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Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Stanford University professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who, in 1971, cast twenty-four male student volunteers as prisoners and guards in a simulated jail to examine the source of abusive behavior in the prison system. The results astonished the world, as participants went from middle-class undergrads to drunk-with-power sadists and submissive victims in just a few days. Based on a true story.
49) Chemistry
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Pub. Date
2003
Description
Covers every topic that is typically included in most high school chemistry. Provides deep understanding of basic concepts and how one can apply the kind of simple, natural quantitative reasoning we all use every day to what are truly simple chemistry problems once this basic understanding is established. It is this basis of true understanding that makes chemistry.
Pub. Date
2011
Description
A lively interactive Spanish immersion program that engages children with colorful backgrounds, animated characters, catchy original songs, and live-action footage of familiar year-round activities. Upbeat live-action speakers introduce and reinforce basic Spanish words and phrases through call-and-response and repetition. From el invierno, winter, to el otoño, autumn, it's a year-round celebration as children learn words and phrases associated with...
Description
A group of six friends, in Sacramento, gather to distract themselves from loss - a newly dumped Sylvia, Prudie's repressed disappointment, and Jocelyn, who has a life of unrealized dreams. All are devoted Jane Austen fans, except the lone man, Grigg, who has an ulterior motive for joining the chick-lit gang. There's plenty of pride (Prudie), prejudice (Jocelyn), sense (Sylvia), and sensibility...
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Discusses the Buddha in the world, and the difficulties and methods of becoming one; the four noble truths, the 3 wheels of Dharma, the 3 vehicles, and the metaphor of the turning of the wheel of Dharma; and the Sangha, or community of those who try to live according to the Dharma.
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Pack your bags going on a musical adventure around the world! Join María and a playful group of peers as they embark on a fun-filled, Spanish-learning journey from Spain to Latin America. Featuring lively Latin melodies, vibrant backgrounds, and a colorful cast of characters, La Música will have kids singing and dancing along as they learn about food, dance, weather, days of the week, parts of the body, and more!