Berthoud Community Library District

By the time she was eleven years old, Eunsun Kim's father and grandparents had died of starvation, and Eunsun too was in danger of starving. Finally, her mother decided to escape North Korea with Eunsun and her sister, not knowing that they were embarking on a journey that would take them nine long years to complete.Told with grace and courage, her memoir is a riveting expose of North Korea's totalitarian regime and, ultimately, a testament to the...

This is the story of the West as it has never been told before, myth and legend stripped away and the truth revealed by 17 of the nation's top Western authorities. Learn the truth about Billy the Kid, Jesse James, the Sundance Kid, and many more.

A biographical film about Mother Teresa, an extraordinary woman who dedicated her life to the dying and destitute and transformed the world with her courage, faith and love.

Four days in October: The Yankees seemed poised to win yet another World Series in October 2004, but the determined Red Sox pulled off a stunning victory. Once brothers: Teammates Drazen Petrovic and Vlade Divac shared a love of basketball and a strong friendship until the war between Croatia and Serbia tore their relationship apart.

Ruth: Justice Ginsburg in her own Words tells the improbable story of how Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who couldn't get a job despite graduating first in her law school class in a tie and making Law Review at Harvard and Columbia Law Schools, became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. It also reveals both the public and private sides of a resilient, resourceful woman who has survived the hostility of the profoundly male universe of government and law...

Story of radio from 1906-1955 and the three men who made it happen: Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff. Combines archival photographs, newsreels of the period, interviews, and radio soundtrack.

An overview of the life of His Holiness, the 15th Dalai Lama with an explanation of how Tibetan Buddhism is both a religion and a "science of the mind." The Dalai Lama shares his crystallized understanding of the nature of mind, and its part in the creation and alleviation of all of our suffering. He discusses how the first step in dealing with emotions is to recognize the patterns, triggers and responses to them. The film also takes a fresh look...

Traces Jimmy Hoffa's turbulent career from 1935, when he first solicits truck drivers to join the fledgling International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to his disappearance in 1975.

Follows Abraham Lincoln's life from his early years as a lawyer on the Illinois prairie to his rise in politics, highlighted by the election campaign that led him to the White House.

The experiences of T.E. Lawrence, a young British officer, who helped lead the revolt of Arab tribes against the Turks during World War I.