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Series
Publisher
Preschool Prep Company
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A new reader finds sight words very frustrating until they are memorized. A good reader will be able to instantly recognize sight words without having to 'figure them out.' Many words don't follow basic decoding rules and are taught in pre-k and kindergarten classrooms as "sight words."
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Part 1 begins in ancient Beijing, the exotic setting of Giacomo Puccini's Turandot. Here viewers are exposed to opera's unique incorporation of soliloquy, dialogue, scenery, action, and continuous music into an expressive whole that is far greater than the sum of its parts. Prof. Greenberg shows how the ancient Greeks used music in their dramas and how vocal and instrumental music gradually came together in the Western world to make opera possible,...
6) Paulie
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Paulie, an intelligent parrot who actually talks, relates the story of his struggle to a Russian immigrant who works as a janitor at the research institute where he is housed and neglected.
7) Our friend
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Journalist Matt, his vibrant wife Nicole and their two young daughters, have their lives upended by Nicole's heartbreaking diagnosis of terminal cancer. As Matt's responsibilities as caretaker and parent become increasingly overwhelming, the couple's best friend Dane Faucheux offers to come and help out. As Dane puts his life on hold to stay with his friends, the impact of this life-altering decision proves greater and more profound than anyone could...
8) The prophet
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Set in a Mediterranean sea-side village, Kamila cleans house for exiled artist and poet Mustafa, but the more difficult job is keeping her free-spirited young daughter, Almitra, out of trouble. The three embark on a journey meant to end with Mustafa's return home, but first they must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in his words will incite rebellion.
Publisher
Distributed by Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
עברית
Description
For many Israelis, the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 marked a grim turning point for their country. In the words of the commission set up to investigate the murder, "Israeli society [would] never be the same again. As a democracy, political assassination was not part of our culture." In the eyes of even more people, the murder ended all hope for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process through the Oslo Accords and altered the...
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
日本語
Formats
Description
Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He's good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time hanging out in the all-powerful, online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has--until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake fiancé at her family reunion. Things only get stranger from there. A late-night email containing a cryptic mathematic riddle leads to the unleashing of a rogue AI intent...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Santa Claus conquers the Martians: Martians kidnap Santa and two children. Upon returning to Mars, Santa and the children convert the Martian children to unstoppable Yuletide joy.
The littlest angel: Musical adaptation of the popular Christmas story by Charles Tazewell about a little angel who earns his wings only after he learns that the spirit of giving is really more important than the gift itself.
Scrooge: British film version of Charles Dickens'...