Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=4+6609+6669+7260 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=762578 The young Jane Austen wishes to be a writer. Her mother thinks otherwise. Although she is offered many marriage proposals she accepts none until the mischevious Thomas Lefroy shows up and turns her world around. At first she finds him ignorant and self centered but as she gets to know him, they start to flirt and eventually fall in love. Thomas relatives disagree with the match and threaten to disinherit him if he marries her. Janes mother also disagrees with the match. As a result of this, Thomas tries to convince Jane to runaway with him. Instead, Jane stays with her family and ends her affair with Lefroy. She begins to write some of her greatest works of all time. Lefroy becomes the inspiration for Mr. Darcy in the novel, Pride and Prejudice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=763705 Ornithologist and bird enthusiast Ken Dial travels to locations in the United States and Costa Rica to observe a variety of bird species. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=766898 True story of the Watergate break-in that led to the political scandal of the decade. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=567623 A portrait of one of Americas most paradoxical leaders. The greatest hero of the Civil War, Grant was a brilliant military strategist, but as a president, he lacked the political skills to deal with the era. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=603296 Fading movie musical star Tony Hunter, down and out in Hollywood, decides to try his luck on the Broadway stage. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=773199 One of the worlds most admired men, he is the spiritual and secular leader of a nation that exists only in exile. Born Tenzin Gyatso, he is the fourteenth man recognized by his people as Buddhas reincarnation and honored with the title he is known by worldwide - the Dalai Lama. Since 1959, when he fled his nation after a failed rebellion against the occupying Chinese, he has lived in exile. Follow the Dalai Lama from his childhood in the Lost Kingdom to today. Interviews with Chinese scholars, Tibet activists including actor Richard Gere and His Holiness himself detail the long struggle to free Tibet. See footage of the defining moments of his life including accepting the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=533652 The twists and turns of one night in the life of a New York yuppie and the interesting people he comes in contact with from a sexy woman to a crazy ice cream dealer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=565111 Nathaniel Kahn documents the life and works of his father, Louis Kahn. Louis Kahn had an official family, including his wife Esther and daughter Sue Ann. He had two other secret families: with fellow architect Anne Tyng he had a daughter, Alexandra, and with his colleague Harriet Pattison he had Nathaniel. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=502404 William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward - outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edwards last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his youth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=383039 Cary Grant stars as an angel who materializes in answer to the prayers of a harried young bishop, David Niven. Nivens efforts to raise money for a new cathedral have endangered his marriage to beautiful Loretta Young. Grant enters the bishops household hoping to end the problems plaguing the family, but instead the bishops negelected wife becomes infatuated with him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1207432 Fellinis autobiographical film about a famous film director who loses his inspiration in the midst of making a film. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=475945 Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=520583 A romantic tragedy about the rise and fall of a matador. Juan Gallardo, Spains most idolized matador, returns to his home town and finds himself the victim of his own desires and the sinister charms of the exotic Dona Sol.