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This is Our Land: The Fight to Reclaim the Commons (2010)

Subject

Economics; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 NTSC, 46 minutes), $250.00

For more than three decades, transnational corporations have been busy buying up what used to be known as "the commons" -- everything from our forests and our oceans to our broadcast airwaves and our most...

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Coming of Age (1999 Video)

aka: Romans in Britain, The: Coming of Age

Subject

Classical studies

Distribution

Off-air recording, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Focuses on what it was like for the inhabitants of Britain to be invaded and subjugated by the Romans. The initial rebellion and revolt by Boudicca was ruthlessly crushed, and a new, vibrant culture emerged....

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Challenge in Nigeria

Date released

Jun 1948

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

19

NoS ID

347027

Story no

1 / 1

BFI synopsis: Shows some problems to be faced before Nigeria can hope to become an independent nation within the Commonwealth. Different races and religions in Nigeria to be integrated - The Moslem...

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Dysfunctional Societies: How Equality Makes Societies Stronger (2015)

Subject

Economics; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 41 minutes), $350.00

Documentary. What distinguishing feature do the world’s healthiest and happiest societies have in common? According to acclaimed author Richard Wilkinson, the reason is that they have far less income...

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World of the Lindisfarne Gospels, The (2003)

Subject

Art; History; Literature; Religious studies

Distribution

DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £19.99

The Lindisfarne Gospels is the greatest of Anglo-Saxon treasures and one of the world’s great works of art. It is a volume of the four Gospels, in Latin, created in the early eighth century, with...

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Elizabeth (2011)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £17.99

The only child of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth was born on September 7 1533 in Greenwich Palace. From her accession in 1558 to her death in 1603, she was a great, beloved, feared, complex,...

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Al-Ghazali - The Alchemist of Happiness (2011)

Director

Ovidio Salazar

Producer

Ovidio Salazar

Subject

Philosophy; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 80 minutes), £19.95

Born in 1058 in Tus, Khorasan, in present-day Iran, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali was one of the most original thinkers the world has known. Besides being a major influence in the Muslim world, the West has also felt...

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Kayapo, The (1987 Video)

Director

Michael Beckham

Producer

Michael Beckham

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire (RAI) Sale (RAI, Granada), Videocassette. VHS. col. 51 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The lives of the Kayapo tribe of Brazil changed dramatically in 1982 when gold was found on their land and 3000 Brazilians invaded their territory to excavate one of the largest gold mines in the world. The...

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Built - Building Understandings in Literacy and Teaching (2003)

Subject

Education; English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, CD-ROM (PC Version), £45.00

Originally devised by the Language and Literacy team at The University of Melbourne for use with their primary and secondary teacher trainees (of all subjects), it contains a wealth of video footage which is...

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Age of Czeslaw Milosz, The (2011)

Director

Juozas Javaitis

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 185 minutes), $29.95

This documentary commemorates the 100th birthday of Czeslaw Milosz, the Nobel Prize-winning Polish-Lithuanian poet. Famous cultural figures, friends, and family retrace the life and work of this...

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