November 29, 2010 | strande
It seems like the holidays are also peak sickness time. After spending my Thanksgiving under the weather, I came up with my favorite holiday movies that I'm never too sick to enjoy.
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch stole Christmas!
November 29, 2010 | SuzyQ
Manhunt : the twelve-day chase for Lincoln's killer by James L. Swanson
Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester
Eiffel's tower and the World's Fair where Buffalo Bill beguiled Paris, the artists quarreled, and Thomas Edison became a count by Jill Jonnes
The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America by Erik Larson
Isaac's storm : a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history by Erik Larson
October 6, 2010 | Brad Czerniak
The New York Public Library posted a list last month with many of the books that appear or are mentioned in the acclaimed TV series Mad Men. If you love the show, or are looking for what people may have read in the 1960s, these are the titles from the NYPL list that CPL has:
The best of everything: a novel by Rona Jaffe
The chrysanthemum and the sword: patterns of Japanese culture by Ruth Benedict; with a foreword by Ezra F. Vogel
Exodus by Leon Uris
August 2, 2010 | cpl_admin
Assault on Iwo Jima [videodisc]
Bataan rescue [videodisc] by a Green Umbrella film for American experience ; written and produced by David Axelrod ; directed by Peter Jones
The Battle of the Bulge [videodisc]: the deadliest battle of World War II by produced by Thomas Lennon ; written by Thomas Lennon & Mark Zwonitzer
August 2, 2010 | cpl_admin
Campion [videodisc] : Police at the funeral by a BBC television production in association with Consolidated Productions
Absolute power [videodisc] by Castle Rock Entertainment presents a Malpaso production
The long goodbye [videodisc] by United Artists
Poirot [videodisc]: the mysterious affair at Styles by LWT
The woman in white [videodisc] by a co-production of Carlton Television and WGBH/Boston for the BBC
August 2, 2010 | cpl_admin
Films celebrating women
Adam's rib [videodisc] by Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Agnes Browne [videorecording] by October Films presents a Hell's Kitchen production ; an Anjelica Huston film
Antonia's line [videodisc] by First Look Pictures ; Bergen ... [et al.] presenteren met steun van het Nederlands Fonds voor de Film ... [et al.] ; een film van Marleen Gorris ; producent, Hans de Weers ; scenario & regie, Marleen Gorris / a film by Marleen Gorris
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman [videodisc] by Tomorrow Entertainment, Inc
Bend it like Beckham [videodisc] by Fox Searchlight Pictures presents, Kintop Pictures Presents in association with The Film Council and Film Foerderung Hamburg
August 2, 2010 | cpl_admin
In a lonely place [videodisc] by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc
In the heat of the night [videodisc] by United Artists ; The Mirisch Corporation presents the Norman Jewison/Walter Mirisch production
Laura [videodisc] by 20th Century Fox presents
The lady vanishes [videodisc] by a Gainsborough picture
Inspector Alleyn mysteries. Set 1 [videodisc]: A man lay dead by BBC
Ministry of fear [videorecording] by screen play by Seton I. Miller ; directed by Fritz Lang
August 2, 2010 | cpl_admin
The American president [videodisc] by Castle Rock Entertainment and Universal Pictures present a Wildwood Enterprises, Inc. production ; executive producers, Charles Newirth, Jeffrey Stott ; directed, produced by Rob Reiner ; written by Aaron Sorkin
Bob Roberts [videodisc] by Paramount Pictures presents with Miramax Films a Polygram/Working Title production in association with Barry Levinson and Mark Johnson and Artisan Entertainment ; a film by Tim Robbins
Bulworth [videodisc] by Twentieth Century Fox presents
Dave [videodisc] by Warner Bros
Dr. Strangelove [videodisc] by Columbia Pictures ; screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern, and Peter George
August 2, 2010 | cpl_admin
The Black Swan [videodisc] by Twentieth Century Fox
Central Station [videodisc] by Sony Pictures Classics ; an Arthur Cohn production ; a film by Walter Salles
The emerald forest [videodisc] by Embassy Films
Fitzcarraldo [videodisc] by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Flying down to Rio [videodisc]
The house of sand [videodisc] by Sony Pictures Classics ; Columbia TriStar Filmes do Brasil ; Conspiração Filmes ; Globo Filmes ; Quanta Centro de Produçãoes in association with Teleimage
August 2, 2010 | cpl_admin
Band of brothers. Part 1 & 2 [videodisc] by HBO in association with Dreamworks and Playtone
Battleground [videodisc] by Loew's Incorporated
The big red one [videodisc] by Lorimar presents a Samuel Fuller film
The bridge on the River Kwai [videodisc] by Colubmia Pictures
Colditz [videodisc] by Granada Television presents a Power co-production
