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1) One life
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"Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion, has become a galvanizing force for social change; here, she urges all of us to take up the mantle, with actions big and small, to continue the fight for justice and equality Megan Rapinoe is one of the world's most talented athletes. But beyond her massive professional success on the soccer field, Rapinoe has become an icon and ally to millions, boldly speaking out on the...
4) One life
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Distribution Solutions
Pub. Date
2024
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English
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Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
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2021.
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"Adapted for young readers! Join Olympic gold medalist, two-time Women's World Cup champion, and trailblazing activist Megan Rapinoe in the fight for equality and justice in this middle grade adaptation of her New York Times bestselling memoir, One Life"--
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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When seminal documentarian Ed Pincus, considered the father of first person non-fiction film, is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he and collaborator Lucia Small team up to make one last film, much to the chagrin of Jane, Ed's wife of 50 years. Told from two filmmakers' points of view, One Cut, One Life challenges the form of first person documentary. Ed and Lucia's unique approach to filming offers a vulnerability and intimacy rarely seen in non-fiction,...
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He's a successful CEO. She's just Molly. No man is an island. Neither, apparently, is Molly. When she fled to Wisconsin in the wake of rejection, Molly left behind unfinished business. Now she has a second chance to rectify some of that. If she doesn't bumble the opportunity. Successful CEO Aaron Werner is feeling increasingly fidgety. Trying to pin down Molly for a serious discussion about their relationship is like trying to nail a cranberry gelatin...
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"Esperanza is a young woman from the destitute Mexican hamlet of Puroaire. Trying to escape a life of poverty and abuse, her journey leads her to the United States, where she works on a cleanup crew after Hurricane Katrina. Her harrowing adventure is like that of millions of undocumented workers in the U.S. -- until she finds herself in a jail cell, accused of murdering her baby. When Richard visits Esperanza in jail, the boundaries of his closely...
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With the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the last of that generation who lived through it are slowly departing the stage. Otto Gaczol and his life were profoundly, shaped by that war. As an ethnic German boy who grew-up in pre-war Poland, he lived through the Nazi occupation just 30 kilometers away from Auschwitz and then, in January 1945, fled west as a 14-year-old refugee when the Red Army turned the tide against the Wehrmacht and made...
11) One Life to Lose
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Cameron Rheingold is the kind of guy who takes a book to a bar. He's a loner by nature, but he has to engage with the community to keep his movie theater business afloat. When two young men stay after a Cary Grant film to chat, Cameron thinks he might have made some new friends-but their interest is more than friendly.
Josh is charismatic, and every smile is a little bit seductive. Keith is sweet and kind, with a core of steel Cameron can sense even...
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Lilli is one of fourteen Goldblooms, all living in a tiny apartment in Kiev. She's as normal a child as she can be, a Jewish girl living under the oppressive Soviet Union with a father who makes illegal leather goods to pay for the treatments that ultimately fail to save her mother from cancer. Lilli comes of age with the weight of her circumstances on her shoulders, working meager jobs to support herself and her family and eventually turning to alcohol...
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In this Christian coming of age novella, God works on the heart of Joshua, a young adult who is unhappy with the world. Josh never wanted to go to the hospital. He didn't even like his grandfather, but he decided that his hate for his mother's nagging outweighed his dislike for the old man. There was no way Josh expected meeting Alice, a young girl with cancer. Only God could know how much one life would change everything for Josh.
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A kiss to mean forever? For ER nurse Naomi Bloom, a handsome man only spells bad news. So when she's forced to move in with her gorgeous new boss, Dr. Tom Williams, she is certain he's strictly off-limits! Tom swore he'd never love again after losing his wife. But Naomi's presence is a breath of fresh air, and Tom finds his long-held vow challenged. Will he be ready to embrace the risk when one kiss leads to a night these two will never forget?
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Empty Mind Films
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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In traditional martial arts, mastery of the art is not acquired through technical skill alone. In following ‘The Way’ one must look beyond technique to become a true master. In Japanese archery or Kyudo, hitting the target by itself is not enough. In order to shoot correctly we are told to “Shoot from the Heart”. As Takeuchi sensei says “As a national team member I had to hit the target no matter what. Eventually all that technique became...
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I was born in the mountainous remote district of Pech, Kunar Province, in eastern Afghanistan, before it became known as the Valley of Death during decades of relentless wars. As the oldest of ten children, encumbered by the constant threat of fatal disease, due to a lack of sanitation and clean water, as well as an ongoing struggle to attain a good education, we were forced to survive on very little while growing up in the extremely traditional and...
19) One life
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Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2013
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English
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Daniel Craig narrates a feature length documentary about survival in the natural world and focuses on the cyclical journey taken by all living creatures, from birth to having youngsters of their own.
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