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Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Series
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Postmodernism in music represented both a return to the musical values of Romanticism and an amalgam of diverse musical influences. Investigate the music of George Rochberg and David del Tredici, both of whom embraced musical styles from the past. Then explore "pastiche" - direct quotation from earlier works - in the phenomenal music of Luciano Berio, Peter Maxwell Davies, and George Crumb.
3) We are blood
Publisher
Brain Farm
Pub. Date
c2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
"We are blood is a modern day skate epic featuring Paul Rodriguez and other top skateboarders, as they travel the globe pushing the limits of what's possible on a board while celebrating the unconditional bond created by the simple act of skateboarding."--Container.
Series
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Following World War I, Spain emerged at the forefront of a revolution in the European arts. Grasp the extraordinary innovations of the painters Picasso, Miró and Dalí, the architect Antoni Gaudí, and the contributions of musical masters Segovia and Casals. Also, delve into the political factors that led to the disintegration of Spain's constitutional monarchy.
6) Soul
Publisher
Disney/Pixar
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. A misstep takes him from New York City to The Great Before, a fantastical place where new souls get their personalities before going to Earth. Determined to return to his life, Joe teams up with a precocious soul, 22, who has never understood the appeal of the human life. As Joe tries to show 22 what's great about life, he may discover...
7) Mile 22
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An elite American intelligence officer, aided by a top-secret tactical command unit, tries to smuggle a mysterious police officer with sensitive information out of the country.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Somm: Into the Bottle brings viewers a rare and never before seen glimpse inside the private world of both famed and cult winemakers. Viewers get to watch as some of the most storied bottles of wine are opened; in some cases less than a dozen are left in the world.
Publisher
Bandai Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Witness the story of Takaki, a young man on a journey from Tokyo to reunite with his childhood best friend, Akari. Feel his emotions superimposed on the gorgeous, heavily researched and impressively animated backdrops of Japan, as he travels by train to see her. Join Takaki on a voyage into three interconnected tales of love and lost innocence that span the minutes and months of their lives.
11) Churchill
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
June 1944. Allied Forces stand on the brink: a massive army is secretly assembled on the south coast of Britain, poised to re-take Nazi-occupied Europe. One man stands in their way: Winston Churchill. An impulsive, sometimes bullying personality; fearful, obsessive and hurting. Fearful of repeating, on his disastrous command, the mass slaughter of 1915, when hundreds of thousands of young men were cut down on the beaches of Gallipoli. Obsessed with...
13) Light from light
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Gifted with sometimes-prophetic dreams and a lifelong interest in the paranormal, Shelia is asked to investigate a potential haunting at a Tennessee farmhouse. It₂s there she meets Richard, a recent widower who believes his wife may still be with him. The investigation that ensues, which eventually pulls in Shelia₂s son, Owen and his classmate Lucy, forces them to confront the mysteries of their own lives.
15) Sweet bean: An
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
日本語
Description
Baker Sentaro's business enjoys new success when his new 76-year-old assistant Tokue shares her recipe for the sweet red bean paste used in the bakery's dorayaki pancakes, but another of Tokue's secrets may bring their happy work life to an early end.
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
None
Description
"A unique and wonderful collection of 54 rare and restored short films from the inflammable years of cinema. Movies were once made on nitrate film stock, which has a chemical composition similar to gunpowder and is highly vulnerable to fire and decay. This remarkable seven-hour anthology, organized in eight thematic groups over three DVDs, presents amazing treasures from the vaults of Lobster Films in Paris and from the Blackhawk Films Collection,...
Publisher
Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The Stargate is an intergalactic gateway, developed by an ancient civilization, that links other planets from other solar systems to ours. The U.S. Air Force assembles a Stargate team headed by Colonel Jack O'Neill for interstellar peacekeeping missions.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
An investigation into the introduction of torture as an interrogation technique in U.S. facilities, and the role played by key figures of the Bush Administration in the process. Takes an in-depth look at the case of Afghan taxi driver Dilawar, who was suddenly detained by the U.S. military one afternoon and died in his Bagram prison cell five days later.
20) The favourite
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Early eighteenth-century England is at war with the French. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne, and her friend Lady Sarah tends to her ill health. When a new servant Abigail arrives, Sarah takes her under her wing, and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become time-consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps in to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their growing friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her...
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