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(0)Simon Smith
Author
Language
English
Description
Most autobiographies won't be of any apparent interest unless the author is famous, so, why read this one given Simon Mark Smith is not a public figure? The brief answer is this book will take you on journeys that will resonate with your deepest feelings about love, hate, and knowledge.Written in a format that jumps between time zones and subject matter, you will be challenged from the moment the book begins right up till its final lines. Volume One...
Author
Language
English
Description
More laughter, tears, and psychological and philosophical insights from the author of Simon's Diary Volume One - Love Hate and Knowledge. This volume continues Simon's story as he prepares to leave school and home. Simon of the 2010s and 20s also makes an appearance with significant issues. As in Volume One, we also discover the fate of his relatives during World War Two, revealing the roles of both war criminals and, post-war, Mossad.As for ideologies...
Series
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Turkish culture and history is explored in the wide-ranging series that is "like a literary vacation" ( Publishers Weekly ). The birth of the "New Turkey," as the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called his own creation, is an exemplary story of the rise of "illiberal democracies" through the erosion of civil liberties, press freedom, and the independence of the judicial system. Turkey was a complex country long before the rise of its...
Series
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An in-depth look at Brazilian culture in the series that collects the best new writing, photography, art, and reportage from around the world. In the second half of the twentieth century Brazil made extraordinary contributions to music, sport, architecture. From bossa nova to acrobatic soccer to the daring architecture of Oscar Niemeyer and Lc︢io Costa, the country seemed to embody a new, original vision of modernity, at once fluid, agile, and...
7) Life at 3
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The story continues for the children of The life series, now they are three, as they reveal what it takes to give a child the best chance at life. Over two episodes Life at 3 measures our group of children against the latest scientific findings on two of the hottest topics in child development, obesity and bad behaviour. The life series is made in conjunction with a long-term study, Growing up in Australia, in which 10,000 children have been placed...
8) Storymakers
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Storymakers features internationally known Australian writers and illustrators of children's books. The series is designed to develop children's awareness of how books are conceived and created, and to encourage a love of books and reading. Each film in the series highlights different aspects of the process of creating a book. A Film Australia National Interest Program. 2011 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Executive Producer: Janet Bell....
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015, c2014
Language
English
Description
Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz as they join forces with a chic undercover organization. Together, they must stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.
10) Bee movie
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment]
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Having just graduated from college, Barry B. Benson finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice - honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist named Vanessa. He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bee's honey for centuries. He ultimately realizes that his true calling...
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes. This gripping 5-part HBO miniseries tells the powerful and visceral story of this event and its aftermath.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
What's a persnickle? And why is it floofing? Shouldn't it be flurfing, blurfing, or slurfing? This book celebrates all sorts of silly, nonsensical stuff. And it gives you the keys you'll need to unlock your own poems. So open up, and discover the poet in you!