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Greece History Messenian Wars, 735-460 B.C Drama I, King of Persia Xerxes 519-465 or 464 B.C Drama King of Sparta Leonidas -480 B.C Drama Police Special weapons and tactics units Police Special weapons and tactics units Drama Police Special weapons and tactics units Fiction Tactics Drama Thermopylae (Greece) Drama Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.C Drama United StatesSummary: In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE THRSummary: In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Persian King Xerxes lead an Army of well over 100,000 men to Greece and was confronted by 300 Spartans, 700 Thespians and other Slave soldiers. Xerxes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD 300Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE THRSummary: An urgent documentary explores the militarization of local police departments, in their tactics, training, and acquisition of equipment, since 9/11. With unprecedented access to police conventions, equipment expos, and officers themselves, filmmaker Craig Atkinson, the son of a SWAT team member, crafts an eye-popping nonpartisan look at the changing face of law enforcement in America.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Vanish Films 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DOSummary: Follows the emotional journey into the tough, risk-filled lives of a group of cops in the Strategic Response Unit. This highly skilled tactical team rescues hostages, busts gangs, defuses bombs, climbs the sides of buildings, and talks down suicidal teens. Includes all eleven action-packed fifth season episodes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FLASummary: Follows the emotional journey into the tough, risk-filled lives of a group of cops in the Strategic Response Unit. This highly skilled tactical team rescues hostages, busts gangs, defuses bombs, climbs the sides of buildings, and talks down suicidal teens. Included are all sixteen episodes in season three, plus featurettes, deleted scenes, and extended scenes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FLAGrayson, Robert
Summary: "Describes SWAT teams operating in the United States, including their history, gear, weapons, training, and missions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J363.23 GRASummary: "Tactics Ogre: Reborn features updated game design, fully-voiced cutscenes, improved graphics and sound. Immerse yourself in the fascinating world and intrigue of Tactics Ogre like never before! In this age of conflict, which path will you choose?" --
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Video Games, Call number: GAME SWITCH TACSummary: A group of heroic figures span the globe protecting democracy and freedom against terrorism. Learning that power hungry North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go undercover as a terrorist. With the help of Team America, Gary manages to slip into an arms dealer's hideout to uncover the plan to destroy the world. Will Team...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY TEASummary: It is almost impossible to understand how 300 Spartans managed to hold off the million-man Persian army, but with transporting dramatizations and incisive graphics that put you in the heat of battle, learn the strategies and more in this historic battle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Television Networks 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LASSummary: Join Jay, Elisha and Tyler as they go side-by-side with firefighters trying to contain an out of control blaze; with a S.W.A.T team handling a hostage situation; and train with the L.A.P.D. in a high pursuit chase.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Koch Vision 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV POPCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Children's videos, Call number: DVD PSummary: Peace Officer is a feature documentary about the increasingly militarized state of American police as told through the story of William "Dub" Lawrence, a former sheriff who established and trained his rural state's first SWAT team only to see that same unit kill his son-in-law in a controversial standoff 30 years later. Driven by an obsessed sense of mission, Dub uses his own investigative...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF PEASummary: A SWAT team arrives at a rundown apartment block with a mission to remove its owner, a notorious drug lord named Tama. The building has never been raided before, never been touched by police. Seen as a no-go zone, it has since become a sanctuary to killers, gangs, rapists, and thieves seeking accommodation in the one place they know they cannot be touched. Making their move in the break of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RAITyler, Paige
Summary: He's in trouble with a capital T There's never been a female on the Dallas SWAT team and Senior Corporal Xander Riggs prefers it that way. The elite pack of alpha male wolfshifters is no place for a woman. But Khaki Blake is no ordinary woman. When Khaki walks through the door attractive as hell and smelling like heaven, Xander doesn't know what the heck to do. Worse, she's put under his...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Inc 2015
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Tyler, Paige.
Summary: He opened his mouth to order her to drop the MP5 she had aimed at him, but nothing would come out. It was like she'd robbed him of the ability to speak. Shooting her wasn't an option, though. And the idea of arresting her didn't make him feel any better. There's a new gang of criminals in town who are organized and ruthless in the extreme. When Eric Becker, along with the rest of the Dallas...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Inc 2015
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Summary: Jack Traven, an L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist who is sent to diffuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist has planted on a bus. But until he does, Jack and passenger must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles per hour- or the bomb will explode.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 1994
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE SPESummary: Jack Traven, an L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist who is sent to diffuse a bomb that a revenge-driven extortionist has planted on a bus. But until he does, Jack and passenger must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles per hour-- or the bomb will explode.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2002
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SPEAlexander, Bevin.
Summary: Conventional wisdom holds that the South's defeat was inevitable. Yet military historian Alexander's new look at the Civil War documents how a Confederate victory could have come about--and how close it came to happening. Moving beyond theoretical conjectures to explore actual plans that Confederate generals proposed and the tactics ultimately adopted in the war's key battles, he shows why...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.713 ALEDreyer, Eileen.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DRESummary: "Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote tells the story of the long campaign for women's suffrage - considered the largest reform movement in American history - which lasted more than seven decades. The struggle was not for the fainthearted. For years, determined women organized, lobbied, paraded, petitioned, lectured, picketed and faced imprisonment. The book is a profusely illustrated...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rutgers University Press in association with the Library of Congress 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.6 SHADillard, Sheri.
Summary: Introduces readers to Roman gladiators, including their history and famous battles, uniforms and weapons, and training and tactics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Childs World 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J932 CHIDillard, Sheri.
Summary: Introduces readers to Viking warriors, including their history and famous battles, uniforms and weapons, and training and tactics.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Childs World 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J932 CHIGreen, Michael
Summary: Discusses the design and weapons of the F/A-22 Raptor fighter jet (formerly called the F-22) and how it is used by the Air Force.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623.7464 GREGreen, Michael
Summary: Discusses the design and weapons of three models of the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet and how they are used by the Navy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone High-Interest Books 2004