Dern, Laura
Summary: "Award-winning actresses and mother-daughter duo Laura Dern and Diane Ladd are the kind of women who draw strength from their lifelong friendships with other women, and most of all, from each other. Ever since Laura was born, the two have leaned on each other through the trials of everyday life and the tribulations that come with even the most storied Hollywood careers. They were always close,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DERSummary: Abby O'Brien left her quaint hometown of Chesapeake Shores, and high school sweetheart Trace Riley, years ago for life in the big city. Now a high-powered career woman, divorcee and mother to twin daughters, Abby returns home and comes face to face with her past. As she reconnects with her uncompromising father Mick and her esteemed grandmother Nell, Abby realizes the toll her career has taken...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV 1Summary: Season two of the multi-generational family drama follows Abby O'Brien, a high-powered career woman, divorcee and mother to twin daughters, as she adjusts to life back in her hometown of Chesapeake Shores. Abby now balances a budding relationship with her former high school sweetheart, Trace, working for a firm that does business with her uncompromising father Mick and raising two young daughters.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ch 2Summary: Private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California is hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair. Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 1999
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY CHISummary: The true story of William Pitsenbarger, an Air Force medic who saved more than sixty men in one of the bleakest battles of the Vietnam War. Presented the chance to escape on the last helicopter, Pitsenbarger stayed behind to save and defend his comrade in arms. Twenty years later, Pitsenbarger's fellow soldiers and father seek the help of investigator Scott Huffman and other surviving veterans...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LASCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FULLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LaSummary: A family drama following the O'Briens as they navigate through life's triumphs and struggles with the unwavering support of every family member. From Mick and Megan's rekindled love to Connor's health challenges to who Abby called. Chesapeake Shores is full of romance, drama, laughs, tears, and surprises set amongst the stunningly beautiful, picturesque town of Chesapeake Shores.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV CHESummary: When terrorists and the UN work together to take down the United States' power grid, martial law is declared and a group of Texas patriots band together to fight back.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AMESummary: Watch dramatized stories drawn from actual newspaper headlines of the 1950s. This show has been rediscovered to remind us of a time when newspaper reporters were revered as heroes and the guardians of truth and justice. Reporters are the first line of defense of the principles rooted in our Constitution and protected under the first amendment. They uphold everything that our civil society...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DEASummary: Nate suffers a near-fatal illness and is left a quadriplegic just weeks before departing for college. As Nate tries to adjust to his new life challenges, his mother helps him bring home an unlikely service animal, Gigi, a curious and intelligent capuchin monkey. Nate and Gigi form an unbreakable bond, but when it's threatened by a group trying to outlaw capuchins, Nate's family rallies behind...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GIGSummary: 'Strange, what love does.' The role of a lifetime, a Hollywood mystery, a woman in trouble...David Lynch's first digitally shot feature makes visionary use of the medium to weave a vast meditation on the enigmas of time, identity, and cinema itself. Featuring a tour de force performance from Laura Dern as an actor on the edge, this labyrinthine Dream Factory nightmare tumbles down an endless...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY AVANT GARDE INLSummary: Christmas is the perfect season for Clark Griswold and his family. Clark's a disaster waiting to happen. You have to see it to believe it. There are 25,000 lights on the Griswold rooftop. An exploding turkey. And a house full of relatives.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2003
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2 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY NATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NATSummary: Rose, an alluring young woman, is hired by a Southern family to care for their children, and changes their lives forever. She is an innocent who relates to everyone she meets in the only way she knows how-- with sexuality she cannot restrain. The mother of the family takes Rose under her wing, offering love and protection, while the teenaged son finds Rose both his fantasy and a profound mystery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Entertainment 1999
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY RAMSummary: A high-flying party girl gets herself a DUI and 28 days in rehab -- and ends up discovering that real happiness must come from within.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Pictures 2000
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TWECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie 28 Days 2000Summary: When Alice's husband dies and leaves her with their eleven-year old son, she leaves for California, but is stranded in Phoenix. She lands a waitressing job and meets a rancher.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ALISummary: When a young woman returns to her hometown to help save her sister's failing inn, she must confront unpleasant memories from her past.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark Channel 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV Ch 3Summary: Tells the terrifying story of a hospital with a bizarre population that includes a nearly blind security guard, a nurse who faints at the sight of blood, and a girl crying in the halls.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV KINSummary: The journey of a lifetime for young Lily Strickland begins not out of her love for adventure but out of heartache. Longing for the father she lost to the ocean and having no way to say goodbye, Lily strikes out on her own. Leaving behind a safe, loving environment with her grandparents and loving mother, she faces not only her fears but the obstacles the wilderness presents.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Monterey Video 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY WHESummary: Lula knows she's destined to be with her ex-con boyfriend, Sailor, no matter how many times her mama tried to kill him. But when she and Sailor hit the road to find happiness, their journey plunges them into a disturbing underworld.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER WILSummary: Enlightened centers on Amy Jellicoe, a 40-year-old woman who returns home to California after a month's stay at a holistic treatment facility, a result of having a mental breakdown at work triggered by her self-destructive ways. Amy returns to her old life with a new cultivated approach and perspective, which includes daily meditation and exhorting the power of self-help and inner healing.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ENLSummary: Burt Munro, a Kiwi from far south New Zealand has been building and rebuilding his motorcycle for the last 40 years, dreaming of the day when he and the bike can go to Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats and see what they can really do. When Burt's heart goes bad on him, his dreaming is threatened to come to an end. Luckily, Burt is not ready to stop dreaming. He decides to mortgage his house and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Pictures 2006
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE WORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie World'sBridges, Jeff
Summary: A collection of four adapted stories by the Brothers Grimm.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Releasing 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SHESummary: "Abby O'Brien left her quaint hometown of Chesapeake Shores, and high school sweetheart Trace Riley, years ago for life in the big city. Now a high-powered career woman, Abby returns home and comes face to face with her past. As she reconnects with her uncompromising father and her esteemed grandmother, the O'Briens must face life's challenges but also find hope in their enduring love toward...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV CHESummary: When Christy's best friend dies of typhoid before they've had a chance to patch up a disagreement, Christy angrily questions her faith as she tries to reconcile her beliefs with the tragedy of a young, loving mother being taken away from her family and friends.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2001