Mulgan, Geoff

Summary: A new field of collective intelligence has emerged in the last few years, prompted by a wave of digital technologies that make it possible for organizations and societies to think at large scale. This "bigger mind"--human and machine capabilities working together--has the potential to solve the great challenges of our time. So why do smart technologies not automatically lead to smart results?...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2018

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Summary: The incredible story of a baby elephant who was born into a rescue camp in the wilderness of Botswana. When she is suddenly orphaned at one-month-old, it is up to the keepers who look after the herd to keep her alive. This one elephant's tale remains both intimate and epic, a journey of tragedy and triumph, because when her entire species faces extinction, one life means everything.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2017

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Summary: Comedy set in Australia in 1965 which focuses on the romance that develops between two nonconformists: Danny, an outsider at his preppie boarding school, and Thandiwe Adjewa, the only black student at the girls' boarding school across the lake.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2002

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Summary: Romero is the true story of the Catholic priest Archbishop Oscar Romero who lived in El Salvador during the political unrest in the 1970s. The government launched a 'terror campaign' against the guerillas in an attempt to crush them. Archbishop Romero's protests against governments' actions was perceived as disloyalty. As an example to others, the government began to destroy churches and murder...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Vision Video 2009

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Summary: Explores the life and legacy of late war photojournalist Chris Hondros, who covered every major world event since the late 1990s, taking viewers behind the scenes to tell the untold stories of many of Hondross most iconic photographs. The film follows director Greg Campbell, Hondross childhood friend and fellow journalist on a global journey to visit the people and places made famous by...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Freestyle Digital Media 2018

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Summary: "Examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party has used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing military agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home"--Container.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Media Education Foundation 2004

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Summary: Includes the classic children's story that teaches youngsters to count and features four other stories by Eric Carle, giving lessons in such things as individuality and music.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Illuminated Film Company/Scholastic 2006

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Summary: Uplifting documentary about Yogi Berra that goes beyond "Yogisms," and into the heart of a sports legend.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Summary: In 1969, Elliot Tiber, an interior designer living in Greenwich Village, New York, has to move back upstate to help his parents run their dilapidated Catskills motel, The El Monaco. Upon hearing that a planned music and arts festival has lost its permit from the neighboring town of Wallkill, NY, Elliot calls producer Michael Lang at Woodstock Ventures to offer his family's motel to the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2009

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Danger Mouse

Contents: Revenge (The Flaming Lips) -- Just war (Gruf Rhys) -- Jaykub (Jason Lytle) -- Little girl (Julian Casablancas) -- Angel's harp (Black Francis) -- Pain (Iggy Pop) -- Star eyes (I can't catch it) (David Lynch) -- Everytime I'm with you (Jason Lytle) -- Insane lullaby (James Mercer) -- Daddy's gone (Mark Linkous) -- The man who played God (Suzanne Vega) -- Grim augury (Vic Chesnutt) -- Dark night...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol 2010

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Summary: Curious case of Benjamin Button : Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he ages...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013

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Summary: Young Guns : The year is 1878, Lincoln County. John Tunstall, a British ranchowner, hires six rebellious boys as "regulators" to protect his ranch against the ruthless Santa Fe Ring. When Tunstall is killed in an ambush, the Regulators, declare war on the Ring. As their vendetta turns into a bloody rampage, they are branded outlaws, becoming the objects of the largest manhunt in Western history.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2000

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Summary: Judge Harold T. Stone, Dan, Bull, Selma, and new public defender Christine return for a rollicking second season of dispensing justice to the assorted nuts of Night Court.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1984

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Summary: Charlie inherits the family shoe factory after his father's death. In order to keep the factory running, their products must branch out into more diverse areas. Lola, a drag queen in need of better footwear for work, comes to his aid and designs a pair of special boots.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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Summary: Tough, restless Jack Malone heads the Missing Persons unit of the FBI. And this season, the dedicated investigators of the MPU have a particularly important person to locate: Jack Malone, who disappears after going solo on a perilous case. The search for Malone is only one of many high-impact cases involving the mysteriously vanished, from a waitress who won 32 million in the lottery to an...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2013

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Kode9.

Contents: Once in a while / Lone -- Revo / Aardvarck -- Blood Orange / Kode9 -- You don't wash (dub) (DJ-Kicks) / Kode9 -- Phat si / Cooly G -- Bellion / ILL Blu -- Heston / Ikonika -- Jelly roll / Scratcha Dva -- Different lekstrix / Mr Mageeka -- Move down low / Grievous Angel -- Look pon me (feat. Natalie Storm) / Sticky -- Jumeirah riddim sequel / Sticky -- Pleaze mugwanti / Mujava -- Natty / Dva --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: !K7 2010

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Summary: Season four of this procedural drama about the Missing Persons Squad, a unique New York based FBI task force, finds Martin gravely injured in the line of fire and going through rehabilitation. Jack, Samantha, and Danny try not to let their concern for Martin hinder their efforts. Vivian's heart surgery appears to have been a success. Rookie, Elena Delgado, formerly of the NYPD, has joined the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2012

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Summary: Every 30 seconds in America, normal life stops. Someone is reported missing. That's where special agent Jack Malone comes in. On the behalf of victims and loved ones, Jack and his FBI team do the hard, exciting work of turning the missing into the found. Among the vanished: a man terrified of extraterrestrials, a spoiled celebrity heiress and an idealistic woman caught up in a romance with a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2012

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Summary: "Robin Williams stars as Lance Clayton, a man who has learned to settle. He dreams of being a rich and famous writer, but has only managed to make it as an unpopular high school poetry teacher. His only son Kyle (Daryl Sabara) is an insufferable jackass and won't give his father the time of day. Lance is dating Claire (Alexie Gilmore), the school's adorable art teacher, but she doesn't want to...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2009

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Mullan, John

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Univ Pr 0000

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Mullan, John

Summary: "In thirteen entertaining and wonderfully insightful essays, John Mullan explores the literary machinations of Dickens's eccentric genius, from his delight in clichaes to his rendering of smells and his outrageous use of coincidences. A treat for all lovers of Dickens, this essential companion puts his audacity, originality, and brilliance on full display"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2020

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