? Meanwhile, in Berlin, teenager...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WOR

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV WOR

Summary: Academy Award Nominee Ian McKellen stars as a powerful London theater critic who lures a struggling actress into a blackmail scheme with deadly consequences.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwich Entertainment 2024

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRI

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CRI

Summary: Ambitious and acclaimed series from The Queen writer Peter Morgan offers a comprehensive look at the adult life and reign of Elizabeth II over a projected six-season arc. The fifth season follows Elizabeth from the early to late '90s, as the fraying union of Charles and Diana ultimately came to separation, and John Major saw his tenure as prime minister end with the election of Tony Blair.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV CRO

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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CRO

Summary: "[A] relationship blossoms between Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed before a fateful car journey has devastating consequences. Prince William tries to integrate back into life at Eton in the wake of his mother's death as the monarchy must ride the wave of public opinion. As she reaches her Golden Jubilee, the Queen reflects on the future of the monarchy with the marriage of Charles and Camilla and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2024

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV CRO

Summary: A beguiling murder mystery with a solution that will both astonish and shock viewers, the plot revolves around the character Susan Ryeland, an editor who is given an unfinished manuscript of author Alan Conway's latest novel, but has little idea it will change her life.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MAG

Summary: A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY MAL

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Maleficent 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MAL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Ma

Summary: In 1950s London, a widowed cleaning lady falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, deciding she must have one of her own. After working to raise the funds to pursue her dream, she embarks on an adventure to Paris that will change not only her own outlook, but the very future of the House of Dior.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MRS

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE MRS

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MRS

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MRS

Summary: Set in the glamour of the 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of the British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock's life until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who soon becomes a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA PHA

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PHA

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PHA