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1) Wonder Woman
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Diana, princess of the Amazons was trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers, and her true destiny.
2) Wonder Park
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
One magical day, June is running through the woods to find her way home where she discovers an old rollercoaster car and climbs inside. She suddenly finds herself in Wonderland, an amusement park she had created in her mind and put aside. All of her rides and characters are brought to life but are falling into disarray without her. Now, with the help of her fun and lovable park characters, June will have to put the wonder back in Wonderland before...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Have you ever wondered how we can be sure that grocery store scales and gas station meters can always be correct? Find out on this in depth episode how the County of Orange regulates Have you ever wondered how we can be sure that grocery store scales and gas station meters can always be correct? Find out on this in depth episode how the County of Orange regulates weights and measures.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Visit a region of Virginia and Maryland where you can experience more than 400 years of American history, including the Jamestown settlement and the battle of Yorktown. In addition, learn about the unspoiled natural wonders you can find at places like Assateague State Park and the Great Dismal Swamp.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Thai
Description
Aditya Assarat's "delicate, delightful, and nearly note-perfect debut feature" (Salon. com). An architect from Bangkok pulls up to a motel in a nearby ghost town of deserted streets. His obscured past finds symmetry in the repressed history of the girl he meets and pursues.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Mr. Magorium owns the most amazing store in the world, where all the toys literally come to life. When the boss decides to retire, the shop throws a tantrum, and all its wonders begin to cease. Now Mr. Magorium's reluctant manager, skeptical accountant, and most loyal customer must work together to save the emporium by finding a little magic within themselves.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
When a group of rich 20-somethings get stuck at a remote family mansion during a hurricane, a party game ends with a dead body on the ground and fingers pointed everywhere. As they try to find the killer among them, fake friends and real enemies have to learn who to trust—and how to survive—in this fresh and funny Gen-Z meltdown.
Publisher
Teachers Documentary Project
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Jodie Foster narrates this chronicle of six former upper-middle class women who had it all, lost it all, and became the hidden homeless. You won't see them on street corners, hands held out for change. At first glance you would not even realize that they are women without homes. They are clean, educated, well-groomed and articulate. IT WAS A WONDERFUL LIFE follows their struggle to survive, one day at a time, and find a place for themselves in a society...
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Shortly after moving into their newly finished dream house, Alice's partner, Harry, dies from falling down the stairs. Harry designed the house himself, so it's weird, wonderful, and impractical, and one more disorientation for Alice to endure along with her sense of loss and abandonment. Her beloved partner of twenty years is gone, and now she can't even find the fridge. To add to her problems, Alice discovers that Harry had a habit of hiding stuff...
13) Meteorology: An Introduction to the Wonders of the Weather: Episode 6,Sea Breezes and Santa Anas
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Gain an understanding of how wind works as you explore the way temperature and pressure drive sea breezes during the day and land breezes at night. Then apply these findings to a dramatic wind condition, the famous Santa Ana winds of California.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Get a taste of what you can expect from a state park road trip through the southern Appalachians. Mr. Yogerst reveals the scenic jewels you can find within Alabama’s DeSoto State Park, northwest Georgia’s Fort Mountain, northeast Georgia’s Tullulah Gorge (the “Grand Canyon of the South”), and South Carolina’s Mountain Bridge.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Despite all their knowledge and tools, scientists cannot make perfect predictions. Find out why, using the example of Hurricane Rita in 2005, and explore the deep complexity of weather and climate that makes the subject of meteorology one that continues to fascinate.
16) The wizard of Oz
Series
Essential classics. Family films volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dorothy Gale lives with her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry. She has a pet dog named Toto. When Miss Gulch takes Toto away, Toto escapes and runs back to Dorothy. Soon, she runs away from home, and runs into the fake psychic, Professor Marvel. He tells Dorothy that Her Auntie Em is sick, so Dorothy and Toto run back home, but a tornado comes and takes Dorothy and Toto to Oz, a place somewhere over the rainbow. She lands in Munchkinland. Her house accidently...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Why do cold and warm fronts exist? Can you dig a well so deep you cannot pump water from it? Find the answer to these and other questions as you explore three key concepts of weather—temperature, pressure, and density—and the equation that sums up their relationship: the ideal gas law.
18) The Wonders
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A family of beekeepers living in stark isolation in the Tuscan countryside are disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenaged boy taken in as a farmhand and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family. Both intrusions are of particular interest to the eldest daughter, Gelsomina (Maria Alexandra Lungu), who is struggling to find her footing in the world...Awards:.Grand Jury Prize - Cannes Film Festival.Cannes Award - International...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Cinderella stories go back 7000 years, and Mah Pishani is possibly one of the oldest. This Iranian story provides a very different take on the same themes you've become familiar with. Unlike the bickering evil step-sisters, this version is about finding connection with family and community - in particular among women - and about love that stretches beyond the grave.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Hear the story of "The Town Musicians of Bremen" - a tale that has been so prolific and retold through so many forms of art that in Bremen you can find a statue to the storied animals. Dr. Harvey also looks at how various cultures such as Germany, India, and the Netherlands both treated and depicted older characters. She concludes with a "Japanese Wisdom Tale."
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