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Publisher
Thomson Gale
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
This volumes of primary source documents focuses on the environment, a leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. International in scope, this title contains approximately 175 full or excerpted documents--speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art--as well as overview information that places each document in context. Entries are organized into chapters...
Publisher
May way film Co
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
中文
Description
"Jasmine women is the story of three generations of women from the same Shanghai, China family: mother, daughter and granddaughter. In Mo's story (1930s), Mo, living with her mother, meets Mr. Meng, manager of a movie studio. A close relationship with Meng makes her dream of becoming a movie star true [but] leaves her pregnant and abandoned by Meng after the Japanese invasion of China. She blames her daughter, Li, for all she's lost. In Li's story...
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Publisher's description: With the literary canon consisting mostly of works created by and about men, the central perspective is decidedly male. This unique reference offers alternate approaches to reading traditional literature, as well as suggestions for expanding the canon to include more gender sensitive works. Covering 96 of the most frequently taught works of fiction, essays offer teachers, librarians, and students fresh insights into the female...
35226) Aquaman 2-film collection
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aquaman: Presents the origin story of Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, who goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land.
Aquaman and the lost kingdom: When Black Manta seeks revenge on Aquaman for his father's death, Aquaman forges an alliance with his imprisoned brother in order to protect the kingdom of Atlantis.
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Publisher
Bedford/St. Martin's, A Macmillan Education Imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The Reconstruction period following the Civil War was a transformative moment in which political leaders addressed questions concerning the place of the southern states in the postwar nation, the status of formerly enslaved African Americans, and the powers and limitations of the federal government. In this volume K. Stephen Prince explores the important role of the Radical Republicans in pressing for change during this period in a way designed to...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
""Vienna, March 26, 1827, late afternoon. Having scrawled his name to a legal document with the little strength he has left, the gravely ill and nearly deaf composer is now in a coma. A bolt of lightning splits the sky. A clap of thunder follows. Beethoven opens his eyes, raises a fist toward heaven, sinks back, and dies. So legend would have it. Or at least one of the legends. Accounts of Beethoven's death vary widely, and this one dates from more...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Have you ever wondered what parrots eat in the wild? Or why so many species live in the Amazon? How intelligent are parrots? What is the world's rarest parrot? Parrots: The Animal Answer Guide provides detailed, factual answers to the ninety questions most on our minds. There are more than 350 species of these colorful callers, ranging in size from the diminutive lovebird to the massive macaw. Many species can live to be octogenarians in captivity-sometimes...
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
American pie: Four friends make the pact to lose their virginity by prom night in an unforgettable story about high school, band camp, and warm apple pie.
The big Lebowski: The cult classic about the "Dude," his buddies, a case of mistaken identity, kidnapping and bowling.
Billy Madison: 27-year-old Billy Madison must repeat all 12 grades of school in just 24 weeks to earn his father's respect and prove he has what it takes to run the family's multi-million-dollar...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In one of his letters Hart Crane wrote, "Appollinaire lived in Paris, I live in Cleveland, Ohio," comparing--misspelling and all--the great French poet's cosmopolitan roots to his own more modest ones in the midwestern United States. Rebelling against the notion that his work should relate to some European school of thought, Crane defiantly asserted his freedom to be himself, a true American writer. John T. Irwin, long a passionate and brilliant critic...
35240) 5 fun family films
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Charlotte's web: Fern is a young farm girl who rescues the runt pig, Wilbur, from certain death, but it's Wilbur's friendship with the spider Charlotte which turns him into a tourist attraction and makes him more valuable to Fern's father.
Rango: A kooky pet chameleon accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, a lawless outpost populated by the desert's most wily and whimsical creatures. Welcomed as the last hope the town has...
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