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"When a team of charity workers in rural China suddenly succumbs to a mysterious illness, Nick Foley, an ex-Navy SEAL with a war-torn past, discovers the makings of a global catastrophe. Still reeling from a mission gone wrong, Nick is reluctant to get back in the game, but with lives hanging in the balance, he must fight to uncover the truth and overcome his own demons. Along for the ride is Dr. Chen Dazhong, a brilliant, beautiful, and tough scientist...
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Former Navy SEAL Nick Foley reluctantly agrees to help investigate when American CIA operative Peter Yu goes missing in China. But when Yu's mutilated body washes up on a beach near Hong Kong, along with dozens of other victims, the case takes a macabre turn. Suddenly, Nick finds himself embroiled in another bio-terrorism investigation being conducted by China's elite Snow Leopard counter-terrorism unit and the Chinese CDC, this time involving illegally-harvested...
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When a remote Peruvian village is reduced to ash in seconds, the Shepherds face a horrific question: Is this the work of a man-made weapon of unthinkable power, or is God raining down judgment from above, as some believe?
As the recently installed leader of the Joshua Bravo team, Jedidiah Johnson shifts into covert operation mode to follow rumors of a new energy-based weapon able to incinerate a target—even a human target—with no warning. With...
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New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
中文（繁體）
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An-kun works washing the windows of the capital city's skyscrapers while his wife Ping-guo earns a decent wage as a masseuse at a popular parlor. The parlor is owned by Dong, a rich middle-aged businessman who epitomizes China's new money-obsessed society. Their worlds collide after Dong awkwardly forces himself on a vulnerable Ping-guo, not realizing that An-kun, atop his perch outside the office window, is witnessing everything. Seeing this as a...
6) Scarlet
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Lunar chronicles volume 2
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood.
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'Having her own detective agency would give her the independence she had always longed for. It would also give her the chance to show those people who shunned her that she could be successful. People were getting rich. They owned property, money, business, and cars. With new freedom and opportunities came new crimes. There would be much that she could do.'
Present day, Beijing. Mei Wang is a modern, independent woman. She has her own apartment....
9) Us
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Haunted by trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide grows increasingly certain that something bad is going to befall her family. After spending a tense beach day with their friends, Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home. When darkness falls, the Wilsons discover the silhouette of four figures holding hands as they stand in the driveway. The endearing American family faces doppelgangers of themselves....
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2019.
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They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the center of power, and each of them left an indelible mark on history. Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the 'Father of China', Sun Yat-sen, and rose to be Mao's vice-chair. Little Sister, May-ling, became Madame Chiang Kai-shek, first lady of pre-Communist Nationalist...
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DVD Masters
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Mongolia, sandwiched between Russia and China, was part of the Soviet bloc for more than 60 years. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, it has been a free and democratic country. Ian Wright takes a train from Beijing, China, to Ulaan Baatar or "Red Hero", Mongolia's present day capital. He travels north-west to Karakorum then across the Gobi desert before returning to Ulaan Bataar in time for the annual Naadam festival.
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Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2016.
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English
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New York Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) introduces a new fashion exhibition Gala Event every year on the first Monday of May. A grand fashion and cultural exhibit fundraiser, the event is attended by A-List celebrities such as George Clooney, Rihanna, Kardashians, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts and on. The film goes back stage at MOMA and the famous fashion houses in Europe, giving the viewer unprecedented access to fashion and cultural archives.
13) The red chamber
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2012.
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English
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An epic reimagining of the Chinese classic "Dream of the Red Chamber" is set against a backdrop of eighteenth-century Beijing and follows the intersecting lives of three women, including orphaned Daiyu, who becomes tangled in a web of intrigue with ties to the Emperor's Palace.
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Dragon dynasty volume 59, 60, 61, 62, 63
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Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015
Language
中文（繁體）
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"Born to defense": Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second World War must overcome some abusive Americans who are bullying him as well as the Chinese people. "The defender": The former bodyguard to the most powerful leader in China is hired to protect a school teacher after she witnessed a brutal murder. "The legend II": Having failed a secret mission for the Red Flowers Society, an underground organization dedicated to the overthrow of the...
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Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In 1966 Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution swept through China and transformed the life of Beijing teenager Ange Zhang. Ange longed to join the Red Guard with his classmates, but was denied membership after his father, a famous writer, was arrested and charged with being a counter-revolutionary. As Ange struggled to maintain his friends' respect,he began to question the Revolution and his role in it.
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Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"After the Communist Revolution, Desmond Shum's grandfather was marked as belonging to a "black category" that included former landlords and rich peasants--meaning the Shums would be stigmatized and impoverished. As Desmond was growing up, he vowed his life would be different. Through hard work and sheer tenacity Shum earned an American college degree and returned to China to establish himself in business. There, he met his future wife, the highly...