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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
My Place is a rich source of entertainment and education. It is one of the ultimate pieces of episodic literature and now it is on television, involving more than a century of time, lots of kids, and a tree to provide continuity. The second series of My Place adapts the final chapters of the book, written by Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins, into 13 new episodes about 13 children who live in the same place, from 1878-1788 and Before Time. Their special...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Experience the early adventures of Gus and Call - young, bold Texas Rangers whose tough exteriors are challenged by the vicious fighting amongst three warring cultures within their region. Follow their journey through barren deserts, snowy mountainous terrain and dangerous attacks that will begin to transform them into the heroes they will soon become." --Container.
7) Planet Egypt
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
It was the world's most important ancient civilization and lasted longer than any other. In this exciting four-part miniseries, History explores the technology, culture, religion, wars and peace that unified Egypt for 3,000 years. Investigates Egypt's legacy through portraits of its most influential Pharaohs: King Narmer, who united more than 40 regional tribes into the first Egyptian civilization.
8) Broken trail
Language
English
Description
A man and his estranged nephew become the guardians of five abused and abandoned young Chinese women. Their rivals intend to kidnap the girls and force them into prostitution, while the two are delivering a herd of horses.
10) True women
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A powerful, moving story about two fearless women, of friendship, romance, courage and survival in the Old West. When Mexican forces threaten their homeland, Sarah Ashby McClure and her younger sister Euphemia move their family and friends to safety. Resettling on the rugged West Texas plains, they soon become targets of Indian raids. They are determined to defend their homeland while their men fight in the Civil War.
11) Alice
Language
English
Description
Jack gives a rare family ring to Alice, even though he barely knows her. Soon after, Jack is kidnapped and Alice is confronted by a stranger known as the White Rabbit, who entices her to follow him through the liquid glass of an ornate mirror. Here she lands in Wonderland, an outlandish underground city of twisted towers and staircases. Discovering the ring controls the looking glass, and is the key to the power of the Queen of Hearts, Alice must...
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In the first century A.D., Flavius Silva, commander of the Roman Tenth Legion in Palestine, leads his forces in combat against the remaining Jewish Zealots who have taken refuge in the seemingly impregnable fortress of Masada. There, the engineering and military might of Rome faces the passion and ingenuity of Eleazer ben Yair and his people.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Provided is a personal portrait of Robert Kennedy, who was one of the most controversial men of the century. Featured are the turbulent times in which he lived including the fight for civil rights, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the American entry into Vietnam, and how the eventual protest against it were all shaped by Bobby Kennedy.
16) Roots
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
An six part series, which chronicles a black man's search for his heritage and reveals an epic panorama of America's past.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
This television adaptation features Lauren Lee Smith as the 19-year-old schoolteacher who flounders and perseveres in an isolated mountain community in the early 1900s. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Great Smokey Mountains, this 89-minute film begins with an elderly Christy returning to the long-abandoned mission where she once taught. Her memories center around a time when change was coming to Cutter Gap--some for the better, some not,...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jonathan Pine is working as the night manager of a Cairo hotel. He gets involved with a local woman who is the girlfriend of a local gangster. Through her relationship with the gangster she has acquired information linking illegal international arms sales with an English billionaire.
19) Neverland
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A young lad named Peter and his streetwise gang are mysteriously transported from turn-of-the-century London into an enchanting parallel world where time stands still and an adventure awaits like nothing ever before. In Neverland, no one ever ages and lost souls have been plucked out of time. The lost boys are soon caught in a war with the man who will become Captain Hook and change the fate of the mystical land forever.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Examines the natural wonders of six continents (including Mount Everest's Khumbu Icefall, the Amazon, the Grand Canyon, Victoria Falls, the Camargue, and ocean reefs), focusing on how the natural features of each locale affects the life and culture of its inhabitants.
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