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Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
At the time the Roman Empire supplanted the failed Republic, the Rhine River marked Rome's northern frontier in western Europe, until Emperor Augustus tried to push the boundary east to the Elbe. This program focuses on the events during the 1st through 4th centuries and traces the movements of the Goths and the tribes of Germania. Includes the battle in the year 9 when Arminius, leader of the Germanic resistance to Roman colonization, destroyed three...
Series
Wandering tribes of Europe ; part 3
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"When the Huns charged into the lands of the Goths and then, in the 5th century, into Europe, they started a new wave of terror and tribal relocation. This program tracks the displacement of the Visigoths to Spain and the Vandals to North Africa. Both succeeded in defeating proud and once-mighty Rome in its own capital but who would stop the hordes of Attila as they raced onwards into the Frankish Kingdom?"--FFH Web site.
7) Orphanage
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Series
Language
English
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When earth needs heroes, whom will we call to valor? When mankind's enemy is beyond our worst imagination, who will be our champions? Will we pick the brightest and the toughest? Or the ones with nothing left to lose? War is an Orphanage Mankind's first alien contact tears into Earth: projectiles launched from Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, have vaporized whole cities. Under siege, humanity gambles on one desperate counterstrike. In a spacecraft scavenged...
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Series
Wanderers ; 1
Language
English
Description
"A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world's last hope. In the tradition of The Stand and Station Eleven comes a gripping saga that weaves an epic tapestry of humanity into an astonishing tale of survival. Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appears to be sleepwalking. She cannot talk and cannot be woken up. And she is...
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Series
Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"All he wants for Christmas is a family ... To make his little nephew happy, this bachelor will need help ... After his nephew, Cole, is orphaned, Jake Sanders vows to give the little boy the best Christmas possible ... except Jake doesn't know the first thing about kids! So when Cole's preschool teacher, Emma Mullins, offers to pitch in, Jake's grateful for her guidance. But while Jake and Emma share an immediate connection, their blossoming love...
11) Paris on repeat
Author
Series
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Stuck in a time loop in Paris, fourteen-year-old Eve Hollis has to take big risks to discover what trapped her there"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Love Inspired Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Back in her hometown with her twin daughters, widow Marilyn Sofitel is set on never falling in love again. She's sure her heart is safe spending time with Wyatt Walker as he works to fix the carousel her girls love. Everyone knows he is handsome, charming...and trouble. But as they grow closer, might their unlikely friendship to develop into something deeper?" --
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Series
Publisher
Good Avenue Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Experience the delight found at each and every turn and the fun it is to wander, wonder and learn! Fitz the Fox can't wait to see all that New York City has to offer - but will he get to see the penguin feeding or will a subway snafu derail his plans? A whimsical, sight-seeing jaunt that encourages wonder with rhyming text, peppered with facts and trivia along the way! Join Fitz as he visits the Statue of Liberty with her 8 foot long index finger,...
14) The wanderer
Author
Series
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Presents a story without words about the journey across an ocean of a little paper boat."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Square Enix Manga
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Ever since she was a little girl reading books of magic and adventure, Elaina has dreamed of following in the footsteps of her childhood idol, the witch Nique, and living a life of travel. Now a full fledged witch herself, Elaina sets off on a journey without a destination, wandering far and wide to see the world. With each new place she sees and person she meets, Elaina's world grows a little bit richer."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Square Enix
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
A gentle and beguiling tale of a young witch's travels, based on a best-selling light novel series.
Ever since she was a little girl reading books of magic and adventure, Elaina has dreamed of following in the footsteps of her childhood idol, the witch Nique, and living a life of travel. Now a full-fledged witch herself, Elaina sets off on a journey without a destination, wandering far and wide to see the world. With each new place she sees...
Ever since she was a little girl reading books of magic and adventure, Elaina has dreamed of following in the footsteps of her childhood idol, the witch Nique, and living a life of travel. Now a full-fledged witch herself, Elaina sets off on a journey without a destination, wandering far and wide to see the world. With each new place she sees...
Author
Series
Publisher
Square Enix
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
A gentle and beguiling tale of a young witch's travels, based on a best-selling light novel series.
As the wandering witch Elaina continues on her travels, she meets a boy who collects happiness in a bottle to give to someone he loves, a bedridden young man who makes peace with his end, and a mysterious princess in the royal palace of a ruined country. When travel fatigue begins to set in, Elaina reunites with her mentor Fran, the Stardust...
As the wandering witch Elaina continues on her travels, she meets a boy who collects happiness in a bottle to give to someone he loves, a bedridden young man who makes peace with his end, and a mysterious princess in the royal palace of a ruined country. When travel fatigue begins to set in, Elaina reunites with her mentor Fran, the Stardust...
Author
Series
Publisher
Love Inspired
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Single mom Molly Kane will do anything to help her son overcome his anxieties--including enlisting former police officer Sawyer Bradshaw to give him golf lessons. Sawyer's a loner, yet he quickly forms a bond with little Zack. And with Molly. But protecting Zack means Molly must keep her heart off-limits from Sawyer, even as her little boy draws them together"--
19) Rome reframed
Author
Series
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Lucas Duran has been on the trip of a lifetime--six months traveling through Europe with his parents and two younger brothers. That is, the trip of a lifetime for someone else. Lucas wants nothing more than to be home in Austin, Texas, with his friends, and it shows in his schoolwork that he's been emailing to his teachers. He can't wait to get out of Rome, the last stop on their trip. When his teachers give him an ultimatum--either turn in a phenomenal...
Author
Series
Publisher
Square Enix
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
A gentle and beguiling tale of a young witch's travels, based on a best-selling light novel series.
The wandering witch Elaina sets out on the road again to seek new places and meet new people. After encountering a princess who has fled from an unwanted marriage, as well as the prince and the knight who are pursuing her, Elaina comes across a young, orphaned beast-girl living with her sister. Later, Elaina finds herself in a land where objects...
The wandering witch Elaina sets out on the road again to seek new places and meet new people. After encountering a princess who has fled from an unwanted marriage, as well as the prince and the knight who are pursuing her, Elaina comes across a young, orphaned beast-girl living with her sister. Later, Elaina finds herself in a land where objects...