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Publisher
Grizzly Adams Productions
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A docu-drama answering questions raised by Dan Brown's novel, The Da Vinci Code, through interviews with authors and experts in theology, archaeology, art history, philosophy, and science, and reaffirming the reliability of New Testament Christianity.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the complex swimming pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.
Publisher
Reality Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008?]
Language
English
Description
Sherlock Holmes is probably the most famous detective in the world. From secret societies to the occult, from peer pressure to inner turmoil, this is a story of such depth that it will speak to one and all. This film uncovers the dark secrets of Doyle.
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
This course explores six themes that every one of us has experienced or will experience: the unconquerable human spirit; youth, old age, and all that is between; romance and love; adventure and courage; laughter and irony; and patriotism.
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Concepts developed in Philip Pullman's book The Golden Compass are discussed and analyzed. Includes an exclusive interview with Philip Pullman, in-depth interviews with experts of history and literature, re-enactments shot in the story's actual locations, and more.
Series
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Walter Sparrow receives a book for his birthday from his wife, Agatha. The first words he reads changes his once placid existence into a whirlpool of psychological torture and mayhem. The book is a chilling murder mystery that seems to mirror Walter's life in dark and uncontrollable ways. The book's main character is a brooding detective named Fingerling who seems to copy Walter's own history. As the book comes to life, Walter becomes fascinated by...
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An exploration of seminal writer James Joyce's native city, discovering the influences and settings for his life and work. It presents an interweaving picture, focusing on Joyce's family and their situation and his social and religious environment. It contrasts the physical city that he knew with the city of his writings, through the eyes of Ulysses characters Leopold Bloom and his women, from Molly Bloom to Anna Livia Plurabella.
Publisher
Bio. the Biography Channel Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009?]
Language
English
Description
The life of the world's most famous detective is examined side-by-side with that of his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes' greatest cases, his most brilliant deductions, and his notorious weaknesses are featured along with Doyle's own tale of how Jack the Ripper helped boost sales of the first Sherlock Holmes story ever published.
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Join Whyatt Beanstalk and the Super Readers for some fun-filled, interactive adventures set in classic fairy tales as they save the day by searching for Super Letters and practicing key reading skills including letter identification, word decoding, spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension.
17) Inkheart
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When Mo Folchart reads a story aloud, the characters leap off the page. Literally. And that's a problem. One night he brings out three characters from Inkheart, a story set in medieval times and filled with magical beings. Capricorn and Basta are two villains. Dustfinger is a fire-eater. Now, 10 years later Mo's daughter, Meggie, discovers the truth and it's up to her to escape Capricorn's evil grasp. Mo has been searching for a long lost book that...
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
A look at the life and work of the Russian-born author, from her childhood and escape from Soviet Russia, to her struggle to obtain recognition as an author. The documentary includes interviews, film footage, and an original film-noir scene from her 1934 play "Ideal."
Publisher
Doc Workers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A documentary that delves into the experience of war through powerful images and the words of poets -- unknown and world famous. Soldiers, journalists, historians and experts on combat interviewed in Voices in Wartime add diverse perspectives on war's effects on soldiers, civilians and society. Also included is Beyond wartime, a documentary short composed of a set of interviews with people who are working to heal the wounds of war, exploring the questions...
20) Beowulf
Publisher
Koch Vision [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Old English
Description
Story of King Hrothgar, the monster Grendal and the hero Beowulf, one of Europe's greatest epics. Anglo-Saxon epic, lines 1-1062.