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Marrying the Romanov heir, nineteen-year-old Danish princess Minnie becomes empress of Russia and treads a perilous path of compromise in a beloved but resistance-torn country where her son becomes the last tsar.
Minnie knows that her station in life as a Danish princess is to leave her family and enter into a royal marriage. She is brought to Russia, and marries the Romanov heir, Alexander. Once he ascends the throne, she becomes empress Maria....
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Discover the practice of the Alexander Technique, founded by the Australian born actor Frederick Mathias Alexander. This is the only program of its kind examining the movement re-education techniques founded by Alexander which can alleviate or eliminate numerous conditions ranging from back pain to headaches by improving posture and movement. See actual Alexander Technique sessions and understand the philosophy and origins of this technique.
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The #1 New York Times bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.
"Grand-scale biography at its best—thorough, insightful, consistently fair, and superbly written . . . A genuinely
6) Black ice
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
870L
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English
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In 1868, teenaged Sherlock Holmes faces danger in a train station for the dead, a museum of curiosities, and downtown Moscow as he helps his brother, Mycroft, who has been framed for murder.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Before bursting onto the London fashion scene with his daring, provocative collections, Alexander McQueen honed his tailoring skills on Savile Row. His sharp tailoring would continue to influence his dramatic collections as he explored challenging silhouettes presented in powerfully evocative landscapes. McQueen's skill was quickly recognized by the fashion cognoscenti and early in his career he was appointed designer at the house of Givenchy, which...
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"In Tangled Vines, bestselling true crime author John Glatt reconstructs the rise of the prestigious Murdaugh family and the shocking double murder that led to the downfall of its patriarch, Alex Murdaugh. Among the lush, tree-lined waterways of South Carolina low country, the Murdaugh name means power. A century-old, multimillion-dollar law practice has catapulted the family into incredible wealth and local celebrity-but it was an unimaginable tragedy...
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Cotton Malone novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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A miraculous healing serum, kept secret by an ancient puzzle and buried with the mummified remains of Alexander the Great--in a tomb lost to the ages for more than 1,500 years--is the coveted prize for a cunning despot unless Cotton Malone, former U.S. Justice Department agent turned rare-book dealer, can beat her to it.
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Pub. Date
2015
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English
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Acclaimed poet Elizabeth Alexander finds herself at an existential crossroads after the sudden death of her husband. Channeling her poetic sensibilities into a rich, lucid prose, she tells a love story that is, itself, a story of loss. Reflecting on the beauty of her married life, the trauma of her husband's death, and the solace found in caring for her two teenage sons, Alexander universalizes a very personal quest for meaning and acceptance in the...
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Criterion collection volume 983
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The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
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Russian
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The fates of three souls-- the blundering, good-hearted Pierre; the heroically tragic Prince Andrei; and the radiant, tempestuous Natasha-- collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars in Russia. The film conjures a sweeping vision of grand balls that glitter with rococo beauty and epic breathtaking battles.
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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In this issue of Videofashion Collections, his collections have become some of the most anticipated to grace the catwalks of New York City, for Spring 2014, Alexander Wang is having a '90s moment. Men's shirting fabrics play a major role, as did Alexander Wang's logo which is laser cut onto tops, dresses and gloves. Designer Prabal Gurung is thinking about a bold, confident, colorful woman with a hint of danger; it is all about "femininity with a...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Becoming an established name didn't slow down this enfant terrible. Alexander McQueen continues to explore dramatic silhouettes ranging from the most fragile of dresses to molded carapace-like corsets all within a poetic storyline. As his career builds the fashion crowd anxiously awaits each additional chapter.
16) War and peace
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Paramount
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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Set during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, the film centers around disenchanted aristocrat and unhappily married Pierre and Prince Andrei, who both are in love with an innocent young woman, Natasha.
17) McQueen
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A personal look at the extraordinary life, career and artistry of Alexander McQueen. Through exclusive interviews with his closest friends and family, recovered archives, exquisite visuals and music, "McQueen" is an authentic celebration and thrilling portrait of an inspired yet tortured fashion visionary. Nominated for Outstanding British Film of the Year and Best Documentary at the **BAFTA Awards.** Nominated for Best Documentary at the **Hot Docs...
18) Alexander Calder
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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Alexander Calder is the definitive portrait of one of the pre-eminent artists of the 20th century, and the inventor of an art form, the mobile. This acclaimed film shows Calder at work in his studio and never-before-seen archival films and photographs. It includes contemporary shooting of dozens of works, and features interviews with Arthur Miller, Ellsworth Kelly, I.M. Pei, Brendan Gill, Marla Prather, David Ross, Calder's daughters and grandson,...
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National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A biography, with photographs and quotes from Bell himself, which follows this well known inventor from his childhood in Scotland through his life-long efforts to come up with ideas that would improve people's lives.
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A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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Filled with expert analysis and vivid re-enactment, this episode of the television series tells how Alexander the Great used the then cutting edge of warfare technology of the catapult to his advantage in demolishing a doggedly resistant enemy and their otherwise impregnable island city of Tyre that stood in his way to become master of Asia Minor and beyond.
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