Summary: Chronicles the blunders of the fictitious Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship, a government department barely registering on the national radar. In this Ministry, every announcement is followed by a whirlwind of u-turns, every policy is a scramble and every mishap is met with abuse from the Prime Minister's policy enforcer.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV THISummary: Prime Minister Robert Sutherland's committee, comprised of leading contingency planners and senior politicians, navigates the difficulties in overcoming a major national crisis.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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3 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV COBSummary: During a campaign for reelection, the crooked politician Paul Madvig decides to clean up his past, refusing the support of the gangster Nick Varna and associates with the respectable reformist politician Ralph Henry. When Ralph's son, Taylor Henry, a gambler and the lover of Paul's sister Opal, is murdered, Paul's right arm, Ed Beaumont, finds his body on the street. Nick uses the financial...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Classic Movies 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD GLASummary: Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, follows the story of Enoch "Nucky" Thompson who controlled the city during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Mayor Tome Kane's grip on Chicago is as powerful as ever. With high doses of medication, he's able to beat back the physical symptoms of his debilitating brain disease, but it comes at a cost. Committed to his unorthodox agenda, Kane cuts out the cancers within the political machine he helped build. As corrupt heads roll and his list of enemies grows, Kane's virtuous actions begin to erode the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV BOSSummary: Mean, green invaders from the angry red planet attempt to take over the Earth. Some of Earth's residents want to embrace the Martians, while others want to destroy them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1997
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY MARAsquith, Clare.
Summary: "In sixteenth-century England many loyal subjects to the crown were asked to make a terrible choice: serve their monarch or their God. The schism between the Crown and the Catholic Church had widened from a theological dispute in the reign of Henry VIII to bitter political conflict under Elizabeth I. It was also the era of the greatest creative genius the world has ever known: William...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 ASQSummary: Prime Minister Robert Sutherland is plunged into chaos when an environmental demonstration meets with grave consequences, just as his popularity is plummeting in light of a controversial police-protest bill. Meanwhile, his home life is in turmoil, and his government is still reeling from a recent cyberwar.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: In order to gain influence over their North Carolina district, two CEOs seize an opportunity to oust long-term congressman Cam Brady by putting up a rival candidate. Their man, naive Marty Huggins, is director of the local Tourism Center.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2012
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD MOVIE CAMFrank, Thomas
Summary: "It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only those awful Republicans are beaten into submission, the country will be on the right course. But this is to fundamentally misunderstand the modern Democratic Party. Drawing on years of research and first-hand reporting, Frank points out that the Democrats have done little to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2016