Bill Richardson
1) Last Week
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A child cherishes every second of their grandmother's last week of life in this sensitive portrayal of medical assistance in dying (MAiD).
"In this last week, there are seven days." That's one hundred and sixty-eight hours. Or ten thousand and eighty minutes. Or six hundred four thousand and eight hundred seconds. A child counts every second because this is their grandmother's last week of life.
As friends and family come to call on Flippa-as...
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In Paris's Pere-Lachaise cemetery lie the bones of many renowned departed. It is also home to a large number of stray cats. Now, what if by some strange twist of fate, the souls of the famous were reborn in the cats with their personalities intact? There's Maria Callas, a willful and imperious diva, wailing late into the night. Earthy, bawdy chanteuse Edith Piaf is a foul-mouthed washerwoman. Oscar Wilde is hopelessly in love with Jim Morrison, who...
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By June, Philip's view of English Bay, what's left of it, will be utterly gone. It was always going to happen. For years now, it's been getting harder and harder to see what's out there. For years now, it's been getting harder and harder to know what to do.
From one of Canada's most beloved personalities comes this delightful collection set around Christmastime in Vancouver's West End neighborhood. The eight linked stories in Bill Richardson's I...
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Global climate change? We can stop it. Addiction to oil?
We can replace it. Technological innovation? We can create it. But we can't wait twenty, thirty, or fifty years. Bill Richardson launched his campaign for the presidency to remind the American people--and their representatives in Washington, that we know how to get things done. We need to end our dependence on oil, and we need to do it yesterday.
This isn't something that's going to happen...
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Lola about to take flight, and she's ready for anything! Lola's off to visit her grandmother, and is taking her first airplane trip alone. She has dressed for the occasion, and as it turns out, that special outfit comes in handy. With style and spunk, Lola is ready for anything.
Awarding-winning author Bill Richardson and illustrator Bill Pechet team up again with Lola Flies Alone, a delightful story about a young airline passenger who has even...
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Lavinia the badger loves vegetables and tends her garden with care, but one morning she discovers that her lettuce has been nibbled and her potatoes and beans have disappeared! She decides to set a snare for the culprit, who turns out to be a frightened bunny. When Lavinia threatens to turn him into stew, the bunny pleads for his life, promising a rich reward if she lets him go. The next night, when the moon rises, Lavinia is amazed to see dozens...
7) Hare B&B
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A hilarious story of love, resilience, inn keeping and restorative justice…that looks quite a lot like revenge. A family of young hares sets up a bed and breakfast after their parents run afoul of a devious coyote. After her parents are duped by a coyote who is a master of disguise, Harriet ("Harry" for short) and her seven younger siblings are left to fend for themselves. Their only resource is their parents' now-empty bedroom, so Harry and her...
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"A stone when it's thrown can damage, can break, but nothing can shatter the promise I make." So begins the poem a mother writes on a scrap of paper. She wraps the paper around a stone and places it in a basket to give to her daughter on her first birthday. They are poor, but the mother is determined that gifts will be given when gifts need giving. She keeps her promise, and the Promise Basket, too. Every time there is a need for gifts, the mother...
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This comprehensive program teaches essential archery skills and drills for beginning level archers. National Archery Association Level 5 Master Coach Lloyd Brown provides students with a wealth of important tips to establish a solid foundation and significantly improve their skills. Among the topics covered are: equipment, alignment, anchor, aiming, release, scoring and numerous practice drills. This video is a great resource for new archers and has...
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Are you ready to take your badminton skills to the next level? This comprehensive program features instruction from expert player and coach Andy Chong. Andy provides numerous tips and techniques that will help give you an edge over the competition. Among the topics covered are: grips, footwork, drive, clear, drop, lift, smash, defending the smash, the wall drill, net play, serve, serve return, warming up before a match and weight training. Andy Chong...
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Hall of fame coach Jim Winterton covers all of the aspects necessary to become a successful racquetball player. As he trains beginning and intermediate students, Winterton also helps coaches and teachers by explaining instructional techniques. The topics covered in this video are: serves, forehand and backhand, simplified shot selection, general strategies, and conditioning. Coach Winterton demonstrates a progressive system of learning, starting with...
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Get another look inside a Division I college volleyball practice featuring University of California, Irvine Head Coach Ashlie Hain. The comprehensive practice session covers positional training with defensive specialists, outsides, middles, and setters. Numerous techniques and drills are covered with an emphasis on high intensity repetitions. This video is an excellent resource for volleyball coaches or players at any level of competition.
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This informative video will assist both new and veteran basketball referees to become more experienced in the art of officiating the sport of basketball. Bob Scofield provides comprehensive instruction to help officials learn to be in the proper position and make the right call. Among the subjects covered are: 3-man mechanics, 2-man mechanics, free throw mechanics, pressing coverage, inbounding the ball, fouls and violations, hand signals and many...
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Coach Rob Moxley provides a workout designed to help develop your Wings into the most versatile players on your team. Among the topics covered are: ball screen series, how to set up the ball screen, coming off a single down screen using a curl and fade, two ball shooting, penetrate and pitch with a variety of options (Iverson cut over the top, corner play off a screen, shot fake and one dribble, catch and sweep) and 1-on-1-on-1 game working on offensive...
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This informative program covers the essential fundamentals a baseball player needs to compete successfully. Coach Tom Waddell teaches players key techniques and provides a wide variety of unique drills for practicing and mastering baseball skills. Among the topics covered are: hitting, throwing, pitching, infield and outfield. Each area of the game is taught in a progressive manner that will maximize practice time and player improvement. The techniques...
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Improve your boxing skills with the help of one of the world's best trainers. This video is volume two of a three-part series featuring former IBO super featherweight champion and current trainer, Jeff Mayweather. In this program, you will learn various tips and techniques for working the heavybag, double-end bag and speedbag. You will also learn how to use these bags to simulate boxing a real opponent so you can transfer these skills into the ring....