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1) The Exiles
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Language
English
Description
Documentary filmmaker, Christine Choy, tracks down three exiled dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre in order to find closure on an abandoned project she began shooting in 1989.
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Language
English
Description
A Film by Academy Award© Nominated Director Josh Aronson. The thrilling story of how one man helped save Europe's premiere Jewish musicians from obliteration by the Nazis. In the early 1930's Hitler began firing Jewish musicians across Europe. Overcoming extraordinary obstacles, violinist Bronislaw Huberman moved these great musicians to Palestine and formed a symphony that would become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. With courage, resourcefulness...
3) Thor
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When the arrogant warrior Thor is banished to Earth from his homeworld of Asgard, he must fight to reclaim his lost powers. Pursued by an invasion force sent to destroy him, the fallen god of thunder must rise to the battle and learn what it takes to become a true hero.
4) Enchanted
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Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
For princess-to-be Giselle, life is a fairy tale--until she's banished from the animated land of Andalasia and thrust into the very unmagical, "real" world of modern-day Manhattan. When a cynical lawyer comes to Giselle's aid, little does he know that this joyful, wide-eyed innocent is about to enchant him.
5) Exile
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Language
English
Description
The children of isolated desert town Sunderland face an all-consuming choice. They can attend school to learn the teachings of The Angel, an extraterrestrial being that arrived 10 years ago, and 'Evolve' like their parents who were turned into mindless drones, or be exiled to the wasteland.
6) Exile
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Language
English
Description
Just prior to his release from prison, Ted Evans receives a threat from the man whose family he killed in a DUI - 'if you make contact with your family, I'll kill them'. Believing that the danger is real, Ted exiles himself to a reclusive life to protect his family. However, Ted's wife Sara knows the threat is merely a manifestation of her husband's profound guilt. Determined to rebuild their family, Sara tracks Ted down to confront him with hard...
7) Exiled
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Language
Cantonese
Description
Two hitmen from Hong Kong are in search of a renegade who has changed his life and now has a family, while two of their former associates are on their trail, looking to stop their plan at all costs. Bonus features include behind-the-scenes footage.
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English
Description
Imprisoned, John, the last living disciple of Jesus' twelve, remains full of humor, strong in spirit, and obstinately spry. Through his eyes we relive the moving events in which Jesus Christ changed the course of human history. Emmy award winning director, Dan Curtis directs St. John in Exile with great skill and awesome power.
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Nancy Drew volume 4
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English
Description
Nancy, George, and Bess join forces with a movie star to ensure the safe arrival in Norht America of the Patanses religious leader, the Lama Shamdas.
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Dead Zone volume 11
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English
Description
In jail for a crime he didn't commit, Johnny risks everything to run from the law and try to prevent his psychic friend Alex Sinclair from being murdered.
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Finding Your Roots volume 3
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English
Description
Henry Louis Gates explores the poignant roots of chef David Chang and actor Raúl Esparza-two men whose families fled their homelands to live in exile, never to return. From war-torn cities in North Korea to shark-infested waters off the shores of Cuba, Gates sets off to recover the stories of individuals who came to America against all odds and built a better life for themselves.
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Family Affair volume 18
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English
Description
Buffy & Jody make a new friend with Johnnie. Johnnie and his mother are hiding from militants who are interested in finding their father.
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Series
Great Courses volume 8
Language
English
Description
In 539 B.C.E., after the Babylonians were subsumed by the Persian Empire, the exiled Judeans were allowed to return to Jerusalem. So what happened next? Find out with this penetrating look at the Persian administration of the Holy Land, the influence of Ezra and Nehemiah, and the birth of early Judaism.
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Great Courses volume 18
Language
English
Description
2 Kings, Lamentations, Habakkuk In 587 BC, the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem. Explore the trauma of this cataclysmic moment through three biblical books: 2 Kings, which tries to explain the events of the loss of Jerusalem; Lamentations, which gives voice to the anger and grief of exile; and Habakkuk, which helps us come to terms with life's unanswered questions.
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Great Music of the 20th Century volume 16
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English
Description
Trace Schoenberg's period of great creative output and professional flowering in the late 1920s - years which coincided with the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany. Following Schoenberg's self-exile to the United States, take note of his efforts on behalf of European Jews, and study two war-inspired masterworks; his Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte and A Survivor from Warsaw.
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For The Life Of The World volume 1
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English
Description
Does your faith cause you to hide, overpower, or blend into your surroundings? The twists and turns of culture can leave us a little confused. Actor-Writer Evan Koons calls on friends Stephen Grabill, Amy Sherman, and Dwight Gibson to investigate the bigger picture of our faith and the purpose of our daily lives on earth. Together they look through a new lens to discover something often forgotten: we are not home yet. This new, and old, perspective...
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Great Courses volume 12
Language
English
Description
Discover the golden age of Cordoba as a global center of education and culture. Learn how the displaced Umayyad caliphate established a kingdom in exile in Cordoba, whose rulers oversaw remarkable advancements in lifestyle and manners, magnificent architecture and urban development, and the cultivation of the best available Muslim, Christian, and Jewish scholarship.
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Series
Great Courses volume 20
Language
English
Description
Ezra, Nehemiah, Jonah What did it mean to be Jewish after the Babylonian Exile? Professor Koester examines biblical books that offer differing perspectives. On one end: Ezra and Nehemiah, which define Israel by the temple, Jewish law, and Jerusalem. On the other: Jonah, where Israel's identity is defined by the way it relates to the other peoples around it.
20) The lion king
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English
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Description
Simba begins life as an honored prince, son of the powerful King Mufasa. The cub's happy childhood turns tragic when his evil uncle Scar murders Mufasa and drives Simba away from the kingdom. In exile, the young lion befriends the comically bumbling pair of Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the meerkat and lives a carefree jungle life. As he approaches adulthood, however, he is visited by the spirit of his father, who instructs him to defeat the nefarious...
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