Stockard Channing
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[Ramona Quimby series] volume 2
Language
English
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Ramona meets lots of interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.
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Series
[Ramona Quimby series] volume 6
Language
English
Description
Ramona's job is to be nice to fussy Mrs. Kemp, who watches her while her mother works.
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Series
[Ramona Quimby series] volume 8
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of nine-year-old Ramona at home with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta, and at school in Mrs. Meacham's class.
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Series
[Ramona Quimby series] volume 5
Language
English
Description
Ramona at 7 & 1/2 sometimes feels discriminated against by being the youngest in the family.
Author
Series
[Ramona Quimby series] volume 3
Language
English
Description
Six-year-old Ramona tries to cope with an unsympathetic first-grade teacher.
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English
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Have you ever thought about being President of the United States? There are good things and bad things about the job. One good thing is you get to live in a giant house with a movie theater, swimming pool, and even a bowling alley! But on the other hand, sometimes people don't like Presidents. Once, somebody was so angry he threw a cabbage at President William Howard Taft. Are you smart enough to be President? Thomas Jefferson was an expert on politics,...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Presents archaeological scholarship from the Holy Land to explore the beginnings of modern religion and the origins of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament. This archaeological detective story tackles some of the biggest questions in biblical studies: Where did the ancient Israelites come from? Who wrote the Bible, when, and why? How did the worship of one God--the foundation of modern Judaism, Christianity, and Islam--emerge?
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the contemporary aspects of this utopian community in Chautauqua, New York. After a brief history the program focuses on what goes on at Chautauqua today, including a tremendous artistic community, spiritual aspects, recreation, and the daily dose of educational/intellectual lectures attended by thousands of people in a large semi-outdoor amphitheater.
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Viola Liuzzo, a 39-year-old wife and mother of five, was the only white woman killed during the civil rights movement. Narrated by Stockard Channing, Paola di Florio's powerful and poignant documentary tells Liuzzo's tragic story
Publisher
Fox Lorber CentreStage
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Man Ray is the quintessential modernist figure: photographer, painter, object maker and collagist, filmmaker and printmaker, poet, essayist and philosopher. Born Emanuel Radnitsky in 1890, he went on to become the leader of the "American avant-garde" and the most enigmatic of the Dada-Surrealists who transformed the Paris art world during the ferment of the 1920s and beyond. This profile follows the creative genius from his youth in Brooklyn to his...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
The story of a down-on-her-luck Southern teen who, after gaining 15 minutes of fame for giving birth to "The Wal-Mart baby", begins to put her life together with the help of the kind, quirky strangers who become her surrogate family.
15) Ramona forever
Author
Series
[Ramona Quimby series] volume 7
Language
English
Description
Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich uncle, a change in her after-school situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.
16) Practical magic
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
Sally and Gillian Owens, sisters hexed by a centuries-old curse--and coping with a witches brew of events involving a possible love match for one, a zombie for the other and a need to resume the age-old witchcraft taught by two doting aunts.
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Explores the fact behind the fiction of the Kennedy family. John F. Kennedy's use of mass media to project the desired image. The public vs. private life of wife Jackie. The role played by brother Bobby. Features archival material and interviews with former Whitehouse photographers, journalists and historians.
18) Without a trace
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Six-year-old Alex Selky waved goodbye to his mother one morning and disappeared. During the search for her vanished son, Alex's mother is temporarily reunited with her estranged husband, but he then leaves her terrifyingly alone. Her faith and courage and a cop's devotion beyond the line of duty result in the finding of her son.
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
THROUGH DEAF EYES explores nearly 200 years of Deaf life in America. The film presents the shared experiences of American history—family life, education, work, and community connections—from the perspective of deaf citizens, and showcases a broad range of perspectives on what it means to be deaf. The film is propelled by the stories of people, both eminent and ordinary, and sheds light on events that have shaped Deaf lives. Interviews include...