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1) The Pacific
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Language
English
Description
Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance led the fight in key battles in the war against Japan. From the miracle at Midway to the Guadalcanal, their solemn oaths led them to the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot and to Iwo Jima and Okinawa, until at last the survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy,...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A social satire set at an exclusive tropical resort, this limited series follows the exploits of various guests and employees over one highly transformative week. Checking into the luxurious White Lotus is a group of vacationers who run roughshod over the resort manager and head of spa services. As darker dynamics emerge with each passing day, this biting six-episode limited series gradually reveals the complex truths of the seemingly picture-perfect...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A period of immense economic change, of huge fortunes made and lost, and the rise of disparity between old money and new. A wide-eyed young scion of a conservative family, Marian, embarks on a mission to infiltrate the wealthy neighboring clan or her aunts Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook, dominated by ruthless railroad tycoon George Russell, his rakish son, Larry, and his ambitious wife, Bertha. In this exciting new world that is on the brink of the...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Former Senator Selina Meyer was a charismatic leader and a rising star in her party with her eye on the White House, then she became Vice President. VEEP follows the whirlwind day-to day existence of Vice President Meyer as she puts out political fires, juggles a busy public schedule and demanding private life, and defends the President's interests, even as she tries to improve her dysfunctional relationship with the Chief Executive.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The sixth and final season of Mike Judge and Alex Berg's hilarious, Emmy-nominated HBO comedy finds Pied Piper more successful than ever. After years of false starts, the company has become a legitimate presence in Silicon Valley, rising above the competition with its pledge not to mine user data. But the Pied Piper guys soon come to learn that staying true to their values comes at a price in this cutthroat business.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Lyra, the young protagonist of the story, lives in Jordan College, Oxford. Placed there at the request of her Uncle, Lord Asriel, she lives a sheltered life amongst the scholars and college staff while under the watchful protection of The Master and Librarian Scholar Charles. When the glamorous and mesmeric Mrs. Coulter enters Lyra₂s life, she embarks upon a dangerous journey of discovery from Oxford to London. Here she meets Father MacPhail, Lord...
Language
English
Description
Former Senator Selina Meyer has accepted the call to serve as Vice President of the United States. The job is nothing like she imagined and everything she was warned about. 'Veep' follows Meyer and her staff as they attempt to make their mark and leave a lasting legacy, without getting tripped up in the day-to-day political games that define Washington.
12) Parade's end
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An epic story of love and betrayal, set during a formative period in British history, from the twilight years of the Edwardian era to the end of World War I. Based on the quartet of novels by Ford Madox Ford, this five-part miniseries was adapted for the screen by Tom Stoppard.
15) Temple Grandin
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
An engaging portrait of an autistic young woman who became, through timely mentoring and sheer force of will, one of America's most remarkable success stories.
Series
Curb your enthusiasm volume 9
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Larry's back -- and that's pritty, pritty, pritty good news! Six years after the award-winning Curb Your Enthusiasm ended its last season, HBO brought back the hit series starring writer/producer/comedian Larry David as ... writer/producer/comedian Larry David. Each episode features verité-style footage of David (playing himself) as he gets into everyday predicaments with both fictional and real-life personalities. With cast regulars Jeff Garlin...
19) The night of
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An HBO limited series. After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and he is charged with her murder.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
It's 1985 and the party of the '70s is slowing down. 42nd Street has deteriorated into a world of crime, seedy video stores, and peep shows; VHS has overtaken film as porn's primary medium, and the AIDS epidemic has had a devastating impact. Welcome to the third and final season of the gritty HBO series that follows the interconnected lives of barkeeps, prostitutes, pimps, the police, mobsters, and adult film actors and producers in Times Square.
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