Sam Waterston
Author
Language
English
Description
A young, struggling playwright and theater director, Victor, and his girlfriend Mary are expecting their first child. As Mary's father keeps buying them things they could never afford, Victor's sense of entrapment grows. His inner struggle to meet their expectations seems to be guiding him towards a way of life he is unwilling to accept. The suffocating reality his life is becoming pushes him towards and escape, but is it for real?
Series
Grace and Frankie volume season 2
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
After learning their ex-husbands plan to marry one another, lifelong rivals Grace and Frankie have bonded in an uneasy friendship. The second season of this acclaimed comedy series brings more laughs and surprises as Grace and Frankie tackle the challenges of family and relationships, while driving each other crazy on a regular basis.
Series
Law and order volume season 5
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Return to the scene of the crime with Chris Noth's final season of the show and all 23 compelling episodes of Law & Order: The Fifth Year. Joining Detective Mike Logan and his dedicated colleagues who investigate and prosecute crime is a powerful lineup of guest stars, including Regina Taylor, Edie Falco, Gina Torres and John Cameron Mitchell.
Series
Law and order volume season 8
Publisher
Universal Studio Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
In New York City, when a crime is committed, the victims are represented by two distinct yet intertwined forces. There's the police department, represented by the 27th precinct Homicide Detectives. It is their job to investigate the crime, collect evidence, and interview witnesses. Suspects are placed under arrest. The matter is then taken over by the prosecutors of the Manhattan District Attorney's office. The cases for this season deal with military...
Series
Grace and Frankie volume season 1
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For as long as they can recall, Grace and Frankie have been rivals. Their one-upmanship comes crashing to a halt, however, when they learn that their husbands have fallen in love with each other and want to get married. As everything around the ladies is coming apart, the only thing they can really rely on is each other.
Series
Law and order volume season 13
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Part of the longest-running brand on television. A complex drama about New York's investigative and legal team. In 24 gut-wrenching cases, new DA Arthur Branch brings a new tough-as-nails methodology to the team that proves formidable against the wrongdoers who maim, mutilate and murder their victims. But no one is invincible, and before the season is over, more than one of New York's finest will be personally impacted by crimes that rock the headlines....
Series
Law and order volume season 18
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In New York City, when a crime is committed, the victims are represented by two distinct yet intertwined forces. There's the police department, represented by the 27th precinct Homicide Detectives. It is their job to investigate the crime, collect evidence, and interview witnesses. Suspects are placed under arrest. The matter is then taken over by the prosecutors of the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the powerful true story of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg, On the Basis of Sex depicts a then-struggling attorney and new mother facing adversity in her fight for equal rights. When Ruth takes on a ground-breaking case, she knows the outcome could alter the courts' view of gender discrimination. Stronger together, Ruth teams up with her husband, Martin Ginsburg, to fight the case that catapults her into one of the most important public figures...
14) Serial mom
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Beverly Sutphin is a seemingly perfect homemaker who will stop at nothing to rid the neighborhood of anyone failing to live up to her moral code.
Series
Law and order volume season 9
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
This series explores the judicial system from the point-of-view of police and prosecutors, the defense team, judges, jurors, and the defendants themselves. Following his character's series of personal tragedies, Benjamin Bratt says goodbye to Detective Reynaldo 'Rey' Curtis.
Series
Criterion collection volume 636
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A Harvard graduate, turned federal Marshal in Wyoming, learns of a government sanctioned plot by cattle barons to kill the area's European settlers for their land. The resulting battle is based on the Johnson County War of 1892.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
As Grace and Frankie try to get their new business off the ground, they continue to deal with family issues and rifts in their friendship. Two nemeses become bonded jilted wives after their husbands reveal they have been having an affair with each other since the 1990s and now plan to get married. They are not friends, but when their husbands leave them for each other, proper Grace and eccentric Frankie begin to bond in this Emmy-nominated series....
Series
Law and order volume season 7
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In New York City, when a crime is committed, the victims are represented by two distinct yet intertwined forces. There's the police department, represented by the 27th precinct Homicide Detectives. It is their job to investigate the crime, collect evidence, and interview witnesses. Suspects are placed under arrest. The matter is then taken over by the prosecutors of the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
19) The Civil War
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Hailed as a film masterpiece and landmark in historical storytelling, Ken Burns's epic documentary brings to life America's most destructive -- and defining -- conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one"--Back of container
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This splendid and profoundly moving novel begins with a simple and seemingly senseless tragedy. "On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below." A traveling monk, Brother Juniper, witnesses the catastrophe and becomes obsessed with investigating the lives of the five victims in order to prove that their deaths had meaning. His mission is doomed to fail, but over the...