Summary: Simone Bitton, a Jewish woman born in Morocco who identifies with both Arab and Jewish cultures, examines the personal, cultural, and monetary costs of the Israeli West Bank Barrier, a wall being built to separate Israelis and Palestinians.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Life Size Entertainment 2005

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Summary: Actor Thomas Mitchell stars in each episode as writer O. Henry himself as he relates his stories to his publisher, his barber, a bartender, or the cop on the beat. In some episodes, O. Henry meets his characters as he discovers firsthand the story he will later write.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Biles, Simone

Summary: "Simone takes you through the events, challenges, and trials that carried her from an early childhood in foster care to a coveted spot on the 2016 Olympic team" --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2016

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Summary: A friendly schoolteacher turns violent when he becomes addicted to a painkiller he is prescribed for a painful health problem.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010

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Contents: Disc 1. Bellbottoms (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) (5:17) -- Harlem shuffle (Bob & Earl) (2:50) -- Egyptian reggae (Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers) (2:37) -- Smokey Joe's la la (Googie René) (2:55) -- Let's go away for awhile (The Beach Boys) (2:17) -- B-A-B-Y (Carla Thomas) (2:54) -- Kashmere (Kashmere Stage Band) (4:56) -- Unsquare dance (The Dave Brubeck Quartet) (2:02) -- Neat neat...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 30th Century Records 2017

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Summary: A group of freaks take revenge on a trapeze artist and her boyfriend after years of abuse. Filmed using real circus performers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2004

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Summary: Freaks: A tale of love, deception, and retribution set among troupe of carnival sideshow performers, shunned by society because of their physical deformities.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Summary: Based on a true story, an inner-city Baltimore family copes with ever-present drug traffic and violence in their lives.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2011

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Summary: With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, filmmaker Oliver Stone explores the possibility for the global community to overcome challenges like climate change and reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy an option that may become a vital way to ensure our continued survival sooner than we think.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Simone.

Contents: Começar de novo = To begin again : The island (3:42) -- Canôa canôa = Canoe, canoe (3:51) -- Reis e rainhas do Maracatu = Kings and queens of Maracatu (2:55) -- Então vale a pena = Then it was worth it (4:07) -- Itamarandiba (3:16) -- Pedaço de mim = Piece of me (3:49) -- Face a face = Face to face (4:29) -- Tô voltando = I'm returning (3:56) -- Valso rancho = Carnival waltz (3:26) -- Cigarra =...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: EMI-Odeon 1997

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Snicket, Lemony

Summary: A collection of wit and wisdom compiled from the author's books, private conversations, and unpublished papers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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Summary: Sondra Wellington is bossy, controlling, and extremely unpleasant but eveything changes when she's transformed into a chihuahua and her real body is in a coma.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2011

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Simonds, Nina.

Summary: Presents background information, related tales, and activities for celebrating five Chinese festivals--Chinese New Year, the Lantern Festival, Qing Ming, the Dragon Boat Festival, and the Moon Festival.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt, Inc. 2002

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Summary: In this homage to Agatha Christie, set in England, an amateur detective finds herself caught up in a real-life whodunit! Miranda Green is summoned to the remote mansion of billionaire Lewis Findley along with five mysterious strangers. What do they all have in common? What's become of their absent host? And who just murdered one of the guests in cold blood? Now Miranda must hunt for hidden...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Summary: Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of reconstruction, photography and storytelling transport the viewer back to the intense moments when great works were conceived and born: the murderous, messianic world of Baroque Rome; opulent, parvenu Amsterdam; paranoid, revolutionary Paris; Victorian England...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007

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Summary: Growing competition from a rival agency creates new problems for Eliza's budding business, and competition from her childhood friend creates problems for her relationship with Inspector Wellington.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Summary: Brings the world of Gilbert and Sullivan to life as a dramatization of the staging of the duo's legendary 1885 comic opera, The Mikado. The world-famous Victorian librettist and composer, along with their troupe of temperamental actors, must battle personal and professional demons while mounting this major production becomes an epic about the harsh realities of creative expression.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011

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Summary: Bumbling spy Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 for CONTROL, battles the forces of nemesis agency KAOS with a great deal of help from his partner Agent 99.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2008

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Summary: Kate is a well-bred lass who passes herself off as a barmaid in order to win the heart of her stuffy suitor. Full of mistaken identities and multiple deceptions, the play pokes fun at the various masks we all wear in different social situations. Along the way, each person learns much about the nature of true love.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2009

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Summary: Following the bloodbath that ended the prison riot, life is returning to far from normal for those who survive in the experimental unit of OZ. The warden struggles to do the right thing for his prisoners, facing adversity at every turn. Safety at OZ is not an option.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Video 2002

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Summary: The portrayal of an actor who finds his on stage role of Othello is affecting his off stage life as murderous revenge begins to seem reasonable.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Republic Pictures 2003

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