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2) Heights
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Follows five people over a 24 hour period on a fall day in New York City. Isabel, a photographer, is having second thoughts about her upcoming marriage to Jonathan, a lawyer. Isabel's mother, Diana, learns that her husband has a new lover and begins to re-think her life choices and, especially, her open marriage. Diana and Isabel's paths cross with Alec, a young actor, and with Peter, a journalist. Isabel, Jonathan, Diana, Alec, and Peter must choose...
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Katya Livingston is a woman who has clawed her way to the top of the social ladder. She has high expectations when it comes to men. After ruining the wedding of Dawn, a San Francisco socialite, she discovers that she hasn't been invited to the social event of the season. More determined than ever to make it into the ball at Covington Castle, she will do whatever it takes to get invited. In the process of all of this scheming, Katya meets a lawyer...
5) Interwoven
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Thirteen stories about love, loss, homelessness, addiction, and suicide are woven together in this incredible drama that reveals the ties that bind people together.
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Bob the Builder and his machine team 'sea' lots of new ways to work together to get jobs done in and around Fixham Harbor in these five exciting stories. Scoop must make a creative seaside rescue to get the lighthouse lens shining again! Scratch realizes that admitting mistakes is the best way to be cool. The team comes to the rescue when Muck's sandcastle compromises their big job and shows him that being part of a team means doing things together....
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Professor Leary brings to the forefront of recent studies in self-presentation. After more than 40 years of experience in psychology and neuroscience, and with wry humor and a talent for distilling difficult concepts into manageable parts, he makes this fascinating topic accessible to audiences everywhere. Step up to a thought-provoking journey into the workings of the human social mind filled with self-discovery and insights into the other people...
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Desperate for human interaction, six emotionally damaged individuals get attention and validation out of one another in toxic and possibly ineffective ways. Among them are a wannabe Instagram celebrity who compulsively asks people to take her picture, a literal identity thief with an endless cache of costumes to match her personas and a depressed motivational speaker on his way to give the performance of a lifetime. Over the course of a weekend, people...
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Fearless, cutting-edge comedy is in the house as the next generation of raw, risk-taking comedians take the stage. Follows in the footsteps of the Old School comic masters and showcases today's most untamed, untapped talent as tomorrow's comedy legends throwing down today's baddest and boldest material.
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"In this program, the Get-Along Monsters help young children identify and handle anger in an appropriate way. Each segment combines humorous, animated segments and age-appropriate, live-action scenarios to demonstrate easy-to-understand skills. Each concept and skill is reviewed and reinforced with a memorable music video"--Container.
15) Silicone soul
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Explores the emotional connection some people have to their synthetic companions and what that means for the future of human relationships. Ultimately, this is a film about love, loneliness, secrets and, perhaps, acceptance. Who are people to judge who, or what, people choose to love?
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Promotes emotional intelligence. Paz programs promote the skills needed for effective learning and an optimistic and resillent approach to life. Wilbur helps preschoolers get a jump-start on early literacy skills. The Save-Ums! are pint-sized superheroes who race to the rescue to solve preschool-sized emergencies through collaborative problem solving and the creative use of technology.
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English
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An English as a second language video series that presents six engaging characters and a neighborhood restaurant. The stories portray the humor and drama of the challenges, struggles and victories of everyday life. It features diverse ethnicity, real-world scenarios familiar to many ESL learners, and universal social and cultural issues for family members of all ages. Episode includes (in addition to the story) a short documentary called Culture clips...