Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
by Gore Verbinski (2003-12-02)
Walt Disney Video (143 minutes)
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(2)
Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.
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Posted: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 2:54 pm by Sylvhania
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by (2005-05-31)
Back Bay Books ( minutes)
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(350)
Critics agree that Corduroy and Denim marks Sedaris’s transition from a humorist and essayist into a full-fledged memoirist. The volume returns to the dysfunctional childhood and adulthood tribulations that made Naked and Me Talk Pretty One Day bestsellers, and contains the same snarky wit, humor, and touch of malice.
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Posted: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 2:01 pm by Sylvhania
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The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
by Christopher Hitchens ()
average customer review: (111)
Hitchens, an avowed atheist and author of the bestseller God Is Not Great, is a formidable intellectual who finds the notion of belief in God to be utter nonsense. The author is clear in his introduction that religion has caused more than its fair share of world problems.
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Posted: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 11:11 am by Sylvhania
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The Overture “Hom Rong”
by (2006-03-07)
Kino Video (103 minutes)
average customer review: (4)
Based on the life of Luang Pradit Pairoh (Sorn Silapabanleng) the most revered traditional Thai music master who lived during the reigns of Kings Rama V to VIII, the movie traces the life of Sorn, who picked up the ra-nad ek (Thai xylophone) mallets as a small child and played all his life.
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Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 7:20 pm by Sylvhania
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The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien (1998-12-29)
average customer review: (908)
A subtle but definitive line of demarcation between Tim O'Brien's earlier works about Vietnam, the memoir If I Die in a Combat Zone and the fictional Going After Cacciato, and this sly, almost hallucinatory book that is neither memoir nor novel nor collection of short stories but rather an artful combination of all three.
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Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 12:30 pm by Sylvhania
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Mother Warriors: A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds
by Jenny McCarthy (2009-03-31)
average customer review: (120)
When Jenny McCarthy published Louder Than Words, the story of her successful efforts to save her son, Evan, from autism, the response was tremendous. But what she hadn’t anticipated was the overwhelming response from other parents of autistic children, who sought her out to share their stories.
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Posted: Monday, June 15, 2009 at 9:09 am by Sylvhania
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Ancient Egyptian Children
by Richard Tames ()
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(1)
Describes what life was like for children in ancient Egypt: what they ate, where they went to school, what games they played, and what they did at home.
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Posted: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 8:26 pm by Sylvhania
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The Odessa File
by Ronald Neame (2000-01-11)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (130 minutes)
average customer review: (48)
1963, Hamburg Germany. After reading the diary of an elderly Jewish man who committed suicide, freelance journalist Peter Miller begins to investigate the alleged sighting of a former SS-Captain who commanded a concentration camp during World War II.
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Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 8:09 am by Sylvhania
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Strength Ball Training
by Lorne Goldenberg, Peter Twist ()
average customer review: (22)
Develop strength, power, coordination, balance, and core stability using the medicine ball and stability ball exercises included in Strength Ball Training. Preferred by elite athletes, fitness experts, and strength and conditioning specialists, these exercises train the body as a linked system rather than targeting muscles in isolation.
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Posted: Monday, June 8, 2009 at 5:06 pm by Sylvhania
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Dog Days: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm
by Jon Katz (2008-09-23)
average customer review: (39)
"Trying to assemble a sort-of-heavenly city in West Hebron is not a casual thing." So Katz begins his latest collection of stories from upstate New York's Bedlam Farm, the saga of which began with A Dog Year. Bedlam Farm, a cross between a working and a hobby farm, is the home of the animals that are his inspiration.
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Posted: Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 10:32 pm by Sylvhania
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