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Series
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Madagascar is a synonym for biodiversity and is one of the richest regions on the planet in terms of fauna and flora, with a host of endemic species, including the famous lemurs. Culture and traditions are also deeply rooted in the hearts of Malagasies, who scorn the difficulties of day-to-day life and always wear their brightest smiles.
43) SummerSlam 2023
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Welcome to SummerSlam, WWE's Biggest Party of the Summer. Watch the action heat up with the hottest matchups of the season featuring Superstars from Raw and SmackDown.
Publisher
Exodus Cry
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A peek between the glossy surface of sophisticated 21st-century society reveals a chilling revelation--the enslavement of more than 27 million people worldwide. Look deeper still and you will uncover an industry that brutalizes and debases these individuals, many of them young girls, through sex slavery. Finally, you come face to face with the manifold atrocities surrounding the industry, from the deceptive recruitment and kidnapping of the victims...
45) Autonomy
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Malcolm Gladwell leads a documentary about self-driving vehicles, asking: what is control and what happens when it is relinquished to machines?
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Chef, writer, adventurer, provocateur: Anthony Bourdain lived his life unabashedly. Director Morgan Neville offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at how an anonymous chef became a world-renowned cultural icon. This unflinching look at Bourdain reverberates with his presence, in his own voice and in the way he indelibly impacted the world around him.
Author
Language
English
Description
In So You Want to Talk About Race, Editor at Large of The Establishment, Ijeoma Oluo offers a contemporary, accessible take on the racial landscape in America, addressing head-on such issues as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the "N"word. Perfectly positioned to bridge the gap between people of color and white Americans struggling with race complexities, Oluo answers the questions...
49) The cathedral
Series
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A course on the cathedral in Western civilization.
Author
Language
English
Description
What happens when we stop avoiding difficult people and simply love everyone? In his wildly entertaining and inspiring follow-up to the New York Times bestselling phenomenon Love Does, Bob Goff takes readers on a life-altering journey into the secret of living without fear, care, constraint, or worry. The path toward the outsized, unfettered, liberated existence we all long for is found in a truth as simple to say as it is hard to do: love people,...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In the tightening grip of Hitler's power, towns, cities, and ghettoes were emptied of Jews. Unless they could escape, Jewish children would not be spared their deadly fate in the Holocaust, a tragedy of unfathomable depth. Only 11% of the Jewish children living in Europe before 1939 survived the Second World War. Run and Hide tells the stories of these children, forced to leave their homes and families, as they escaped certain horror. Some children...
52) The mating game
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Sir David Attenborough reveals spectacular scenes of courting and companionship. Some species need to overcome the challenges of a vast environment just to find a member of the opposite sex. Others find themselves pitched against their neighbors in mass mating aggregations. Some must impress with complex displays. Others build extraordinary structures just to prove their worth. One thing, however, connects them all the drive to succeed at all costs....
Publisher
Juno Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Narrated by Weird Al Yankovic, is a biographical doc about a musician who is not only well known for hits such as Tip Toe Through The Tulips but for his trail-blazing personae that paved the way for other rock stars such as David Bowie, Prince, Iggy Pop, and Boy George. An outcast from a young age, Herbert Khary's rise to stardom as Tiny Tim is the ultimate fairytale. Considered a freak by many of his peers, Tiny Tim left no one unaffected. His wedding...
54) WWII heroes
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Their legacy and spirit are brilliantly captured in this comprehensive documentary collection commemorating the 75th anniversary of WWII's end.
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Learn all about the similarities and differences between sea lions and seals. How fast can a sea lion swim in the water? How can they see so well in dark waters? Why do sharks avoid leopard seals? How do seals slow down their heartbeats? How can we help seals and sea lions survive? The answers to all of these questions and more are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting video that reinforce important concepts and make learning...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Examine the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers: Ernest Hemingway. Intimate and insightful, the series weaves together Hemingway's biography with excerpts from his work. The film penetrates the myth of Hemingway to reveal a deeply troubled and ultimately tragic figure.
57) Becoming
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 29
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. When she was a little girl, Michelle Robinson's world was the South Side of Chicago, where she and her brother, Craig, shared a bedroom in their family's upstairs apartment and played catch in the park, and where her parents, Fraser and Marian Robinson, raised her to be outspoken and unafraid. But life soon took her much further afield, from the halls of Princeton,...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"Some used captivating style to boost diplomacy. Some offered compassionate calm in days of war. Some embraced the role they never expected to make a difference. And some seized the role they always dreamed of to blaze a trail. Every first lady has their own tale to tell, and this series examines some of the women who left their indelible mark on the White House and in history. Join us as we go beyond the public lives to tell the private stories of...
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
The untold love-hate story of Australia's most famous and contentious national icon is set in distinctive Australian landscapes. The film explores the complex and conflicting opinions around this unique marsupial that is at the target of the largest mass destruction of wildlife in the world.
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