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1) Babylon
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This book presents fourteen traditional songs that are engraved in the hearts and mids of all Koreans. This is the first time such a colleciton has been made available in English, and each song also includes hangul script, romanized hangul, and piano scores. Cultural notes, action songs, and a free audio CD that lets you sing along with the Korean singer or on your own.
3) The Pacific
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
The experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
5) Old gringo
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Harriet, a frustrated spinster flees her unrewarding life in America hoping to discover the passion in her soul. Ambrose Bierce, the Old Gringo, is a retired journalist and adventurer who wanders through the hostile desert seeking some meaning to the last years of his life. Arroyo, a fiery young general, is driven by both the Revolution and his desire for Harriet. Set in the spectacle of the Mexican Revolution, their lives become inexplicably drawn...
Publisher
Well Go USA Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Korean
Description
Tells the story of rival North and South Korean diplomats in Magadishu, Somalia, who found themselves amidst civil war and, having no aid from either government and no means of communicating with the outside world, they have to overcome their differences and unite in their desperate attempt to escape.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2001.
Language
English
Description
Epic story covering a period in U.S. history from John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 to the summer of 1865 following President Lincoln's death. Focuses on two related families living on either side of the Mason-Dixon line who find themselves at war with each other.
Author
Series
Great heroes volume 3
Publisher
Joyful Stories
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel depiction of the life of Bill Gates that details his childhood, education, and accomplishments with computers until his retirement; and includes information on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
9) Oppenheimer
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne ... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
12) Grass
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Grass is a powerful anti-war graphic novel, offering up firsthand the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War - a disputed chapter in 20th century Asian history. Beginning in Lee's childhood, Grass shows the leadup to World War II from a child's vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering...
13) The Handmaiden
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Korean
Description
A Korean woman who is hired as handmaiden to a young Japanese lady is secretly plotting with a conman to defraud her of her large inheritance.
14) The front runner
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
This is the true story of Gary Hart, the former Colorado senator who quickly rose to the top of the pack as the number one contender for the 1987 Democratic presidential primary. Due to his charisma and drive, Hart connects well with the younger constituents, and both himself and his aides see this a clear and present path to victory. But allegations soon emerge of an extramarital affair, and Hart is forced to deal with the impact that these new allegations...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
Grass is a powerful anti-war graphic novel, offering up firsthand the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War - a disputed chapter in 20th century Asian history. Beginning in Lee's childhood, Grass shows the leadup to World War II from a child's vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering...
18) The walk
Publisher
talking books
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Language
English
Description
In 1974, Philippe Petit assembled a team to help him achieve his dream of walking between the World Trade Center towers.
19) Belle
Language
English
Description
Although Dido Elizabeth Belle, an eighteenth-century English woman of mixed race, is raised in privilege by her aristocratic great-uncle and his wife, she is denied a proper social standing because of her skin color. But when Dido falls in love with a young idealist lawyer who aspires to create positive change, she finds herself caught between two worlds.
20) All Saints
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Based on the inspiring true story of salesman turned pastor Michael Spurlock, the tiny church he was ordered to shut down, and a group of refugees from Southeast Asia. Together, they risked everything to plant seeds for a future that might just save them all.