Search Results: Returned 17 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 17
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c1994., A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House Call No: 796.357 0973 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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-- Tenth inning.c2010., PBS Distribution, : PBS Distribution Call No: DVD Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The game of baseball continues to reflect the complicated country that created it. Players and owners wage a battle over money and power; Cal Ripken becomes the game's new Iron Man; sluggers Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds do things that have never been done before; the Yankees build a dynasty, while their arch rivals, the Red Sox, stage the greatest comeback in history. In September of 2001, baseball offers the hope that things will one day return to normal.
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c2004., PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Edition: Full screen version Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "This award-winning program by filmmaker Ken Burns recaptures all the drama, the struggles and the personal tragedies behind this greatest of all achievements of America's industrial age. As this fascinating program reveals, it was the largest bridge of its era, marked by enormous construction problems and ingenious solutions."--Publisher's website.
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1994, c1990., Vintage Books Call No: 973.7 War Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Click here to view Series Title: Vintage Civil War librarySummary Note: "The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War - based on the celebrated PBS television series."
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2015., General, PBS Distribution Call No: DVD 973.7 CIV Edition: 25th anniversary ed., [Widescreen format]. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A restored edition of the classic documentary that chronicles the history of the Civil War, looking at the lives that were touched and the devastating changes that were wrought by America's most bitterly fought conflict.
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c2012., PBS : The Dust Bowl Film Project, LLC Call No: DVD Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Ken Burns documents the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance. Includes bonus features.
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[2016], Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: B Bur Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A treasury of American Presidents by historian Ken Burns"--
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-- Journey of the corps of discoveryc2004., General, PBS Home Video Call No: DVD 917.8 Lew Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Documentary of the 8,000 mile expedition across the uncharted western United States led by Merriwether Lewis and William Clark.
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c2011., PBS Home Video Call No: AMERICAN HISTORY NF DVD Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This videodisc explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight.
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[2011], PBS Home Video Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This videodisc explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight.
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2004, c1997., Adolescent, Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment Call No: DVD B JEFFERSON Edition: Standard format. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the life of Thomas Jefferson, discussing his role in early America as author of the Declaration of Independence, president, expansionist, and ambassador, and explores the controversy over his ownership of slaves.
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-- In extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives, 1941-1945By Botstein, Sarah Ward, Geoffrey C Burns, Ken, 1953- Novick, Lynn David, Keith Hanks, Tom Lucas, Josh Cannavale, Bobby Jackson, Samuel L Wallach, Eli, 1915- Arkin, Adam Conway, Kevin Holtz, Rebecca McCormick, Carolyn Wahlberg, Robert American Lives II Film Project, LLC Florentine Films WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) PBS Home Video Paramount Home[2007]., General, Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor] Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor] Call No: DVD 940.53 Bur Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
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By Burns, Ken, 1953- Novick, Lynn David, Keith Hanks, Tom Lucas, Josh Cannavale, Bobby Jackson, Samuel L Wallach, Eli, 1915- Arkin, Adam Conway, Kevin Holtz, Rebecca McCormick, Carolyn Wahlberg, Robert American Lives II Film Project, LLC Florentine Films WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) PBS Home Video Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)2007., PBS Home Video ; Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor] Call No: DVD Edition: Wide screen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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-- War.2007., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: 940.53 War Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents only Sacramento Public Library's site on Sacramento's War More... Summary Note: As companion to his PBS series airing in September 2007, "The War" focuses on the citizens of four towns--Luverne, Minnesota; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama, following more than forty people from 1941 to 1945. Maps and hundreds of photographs enrich this compelling, unflinching narrative.
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c1996., PBS ; WETA-TV Call No: DVD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "...the definitive account of the hope, heartbreak and mythic adventure of Americas's move west through the unforgettable personal stories of those who lived it."--Box for each container.