John Bloom
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English
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“Good corporate drama . . . an enlightening narrative of how new communications infrastructures often come about.” —The Economist, “A Book of the Year 2016”
In the early 1990s, Motorola developed a revolutionary satellite system called Iridium that promised to be its crowning achievement. Its constellation of 66 satellites in polar orbit was a mind-boggling technical...
In the early 1990s, Motorola developed a revolutionary satellite system called Iridium that promised to be its crowning achievement. Its constellation of 66 satellites in polar orbit was a mind-boggling technical...
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English
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Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the Methodist church choir, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands had good jobs working for technology companies in the north Dallas suburbs known as Silicon Prairie. But beneath the placid surface of their seemingly perfect lives, both women simmered with unspoken frustrations and unanswered desires. On a hot summer day in 1980, the secret passions and jealousies...
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English
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What if you're struggling to believe that God is truly faithful?
The Bible teaches that God is always faithful, that He's always TRUE to HIS WORD. Saints throughout history have affirmed it, and hymns and worship songs celebrate it.
But what if it doesn't look that way to you? You're not alone. The Bible is full of examples of God's children struggling to trust him in seasons of disappointment, discouragement, danger, disaster, depression, and deep...
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English
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Whether it's widely promoted debates streamed over the internet or a big-budget documentary series on TV, the supposed "conflict" between science and faith remains as prominent as ever. In this accessible guide for students, a well-regarded science professor introduces readers to the natural sciences from a distinctly Christian perspective. Starting with the classical view of God as the Creator and Sustainer of the universe, this book lays the biblical...
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English
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Paul Newman earned an Oscar® nomination plus Best Actor honors from the National Society of Film Critics and New York Film Critics Circle for his portrayal of Sully, a likeable working stiff who’s made a lifetime of bad decisions. But he unexpectedly has a chance to make right on some of them when his estranged son – and grandson – drop into his life. Melanie Griffith and Jessica Tandy are among the talented costars of this engaging film honored...
7) Gandhi
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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Follows the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his days as a lawyer in South Africa to his role as India's spiritual leader by using his philosophy of non-violent but direct-action protest that helped end British rule. Centers on the extraordinary man who fought for a nonviolent, peaceful existence and set an entire nation free.
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HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2004
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English
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Set in 1985. Revolves around two very different men with AIDS, one fictional, one fictionalized. Roy Cohn, personifies all the hypocrisy, delusion and callousness of the official response to the plague. Nothing shakes Roy's lack of empathy: even on his death bed, he's fighting with his gay nurse and taunting the woman he helped put to death, Ethel Rosenberg. The other patient is Prior Walter, who is visited by an angel and deserted by his self-pitying...
9) Wit
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HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
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English
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An English professor, who alienates her students, has always had control over her life. That is until she is diagnosed with a devasting illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. She finds that the fine line between life and death can only be walked with wit.
11) Werewolf Santa
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English
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Amateur monster hunter Lucy, witnesses Santa's transformation into a werewolf after he is bitten by one on Christmas Eve.
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Janson Media
Pub. Date
c2005
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English
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As the subtitle implies, the history of drive-in movie theaters in the United States, chronicling their rise and subsequent fall. Also features notables such as John Carpenter, John Bloom (aka. Jo Bob Briggs) and movie mogul Samuel Z. Arkoff.
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Horizon Movies
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Two survivors from the original, Bobby (Robert Houston) and Rachel (who changed her name to Ruby, played by Janus Blythe), now own a dirt-bike team, whose first race will be held in the same desert from which they escaped death eight years before. Bobby is too disturbed to go, but Rachel is determined to face the demons of her past. Together with her team (which includes Penny Johnson from 24), they travel into the hills, whereupon they are ambushed...
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Erin Brockovich: Erin Brockovich is a feisty young mother who convinces attorney Ed Masry to hire her and promptly stumbles upon a monumental law case against a giant corporation. Erin's determined to take on this powerful adversary even though no law firm has dared to do it before. The two begin an incredible and sometimes hilarious fight that will bring a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees.
Notting Hill: When the world's most...