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Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this new 2023 high-definition program, learn all about the origins and history of ancient inventions that we still use today like toothpaste, toothbrushes, hair combs, alarm clocks, paper, sailboats, jewelry, the compass, the wheel, and many more. You will appreciate that people long ago had the ingenuity to solve problems facing them as a society to make life better and easier, just as we continue to do to this day
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this new 2023 high-definition series, social and emotional learning issues are sensitively discussed with positive and encouraging suggestions on how to navigate our ever-changing, complex world. What does the concept of fairness mean, and how is it different from equality? What approaches and strategies can we implement to achieve fairness in our daily lives? The answers to all of these questions and more are covered in depth with exciting videos...
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this new 2023 high-definition program, learn all about famous moments in history that never actually happened. One such event involves a 1938 radio broadcast announcing the invasion of aliens from outer space with in-depth reporting of the attack. But how can this be? When George Washington was a young boy, did he chop down his father's cherry tree? Did Christopher Columbus discover America? Did the Pilgrims and all Indigenous Peoples come together...
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this new 2023 high-definition program, learn all about how to stay safe if you unexpectedly encounter an animal ready to attack. Grasp how to tell if an animal feels threatened and how to read the warning signs that it is about to strike. Understand the reasons an animal will attack and what you should do if you find yourself face-to-face with a bear, shark, snake, crocodile, alligator, mountain lion, swarming bees, and more! Knowing the active...
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In this new 2023 high-definition program, learn all about helpful strategies for transitioning to a new school. What preparations can be taken before the first day at your new school to alleviate anxiety? What steps should you take to adjust to your new school? What are the differences in transitioning between elementary school to middle school and then to high school? If things are not going smoothly then who can you turn to for help? The answers...
9) Sociopath
Author
Language
English
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Description
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling memoir of the author's struggle to understand her own sociopathy and shed light on the often maligned and misunderstood mental disorder.
"A cross between a podcast by relationship therapist Esther Perel and a salacious tell-all." —San Francisco Chronicle
Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her...
"A cross between a podcast by relationship therapist Esther Perel and a salacious tell-all." —San Francisco Chronicle
Patric Gagne realized she made others uncomfortable before she started kindergarten. Something about her...
10) Four daughters
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Arabic
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Description
The riveting exploration of rebellion, memory, and sisterhood reconstructs the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters, unpacking a complex family history through intimate interviews and artful reenactments to examine how the Tunisian woman's two eldest were radicalized by Islamic extremists. Casting professional actresses as the missing daughters, along with acclaimed Egyptian-Tunisian actress Hend Sabri as Olfa, award-winning director Kaouther...
11) Lynch/Oz
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The themes, images, and cultural vernacular of Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz continue to haunt David Lynch's filmography from his early short The Alphabet to his recent television series Twin Peaks: The Return. Arguably, no filmmaker has so consistently drawn inspiration consciously or unconsciously from a single work. Is Lynch trapped in the Land of Oz? If so, what can we learn about his body of work by closely examining how it intersects and...
Publisher
EPF Media
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Sara Mardini, once a competitive swimmer in Syria, became Europe's most celebrated refugee after saving 18 people's lives. After working as a rescue volunteer in the Mediterranean, she is accused of people smuggling and faces a 25-year prison sentence. We follow her fight for justice and journey of self-discovery against the backdrop of Europe's refugee 'crisis.'
13) Immediate family
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Documentary follows the lives and work of legendary 1970s session musicians who were featured on some of the most iconic recordings of the era
15) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
Author
Language
English
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Description
"After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children...
16) Hoop dreams
Series
Criterion collection volume 289
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Follows the high school careers of two young, African-American men from inner-city Chicago as they pursue their dream of playing professional basketball
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