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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"In the besieged city of Constantinople in 1453, in a public library in Lakeport, Idaho, today, and on a spaceship bound for a distant exoplanet decades from now, an ancient text provides solace and the most profound human connection to characters in peril. They all learn the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to the paradise of Cloud Cuckoo Land, a better world. Twelve-year-old Anna lives in a convent where women...
2) The good lie
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
[Blu-ray + DVD combo pack] ; Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Blu-ray disc
Language
English
Description
They were known simply as "The Lost Boys." Orphaned by the brutal civil war in Sudan that began in 1983, these young victims traveled as many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety. Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort would bring 3,600 lost boys and girls to America.