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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Sanskrit
Description
The Last Rites of the Honourable Mr. Rai is a film about the cremation of a longtime resident of the holy city of Varanasi. This film, made at the request of the Rai family, is possibly the most detailed and respectful study of the Hindu rites of cremation on the sacred banks of the river Ganga at the historic Harish Chandra Ghat. With no invasive narration but with inter-titles and subtitles the film enables the viewer to see, hear and experience...
2) 100% Arabica
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In a housing project located on the outskirts of Paris renamed "100% Arabica" by its inhabitants, African immigrants live side by side. In a world of exiles, poverty is the common denominator. Against this backdrop, director Zemmouri has brought together two of the biggest and most charismatic stars of the cross-cultural musical form known as Rai, Cheb Mami and Khaled, who play the leaders of a band called Rap Oriental.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
While settling her aunt's affairs with the help of Naveen Desai, a lawyer--and the man she rejected--Mira and Naveen find themselves in a mad dash through Las Vegas, following clues to untangle the mess her family left behind, which puts both their lives in danger.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Combines firsthand interviews with scientific and cultural insights in a middle grade account of the 2018 Thai cave rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team and the critical, sophisticated engineering operation that saved the lives of 13 young people.
Author
Series
Modern love volume 3
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A social media influencer and makeup expert finds herself in a public relations jam after the son of a powerful Bollywood family begins private messaging her.
7) White Sun
Publisher
KimStim
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Nepali
Description
Gorgeously photographed in outskirts of the Himalayas, WHITE SUN explores the damage done to the fabric of Nepalese society by the decade-long civil war between the Maoists and Nepal’s monarchical government. On the occasion of his father’s funeral, Chandra returns to the village he left years earlier to join the Maoists, and finds himself revisiting frayed family relations and unspoken divisions among neighbors. Past traumas return and cause...
Author
Series
Forbidden hearts volume 1
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Alisha Rai, one of contemporary romance's brightest stars, makes her Avon Books debut with the first novel in the sexy Forbidden Hearts series!
One night. No one will know.
That was the deal. Every year, Livvy Kane and Nicholas Chandler would share one perfect night of illicit pleasure. The forbidden hours let them forget the tragedy that haunted their pasts—and the last names that made them enemies.
Until the night she
...Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Hindi
Description
In northern India, a breathtakingly beautiful Himalayan community attracts tourists by commingling South Asian and Swiss Alps aesthetics. Debut filmmaker Ajitpal Singh tells an unconventional story of feminist strength while “accentuating the [region’s] spectacular exteriors and wide-canvas nature shots” (Variety). One local woman competes with her neighbors for business while battling the strictures of patriarchy, a local infrastructure from...
11) Devdas
Publisher
Eros Worldwide
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
Hindi
Description
After his wealthy family prohibits him from marrying the woman he is in love with, Devdas Mukherjee's life spirals further and further out of control as he takes up alcohol and a life of vice to numb the pain.
13) Raanjhanaa
Publisher
Eros Worldwide
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Hindi
Description
Kundan, the son of a Hindu pundit, discovers that his childhood sweetheart Zoya loves city-bred Akram and wants to marry him. However, he persistently seeks to win her heart.
17) Rainy day art
Publisher
Jumby Bay
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
With twenty-one years experience teaching K-8 art, Cherie Lynn shows parents and their children how to create art at home with common materials.
19) Ludwig
Publisher
Distributed by Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
c[2008]
Language
Italiano
Description
An operatic portrait of Ludwig II, the 19th century mad king of Bavaria. Tormented by his unrequited love for his cousin, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, coupled with his obsession for the music of Wagner, Ludwig retreats into a fantasy world. He builds fairytale castles and ultimately loses his already-fragile grip on his sanity.
Author
Series
Sweetwater Springs volume 5
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Readers are invited back to Sweetwater Springs, North Carolina, where they will meet a quirky café owner and a handsome park ranger who get a second chance at love.
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