Behind the Wheel – Italian 1
by Behind the Wheel (2008-10-28)
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Behind the Wheel Italian Level 1 covers beginning to intermediate level Italian, providing a flexible, solid and universal foundation in speaking, understanding, and creatively expressing yourself in Italian. The program features an English speaking instructor to guide you through the lessons and a native Italian speaker to aid with your pronunciation.
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Posted: Sunday, November 30, 2008 at 10:31 pm by Sylvhania
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The Namesake
by Mira Nair (2007-11-27)
20th Century Fox (122 minutes)
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American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
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Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 8:55 pm by Sylvhania
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Marley: A Dog Like No Other
by John Grogan (2008-03-11)
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Acquired by Grogan and his wife in Florida when he was a puppy, Marley, an oversize, energetic, and supremely loving yellow Lab, was expelled from his first obedience school but successfully auditioned for a part in a movie. He bolted his food, chewed everything in sight, and went berserk in thunderstorms.
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Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 8:48 pm by Sylvhania
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You Don’t Mess With the Zohan
by Dennis Dugan (2008-10-07)
Sony Pictures (113 minutes)
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(135)
An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist.
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Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 8:36 pm by Sylvhania
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Charlie Wilson’s War
by (2008-04-22)
Universal Studios (102 minutes)
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A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
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Posted: Friday, November 28, 2008 at 8:41 pm by Sylvhania
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The Promotion
by Steve Conrad (2008-09-02)
Weinstein Company (86 minutes)
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Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion.
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Posted: Friday, November 28, 2008 at 8:38 pm by Sylvhania
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Girl Trouble: The True Saga of Superstar Gloria Trevi and the Secret Teenage Sex Cult That Stunned the World
by Christopher McDougall (2005-11-01)
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Mexican superstar Gloria Trevi was iconic in Latin America but a cipher in the U.S. until she and her Svengali, Sergio Andrade, were charged with running a kind of school of prostitution. Now, amid a blossoming scandal full of underage sex, brainwashing, and torture, she's on the threshold of the kind of worldwide recognition that singing never brought her.
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Posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 8:53 pm by Sylvhania
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Making Money
by Terry Pratchett (2008-09-30)
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Moist von Lipwig, the savior of the Ankh-Morpork post office, has gotten settled into a routine. He's filling out forms, signing things, will probably get to be head of the Merchants Association next year, and he hasn't designed a stamp in months. He's so bored, in fact, that he's taken to climbing the walls of the post office and breaking into his own office.
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Posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 2:28 pm by Sylvhania
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Brief Encounter
by David Lean (2000-06-27)
Criterion (86 minutes)
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From a chance meeting on a train platform, a middle-aged married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a suburban housewife (Celia Johnson) enter into a quietly passionate, ultimately doomed love affair, set to a swirling Rachmaninoff score.
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Posted: Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 9:51 pm by Sylvhania
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We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
by David Howarth ()
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This 1955 volume is one of the most remarkable survival stories ever written. Jan Baalsrud was the only survivor of a Norwegian commando team ambushed by the Nazis during World War II. Baalsrud suffered frostbite and snowblindness, came through an avalanche, and lived to tell the tale.
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Posted: Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 7:49 pm by Sylvhania
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