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Author
Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Symbiosis in nature is the interaction between two distinct species looking to forge closer long-term relationships. There are three types of interactions; "Mutualism" (honey bees and flowers for example, where both species benefit), "Commensalism" (A bird's nest on a tree for example, where one species benefits whilst the other is not harmed) and "Parasitism" (humans and mosquitoes for example, where one species benefits and the other is harmed)....
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world. Guided by nature photographer Anthony Powell, we experience firsthand the beauty and brutality of the most severe environment on Earth along with the hardy and devoted people who call it home year-round...It has had a theatrical release in the US and New Zealand, and has screened at numerous festivals around the world and has won many awards.
3) World School
Publisher
Affinityfilms
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In 2010, Mary and Corin Katzke sold everything and left Anchorage with two backpacks, two knapsacks and a suitcase full of books. They had one-way tickets to Ireland and a wish list in hand, but no further itinerary. They continued heading East for the entire school year, covering three continents: Europe, Africa and Asia. In the course of their travels, they visited 28 countries and used nearly every form of transportation invented. They stayed with...
Publisher
Janson Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Once labeled a "youth-at-risk,"Matt Rutherford risks it all in a death-defying attempt to be the first person to sail alone and nonstop around North and South America. Professional sailors called him crazy and declared the journey "a suicide mission."Braving the icebergs of the Arctic and the stormy seas of Cape Horn is no easy feat for even the most experienced sailor, much less a novice...Matt’s childhood was fraught with obstacles. Growing up...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Join world-renowned chef Jose Andres on an exploration of the most unknown – and some say, the most beautiful – country in the Caribbean. While most Americans know Haiti only through its disasters (earthquake, hurricane, poverty), Jose explores the UNDISCOVERED HAITI. As a chef and humanitarian, Jose is convinced we can change the world through the power of food, and understand a culture by exploring what, when and how its people eat.. Jose experiences...
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
1957.
Language
English
Description
"Join Lowell Thomas and follow in the footsteps of Marco Polo"in this new, digital restoration of Search For Paradise, the fourth of the original, 3-panel Cinerama travelogues. Released in 1957, the motion picture takes you to the "Roof of the World,"the Himalayas and Karakoram mountains of Central Asia, the highest region in the world. You’ll become part of the adventure as explorer Lowell Thomas searches for paradise in the ancient cities, wild...
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
1956.
Language
English
Description
Unseen theatrically since the early 1970s and never before broadcast or issued on home video, Seven Wonders of the World has been digitally remastered from its original camera negatives. The global adventure captures the beauty and culture of these extraordinary places in a Cinerama time capsule...Of the seven sites the ancient Greeks named the "wonders of the world,"only one remains. Seven Wonders of the World is a round-the-world adventure that...
Publisher
TV Choice
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
This updates the original 1996 film, going back to the original issues and finding out the new ones. The Lake District is one of Britain’s most popular tourist honeypots. The basic challenge: how to encourage tourists without spoiling the natural beauty they come to see...MAN-MADE VERSUS NATURAL The speed limit for power boats on Lake Windermere goes to the heart of whether the Lake District should be preserved in its ‘natural’ state or allow...
Author
Series
Food service professionals guide to volume 3
Publisher
Atlantic Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"This series of fifteen books - The Food Service Professional Guide TO Series from the editors of the Food Service Professional magazine are the best and most comprehensive books for serious food service operators available today. These step-by-step guides on a specific management subject range from finding a great site for your new restaurant to how to train your wait staff and literally everything in between. They are easy and fast-to-read, easy...
12) Show Me Lisbon
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The best way to discover a city is through its people. ’Show Me Lisbon’ reveals the city as seen by thirteen locals, or lisboetas – who were either born there or moved there by choice and who are of different generations, areas and backgrounds. The result is a dynamic, relaxed and realistic portrait of Lisbon that looks at themes such as what it means "to be a lisboeta”, the light, the river, the food, the sounds, the history, the ethnic mixes,...
13) The Seekers
Publisher
Lobodocs
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
This film follows young travelers around the globe looking for alternative values and lifestyles. Shot in four continents featuring stunning visuals and compelling interviews, The Seekers brings a global perspective on people who have the courage to embrace change.
Author
Publisher
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Too few Christians today, says Joshua Jipp, understand hospitality to strangers and the marginalized as an essential part of the church's identity. In this book Jipp argues that God's relationship to his people is fundamentally an act of hospitality to strangers, and that divine and human hospitality together are thus at the very heart of Christian faith. Jipp first provides a thorough interpretation of the major biblical texts related to the practice...
15) Mother!
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem deliver unforgettable performances in MOTHER!, director Darren Aronofsky's praised opus. experience the visually arresting psychological thriller that will leave your heart pounding and your mind blown!
16) Winter solstice
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aging actress Elfrida Phipps agrees to accompany recent widower Oscar Blundell to his estate in rural Scotland, where they, along with an assortment of visitors, including Elfrida's relative Carrie Sutton, Carrie's teenage niece Lucy, and textile executive Sam Howard, help each other heal their broken hearts in the days before Christmas.
Author
Publisher
Gatekeeper Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Adapters is a multi-book and audiograph series written around podcast-style interviews with an impressive collection of GGTs - Gutsy Genius Thinkers. These are the men and women vibrantly engaged in one of the hottest business sectors in the world: Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality and the ecosystem that supports them. While sharing their stories and insights on entrepreneurship and the management skills they are continuously developing to inspire...
Author
Publisher
Crossway
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
What makes a person or a home hospitable? Does hospitality call for a beautifully decorated home and a menu filled with gourmet foods, or can it be as simple as offering a friend a cup of tea? In Practicing Hospitality two longtime professors (and practitioners!) of home economics provide both the theological base and the practical knowledge to understand and implement God's plan for hospitality. They provide a blend of theologically sound content,...
19) Inside a hotel
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The MacDonald chain of luxury hotels serves business and leisure customers across the UK. Their people are integral to their success. This film goes inside one of its hotels to discover what they do. Service is everything: Guests have to be greeted with a smile. Neil, the concierge, is virtually a "personal organiser" for everyone who visits the hotel. The receptionist is in the front line, too, checking people in and dealing with angry customers....
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers.
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