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1) Fang
Author
Publisher
Rosen Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Surveys the culture, history, and contemporary life of the Fang people of Equitorial Guinea, Gabon, and Cameroon.
Author
Publisher
Partridge
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"We have all heard of stories or even know of intelligent people who have made dumb mistakes or taken outrightly stupid decisions. Intelligent people are expected to be wise, analyze facts, and make rational decisions. Intelligent people are expected to always think things through and reach reasonable conclusions that stand the test of time. Unfortunately, we live in an imperfect world, and the expected is not always what we experience. There are...
4) Benji
Publisher
Distributed by Team Marketing
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1984, 17-year-old Benjamin "Benji" Wilson was a symbol of everything promising about Chicago: a sweet-natured youngster from the city's fabled South Side, and America's top high school basketball prospect. Then, in November of his senior year, his life was abruptly and tragically cut short, sending ripples of horror through the city and the country.
Series
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
There's no place like home: "When University of Kansas superfan Josh Swade discovers Dr. James Naismith's original rules of basketball will be auctioned on December 10, 2010, he embarks upon an ambitious goal: to raise more than $1 million in three weeks. Follow his quest to bring the rules 'back home' to the University of Kansas"--Container.
Benji: "In 1984, 17-year-old Benjamin "Benji" Wilson, Jr. was the first high school player in Chicago's history...
Author
Publisher
Gotham
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"The powerful and inspiring story of an all-American wrestler who defied the odds. Anthony Robles is a three-time all-American wrestler, the 2011 NCAA National Wrestling Champion, and a Nike-sponsored athlete. He was also born without his right leg. Doctors could not explain to his mother, Judy, what led to the birth defect, but at the age of five, the one-legged toddler scaled a six-foot pole unassisted. From that moment on, Judy knew without a doubt...
Publisher
SDS - Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An epic adventure begins when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. Meanwhile, the rest of the world desperately seeks to understand what happened. In the search for answers, one family torn apart by this disaster will have to unlock the...
Publisher
ESPN Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
What started off as a vision from ESPN's Bill Simmons that sports stories still needed to be told in the form of a documentary by some of the greatest filmmakers in the world has turned into ESPN's critically acclaimed 30 for 30 documentary series. Executive produced by Connor Schell, Bill Simmons and John Dahl, ESPN Films 30 for 30 series launched in October 2009 with the premiere of Peter Berg's King's Ransom. Since then, the series has continued...
10) Genesis
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Deep in a subterranean silo, the last remnants of humanity are divided by a caste system that keeps politicians and scientists away from the rabble and crowd. While civilians starve, freeze, and are forced to work in a hazardous, chemically lethal environment above ground, all resources are dedicated to the construction of ABEL: a humanoid life form designed to forage, search, recover, and make contact with any other survivors.
Publisher
Harpervia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Many people in the world today see those who do not look like them, or who speak differently as being separate; as "other." Relations challenges the human illusion of separation, illuminating the connections that link us all as humans, different though equal in every way. In this powerful anthology, new and established storytellers reshape the narratives that restrict and subjugate, revealing the truth of our shared humanity despite differences such...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The end of an era begins as the survivors stranded in the past fight for one last chance to return home in Season Three. After delving deeper into the mysteries of the primeval world, the Harris family must race against time to find Eve. The stakes are higher than ever as they face the most dangerous prehistoric creatures yet -- with one shot to reunite and get back to the world they once knew.