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Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 226 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The show 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.
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 278 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns for a second season in her Emmy winning role as Vice President Selina Meyer in VEEP. As midterm elections loom, Vice President Meyer is scoring higher ratings than the President in several popularity polls, which she hopes will boost her influence and help her curry favor with the chief executive. But despite her best intentions, even the most banal actions can set off unexpected and often disastrous consequences. Her staff...
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 281 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Publisher
Home Box Office, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 307 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Season three begins with Selina, eying a promotion, courting Iowa caucus voters at a signing for her new book, 'Some new beginnings.' Soon, Selina and her staff, are back in D.C. for Mike's wedding, learn that Secretary of Defense Maddox is resigning; setting Selina up for a possible run in the presidential primaries against Maddox and her nemesis, war-vet Danny Chung.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 221 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 285 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The show 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.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 285 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The showfollows 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.
Author
Language
English
Description
Save the Veep The Vice-President Veep, has suffered a life-threatening heart attack, and is on life-support awaiting a transplant, Just when he has to decide on the Canadian pipe-line oil deal, because Congress is dead-locked. A young boy with the same rare blood type is also on life-support. Priority is decided by the National organization, UNOS, policy: organ transplant to the recipient with the best life-expectancy. But the President has designated...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
49 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"On November 7, 2020, Kamala Harris, a senator from California, became the first woman and the first African American and South Asian American person to be elected to the vice presidency. While her nomination for this position was not unexpected, her rise to national prominence was one filled with unexpected turns and obstacles. After failing her first bar exam to become a lawyer, she tried again and passed. From there, she quickly rose through the...
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Steve Buscemi and Jason Isaacs star in this uproarious satire from Armando Iannucci (Veep, In the Loop) about the wild power struggle for control of the Soviet Union.
12) Contenders
Author
Language
English
Description
The arduous, often unpredictable journey to the U.S. presidency has attracted some of the most unique characters in history. With "unusual" presidential candidates grabbing headlines for the foreseeable future, Contenders shines a welcome spotlight on individuals that felt inspired to offer their uncommon perspectives and special talents to lead the nation. From heartbreaking near-misses (Stevenson, Bryan) and historic firsts (Woodhull, Chisolm, Smith),...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 partly because he was a Washington outsider. But when he got to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, that distinction turned out to be double-bladed. NBC's award-winning Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd draws upon his unprecedented inner-circle sources to create a gripping account of Obama's tumultuous first term and campaign to win another.
14) The busy body
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's a dream assignment. Former Senator Dorothy Gibson, aka that woman, is the most talked-about person in the country right now, though largely for the wrong reasons. As an independent candidate for President of the United States, Dorothy split the vote and is being blamed for the shocking result. After her very public defeat, she's retreated to her home in rural Maine, inviting her ghostwriter to join her. Her collaborator is impressed by Dorothy's...
15) My Bad Boy Biker
Author
Language
English
Description
~Cricket~
When my family persuaded me to take one last vacation with them after college graduation, they had no idea that I'd just broken up with my boyfriend.
But that wasn't my only secret.
I had a much better reason to go to visit Sturgis...
~Zach~
From yards away I watched Jake pick up the girl like he had some kind of voodoo power.
I was in Sturgis with the Dust Devils to do a job and earn my patch, not to steal a girl from the Veep's son.
But...
Author
Language
English
Description
Darkly hilarious, Shorter than the day is Veep meets Dr Strangelove, perfect for those looking for fast-paced political sci-fi satire about our own strange times.
End-of-days war between the US, China, and Europe is threatening. Migrant children are being turned into war robots; and people's emotions are almost entirely controlled by their smart-watches. This is the world in which Adriana de Tocville accidentally becomes President of the United States....
17) And Then I Go
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In the cruel world of junior high, Edwin suffers in a state of anxiety and alienation alongside his only friend, Flake. Misunderstood by their families and demoralized at school daily, their fury simmers quietly until an idea for vengeance offers them a terrifying release. Based on the acclaimed novel by Jim Shepard, this unflinching look at adolescence explores how the powerful bonds of childhood friendship and search for belonging can become a matter...
18) Golden Arm
Author
Language
English
Description
A SXSW Official Selection, GOLDEN ARM, is a feel-good female buddy comedy from director Maureen Bharoocha (NBC's Superstore, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live) about a wimpy baker who gets roped into the world of ladies arm wrestling by her truck driving best friend. Featuring a who's who from Amy Poehler's famed Upright Citizens Brigade including: Mary Holland (HBO's Veep, Starz's Blunt Talk, Comedy Bang! Bang!), Betsy Sodaro (Adam Sandler's Hubie Halloween,...
19) Mr. Neutron
Author
Language
English
Description
In the smallish American city of Grand River, things are not so grand. The river is hopelessly, polluted. City officials are in the pockets of oligarchs. And, its best hope for meaningful change is a platitude-spouting eight-foot giant named Reason Wilder running for mayor.
Gray Davenport, a veteran political operative, isn't faring much better than his hometown. His wife is about to leave him. He's working for a mayoral candidate who has no chance...
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
La comedia de situación es el formato cómico por excelencia en la ficción televisiva anglosajona debido a que su estructura no ha cambiado apenas nada desde su creación en los años cincuenta. Con este formato hemos disfrutado de grandes series como Cheers, Frasier, Seinfeld, Friends o The Big Bang Theory. Pero, a finales del siglo pasado fue emergiendo poco a poco una comedia diferente, tanto en el fondo como en la forma, una comedia que, obviando...
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