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The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable monuments in the world, a powerful symbol of freedom and the American dream. For decades, the myth has persisted that the statue was a grand gift from France, but now Liberty's Torch reveals how she was in fact the pet project of one quixotic and visionary French sculptor, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Bartholdi not only forged this 151-foot-tall colossus in a workshop in Paris and transported...
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Pain and suffering has many forms. The pain and anguish can tempt a person to turn back, to surrender or to give up. However, I held onto hope and faith knowing that the Lord would bring me out of bondage. And, in spite of our circumstances we should believe. Trials will come to refine your faith, but when they come, remain faithful to God. No matter what pain or trial we face in this life, we know it is not our final experience. One day we will live...
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Cami's troubled life as a motherless teen can't seem to get any worse, but shortly after she turns seventeen, it takes an unexpected turn. She discovers a vintage necklace, along with a hidden note vaguely warning her of Deceivers. Thrust into the enchanted world of Olmerias, she's greeted by a family she never knew she had, and she's drawn to a young teen with an effervescent personality who challenges her every chance of the way.
Distracted by...
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A group of friends are starting their freshmen year at a tough public high school when their friend Cassie disappears in West Baltimore. With the police unable, or unwilling, to find her, the young friends take it upon themselves to find out what happened her, undertaking harrowing journey that will change them all.
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"In 1864, during the bloodiest days of the Civil War, two newspapers published a call, allegedly authored by President Lincoln, for the immediate conscription of 400,000 more Union soldiers. New York streets erupted in pandemonium. Wall Street markets went wild. When Lincoln sent troops to seize the newspaper presses and arrest the editors, it became clear: the proclamation was a lie. Who put out this fake news? Was it a Confederate spy hoping to...
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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It's been two years since Leo Barnes stopped himself from a regrettable act of revenge on Purge Night. Now serving as head of security for Senator Charlie Roan, his mission is to protect her in a run for president and survive the annual ritual that targets the poor and innocent. But when a betrayal forces them onto the streets of D.C. on the one night when no help is available, they must stay alive until dawn, or both be sacrificed for their sins...
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Smithsonian Folkways
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Español
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A collection of songs sung in Spanish by children's artists Elizabeth Mitchell and Suni Paz. Featuring many well-known American folk songs that have been adapted for both Spanish and English-speaking children, and are filled with simple, repeated imagery, ideal for learning vocabulary. Universal themes of harmony, compassion, gratitude, and kindness underscore the duo's firm belief that learning each other's languages and songs is a powerful way to...
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[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Hundreds of years in the future, humans have colonized the solar system. The U.N. controls Earth. Mars is an independent military power. The planets rely on the resources of the Asteroid Belt, where air and water are more precious than gold. For decades, tensions have been rising between these three places. Earth, Mars and the Belt are now on the brink of war. And all it will take is a single spark.
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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On the night of the annual Purge, when all crime is legal for twelve hours, a senator calling for an end to the Purge is betrayed and she finds herself and her security guard on the streets of Washington D.C. during the Purge.
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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After a human-looking alien race arrives on Earth and shares their healing powers and new technology, several resistance fighters become determined to expose the truth of what the aliens really are and reveal their secrets to the world.
20) Gia
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HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
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English
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Gia Carangi is a New York supermodel who can have any man, or any woman, she wants. But being loved by the world, isn't the same as being loved by one -- an unfulfilled desire that can take Gia to dangerous places.