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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A well-proved case shows that achieving equal numbers of women as men in positions of both public sector and private sector leadership is linked to higher returns and a better world, country, and organization. Here professor, founder, author, and consultant Kellie A. McElhaney, PhD, explores the systemic, policy, cultural, and individual issues that hold women back and gives specific strategies and solutions to amplify women-and in turn, men. This...
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
At London 2012, Nicola Adams OBE became the first woman ever to win an Olympic Gold medal for boxing. In Rio 2016, with the nation cheering her on, she did it all over again. A Black, gay, working class girl from a council estate fighting in a sport which didn't accept women - how did Nicola overcome the odds stacked against her and make history?
Author
Series
Wallander volume 1
Language
English
Description
Wallander is attending a police conference in Cape Town when he's asked by the South African police to help with the case of Inga Hedeman, a Swedish voluntary worker in the townships who's been missing for ten days. A combination of gut instinct and inspired police work lead Wallander first to a deserted farmhouse where he finds evidence of Inga's presence and a severed finger...
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by an actual US Military program, follows the life of Joe while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA's spear in the war on terror. The Lioness Program, overseen by Kaitlyn Meade and Donald Westfield, enlists an aggressive Marine Raider named Cruz to operate undercover alongside Joe among the power brokers of State terrorism in the CIA's efforts to thwart the next 9/11." --paramountplus.com
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by an actual US Military program, follows the life of Joe while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA's spear in the war on terror. The Lioness Program, overseen by Kaitlyn Meade and Donald Westfield, enlists an aggressive Marine Raider named Cruz to operate undercover alongside Joe among the power brokers of State terrorism in the CIA's efforts to thwart the next 9/11.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Italiano
Description
Gomorrah: The Series is the worldwide gangster show phenomenon from Stefano Sollima (Tom Clancy's Without Remorse, Romanzo Criminale), which is based on Roberto Saviano's best-selling book and the subsequent award-winning film of the same name. Season One tells the inside story of the fierce Neapolitan crime organization the Camorra. It is shown through the eyes of Ciro, the obedient and self-confident right-hand man of the clan's godfather, Pietro...
8) Serengeti II
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
New characters. Fresh rivalries. Same spectacular setting. Return to an unspoiled corner of Africa's Serengeti for more real-life animal drama. The pioneering series returns to capture the dramatic and emotionally interconnected stories of iconic savannah animals. There's humor, heartbreak and nail-biting tension as new characters move in and familiar faces continue their stories. Bakari the baboon struggles with family life. Kali the lioness makes...
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This England women's football team was the feelgood story of the summer of 2022 and this film includes insightful behind-the-scenes access to the squad as they progressed through Euro 2022. From Alessia Russo's outrageous back-heeled goal against Sweden to Chloe Kelly's heroics in the final.
10) The lion king
Series
Language
English
Description
The Pridelands are a small slice of heaven, ruled by Mufasa, the Lion King. His son Simba is preoccupied with life and all its potential, and neglects the lessons Mufasa tries to impart. Scar, Mufasa's brother has lived his adult in the shadow of his better looking, more successful, universally adored sibling. Capitalizing upon Simba's youthful exuberance and reckless abandon, Scar manipulates his nephew into playing the key role in his ascension...
11) Lioness
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Lioness makes public, for the first time, the hidden history of a group of female Army support soldiers who became the first women in American history to be sent into direct ground combat. Told through intimate accounts and interviews with military commanders, the film follows five lioness women who served together for a year in Iraq. Togethert the women's narratives form a portrait of the emotional and psychological effects of war from a female point...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In The White Lioness, Wallander is drawn into the case of a missing Swedish national while attending a police conference in South Africa. The second film sees Wallander back in Sweden, where a woman's body is discovered half buried in the forest swamps. And in The Troubled Man, Wallander is in a race against time as he embarks on his final case - the disappearance of his daughter's father-in-law.
13) We are Columbine
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Highlights the stories of four students who were freshmen at the time of the shooting. Director Laura Farber was also a freshman at Columbine at the same time. She captures their perspectives during a walk-through of the school.
14) The last lions
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Follows lioness Ma di Tau and her fragile cubs as they take a perilous journey through raging fire, rival prides, croc-infested rivers, and deadly buffalo in order to survive.
15) Born free
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When game warden George Adamson is forced to kill a lion and lioness, he and his wife Joy adopt their three cubs. Two are sent off to zoos but the third is kept, a female they name Elsa. When Elsa is fully grown, the Adamsons realize she must be taught to survive on her own.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The natural world is full of amazing stories, but sometimes animals act in ways that seemingly go against all their instincts. From an elephant standing guard over a sick dog, to a giant tortoise adopting a baby hippo, and a lioness that ignores all the laws of nature to look after a baby oryx, this heart-warming series examines the cases of animals that have struck up unusual relationships.
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Elsa, an orphaned lion cub raised by George and Joy Adamson then released back into the wild, captivated audiences around the world, and became a symbol for all animals' right to live free. But behind the film and book lies the real story of the Adamsons' life with Elsa. Their diaries, home movies and detailed records reveal an intimate look into their pioneering work and unique relationship with lions. Recollections of the actress who portrayed Joy...
18) Serengeti
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
With unique access to a pristine and unspoiled corner of the Serengeti's Pride Lands deep in the heart of Africa, this series captures the drama of the daily lives of and emotional moments faced by lions and lionesses, baboons, elephants, leopards, bison and other creatures commonly found in this national park in Tanzania.
19) The last lions
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Blu-ray version.
Language
English
Description
Follows lioness Ma di Tau and her fragile cubs as they take a perilous journey through raging fire, rival prides, croc-infested rivers, and deadly buffalo in order to survive. The program is narrated by Jeremy Irons.
Pub. Date
©2017.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
For over 1,000 years, chariots thundered across China's battlefields, dominating warfare longer than anywhere else on Earth. Now, a series of amazing archaeological findings enable a team of experts to reconstruct and test China's first super-weapon.
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