Stephen Walker
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet Union's most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile--originally designed to carry a nuclear warhead--and blasts into the skies. His name is Yuri Gagarin. And he is about to make history. Travelling at almost 18,000 miles per hour--ten times faster than a rifle bullet--Gagarin circles the globe in just 106 minutes. From his windows he sees the earth as nobody has before, crossing...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Chronicles the intensely personal war between wartime Rome's Nazi SS Chief Herbert Kappler and the Vatican's Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, a fiercely fought rivalry that culminated in Kappler attempting to kidnap and murder is Irish opponent, who was determined to fight Rome's Nazi rulers."--Jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The story of the bombing of Hiroshima presented in a new and dramatic way: a minute-by-minute account told from multiple perspectives, both in the air and on the ground
British feature and documentary director Stephen Walker tells the story of the bombing of Hiroshima in a way only a filmmaker can-not as a dry history of the sad, regrettable, mission, but as an immediate and perilous drama. Walker has extensively interviewed American soldiers, Los...
5) Rosa's bus
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The story of an ordinary bus... until a woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat which became a pivotal event in the Civil Rights movement. Follows the bus's history from the streets of Montgomery to the Henry Ford Museum.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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Young at Heart Chorus is based in Northampton, Massachusetts. See the final weeks of rehearsal for the group, whose average age is 81 and many of whom must overcome health adversities to participate. Their music is unexpected, going against the stereotype of their age group, performing songs that range from James Brown to Coldplay. The group has toured Europe and sung for royalty. Now they are focusing on preparing new songs, not an easy endeavor,...
Author
Publisher
Wydawnictwo Poznańskie
Pub. Date
©2023.
Language
Polish
Description
Jest rok 1961. Szczytowy okres zimnej wojny. 12 kwietnia o godzinie 09:07 młody Rosjanin siedzi w maleńkiej kapsule na szczycie najpotężniejszego międzykontynentalnego pocisku balistycznego Związku Radzieckiego i wystrzeliwuje w przestworza. Nazywa się Jurij Gagarin i zamierza na trwale zapisać się w historii. Podróżując z prędkością prawie dziesięć razy większą niż pocisk z karabinu, okrąża kulę ziemską w zaledwie 106 minut....
Publisher
Pure Flix Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The Book of Ruth, is a triumphant love story in the face of adversity. This selfless journey of love and devotion is seen through the eyes of a young widow. Choosing to leave her homeland of Moab, she follows her mother-in-law Naomi to Israel after the death of her husband. Upon reaching Bethlehem, she meets and marries a man named Boaz, who is of the Royal House of Judah. This chain of seemingly unrelated events, sets the stage for the future kings...
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Through dramatic reconstruction, eyewitness accounts, and archive footage, each episode pieces together the stories of the moments in history - human tragedies, scientific breakthroughs, and calamitous events that have profoundly affected the world.
10) Meet Rosa Parks
Author
Publisher
Ideals Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Profiles the African American woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a bus boycott.
12) Repo virtual
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Language
English
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Description
"The city of Neo Songdo is a Russian doll of realities -- augmented and virtual spaces anchored in the weight of the real. The smart city is designed to be read by machine vision while people see only the augmented facade of the corporate ideal. At night the stars are obscured by an intergalactic virtual war being waged by millions of players, while on the streets below people are forced to beg, steal, and hustle to survive. Enter Julius Dax, online...