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Canada Biography
Labor Day Classic: more than a game between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Labor Day Classic has become much more than a game.
Ryan Blais – Canada Post Olympic Bio
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Michael Jackson: This Is It (Limited Edition Blu-ray & DVD Combo Pack) $20.58 The limited edition Blu-ray combo pack includes bonus DVD version of the film. Michael Jackson’s This Is It will offer Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London’s O2 Arena. Chronicling the months from April through June 2009, the… |
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Lords of Dogtown $4.09 Lords of Dogtown captures the sheer kinetic joy of skateboarding like no other movie (except, perhaps, Dogtown and Z Boys, a documentary about the very skateboarders this movie depicts). Set in the mid-1970s in Venice, CA–a.k.a. Dogtown–the movie starts with three young aspiring surfers turned skateboarders: Stacy (John Robinson, Elephant), Jay (Emile Hirsch, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys), … |
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Silence of the North [VHS] $59.98 Certain people bring such overwhelming love and courage to their lives that they are true heroes. They live adventures, and struggle for survival. And they win. Olive Fredrickson is such an inspiring hero. Silence of the North is based on 80-year-old Olive Fredrickson’s autobiography. It tells of her life as a girl, then a trapper’s wife and later a widow with three small children surviving under … |
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The American Experience: MacArthur [VHS] $4.95 General Douglas MacArthur is considered by many to be the greatest American military hero in history. In The American Experience: MacArthur we get the chance to look in depth at this complex man. At times paranoid and poetic, inspirational and petty, his belief in his own destiny was so strong that he seemed to expect his victories as his due. The filmmakers present his story with newsreel and mi… |
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One Warm Line: The Legacy of Stan Rogers “He was called ‘The Mount St. Helens of Folk Music…Larger than Life…A Legend’. Stan was the link. In his short life, he left a legacy of songs and international appearances that influenced a whole generation of folk enthusiasts. ONE WARM LINE features live performances of such well known songs as THE MARY ELLEN CARTER, NORTHWEST PASSAGE, and BARRETT’S PRIVATEERS. Powerful music accompanied by … |
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Bonnie and Clyde $4.49 A SOMEWHAT ROMANTIZED ACCOUNT OF THE CAREER OF THE NOTORIOUSLYVIOLENT BANK ROBBING COUPLE AND THEIR GANG…. |
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Lords of Dogtown (Unrated Extended Cut) $7.97 Lords of Dogtown captures the sheer kinetic joy of skateboarding like no other movie (except, perhaps, Dogtown and Z Boys, a documentary about the very skateboarders this movie depicts). Set in the mid-1970s in Venice, CA–a.k.a. Dogtown–the movie starts with three young aspiring surfers turned skateboarders: Stacy (John Robinson, Elephant), Jay (Emile Hirsch, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys), … |
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Selena $4.84 This movie excitingly recreates the early life of a little girl who dreamed big hit the road in the band bus name big bertha and whose concerts became electrifying events. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 01/16/2007 Starring: Jennifer Lopez Jon Seda Run time: 128 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Gregory Nava… |
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WorldScapes Operation Migration, Biography, Canada, Set E/Grade 4 Who is Bill Lishman? How has this innovative Canadian inventor helped save some of the world’s most endangered wildlife? Read about Bill’s compassion for a flock of orphaned geese, his work with Operation Migration, and his determination to make a dream come true…. |
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Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America $8.78 Book DescriptionWhat would it take? That was the question that Geoffrey Canada found himself asking. What would it take to change the lives of poor children–not one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in big numbers, and in a way that could be replicated nationwide? The question led him to create the Harlem Children’s Zone, a ninety-seven-block laboratory in central… |
