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1) Time for flowers, time for snow: a retelling of the legend of Demeter and Persephone

Author

Huser, Glen

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.)

Language

English

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Retells the Greek myth of Persephone, abducted by Hades and taken to the Underworld as his bride, and her mother, Demeter, whose grief over losing her daughter brings about the coming of the seasons.

2) Monty Python's Life of Brian

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2 videodiscs (approximately 93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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English

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Monty Python delivers the group's sharpest and smartest satire of both religion and Hollywood's epic films. Set in 33 A.D. Judea where the exasperated Romans try to impose order, it is a time of chaos and change with no shortage of messiahs and followers willing to believe in them. At its center is Brian Cohen, born in Bethlehem in a stable next door, who, by a series of absurd circumstances is caught up in the new religion and reluctantly mistaken...

3) Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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English

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The quest for the Holy Grail by King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table is retold in the inimitable Python fashion.

4) Life of Brian

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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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English

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Brian was born in a manger next door to Jesus, and his whole life he has been mistaken for a Messiah. As an adult, he becomes an unwilling prophet, wanting to free his land from the oppression of Rome.

5) The story of 1

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

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A humor-inflected history of the of the number one, covering military applications in ancient Rome, the measurement of distances in India, and the decimal system created by Leibnitz.