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1) Second act
Description
A big box store worker, Maya, reinvents her life story to land a job in the corporate side of the company she works for. After the aid of a fabricated resume and social network profile, she is offered the position. She accepts the position to try to prove what street smarts can do.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
For centuries, the residents of the underground City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights and quiet contentment. But when the City's massive power generator begins to fail, the streetlamps fade - along with the hopes of the townspeople. Now it will be up to two courageous teenagers to follow a trail of clues left by the ancient builders to find the way out of Ember before their world is plunged into complete darkness.
5) Dirty jobs
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Host Mike Rowe demonstrates some of the dirtiest jobs that have to be done to keep the world fed and cleaned. Mike rides along with some professional road kill collectors, and takes his turn scooping up five-day-old asphalt ornaments. Plus, tag along with a team of San Francisco trash men and learn how some of your discarded scraps are turned into fine wine.
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Host Mike Rowe demonstrates some of the dirtiest jobs that have to be done to keep the world fed and cleaned. Mike ventures underground into a greasy pit of sludge to join an environmental company that recycles the gunky grime. Plus, watch as Mike is "bee-deviled" during a stint as a honey farmer. In Hot Tar Roofer, Mike lands on a church rooftop and learns how to melt down chunks of black tar for the purpose of roof repair. Later, he takes a job...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe works alongside average folks doing extraordinary work that simply must get done. From sewer inspectors and zoo poop picker uppers to road kill collectors and pig farmers, he's not afraid roll up his sleeves and show viewers some of the dirtiest jobs around.
11) Certain Women
Pub. Date
2017
Description
A stirring look at three women striving to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer who finds herself contending with both office sexism and a hostage situation; a wife and mother whose determination to build her dream home puts her at odds with the men in her life; and a young law student who forms an ambiguous bond with a lonely ranch hand. A portrait emerges of flawed, but strong-willed individuals in...
12) Second act
Pub. Date
2019
Description
A big box store worker, Maya, reinvents her life story to land a job in the corporate side of the company she works for. After the aid of a fabricated resume and social network profile, she is offered the position. She accepts the position to try to prove what street smarts can do.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
(First story) It's Lakewood Elementary Parents Open House. How will the kids survive a whole evening of their parents' embarrassing antics? (Second story) Mr. Ratburn's class is taking field trips to visit parents at their jobs. Francine's not sure she want the class to know her dad is a garbage man. (Third story) Arthur and D.W. fear the worst when their parents have a fight. Will mom or dad have to move out?
17) City of Ember
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
For centuries, the residents of the underground City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights and quiet contentment. But when the City's massive power generator begins to fail, the streetlamps fade - along with the hopes of the townspeople. Now it will be up to two courageous teenagers to follow a trail of clues left by the ancient builders to find the way out of Ember before their world is plunged into complete darkness.
19) Big sister Dora
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Big sister Dora: Dora has some really exciting news to tell us: someone new is joining Dora's family! Someone who sleeps in a cradle, drinks from a bottle, wears diapers, and likes to be rocked to sleep. Can you guess who it is? That's right! A baby! Dora saves the game: Dora helps her cousins soccer team when they are missing a player.