Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals
by Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson ()
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Knowing what causes animals physical pain is usually easy, but pinpointing emotional distress is much harder. Drawing on the latest research and her own work, Grandin identifies the core emotional needs of animals and then explains how to fulfill the specific needs of dogs and cats, horses, farm animals, zoo animals, and even wildlife.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 3:36 pm by Sylvhania
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McLintock!
by (2005-10-11)
Paramount (127 minutes)
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Cattle baron George Washington McLintock fights his wife, his daughter, and political land-grabbers, finally "taming" them all in this Western comedy with Taming of the Shrew overtones.
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Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 9:24 pm by Sylvhania
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The River
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Three adolescent girls growing up in Bengal, India, learn their lessons in life after falling for an older American soldier.
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Posted: Monday, June 27, 2011 at 11:05 pm by Sylvhania
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Temple Grandin
by Mick Jackson (2010-08-17)
HBO Home Video (109 minutes)
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A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.
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Posted: Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 11:08 pm by Sylvhania
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Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
by Elissa Wall, Lisa Pulitzer (2008-05-13)
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In September 2007, a packed courtroom in St. George, Utah, sat hushed as Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, gave captivating testimony of how Jeffs forced her to marry her first cousin at age fourteen. This harrowing and vivid account proved to be the most compelling evidence against Jeffs.
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Posted: Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 5:04 pm by Sylvhania
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The Public Enemy
by William Wellman (2005-01-25)
Warner Home Video (82 minutes)
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A young hoodlum rises up through the ranks of the Chicago underworld, even as a gangster's accidental death threatens to spark a bloody mob war.
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Posted: Friday, June 24, 2011 at 4:51 pm by Sylvhania
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The Blackheath Poisonings
by (2003-09-02)
WGBH BOSTON (180 minutes)
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Behind the shutters of a Victorian family’s home lies a lethal potion of lust, corruption and greed.
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Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 10:55 am by Sylvhania
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Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
by David Shapiro, Laurie Gwen Shapiro (2002-10-29)
New Video Group (93 minutes)
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Artist, anthropologist, and author Tobias Schneebaum spent most of a year living with a tribe in the depths of the Peruvian jungle, during which time he tasted human flesh. Forty-five years later, a pair of filmmakers convinced Schneebaum, in his late 70s, to return to the Amazon to discover if any of these tribesmen still exist.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 4:58 pm by Sylvhania
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The Belle of Amherst
by Charles S. Dubin (2004-07-06)
Kino Video (90 minutes)
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Portrait of 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson based on her poems, letters and notes. This is a taped broadcast of a live one-woman performance.
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Posted: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 12:39 pm by Sylvhania
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Advise and Consent
by Otto Preminger (2005-05-10)
Warner Home Video (139 minutes)
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Senate investigation into the President's newly nominated Secretary of State, gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.
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Posted: Monday, June 20, 2011 at 11:41 pm by Sylvhania
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