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Just in time for the 50th anniversary of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe comes the only picture-book adaptation of the most popular and best-selling title in The Chronicles of Narnia. Younger readers can now take the first of many trips to Narnia in a brand-new edition of the story that has enchanted millions. Beautifully evocative art by renowned British illustrator Christian Birmingham complements this carefully abridged text of one of the...
3) The great big book of horrible things: the definitive chronicle of history's 100 worst atrocities
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W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2012
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Evangelists of human progress meet their opposite in Matthew White's epic examination of history's one hundred most violent events, or, in White's piquant phrasing, "the numbers that people want to argue about." Reaching back to 480 BCE's second Persian War, White moves chronologically through history to this century's war in the Congo and devotes chapters to each event, where he surrounds hard facts (time and place) and succinct takeaways (who usually...
7) The blind
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Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Set in the 1960s South and shot on location in Louisiana, THE BLIND shares never-before-revealed aspects of Phil Robertson's life as he seeks to conquer the shame of his past, addiction, and complicated family dynamics, ultimately finding redemption in an unlikely place. "It was important to us that the film be real," said Willie Robertson, Phil's son. "The transformation of Phil proves that anyone can change and that there is always hope."
9) Max and me
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BayView Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
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A one-of-a-kind coming-of-age story about an awkward teenage boy who falls in love with the girl next door, only to discover that she passed away the year before from cystic fibrosis.
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MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2006
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Takes a look at he various theories that surround the assassination of John Kennedy. The video includes the Zapruder film, interviews with many people who knew and worked with Kennedy, and a variety of rare images including Lyndon Johnson on camera discussing the possibility of a conspiracy. It also attempts to explain the tragedy within the context of the existing U.S. political ans cultural climate, and the global context of the Cold War.
