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Pub. Date
c2012
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Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carmegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States. a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen.
3) Art of war
Pub. Date
2009
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Sun Tzu was the Nostradamus of warfare and his book, Art of War was written 2,400 years ago. It is still the ultimate how-to guide for winning at war. Weaves together the epic story of Sun Tzu himself, and relives a war in which his tactics posthumously saved a city from defeat, a victory at war that paved the way toward the unification of China. An emotional, epic and ultimately visual understanding of Sun Tzu's lessons, telling the story of other...
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Pub. Date
2014
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A dramatization that looks at how Adolf Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and other leaders during World War II were affected by their experiences as infantrymen and privates during World War I.
Adolf Hitler. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Benito Mussolini. Winston Churchill. Charles de Gaulle. George Patton. Before they were the giants of WWII, they were infantrymen and privates in WWI, the war to end all wars. The story...
6) Barack Obama
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Follow Obama from his early childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, through his teenage struggles for self-identity, his student days at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, and his political career in Chicago. Go behind the scenes of Obama's extraordinarily successful presidential campaign and his journey to the 2008 Democratic Convention, and finally his election as president.
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It's the true American story of a legendary family feud, one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia. It chronicles a clash of clans that inspired passion, vengeance, courage, sacrifice, crimes and accusations, while forever transforming the two families and the region where they lived.
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The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne ... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
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Follows the life of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz. As their relationship suffers, Alfred takes a younger lover. Georgia's search for solace moves her west, where she finds new inspiration for her paintings, and ultimately her own voice, in the New Mexico landscape.
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Few American artists have reached a wider audience or enjoyed more widespread popularity in their own lifetime than Ansel Adams. Ansel Adams had a profound impact on how Americans see the majesty or their continent and helped transform how people think and feel about the meaning of the natural world. A visionary photographer, a pioneer in photographic technique and a crusader for the environment, this portrait of Adams portrays the great artist and...
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The Duchess of Duke Street volume Series 1
Pub. Date
c2008
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Born into the servant class, Louisa Leyton rises from the scullery to become the best chef in Edwardian London and manager of the most elegant-- and discreet-- hotel in town. She learns the rules of society from powerful men captivated by her beauty, but she never sheds her Cockney accent or attitude. Based on the true story of Rosa Lewis, a cook who became the owner of the Cavendish Hotel and through her culinary skills, beauty, and connections,...
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Credited with both unifying China and tormenting its citizenry, Qin Shi Huangdi, the "first emperor of China," is one of the most controversial leaders in the nation's history. His reign brought advances such as standardized currencies, weights, and measures, unified written and spoken language and transportation systems. In battle, too, he was centuries ahead of his time, creating assembly lines to mass-produce precision-crafted swords, arrows and...
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All creatures great and small volume 1
Pub. Date
2021
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The numerous adventures of a friendly staff at a country veterinarian practice in 1930s to 1940s Yorkshire.
Pub. Date
2013
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The events of Hitler's climb to power tell only part of the story. Neither Adolf Hitler nor the Germany of 1939 exploded onto the world stage fully formed. Both evolved. Both were running from failures in their past. Both were looking for someone to blame. Together they entered into a macabre dance to find security and a stronger identity. Whipped into a frenzied fear inflamed by the "Hitler-roar", Germany happily surrendered its voice to one man....
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Pub. Date
[2009]
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As a social worker, Irena had access to the Warsaw Ghetto, making it possible for her to rescue the daughter of a Jewish friend and safely hide the young girl with a Catholic family. Realizing that thousands of children were still in danger, Irena recruited sympathetic friends and co-workers to smuggle children out and place them in safe homes, farms and convents. At great personal risk, she devised extraordinary schemes to sneak the children by Nazi...
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Season two follows Queen Elizabeth through the late 1950s and early '60s as she struggles to navigate a world that's changing around her. She must face the challenges of a new era, from the Suez Canal crisis to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, while preserving both the monarchy and her marriage.
Pub. Date
[2009]
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When Charles Darwin's life's work is in danger of being scooped by Alfred Wallace, one of his children is stricken by scarlet fever and one with diphtheria. His wife, Emma, is his rock, helping him through the turmoil. This story brings to life the compelling human story behind the publication of one of history's most influential theories.
Pub. Date
[2013]
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In a journey that is both literal and historical, host Rageh Omaar retraces the footsteps of the Prophet, from his beginnings in Mecca to his struggles with accepting his Prophetic role; from his flight to Medina to his subsequent military and political successes and failures, through to his death and his legacy.
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