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Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro-Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk's life's passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and to bring to light the achievements of people of African descent throughout the ages. When Schomburg's collection became so big that it began to overflow his house (and his wife threatened to mutiny), he turned...
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Iggy has one passion: building. His parents are proud of his fabulous creations, even though they're sometimes surprised by his materials-who could forget the tower he built out of dirty diapers? When his second-grade teacher declares her dislike of architecture, Iggy faces a challenge. He loves building too much to give it up! Andrea Beaty's irresistible rhyming will charm creative kids everywhere and will amuse their sometimes bewildered parents....
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Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her Great-Great-Aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal-to fly-Rosie sets to work building a contraption to make her aunt's dream come true. But when her contraption doesn't fly but rather hovers for a moment and then crashes, Rosie deems the invention a failure....
5) Abilene Town
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In this dramatic antebellum tale, homesteaders battle each other in the legendary cow town of Abilene, Kansas. Director Edwin L. Marin (Tall in the Saddle) coaxes fine performances from the likes of Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Thonda Fleming, Lloyd Bridges, and Randolph Scott, who headlines the star-studded cast, so saddle up and hang on!
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Inside Luxury Travel volume 8
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The Sultanate of Oman is a favourite holiday destination for Varun so he is eager to show off this wonderful country. He starts in style at Al Bustan Palace. From here he heads to the Al Mouj golf club for a quick round with the Club Captain. Back at the hotel, Varun enjoys a culinary experience with the Executive Chef. During his stay, Varun also visits Nizwa as well as the Al Hajjar Mountains for some spectacular views. Never one to miss out he...
8) Gung Ho!
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The newly formed second Marine Raider Battalion face a frightening first mission during the early days of WWII: to rout the much larger Japanese garrison on Makin Island. Gritty and realistic, Gung Ho! relies on actual combat footage and a cast of reliable Hollywood tough guys, including Randolph Scott as Col. Thorwald, Noah Beery Jr. as Cpl. Kurt Richter, and a young Robert Mitchum in one of his earliest roles as the swaggering Pig-Iron Matthews!...
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One of the most well-known films from director Roger Corman, A Bucket of Blood tells the story of Walter Paisley (Dick Miller), a man who, after accidentally killing his landlady's cat and covering the body in plaster to hide the evidence, is acclaimed as a brilliant sculptor. Walter finds himself resorting to the same methods to produce new work, and soon people start mysteriously disappearing. Not wanting to direct another conventional horror flick,...
10) Tulsa
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Susan Hayward stars in this dramatic tale of the Oklahoma oil boom. She plays Cherokee Lansing, a determined young woman out to protect her father's honor after he's killed by men from a competing oil company. With a cast that includes Robert Preston, Ed Begley, Pedro Armendariz, and veteran character-actor Chill Wills as the narrator, this engaging picture from producer Walter Wanger (Cleopatra, I Want to Live!) was nominated for an Academy Award...
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Princess Penelope lives in a beautiful palace with a closet full of beautiful dresses. But being a princess is much much more than beauty. In fact, every morning Princess Penelope runs right past her frilly dresses to choose from her beloved collection of pants! What she wears each day depends on what job she has to do. Will she command the royal air force sporting her sequined flight suit? Will she find her zen in her yoga pants and favorite tee?...
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Inside Luxury Travel volume 1
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The series begins in Varun's home town of London, which is also home to some of the finest luxury hotels in the world, including the legendary Dorchester Hotel. Varun explores the single greatest tea ware collection in the world, has his own perfume created by a Master Perfumer before capping off the day with a visit to Davidoff on St James to sample the finest cigars and a Louis XIII cognac. After a night in the Presidential Suite at the new Café...
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Big House Reborn volume 1
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Behind the scenes documentary following the three year long, £8 million restoration project at Mount Stewart Estate on the shores of Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. In the first episode, engineers begin to reveal the true state of the house, while it is a nervous time for the team as they attempt to lower the infamous Hambletonian painting.
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Big House Reborn volume 2
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In the second episode of the new series, the contractors for the main build of the restoration arrive on site to inspect the condition of the building while the Chapel within the Mount Stewart estate undergoes a remarkable transformation as building work commences.
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In 1947 the world's leading photo-journalists chose ten families at random to represent our common humanity in the wake of war. In the 21st century these Chosen people have been tracked down throughout the world and we learn of their lives over the extraordinary past half-century.
16) Nothing on Earth
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As a landscape photographer, Murray Fredericks is accustomed to isolated and extreme locations, but when he relocates his work from South Australia to the frozen tundra of the Greenland ice cap, he finds himself on the verge of failure for the first time in his celebrated career. Two wandering polar bears and severe katabatic winds require Fredericks to break with his normal self-reliant traditions, and he enlists support from expeditioners, scientists,...
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Visiting a neighborhood ice cream shop, children learn about everyone's favorite ice cream flavors. Mark then teaches everyone how to draw an ice cream cone and a truck. He then takes a journey to the Buddy Dog Human Society, learns how to care for four-legged friends, and teaches viewers how to draw a cat and puppy.
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Imagine being looked up and down and being valued as less than a chair. Less than an ox. Less than a dress. Maybe about the same as a lantern. You're an object-an object to be sold. Inspired by the actual will of a plantation owner that listed the worth of each and every one of his workers, Ashley Bryan uses original documents from slave auctions and plantation estates to create moving and powerful poetry and illustrations that contrast the monetary...
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Poppy, the adorable, persistent, dreaming-big pig, has a new adventure in store for her: the World Games ice-skating championship in Paris! Poppy is nervous about meeting so many new people in a new place. But, ever courageous and supported by her family (Emma, too!), Poppy embarks upon this exciting adventure head-on. She meets a snowboarding Panda, a Maltese who skies, and two fellow skaters, a Crane and a Kangaroo. Poppy begins to realize that...
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Lyndey and Herbie's Moveable Feast volume 6
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With such an array of wonderful produce, this episode explores more Riverina treasures with Lyndey and Herbie discovering a citrus orchard singing with freshness, walnuts straight from the tree, a quaint caper farm and world class wineries. And while the produce is amazing, the recipes really shine here: a classic bruschetta with a twist, a rice recipe that includes some Milan magic and Lyndey's divine walnut cake.