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Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The year is 2016, and America is on the verge of economic disaster. The greatest citizens are being targeted, and dark forces are working to bring about America's final days. A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her.
62) The nowhere inn
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
From real-life friends Annie Clark (a.k.a. GRAMMY award-winning recording and touring artist St. Vincent) and Carrie Brownstein (Portlandia, Sleater-Kinney) comes the metafictional account of two creative forces banding together to make a documentary about St. Vincent's music, touring life, and on-stage persona. But they quickly discover unpredictable forces lurking within subject and filmmaker that threaten to derail the friendship, the project,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 874
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Multiple
Formats
Description
Insiang (1976): Insiang leads a quiet life dominated by household duties, but after she is raped by her mother's lover and abandoned by the young man who claims to care for her, she exacts vicious revenge.
Mysterious object at noon (2000): Apichatpong creates a film version of the corpse game, enlisting locals to improvise narration to create a combined story.
Revenge (1989): A child raised in Korea spends decades avenging the death of his father's...
64) October
Pub. Date
2018
Language
Hindi
Description
"Dan (Varun Dhawan), a student of hotel management, is an intern at a top hotel in Delhi along with his class mates. An incident occurs at the hotel where one of his colleagues Shiuli (Banita Sandhu), ends up in the hospital. This affects Dan far deeply than he ever imagined, and he embarks on an emotional journey where he seeks answers and love in the strangest of circumstances"--
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Part two of Ayn Rand's groundbreaking novel... The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to a mounting energy crisis--a revolutionary motor that could seemingly power the world. But, the motor is dead-- there's no one left to...
66) The rule
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Saint Benedict's Prep, in Newark, New Jersey, is in the heart of one of America's most dangerous cities yet has a near 100% college acceptance rate for its inner city young men. See how the monks' recipe for success follows the Rule of Saint Benedict and how this sixth-century rule can serve as a model for urban schools worldwide.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Richard Alpert, after being fired from Harvard in 1963 for experimenting with LSD, morphed into Ram Dass, a serious and much loved spiritual leader, author and lecturer. This film visits Ram Dass in 2001 as he remakes his life since suffering a stroke five years ago. Balances fascinating, often hilarious footage from the hippie era with contemporary material and interviews with Ram Dass and his associates.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Novelist Ayn Rand is attracted to her brilliant, young and handsome new protege. She convinces their spouses to tolerate an affair. This arrangement lasts for fifteen years, with devastating consequences for all, until her protege's interest turns to a young student of his own.
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Between things they like to do and things they need to do, Brother, Sister, and Papa Bear are finding it hard to keep up. Mama advises that they must learn to prioritize their chores and hobbies by being more organized. Working together, listening to each other and pitching in are the perfect solutions that can be used to find a balance in their daily lives.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Limited edition.
Language
English
Description
Begins with a quote from General Dwight Eisenhower: "I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity." This film portrays five combat veterans from different wars ranging from WWII to Vietnam to the Gulf War to Iraq who emotionally lay it on the line," following their journeys as they sign up, go into battle, and eventually change their minds about what it means to be a good soldier."--Container....
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Hosted by Alistair Cooke and includes seven episodes featuring lectures, performances, and master classes from the legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. Includes: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (1954), The World of Jazz (1955), The Art of Conducting (1955), American Musical Comedy (1956), Introduction to Modern Music (1957), Music of J.S. Bach (1957), What Makes Opera Grand? (1958), Handel: Messiah (1955).
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
With the help of animated medieval paintings, the Middle Ages are brought to life in all its corruption, violence and greed, courage, enterprise and learning. Monty Python star and medieval scholar, Terry Jones, challenges stereotypes by examining the lives of various medieval archetypes. While many may know the earthy humor of Chaucer or Rabelais, few know the dark side of chivalry, or that serfs and women were not downtrodden at all.
Special features...
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
Have you ever wondered where the terms "terrible twos" and "identity crisis" come from? Did you know that the notion that children are different from adults, and require special care, is only about 200 years old? Did you know we could trace most of our modern ideas about children to just two renowned thinkers of the 17th and 18th centuries? These are just a few of the fascinating aspects of the field of "human development": the science that studies...
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