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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"In Kilbane, opinions are plentiful and rarely in alignment. But there's one thing everyone does agree on--the bakery in the old flour mill, just outside town, is the best in County Cork, well worth the short drive and the long lines. No wonder they're about to be featured on a reality baking show. All six contestants in the show are coming to Kilbane to participate, and the town is simmering with excitement... As for the competitors themselves, not...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Super Daniel is always ready to save the day! There are lots of ways for a young tiger like Daniel to be brave and adventurous, such as using his 'super powers' to help out friends and solving problems by coming up with his own solutions. Daniel soon discovers that trying new things and being proud of oneself can make anyone feel like a superhero!
Publisher
NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2015
Language
English
Description
Great penguin race: The Octonauts cheer Peso on as he goes home to compete against an awesomely athletic penguin -- Great Arctic adventures: Peso goes with Barnacles to help his sister and her new polar cubs learn to navigate the harsh conditions of the frozen arctic -- Humpback whale: A humpback whale helps Kwazii track down a treasure chest key.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Melody Gallard may be the daughter of music royalty, but her world is far from glamorous. She spends her days restoring old books and avoiding the limelight (one awkward tabloid photo was enough, thanks). But when a producer offers hera lot of money to reunite her mother’s band on live tv, Mel begins to wonder if it’s time to rattle the cage, shake up her quiet life… and see him again. The only other person who could wrangle the rock and roll...
65) Sex in the Wild
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Presented by anatomist Joy Reidenberg and veterinarian Mark Evans, SEX IN THE WILD is a four part series that explores the reproductive behaviors of the animal kingdom.. Focusing on four species - elephant, dolphin, kangaroo and orangutan - the series takes an in-depth look at how these animals find, fight for, and woo the opposite sex. It also explores how they mate, give birth, and raise their young in extreme environments.
66) Dolphins
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Joy and Mark investigate the reproductive secrets of marine mammals to learn how animals that breathe air manage to mate, give birth and raise their young underwater. Joy travels to New Zealand to uncover the mating strategy of dusky dolphins. While she reveals the adaptations marine mammals have evolved to mate in the ocean, Mark travels to Mexico to find out how whales find mates in the ocean vastness. Witness a dolphin birth, explore the difficulties...
67) Orangutans
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Joy and Mark travel to Borneo to explore the reproduction challenges of our close cousin - the orangutan. The largest tree dwellers on the planet, orangutans mate, give birth and raise their young high in the jungle canopy. At an orangutan sanctuary in the rainforest, Mark and Joy come face-to-face with a super-male and uncover the latest scientific theories about how these kings exert their power over other males and seduce females in their territory....
68) Kangaroos
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In Australia, Joy and Mark uncover the reproductive secrets of some of the strangest mammals on Earth - the pouch-wearing marsupials. Thanks to their bizarre way of reproducing, kangaroos thrive in one of the most unpredictable, drought-prone environments on Earth - the Australian Outback. In Queensland's eucalyptus forests, he sees how tree-living marsupials - koalas - have mastered gravity-defying sex. At a kangaroo sanctuary, Joy witnesses a tiny...
69) Elephants
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Joy and Mark travel to Africa to explore the unique reproduction challenges of the largest animal on land - the elephant. Find out how females select the strongest mates, why elephants have the longest pregnancy in the animal kingdom and how they safely deliver a 220-pound baby; witness the remarkable first steps of a newborn calf.
70) The hunger games
Author
Series
Language
English
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Columbia Pike Teen Book Club - Sep 2023 - Banned Books
For Fans of Squid Game
TAB 2023: Dorothy Hamm
The Great American Read - 2018
For Fans of Squid Game
TAB 2023: Dorothy Hamm
The Great American Read - 2018
Description
Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . . In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on...
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Each year, millions of tourists come to Australia looking for the quintessential "Aussie experience", but are they getting anything more than koalas, boomerangs and a shrimp on the barbie? This four-part series takes an eye-opening journey behind the scenes of Australia's multi-billion dollar tourism industry.. Selling Australia reveals a world of ruthless marketing where canny entrepreneurs are determined to give visitors exactly what they want,...
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Images of the outback and indigenous culture have been used to sell Australia for decades, yet few Australians have had significant contact with either. In this episode, two sets of tourists seek an authentic Aboriginal cultural experience: one a busload of 38 Americans on a whirlwind package tour; the other, a small group of mainly Australians heading for a remote desert community where they will take part in five days of traditional song and dance...
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Meet the Kapsalides - a close-knit family of mum and two daughters who are proud of what they've achieved as a sole-parent household.. Helen was born in Australia to a Greek father and Lebanese mother. She met her Greek husband when she was 23 and had two children before she discovered from police that he was a bigamist. Although she divorced him, her daughters Julie and Simone say the family has never said a bad word about their father, who has since...
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
In tropical far-north Queensland, Cairns is a tourist mecca. As planeload after planeload of visitors arrive, even the customs officials are getting training in hospitality and cultural sensitivity. For tourists, the town seems pretty close to paradise, but it's not quite perfect. Cairns has no beach. No problem - Cairns City Council has decided to build one. However, as the heavy machinery moves in, some locals are up in arms. It seems that, for...
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Enter the fun and mayhem of the Puckeridge family - mum, dad and five very active children aged two to ten.. Life in this household is a constant juggling act, as Sally and Dave negotiate with their kids over food, haircuts, baths and bed, and with each other over school and religion. These are familiar scenes of bills, endless washing, weekend sports, the frenetic noise of games, the strange quiet of sleep.. Dave leaves for work at six in the morning,...
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Meet the Chakos family - a lively Greek-Australian household in the Sydney suburb of Sans Souci.. Energetic 60-year-old Despina is at the family's centre. She runs a weekend plant stall with her sprightly 81-year-old mum Aphrodite and cooks fabulous Greek dishes for the extended family that gathers regularly around her table. Dinner is always an animated affair as four generations share jokes, news and opinions.. Despina lives with husband Steele...
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
This series opens the door on contemporary family life. Inside Australian homes, it finds the ties that bind families together and the pressures that pull them apart. Each episode follows a different family negotiating the ups and downs of everyday life. What support does the family offer its members and what must they sacrifice in the interests of the family? How do they manage the complexities of modern family living? How do they all survive life...
Publisher
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
In 1984, the Australian Tourist Commission launched an advertising campaign promoting Australia to the world. The commercials not only made the country a number one holiday destination, they also put forward an image of Australia that, to this day, remains fixed in foreign perceptions. Nearly 20 years later, actor Paul Hogan is back for the latest campaign and it's proving the most successful ever. But does the image of Crocodile Dundee on a beach...
Publisher
Sisu Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
It's almost time to celebrate Passover, and there is no horseradish to be found. Grover, Anneliese, and Avigail put their heads together to track it down, but things get tricky when there's an Oofnik involved! Features special guest Jake Gyllenhaal.
80) Wallander 2
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Returns with Wallander in the next set of thrilling tales set in the beautiful landscape of southern Sweden. These stories follow Kurt Wallander, a sensitive but brilliant detective, a man who takes each murder case he works on personally and will stop at nothing in his search for the truth, even at the expense of his health and his family life. Beautifully filmed, Wallander is a compelling series featuring an extremely likeable and entirely believable...
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