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1481) La Bamba
Pub. Date
[1998]
Summary
The life of rock and roll legend Richie Valens bursts across the screen in this celebrated, music-filled movie with star-making performances. Depicts the 17-year-old Mexican-American's rocket rise to fame from field laborer to rock star.
1482) Maiden
Pub. Date
[2019]
Summary
The true story of skipper Tracy Edwards and the first all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World race.
1483) One life
Pub. Date
[2024]
Summary
Tells the true story of Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker, who, along with Trevor Chadwick, and Doreen Warriner of the British Committee for Refugees in Czechoslovakia, rescued 669 children from the Nazis in the months leading up to World War II. Fifty years later, it's 1988 and Nicky lives haunted by the fate of the children he wasn't able to bring to safety in England, always blaming himself for not doing more. It's not until a...
1484) Sergeant York
Pub. Date
[2006]
Summary
Story of a boy drafted into the military who begins his career as a pacifist and then soon sees the justification for fighting.
1485) Bing Crosby rediscovered
Pub. Date
[2014]
Summary
Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the twentieth century, pulling audiences in with his intimate, laid-back voice and innate charm. Narrated by Stanley Tucci and directed by Robert Trachtenberg, this film explores the life and legend of this iconic performer, revealing a personality far more complex than the image the public had only thought they'd known.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
In this book, the first volume of a three-book series, our middle school protagonists Padmini, Sammy, Joe, and Tiana and their guide, Kenji, embark on an amazing journey through time to witness key events in AANHPI history. They witness the arrival of the "Manilamen" to the United States in the eighteenth century and fly through significant moments in the next 150 years. Fighting to Belong! helps new audiences young and old, AANHPI and non-AANHPI,...
Pub. Date
c2006
Summary
Television series that follows the true-life adventures of veterinarian James Herriot. Set in the windswept dales of Yorkshire, England, the series perfectly captures the warm drawing room fires and freezing wintry barns of the English countryside of the '30s. While this remote area cannot remain untouched by the threat of impending war, there are still plenty of battles to be fought on the home front: on the farms, in the fields and hand-to-hand...
1489) Till
Pub. Date
[2023]
Summary
Till is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobleyb2ss relentless pursuit of justice for her fourteen-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamieb2ss poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a motherb2ss ability to change the world.
1490) Saint Judy
Pub. Date
[2019]
Summary
The true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood as she represents and fights for Asefa Ashwari, an Afghan woman who was forced to flee her home country after being persecuted by the Taliban for opening a school for girls. Despite setbacks and losses, their efforts culminate in arguments before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, as they seek to save not only Asefa's life, but countless others across the world.
1491) The painter's daughters
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Summary
The daughters of one of England's most famous portrait artists of the 1700s, Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are inseparable due to Molly's bouts of mental confusion, and as Peggy goes to great lengths to protect her sister's secret, she falls in love with a charming composer, which sparks the bitterest of betrayals.
1492) Oppenheimer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Summary
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
1493) Sylvia and Marsha start a revolution!: the story of the trans women of color who made LGBTQ+ history
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Pub. Date
2021.
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Summary
""Someday girls like us will be able to wear whatever we want. People will call us by the names we choose. They'll respect that we are women. The cops will leave us alone and no one will go hungry." Sylvia and Marsha are closer than sisters. They are kind and brave and not afraid to speak their truth, even when it makes other people angry. This illustrated book introduces children to the story of Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, the two transgender...