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1) Ready or not
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A young bride joins her new husband's rich, eccentric family in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival.
2) Emma
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town, In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.
3) Breakthrough
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Based on the inspirational true story of one mother's unfaltering love in the face of impossible odds. When Joyce Smith's adopted son John falls through an icy Missouri lake, all hope seems lost. But as John lies lifeless, Joyce refuses to give up. Her steadfast belief inspires those around her to continue to pray for John's recovery, even in the face of every case history and scientific prediction. A reminder that faith and love can create a mountain...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Teens heading out to help with a charity event learn how to practice a variety of community courtesies in all kinds of public places. How do you act on public transportation, in a movie theater, in a restaurant, in a gym, at a laundromat, when shopping or as a guest? This video teaches teens that small courtesies can add up to big impressions anywhere.--Kanopy.
7) China
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
A brief overview of China, discussing its social life, customs, government and more.
8) Best manners
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When a surprise package arrives from Miss Vera Goode containing her new book on manners. Barney's friends question why minding their manners is so important. Barney helps his pals brush up on the rules of etiquette by bring Mother Goose rhymes to life.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Jean Rouch is known to many worldwide as a French anthropologist and innovative filmmaker. Much of his work is linked to the birth of cinéma vérité. However, Rouch's fifty-year involvement with a particular group of people in Niger shines a more personal light on his work - one of friendship and collaboration. Together with this group, Rouch made numerous ethnographic films and developed their own cinematographic style. These films have been termed...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Barney encourages his friends to express and understand their emotions in a healthy way. From creating masks to decorating a tree with hearts, Barney uses fun songs and games to get his friends in touch with their feelings. He reminds them that manners, sharing and taking turns are great ways to show you care.
11) Being Canadian
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When Calgarian Robert Cohen moved to L.A. to pursue his dreams of becoming a comedy writer, he quickly realized that his new friends and colleagues knew nothing but the usual stereotypes about his beloved homeland. After years of frustration, Robert decided to embark on a personal quest, traveling from one end of Canada to the other, to prove Being Canadian is more than just maple syrup and Mounties. Imagine "Sherman's March" or "Roger and Me", but...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rick Steves' European Christmas is made possible with generous support from American Airlines in association with Oregon Public Broadcast and PBS"--Container cover. Original date of production, c2005. Like a fun bundle of stocking stuffers, this disc includes nearly an hour of our favorite bits that couldn't make into this finely edited TV special. Extras on this disc indlude: many of our favorite musical performances in their entirely; a rare and...
13) Vanity fair
Language
English
Description
A mini-series based on Thackeray's story of an amoral beauty determined to scheme and seduce her way into Britain's upper classes.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A giant talking frog and an elusive cat help a listless bank employee, his traumatized wife, and a lonely accountant seek meaning in their lives and possibly save Tokyo from catastrophe in this animated feature based on stories by acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The feature debut of composer Pierre Foldes, the film won the Jury Special Mention at the renowned Annecy Animation Film Festival and the Grand Prize at the Anima Festival in Brussels....
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This series of five films by Melissa Llelewyn-Davies looks at daily life among the Maasai. The films are presented as a diary of a 7-week visit to a single village. The structure is episodic and the content dependent on various events or stories, some of which are developed through more than one film. The tapes can be used independently or together, to give an in-depth sense of Maasai life. The senior man in the village is the most important Maasai...
16) Stambali
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Stambali is a religious ritual in Tunisia, a journey with the rhythm of the "gombri" and "chkackek," traces an individual and collective hypnosis, an annual tribute that the disciples of Sidi Saad pay to their master during an initiatory journey and rite of purification that lasts three days. The camera, video and film follow the rhythm of the possession, dances, and goes into a trance.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"The King's Speech" presents a sideways glance at a crucial period in 20th-century history--as the monumentally awkward Prince Albert, or Bertie, becomes King George VI unexpectedly in 1936 when his older brother Edward VIII abdicates to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson. In imperial Britain between the wars, that was problem enough, but Bertie suffered from a chronic stammer that made his public appearances painful for everyone. In an age of...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Foreman Balla is the self-proclaimed king of a massive construction site. His co-workers stick close to him, like musketeers, as long as he makes sure they are paid. But things stop running smoothly when materials get scarce and two newcomers arrive on the site: Kati, a young engineer, and Werner Horrath, the new Party Secretary. Balla's swaggering, reminiscent of Hollywood gunslingers, melts away as he realizes he is in love with Kati. Arguably the...
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