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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Observations of the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun in the 18th century helped determine the scale of the Solar System. In the wider Universe, distances are so vast that the finite speed of light means we are literally looking back in time.
Publisher
GKIDS Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Français
Description
From award-winning director Anca Damian comes the poetic and life-affirming story of Marona, an optimistic stray dog who looks back on the human companions she has loved throughout her life. Born the last in the litter, little Marona’s adventures take her through a series of names and owners – a colorful acrobat, a sensitive construction worker, and a little girl – with dazzling style, pushing animation in bold new directions. But through all...
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Language
English
Description
An all-star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ..." My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?" It is towards this climactic crossroads that the story of Jesus of Nazareth leads, and to which, at the final moment, it again looks back in triumphant retrospect. It is the anguishing crossroads where the eternal questions of faith and doubt become resolved.
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Series
All The Answers volume 3
Language
English
Description
Explore the wonders of taste and flavor, take a trip under the sea to visit an octopus's garden and learn the difference between arms and tentacles, and look back through time with the help of sticky, gooey tar!
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Series
Language
English
Description
Consider the "accidental" letters "Q" and "Z." Look back to the Phoenician alphabet to better understand why English doesn't really need a "Q," and consider how English acquired the letter "Z" through Latin by way of Greek. Also, discover why "Z" sits at the very end of the alphabet.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Get a quick overview of some of the most common letters of the alphabet and see why the history of "B," "L," "N," and "S" is easier to trace than letters you have covered so far. Look back on the alphabets of the Phoenicians and Greeks to see where these letters started and why they look the way they do.
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Language
Français
Description
Jean-Luc Godard is synonymous with cinema. With the release of Breathless in 1960, he established himself overnight as a cinematic rebel and symbol for the era's progressive and anti-war youth. Sixty-two years and 140 films later, Godard is among the most renowned artists of all time, taught in every film school yet still shrouded in mystery. One of the founders of the French New Wave, political agitator, revolutionary misanthrope, film theorist and...
Publisher
Etr Media
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Everything to Entertain You: The Story of Video Headquarters is a documentary about one of the greatest video stores in the country: Video Headquarters from Keene, New Hampshire. The store existed for 32 years from 1983-2015. Its owner, Ken McAleer, was a prominent figure among independent video store owners. The documentary examines how one man, with a single video store far outside the film hubs of New York and L.A., can have such a big impact on...
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Gentrification is not a new phenomenon. But what was once a process of gradual change has turned into a nightmare of radical transformation and displacement. New York City is currently undergoing a period of "hyper-gentrification" unlike anywhere else. There Goes the Neighborhood takes a look at the communities and activists that are fighting back to save the diversity and culture of their city.
Publisher
Nickelodeon
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
THE THUNDERMANS ARE BACK...but can the T-Force family survive and save Hiddenville? After three years of fighting crime in their new city of Metroburg, the Thundermans are suddenly stripped of their assignment and sent back to Hiddenville. While Hank and Barb look forward to their return 'home,' Chloe develops new friend groups, Billy and Nora enjoy a normal school life, and Max and Phoebe are determined to regain their superhero status.
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