Paul Schneider
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English
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In Old Man River, Paul Schneider tells the story of the river at the center of America's rich history-the Mississippi. Some fifteen thousand years ago, the majestic river provided Paleolithic humans with the routes by which early man began to explore the continent's interior. Since then, the river has been the site of historical significance, from the arrival of Spanish and French explorers in the 16th century to the Civil War. George Washington fought...
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English
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His book is a romance, a story of first love between Americans and a thing they call "wilderness." For it was in the Adirondacks that masses of non-Native Americans first learned to cherish the wilderness as a place of recreation and solace.
In this lyrical narrative history, the author reveals that the affair between Americans and the Adirondacks was by no means one of love at first sight. And even now, Schneider shows that Americans' relationship...
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English
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The flesh-and-blood story of the outlaw lovers who robbed banks and shot their way across Depression-era America, based on extensive archival research, declassified FBI documents, and interviews
The daring movie revolutionized Hollywood-now the true story of Bonnie and Clyde is told in the lovers' own voices, with verisimilitude and drama to match Truman Capote's In Cold Blood.
Strictly nonfiction-no dialogue or other material has been made up-and...
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English
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Even before the Pilgrims landed in 1620, Cape Cod and its islands promised paradise to visitors, both native and European. In Paul Schneider's sure hands, the story of this waterland created by glaciers and refined by storms and tides, and of its varied inhabitants, becomes an irresistible biography of a place.
Cape Cod's Great Beach, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket are romantic stops on Schneider's roughly chronological human and natural history....
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Against all odds, a veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer from a bygone era meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband. Bonus features included.
10) Bright star
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Poet John Keats and his muse Fanny Brawne fall in love but cannot marry.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A new mockumentary that looks at the exciting world of local government. Examines the mundane but necessary ways that people interact with their government, and asks why it's frequently so complicated - standing in line at the DMV, applying for home construction permits, or trying to get the city to fix a pothole.
13) Beloved
Publisher
Ifc Films
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Français
Description
In 1964 Paris, Madeleine works as a shoe salesgirl and a part-time prostitute. She falls in love with Jaromil, a Czech doctor she picks up, and the two continue to see each other for years despite Madeleine's marriage to another man. Meanwhile, Madeleine's daughter Vera has romantic trouble of her own: she is torn between her longtime boyfriend and an unobtainable American musician.
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Series
Water-resources investigations report volume 83-4021
Publisher
U.S. Geological Survey
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment [distributor
Pub. Date
2008]
Language
English
Description
Lars is a sweet but quirky guy who thinks he's found the girl of his dreams in a life-sized doll named Bianca. He is content with his artificial girlfriend until he develops feelings for Margo, an attractive co-worker. Now Lars finds himself in a unique love triangle, hoping to somehow discover the real meaning of true love.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Everyone in 1880s America knows Jesse James. He's the nation's most notorious criminal and is being hunted by the law in 10 states. He's also the land's greatest hero, lauded as a Robin Hood by the public. No one knows of Robert Ford, at least not yet. But the ambitious 19-year-old aims to change that. He befriends Jesse and rides with his gang. And if that doesn't bring Ford fame, he will have to find a deadlier way. Friendship becomes rivalry and...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After the tragic death of his sister, Peter Flood finds his family lost in revenge. Years later, his cousin, who runs a small circle of Irish Mafiosi in Philadelphia, begins to lose ground, waking up old family demons and igniting a cycle of violence.
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When a teenage girl dreams of a terrible crime that ends up taking place, she discovers that her dreams are premonitions of things to come. But when yet another vision threatens the life of her family, no one believes her and it's a mad race against time to uncover clues and take on fate to save the ones she loves and perhaps even change the past.
Publisher
Saban Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story, this riveting thriller follows Jason Derek Brown, a charismatic con man bankrolling his extravagant lifestyle through a series of scams. On Brown's trail: Lance Leising, a dogged FBI special agent determined to put Brown behind bars. When Brown's funds run low and his past catches up with him, he plots his most elaborate scheme yet, pitting himself against Leising in a deadly game of cat and mouse, and becoming the most unlikely...
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English
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Lars Lindstrom is an awkwardly shy young man in a small town who finally brings home the girl of his dreams to his brother and sister-in-law's home. The only problem is that she's not real - she's a sex doll Lars ordered off of the internet. But sex is not what Lars has in mind, but rather a deep, meaningful relationship. His sister-in-law is worried for him, his brother thinks he's crazy, but eventually the entire town goes along with his delusion...