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"A Shakespearean twist on the long-running Meg Langslow mystery series in the latest installment from award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Falcon Always Wings Twice. Meg Langslow's in for a busy summer. Her husband is directing a production of Macbeth, and most of the cast and crew are occupying spare bedrooms in their house. She also has to keep an eye on Camp Birnam, where a group of medieval reenactors are commemorating the real-life...
Author
Series
Cartboy volume 2
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Hopelessly hapless Hal Rifkind, a.k.a. Cartboy, is off to summer camp. And not just any old camp, but history camp. Campers have to learn how to churn butter, plant maize, and carry water from the stream--or they get punished for not doing their chores. What else could possibly go wrong for Cartboy?"--
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"Does George Washington still matter? The bestselling author argues for his unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new President through the former colonies, now an unsure nation. A new first-person voice for Philbrick, weaving history and personal reflection into one narrative. When George Washington became president in 1798, the United States of America was still a loose and quarrelsome confederation and a tentative...
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Wedding planner Mallory Shepard doesn't have time to organize her own nuptials--because right now she's engaged in solving a murder . . .Wedding planner Mallory Shepard doesn't have time to organize her own nuptials--because right now she's engaged in solving a murder . . .The conflict gets more complicated when the veil is attributed to none other than famed seamstress Betsy Ross. Mallory may have a genuine museum piece on her hands, but meanwhile...
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Series
Publisher
Orange Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Hairstylest Marla Vail and her detective husband Dalton are having a blast visiting a Florida living history village over Foruth of July weekend. But when a Seminole battle reenactment turns up a real dead body, it sets off fireworks among the villagers. One of the cast memebers has gone off scirpt to murder the town marshal with a tomahawk in his head. As Dalton gets involved in the investigation, Marla determines to help him sovle the case. Her...
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"Amos Abernathy lives for history. Literally. He's been a historical reenactor nearly all his life. But when a cute new volunteer arrives at his Living History Park, Amos finds himself wondering if there's something missing from history: someone like the two of them. Amos is sure there must have been LGBTQ+ people in nineteenth-century Illinois. His search turns up Albert D. J. Cashier, a Civil War soldier who might have identified as a trans man...
Author
Series
Mystery with recipes volume 10
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When a re-enactor's musket blows up in his face, killing him, Bernie and Libby need to get to the bottom of his murder.
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Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"As a young man, John Reynolds fled his provincial hometown of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for Los Angeles, lured by the promise of a life fueled by the excitement of show business. But after twenty years in Hollywood, Reynolds feels existentially unfulfilled. He resides in a beautiful mansion with his wife and daughter, and his business is booming, but Reynolds remains despondent as his attempts to pivot into producing his own movie projects fail again...
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Gateway Films/Vision Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Interviews about and dramatic represenations of the life of Martin Luther.
The great drama of Martin Luther's life comes alive in this vivid portrayal of the penniless monk's quest for truth--a quest that would re-shape the church, and the world. Perhaps the most faithful movie about Luther's life ever made, the film does not shy away from the deep theological questions--and answers--that mark Luther as one of the most influential people of the last...
11) Dunkirk
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Explores the audacious bid to rescue over 400,000 troops from the British Expeditionary Force besieged on the beaches at Dunkirk, which ranks as one of the greatest maritime evacuations in history. Combines contemporary footage and reenactments to tell the story in 3 episodes.
13) Grant
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The dramatized mini-series examines Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
"Tells the ... American story of a humble man who overcomes incredible obstacles to rise to the highest ranks of power and save the nation not once, but twice. This complete three-part miniseries seamlessly blends expert commentary, dramatic reenactments, and ... enhanced archival imagery...
14) Close-up
Series
Criterion collection volume 519
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Persian
Description
Close-up: The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a poor, underemployed, divorced, father of two who is obsessed with the cinema. In 1989, Sabzian convinced the Ahankhah family that he was Iranian filmmaker Moshen Makhmalbaf (The Silence) and that he would cast them in his next film. Eventually, the family caught on to the ruse and contacted the authorities, leading to Sabzian's arrest. A journalist wrote a column about the incident that Kiarostami read....
15) Presidents' Day
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In the United States, Presidents' Day is a special day to honor those leaders who have held the country's highest office. Every third Monday of February, citizens learn about the lives of the nation's presidents, visit national monuments, and hold historical reenactments.
16) The Founders
Publisher
Level 33 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In 1950, 13 amateur women golfers battled society, finances and sometimes even each other to create the first and longest running professional sports organization for women known as the LPGA. Featuring rare archival footage, historical reenactments and current day interviews with leading players and the four surviving founders of the LPGA: Marilynn Smith, Shirley Spork, Louise suggs and Marlene Bauer Vossler. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature...
17) Up From Slavery
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Language
English
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Up From Slavery is a powerful, compelling and haunting 7-part documentary series that examines the history of slavery in America, from the arrival of the first African slaves through Nat Turner's Rebellion to the Civil War and beyond. In 1860, as the American Experiment threatened to explode into a bloody civil war, there were as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners in the United States, and almost four million slaves. The nation was founded...
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