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Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
2007.
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1 blu-ray (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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In this blending of melodrama and comedy, the story of a rebellious harem member who rejects the sheikh and falls in love with a merchant is interwoven with several other related stories.
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A photographic essay that explores a wide spectrum of experiences told from the perspective of a diverse group of young people, ages 14-24, identifying as queer (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning), Speaking OUT: Queer Youth in Focus presents portraits without judgment or stereotype by eliminating environmental influence with a stark white backdrop. This backdrop acts as a blank canvas, where each subject's personal thoughts are handwritten...
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
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1 DVD (140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Dre Parker finds himself in China after his mother's latest career move. He and classmate Mei Ying immediately fall for each other, but cultural differences make this friendship impossible. Even worse, his feelings make an enemy of class bully, Cheng who is quite adept at kung fu. Dre turns to maintenance man Mr. Han, who is secretly a kung fu master and learns that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm. However, Dre realizes...
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 65
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Asked by a Bollywood star for help protecting a valuable ruby, Geronimo Stilton and Hercule Poirat are inadvertently cast in the actress's film in spite of limited acting skills and are horrified when an anonymous thief makes off with the ruby.
7) Liberty on Trial in America: Cases That Defined Freedom: Episode 18,The Right to an Intimate Life
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Should the government interfere in activities in your bedroom? Well into the 20th century, every state had laws prohibiting at least one sexual act, even between heterosexual married couples in the privacy of their own home. Explore the numerous lawsuits and trials that eventually extended the protection of privacy to include intimacy, regardless of sexual orientation.
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CRC Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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"AI by Design introduces the reader to Artificial Intelligence and its importance to our future. Exploring behavioural psychology, economics, and real-life and historical examples, Campbell predicts five future scenarios with AI, orientated around the "Singularity" - the moment when AI exceeds human capabilities, presenting perhaps the biggest challenge to our existence. We are at a tipping point in history and must act now to stop an extinction-level...
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Courtney novels volume 9
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Zaffre Publishing, an imprint of Bonnier Zaffre Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
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708 pages ; 21 cm
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Wilbur Smith's writing captivates his listeners with tale full of passions, rage, and glory. In Birds of Prey, he sets the scene for 1667 when Sir Francis Courteney and his son Hal are on patrol in their fighting caravel off the Agulhas Cape of South Africa. They are lying in wait there for one of the treasure-laden galleons of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient. So begins a quest for adventure and the spoils of war. They are swept...
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Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
2012
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viii, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Explains how to create strong, support-oriented teams that protect vulnerable areas and secure opportunities, revealing the benefits of recognizing and rewarding non-leader individuals and groups that fill lower-profile but important gaps.
12) Away from her
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2007
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1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Fiona and Grant are an Ontario couple who have been married for over 40 years. During the twilight of their years, Grant is forced to face the fact that Fiona's 'forgetfulness' actually is Alzheimer's. After Fiona wanders away and is found, the decision is made for her to go into a nursing home. For the first time in their relationship, they are forced to undergo a separation since this is the nursing home 'no-vistors, ' first 30 days policy of a...
13) Tombstone
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Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
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2 DVDs (134 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. He meets his brothers there, as well as his old friend Doc Holliday. A band of outlaws that call themselves The Cowboys are causing problems in the region with various acts of random violence, and inevitably come into confrontation with Holliday and the Earps, which leads to a shoot-out at the OK Corral.
14) La pantera
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Editorial Océano de México
Pub. Date
2014, ©2013
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714 p. ; 23 cm.
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Antiterrorista agente Task Force John Corey y su esposa, el agente del FBI Kate Mayfield, se han publicado en el extranjero a Sana'a, Yemen, uno de los lugares más peligrosos en el Oriente Medio. Una vez allí, se va a trabajar con un pequeño equipo para localizar a uno de los autores intelectuales del atentado USS Cole: un agente de alto rango de Al Qaeda conocido como la Pantera. Despiadado y elusivo, que busca por múltiples actos terroristas...
15) Torch
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"When 17-year-old Pavol fatally sets himself on fire in Prague in 1969 to protest the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, his three best friends must figure out how to survive an oppressive regime without him"--
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Portfolio
Pub. Date
2018.
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xvi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"The author of Profit First and The Pumpkin Plan shows you how to streamline your business to run more efficiently, productively, and without constant micro-management. Mike Michalowicz is back with another game changing book. In Profit First he challenged the established axiom that profit comes last, and shared a simple, powerful method to drive permanent profitability. Now, he challenges popular productivity and time management methods to outline...
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2014.
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xvii, 254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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"Neuroscientist Dean Haycock examines the behavior of real life psychopaths and discusses how their actions can be explained in scientific terms, from research that literally looks inside their brains to understanding how psychopaths, without empathy but very goal-oriented, think and act the way they do. Some don't commit crimes at all, but rather make use of their skills in the boardroom."--www.Amazon.com.
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InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
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190 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"Most of us have no idea that others don't see as we see, nor do they process their experiences in the same way we do. And that fact is especially crucial in relationships, whether with intimate partners, friends, or in our professional lives. A person whose go-to stance in life relies on feeling and another whose orientation is toward thinking or acting will respond completely differently to everything from a simple request in an email to a life...
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Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
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viii, 273 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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"An Indian American daughter reveals how the dangerous model minority myth fractured her family in this searing, brave memoir. How do we understand ourselves when the story about who we are supposed to be is stronger than our sense of self? What do we stand to gain--and lose--by taking control of our narrative? These questions propel Prachi Gupta's heartfelt memoir, and can feel particularly fraught for many immigrants and their children who live...
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