Rosalind Chao
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English
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Every mother longs for the love of her daughter and to break through the barriers that often stand in the way of understanding each other. Every daughter dreams of earning the affection and approval of her mother and to feel that there is something of value to be shared between them. This is the story of four remarkable women whose extraordinary lives are filled with love and tragedy, richness and magic, and who are sustained by the hopes and dreams...
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"With the scope of Dune and the commercial action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multple-award-winning phenemonenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the...
3) Plus one
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"Long-time friends Alice and Ben find themselves in that inevitable year that all late twenty-somethings experience, in which seemingly every person they know gets married, and agree to be one another's plus ones as they power through an endless parade of insufferable weddings"--Container.
Publisher
Polygram Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Four years after Chris and Annie Nielsen lose their children in a traffic accident, Chris himself is killed and finds himself reunited with his children in a beautiful and astonishing afterlife, but Annie commits suicide in despair and is banished to a very different realm. Chris risks his own eternal happiness to find Annie and rescue her from her fate.
Publisher
Trinity Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Recounts the true story of the last American commercial flight out of Saigon before the city fell to the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in 1975. In an atmosphere of chaos, panic and terror, Pan Am employees rescued 463 American and Vietnamese employees, family members and orphans.
8) Nanking
Publisher
Thinkfilm, LLC
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
Tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China in the early days of World War II and focuses on the efforts of a small group of unarmed Westerners who established a Safety Zone where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge. Told through deeply moving interviews with Chinese survivors, archival footage, and chilling testimonies of Japanese soldiers, interwoven with staged readings of the Westerners' letters and diaries.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Doctor Chris Nelson meets his true soulmate Annie, marries her, and has two children. The children die in a car accident and Chris dies four years later. In the afterlife, he searches for his wife, who committed suicide.
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Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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True story of Lalu Nathoy, a young Chinese woman sold to bandits for two sacks of seed. She's later smuggled to San Francisco and sold to a saloon owner who renames her 'China Polly' and puts her to work in his saloon/brothel in Warren, Idaho. She works hard and is eventually able to buy her freedom after meeting Charlie Bemis. Charlie changes her life for the better and together they help settle the Idaho Territory along the Salmon River