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Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
This lecture series teaches you the basics of what you need to know to interact effectively with people from different cultures. Whether traveling internationally, working across borders, or interacting with culturally diverse people in your own neighborhood, you will learn how to more effectively adapt to the customs you encounter near and far.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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Description
In this inspired, genre-twisting film, Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who's telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets behind a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions.
3) Project nim
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The story of Nim, the chimpanzee who became the focus of a landmark 1970s experiment to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. But as Nim's natural instincts take over and the humans trusted with his well-being fail to protect him, Project Nim uncovers the unflinching and extraordinary journey of one animal thrust into human society.
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Estonian
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Description
Women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences inside an Estonian smoke sauna. Cleansing their bodies and baring their souls, they embrace the healing power of sisterhood. Anna Hints' Sundance-winning documentary celebrates the centuries-old smoke sauna tradition, recognized on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Blythe and the pets love to make new friends, and those friends can take all shapes and sizes! Join Blythe and the pets as they babysit a curious kitten, befriend a genial spider and meet another fashion-minded girl. The adventures come to an exciting climax with a two-part special where Blythe's dream of holding a Pet Fest finally comes true!
Publisher
Everyday ASL Productions
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Common Expressions in American Sign Language, Vol. 2 is a sequel to the very popular volume 1, where every viewer will get to learn how to express common phrases, sentences and idioms in American Sign Language (ASL). You will learn over 120 NEW complete English sentences and idioms in ASL about everyday life"--Publishers description.
Publisher
Everyday ASL Productions
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Learn over 50 idioms and phrases in ASL about all facets of everyday life, plus learn how to use these expressions in complete English and ASL sentences. Examples of idioms and phrases include: actions speak louder than words, beat around the bush, disappear into thin air, good enough for, labeled as, swallow one's pride, venting out, and much more. Also includes bloopers & gag reel.
Series
Publisher
Shout! Kids
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It takes work to be great friends, and sometimes even the best of friends have disagreements. ButBlythe and the pets of the Littles Pet Shop will always work together to make things right. Join Blythe and the pets as they help Sunil and Vinnie overcome a falling out, convince the Biskit twins to keep aset of chinchillas, deal with a competitive aunt and more.
12) Buck
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Description
A Sundance award-winning film, documenting the heartwarming triumphs of real life "horse whisperer" & cowboy Buck Brannaman & his transformative approach to horse training.
13) Arrival
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
When mysterious spacecraft touch down around the world, a team, including linguist Louise Banks, is brought together to investigate. As humankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers, and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The promise of Facebook was to create a more open and connected world. But from the company's failure to protect millions of users' data, to the proliferation of "fake news" and disinformation, mounting crises have raised the question: Is Facebook more harmful than helpful?
Author
Series
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
This course provides a theoretical and practical survey of the ideas behind and the practices of effective communication. It helps you become aware of the automatic processes involved that influence every day talk, of how face-to-face talk really works in the most common three recognized modes: connect talk, control talk, and dialogue talk. Effectiveness is measured by three things: getting what one wants, being understood from our point of view,...
16) Okja
Series
Criterion collection volume 1133
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Korean
Description
Mija is a South Korean girl growing up on an Edenic mountainside with her grandfather and best friend: Okja, a giant, empathetic "super pig" created as part of a secret GMO experiment. When Okja is abruptly torn away from her, Mija embarks on a perilous rescue mission that places her at the center of a sinister corporate conspiracy. While Bong's trademark virtuosic set-pieces dazzle, Okja's beating heart is the connection between a girl and her super...
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Recordings of Arlington Information Channel 31's post-9/11 news coverage. This tape includes: 1. Intercultural tolerance roundtable (Intercultural relations and the impact of terrorist attacks) ; 2. Morning press conference 9/20/01 ; 3. Afternoon press conference 9/20/01 ; 4. Aachen Germany (Sister city) video ; 5. Ceremony transferring control of Pentagon (crash site to FBI) (part 1) 9/21/01.
20) Western
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Deutsch
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Description
An intense, slow-burning thriller, this film follows a group of German construction workers installing a hydroelectric plant in remote rural Bulgaria. The foreign land awakens the men's sense of adventure, but tensions mount when, Meinhard, the strong, silent, and newcomer to the group, starts mixing with the local villagers. The two sides speak different languages and share a troubled history. Can they learn to trust each other, or is the stage being...
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