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(Biblical leader) Moses Drama Bible stories Drama Children of the rich Drama Criminal investigation California San Francisco Drama Detectives California San Francisco Drama Inheritance and succession Drama Man-woman relationships Mothers and sons Drama San Francisco (Calif.). Police Department Drama Social change DramaSummary: To escape the edict that condemned all first-born Hebrew males by Egypt's Pharoah, Rameses I, the infant Moses is set adrift on the Nile in a reed basket. Saved by the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, he is adopted by her and brought up in the court of her brother, Pharaoh Seti. Moses gains Seti's favor and the love of the throne princess Nefertiri. He also gains the hatred of Seti's son, Rameses....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount DVD 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A brilliant, moving portrayal of an aristocratic American family in what many critics consider a masterpiece equal to Citizen Kane. Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870s when the Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. But the day arrives when all the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MAGSummary: From their uniquely-equipped office at SFPD headquarters, Chief Ironside continues to lead his special police unit, fighting crime others can't. His crack team includes Sgt. Ed Brown, ex-con-turned-assistant Mark Sanger and beautiful policewoman Eve Whitfield.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV IROSummary: "Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BATSummary: Washed-up, alcoholic vagabond Ben Chamberlain drifts into a godforsaken railhead town looking for a woman named Alma. When that woman winds up dead, Ben finds himself wrongfully accused of murder by the corrupt railroad chief deputy Vince McKay and his trigger-happy posse. McKay gives him a horse; some supplies and a one-hour head start into the desert before sending his band of cutthroats...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN STRSummary: Norah Larkin is a working girl who wakes up a murderess after passing out in the apartment of brutish playboy Harry Prebble. Branded "The Blue Gardenia" by a sensational columnist, Norah dodges dragnets, informants and the cruel hand of fate as she struggles to conceal her involvement with Prebble, and to remember the details of her ill-fated night. As her hopes for justice fade, she decides to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Lavish Biblical epic that tells the life story of Moses, who turned his back on a privileged life to lead his people to freedom outside Egypt.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TENCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TENSummary: From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing. The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critics see through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 1997
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ALLCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ALLSummary: Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV EASCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV Series East 2008Banner, Stuart
Summary: "In the United States, we answer some of our most bitterly contested questions by presenting them to nine elderly lawyers, the justices of the Supreme Court. The Court was the most powerful court in the world when it was established in the late 1700s, and until recently it has had no competitors for the title. This book is about how the Court acquired so much power, how it has retained its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 347.73 BANMaxted, Anna.
Summary: Twenty-nine-year-old dating service owner Holly starts to doubt her ability to read people and her belief in human goodness after a dare-prompted date with perfect-on-paper Stuart goes horribly awry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReganBooks 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAXMaxted, Anna.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAXBarber, Angel
Summary: Eric Wallace is sick of secrets. As a Black queer teen, Eric's efforts to conform to fit his parents' and classmates' expectations have left him exhausted by the summer after senior year. When Eric finds out his pastor father has been cheating on his mother, his picture-perfect family crumbles. Eric rages at the double standards he's been held to. He travels to Los Angeles with his best friends...
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Publisher / Publication Date: West 44 Books, an imprint of Enslow Publishing 2023