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Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro-Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk's life's passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and to bring to light the achievements of people of African descent throughout the ages. When Schomburg's collection became so big that it began to overflow his house (and his wife threatened to mutiny), he turned...
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While driving to his family's country house, Dr. Bill Cortner (Jason Evers) and his fiancé, Jan Compton (Virginia Leith), get into a horrible car accident, leaving Jan decapitated. An expert in transplants, Dr. Cortner rushes to his lab with Jan's severed head and searches for a way to save his fiancée. Keeping her head alive in a liquid-filled tray, Dr. Cortner searches for a woman to murder in the hope that he may transplant Jan's head onto a...
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As more urban adventurers seek outdoor recreational thrills than ever before, search-and-rescue teams are pushed to the limit trying to save those adventurers from the elements - and from themselves. GPS technology and the assumption that help is just a cell-phone call away have changed the way amateur adventurers play, but the rescue system is chronically underfunded and struggles to keep up with the new demand. To The Rescue goes behind-the-scenes...
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Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn't he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty-and fun-in their routine and the world around them. This energetic ride through a bustling city highlights...
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Philadelphia was one of the main entry ports for immigrants to America in the 18th century. Paul and Nick meet Drew McGinty and Joyce Alexander, the founder of the Center for Ulster-Scots Studies. Our chefs try to cook an Ulster-Scots meal, but keep being seduced by Italian fare.
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Iggy has one passion: building. His parents are proud of his fabulous creations, even though they're sometimes surprised by his materials-who could forget the tower he built out of dirty diapers? When his second-grade teacher declares her dislike of architecture, Iggy faces a challenge. He loves building too much to give it up! Andrea Beaty's irresistible rhyming will charm creative kids everywhere and will amuse their sometimes bewildered parents....
9) Abilene Town
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In this dramatic antebellum tale, homesteaders battle each other in the legendary cow town of Abilene, Kansas. Director Edwin L. Marin (Tall in the Saddle) coaxes fine performances from the likes of Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Thonda Fleming, Lloyd Bridges, and Randolph Scott, who headlines the star-studded cast, so saddle up and hang on!
10) Lady Cocoa
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Foxy Lady Cocoa is out to take down her mobster boyfriend, but his thugs plan to stop her from testifying against him. With a cast that includes Lola Falana and former NFL star Mean Joe Greene, director Matt Cimber (The Black 6; Butterfly) creates a stirring piece of street action for lovers of the Blaxploitation era.
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Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her Great-Great-Aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal-to fly-Rosie sets to work building a contraption to make her aunt's dream come true. But when her contraption doesn't fly but rather hovers for a moment and then crashes, Rosie deems the invention a failure....
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Inside Lyndey's Kitchen volume 2
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Lyndey uses her signature streamlined style to teach lessons in the kitchen from the most rudimentary level.
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Princess Penelope lives in a beautiful palace with a closet full of beautiful dresses. But being a princess is much much more than beauty. In fact, every morning Princess Penelope runs right past her frilly dresses to choose from her beloved collection of pants! What she wears each day depends on what job she has to do. Will she command the royal air force sporting her sequined flight suit? Will she find her zen in her yoga pants and favorite tee?...
14) Gung Ho!
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The newly formed second Marine Raider Battalion face a frightening first mission during the early days of WWII: to rout the much larger Japanese garrison on Makin Island. Gritty and realistic, Gung Ho! relies on actual combat footage and a cast of reliable Hollywood tough guys, including Randolph Scott as Col. Thorwald, Noah Beery Jr. as Cpl. Kurt Richter, and a young Robert Mitchum in one of his earliest roles as the swaggering Pig-Iron Matthews!...
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One of the most well-known films from director Roger Corman, A Bucket of Blood tells the story of Walter Paisley (Dick Miller), a man who, after accidentally killing his landlady's cat and covering the body in plaster to hide the evidence, is acclaimed as a brilliant sculptor. Walter finds himself resorting to the same methods to produce new work, and soon people start mysteriously disappearing. Not wanting to direct another conventional horror flick,...
16) Tulsa
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Susan Hayward stars in this dramatic tale of the Oklahoma oil boom. She plays Cherokee Lansing, a determined young woman out to protect her father's honor after he's killed by men from a competing oil company. With a cast that includes Robert Preston, Ed Begley, Pedro Armendariz, and veteran character-actor Chill Wills as the narrator, this engaging picture from producer Walter Wanger (Cleopatra, I Want to Live!) was nominated for an Academy Award...
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John Wayne stars as Ted Hayden, a tough hombre who goes undercover to join a gang led by a heartless fiend known only as Mr. Gentry (Lloyd Whitlock). Gentry is out to take over a ranch belonging to one of Hayden's friends, but, as Hayden soon finds out, Gentry has a lot more than that up his sleeve!
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A crucial lesson is delivered in this gentle tale about the importance of not letting strangers into school - even if that stranger is just a furry puppy! Author Becky Coyle learned firsthand how a child's trusting innocence can put them in danger in her role as an elementary-school resource officer, and she was inspired to create this School Safety series to explain school safety to young children in a fun and engaging way.
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George Washington crossed the Delaware. Abraham Lincoln saved the Union. President William Howard Taft, a man of great stature-well, he got stuck in the tub. But how did he get unstuck? In this larger-than-life tale of a presidential mishap, a parade of clueless cabinet members advise the exasperated president on just that!
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It's Valentine's Day, and on the farm that means a Valentine's party. Little Duck is wildly excited. She hangs balloons, streamers, sparkling lights, and hearts everywhere, and she hand-makes a valentine for everyone. On top of a hill, a little fox hears the music from the party and follows Little Duck's many decorations to the barn...but foxes are not at all welcome on farms. The chickens stop dancing. The sheep stop dancing. The pigs stop dancing....