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The quick and dirty guide to learning languages fast / by Hawke, Mykel,author.;
"There are many reasons why you might need to learn a foreign language quickly--perhaps an unexpected business trip or a sudden travel opportunity. A. G. Hawke, a U.S. Army Green Beret, often travels to foreign countries on short notice and has been able to work intimately with officials who do not speak English. Frequently, he needs to be able to communicate in a foreign language in a matter of days or weeks. He tried all types of schools, classes, books, and tapes, but none delivered what he needed when he needed it. Subsequently, he developed his own method for learning languages. It proved so effective for him (he is certified by the military in seven languages) and his fellow Green Berets that he decided to share it with others who are struggling to learn a foreign language on the quick. The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast is designed for people who have no time for learning complicated rules of grammar. Hawke promises that his method will help anyone become functional in any language in as little as seven days and proficient in thirty days. How? Because he has trimmed that fat for you, freeing your time for what's truly useful. Hawke provides a detailed day-by-day schedule, a hands-on workbook format, and secret tips to help you master the key elements of any new language. In true Special Forces style, this quick-and-dirty method contains no fluff; it's all action so you can quickly get into the action yourself. If your mission is to learn a foreign language, why not learn how from the very best?"--provided by Amazon.com.The preliminaries -- The basics -- Expanding your vocabulary.
Subjects: Programmed instructional materials.; Language acquisition.; Language and languages; Language and languages; Communicative competence.;
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Septembers of Shiraz / by Blair, Wayne,1971-film director.director.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Sofer, Dalia,1972-Septembers of Shiraz.; Aghdashloo, Shohreh,1952-actor.; Hayek, Salma,1966-actor.; Brody, Adrien,actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),publisher.;
Shohreh Aghdashloo, Salma Hayek, Adrien Brody.Based on true events, it follows a secular Jewish family whose lives are turned upside down in the wake of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. When Isaac is suddenly arrested and taken to a secret prison, his wife is left to make sense of what has happened and must somehow secure Isaac's release and her family's safety.Rating: PG-13; for thematic content involving interrogation, brutality and disturbing images, and for some partial nudity and brief strong language.DVD; Widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Sofer, Dalia, 1972-; Jewish families; Husband and wife; Jews; Prisons; Prisoners' spouses; Children of prisoners;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Savage Sam [videorecording] / by Gipson, Fred,1908-1973.(CARDINAL)150216; Tunberg, William.; Tokar, Norman,1920-1979.; Keith, Brian,1921-1997.prf; Kirk, Tommy.prf; Corcoran, Kevin,1949-; Gipson, Fred,1908-1973.Savage Sam.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)340297; Walt Disney Productions.(CARDINAL)140420;
Photography, Edward Colman ; editor, Grant K. Smith ; music, Oliver Wallace.Brian Keith, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran.Sequel to Old Yeller, about Yeller's offspring, Sam, and the trials of living on the frontier with his two young masters.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD, fullscreen presentation, Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Feature films; Children's films; Western films; Film adaptation.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired; Dogs; Frontier and pioneer life; Perros; Spanish language materials.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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American splendor [videorecording] / by Hope, Ted.; Pulcini, Robert.; Berman, Shari Springer.; Giamatti, Paul,1967-; Davis, Hope,1967-(CARDINAL)432745; Friedlander, Judah.(CARDINAL)815197; Urbaniak, James,1963-; Billings, Earl.; McCaffrey, James,1960-(CARDINAL)346593; Moore, Maggie.(CARDINAL)358812; Benesch, Vivienne.; Stacey, Terry.; Suozzo, Mark.; Wilkinson, Michael.; DePrez, Thérèse.(CARDINAL)848203; Pekar, Harvey.American splendor.; Brabner, Joyce.Our cancer year.; Fine Line Features.(CARDINAL)356392; Good Machine (Firm); HBO Films.(CARDINAL)346701; HBO Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)347268;
Director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Robert Pulcini ; music, Mark Suozzo ; costume designer, Michael Wilkinson ; production designer, Thérèse Deprez.Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Earl Billings, James McCaffrey, Maggie Moore, Vivienne Benesch.Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital. He is also a comic book fan who befriends the young illustrator Robert Crumb and is soon inspired to create comic books based on his own life. Along his bumpy journey he meets, marries and falls in love with Joyce, an admiring comic book seller.MPAA rating: R; for language.DVD; Dolby surround.Cannes Film Festival, 2003: FIPRESCI Prize Un Certain Regard (Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini).
Subjects: Feature films.; Comedy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Comic books, strips, etc.; Illustrators; Man-woman relationships;
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Hermie [videorecording]: a common caterpillar / by Conway, Tim(CARDINAL)748754; Eldridge, Rick.; Gionis, Demetre.; Knotts, Don,1924-; Lucado, Max.(CARDINAL)346093; Nelson, Tommy.(CARDINAL)651331; Pottorf, Rob.; GlueWorks Entertainment, Inc.;
Animator, Demetre Gionis ; music, Rob Pottorf.Voices: Tim Conway (Hermie), Don Knotts (Wormie).Best friends Hermie and Wormie are sad each time they see that other creatures are special when they, themselves, are so ordinary. But they trust that they are special in God's eyes and that He is not finished with them yet.Not rated.DVD; 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Animated television programs; Video recordings for children.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired; Caterpillars; Christian life; Friendship; Metamorphosis; Self-esteem;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Pippi Longstocking [videorecording] by Hellbom, Olle,1925-1982.; Hellbom, Olle.; Lindgren, Astrid,1907-2002.Pippi Långstrump.English.; Nilsson, Inger.; Persson, Maria.; Sundberg, Pär,1957-; Sundberg, Par.; Beta Films (Firm); Hen's Tooth Video (Firm); KB Nord-Art.;
Photographer, Kalle Ber[g]holm ; editors, Jan Persson, Jutt[a] Schweden ; music, Konrad Elfers.Inger Nilsson, Par Sundberg, Maria Persson.Young Tommy and Anneka find a strange girl, Pippi Longstocking, has moved in on her own next door to them in their small Swedish town. They befriend the zany, superstrong Pippi and she takes them on all sorts of madcap adventures.MPAA rating: G.DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital; Digitally mastered.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Children's films.; Feature films.; Longstocking, Pippi; Children; Spanish language materials.; Niños;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Stella and Sam. [videorecording] / by Daniels, Tony.; Dickson, Jain.; Jafelice, Raymond.(CARDINAL)431706; Johnson, Miles.; Marcus, Rachel.; Melanson, Michelle.; Merritt, David.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada)(CARDINAL)340319; Radical Sheep (Firm); Stella and Sam Productions, Inc.;
Box builders -- Fred's bath -- Meadow melody -- Follow me! -- Where's Pattycake? -- Stella's circus -- Sam and the snowman -- Skippy and Sam.Editor, Robert Ardiel ; music, Silent Joe.Voices, Rachel Marcus, Tony Daniels, Miles Johnson.Based on the award-winning best-selling book series by Marie-Louise Gay, Stella guides her younger brother Sam through endless adventures that transform their house and backyard into anywhere in the world! Along the way Sam has a million questions and Stella has a zillion answers as their imaginations discover the awe and wonder of childhood within the natural world.CHV rating: G.DVD, widescreen (1.78) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Subjects: Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Animated television programs.; Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Children's television programs.; Fiction television programs.; French language materials.; Siblings; Siblings; Stella (Fictitious character : Gay); Stella (Fictitious character : Gay); Siblings; Stella (Fictitious character : Gay);
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The pianist [videorecording] / by Benmussa, Robert.; Brody, Adrien.(CARDINAL)784225; Edelman, Pawel,1958-; Finlay, Frank,1926-; Fox, Emilia,1974-(CARDINAL)432489; Harwood, Ronald,1934-(CARDINAL)151112; Kilar, Wojciech.; Kretschmann, Thomas,1962-; Lipman, Maureen.; Meyer, Jessica Kate.; Polanski, Roman.(CARDINAL)721320; Rayner, Julia.; Sarde, Alain,1952-; Stoppard, Ed.; Szpilman, W¿?adys¿?aw.¿?mier♯? miasta.; Heritage Films (Firm : Warsaw, Poland); R.P. Productions.; Runteam Ltd.; Studio Babelsberg.; Studio Canal+.(CARDINAL)528339; Universal Pictures (Firm)(CARDINAL)318695;
Director of photography, Pawel Edelman ; editor, Herve de Luze ; music, Wojciech Kilar ; costume designer, Anna Sheppard ; production designer, Allan Starski.Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Ed Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer.MPAA rating: R, for violence and brief strong language.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Based on the book Śmierć miasta by Wladyslaw Szpilman.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jewish musicians; Jews;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Jack Irish [videorecording] / by Humphries, Barry,1934-2023actor.(CARDINAL)807482; Pearce, Guy,1967-actor.(CARDINAL)348826; Television adaptation of (work):Temple, Peter,1946-Jack Irish.; Acorn Media (Firm),production company.(CARDINAL)340133; Australian Broadcasting Corporation,broadcaster.(CARDINAL)332333; Essential Media (Firm),production company.; RLJ Entertainment,film distributor.(CARDINAL)340134; Screen Australia,production company.;
Dead point -- Bonus material.Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen, Roy Billing.Jack Irish, is the brooding antihero of Australian writer Peter Temple's award-winning novels. The mystery finds Jack grappling with more personal and professional drama as he continues to investigate crimes in Melbourne's seedy underbelly.Not rated. "Contains strong language, vilence, sexual situations, and nudity."--Cover.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television adaptations.; Television crime shows.; Television series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Criminal investigation; Irish, Jack (Fictitious character); Private investigators;
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Unquiet [Large print] / by Ullmann, Linn,1966-author.(CARDINAL)646043; Reinhard, Thilo,translator.(CARDINAL)808958;
"He is a renowned Swedish filmmaker and has a plan for everything. She is his daughter, the youngest of nine children. Every summer, since she was a little girl, she visits him at his beloved stony house surrounded by woods, poppies, and the Baltic sea. Now that she's grown up and he's in his late eighties, he envisions a book about old age. He worries that he's losing his language, his memory, his mind. Growing old is hard work, he says. They will write it together. She will ask the questions. He will answer them. When she finally comes to the island, bringing her tape recorder with her, old age has caught up with him in ways neither could have foreseen. Unquiet follows the narrator as she unearths these taped conversations seven years later. Swept into memory, she reimagines the story of a father, a mother, and a girl--a child who cant wait to grow up and parents who would rather be children. A heartbreaking and darkly funny depiction of the intricacies of family, Unquiet is an elegy of memory and loss, identity and art, growing up and growing old. Linn Ullmann nimbly blends memoir and fiction in her most inventive novel yet, weaving a luminous meditation on language, mourning, and the many narratives that make up a life."--
Subjects: Large print books.; Psychological fiction.; Families;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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