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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
First published in 1958, this novel tells the story of Okonkwo, the leader of an Igbo (Ibo) community who is banished for accidentally killing a clansman. The novel covers the seven years of his exile to his return, providing an inside view of the intrusion of white missionaries and colonial government into tribal Igbo society in the 1890s.
Publisher
Distributed by Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Beautiful Sloan is on the fast track to success at her public relations firm. However she will discover that her unethical ways need to change when a deceased client becomes her personal ghost of Christmas past, present, and future, and a jilted lover from her past enters her life once again.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
עברית
Description
5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in Bil'in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, the footage was later turned into a galvanizing cinematic experience by co-directors Guy Davidi and Burnat.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games, a nationally televised event in which 'Tributes' must fight with each other until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for the games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts to make impossible...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A Washington Post journalist and an Afrikaans poet strike up a friendship and become romantically involved as they try to come to terms with their feelings about what they've learned at the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
Publisher
Zahra Pictures
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Since 9/11 Saudis living in America have come under scrutiny as many Americans wondered about Saudis. Who are they? What are they doing in the U.S.? Why do they hate us? Do they support Osama Bin Laden? Why do they oppress their women? Filmmaker Fahmi Farahat takes his camera and invites us into his own life in an attempt to answer these questions. He captures the views and attitudes of his family and friends through which he explores the many issues...
Publisher
Human Relations Media
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"Reveals the many faces and images of modern Islam, including the Taliban in Afghanistan, the religious schools in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and Muslims living in the United States. After examining the accomplishments of the early Muslim world, the program explores how some branches of Islam preached hatred of America and western values that resulted in the creation of al Qaeda and which led to the terrorists attacks of September 11, 2001."--review...
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter in a nursing home leads to an unexpected friendship between a dowdy housewife and a spry octagenarian who tells her the story of a fiercely independent woman half a century ago, inspiring the housewife to change her life, often with hilarious results.
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Join New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas L. Friedman as he asks world leaders, ordinary citizens and organizers of grass routes movements whether our longest-standing, European allies now hate us? With the European Union on the threshold of redefining the global balance of power, this continuing confrontation between the U.S. and Europe has profound implications for the future.
Publisher
Rikshaw Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The Listening Project explores many facets of America's global impact on the social, political and economic landscape of the planet. The film follows four Americans as they travel and talk to people in 14 countries to discover what the world thinks of America.
13) Selma
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s historical struggle to secure voting rights for all people. A dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated with an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1964.
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet discusses the ethical dilemmas of the new millennium with renowned journalists, economists, environmentalists and politicians. One of the world's leading spiritual mentors for our troubled times, he offers hope for positive social change with his inspirational dialogues, enlightening teachings and surprising humor.
17) Hancock
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Caustic and out of favor with the public, a superhero enlists a publicist to reshape his image.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Based on the comical and moving New York Times bestseller "A man called Ove" by Fredrik Backman, it tells the story of Otto Anderson, a grumpy widower whose only joy comes from criticizing and judging his exasperated neighbors. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol, leading to an unexpected friendship that will turn his world upside down.