Josh Brolin
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Mankind The Story of All of Us volume 4
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English
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When Rome is sacked by barbarians, Europe enters a Dark Age. But from the fringes of the old empire, two new forces remake the world. The Arabs, funded by a gold rush, unite under the banner of Islam.
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Mankind The Story of All of Us volume 6
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English
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Genghis Khan--the bloodiest warlord in history--sweeps south from Mongolia into China and creates a mighty empire. He leaves 40 million dead bodies in his wake. But a greater killer stalks Mankind--the Plague. Traveling along Mongol trade routes.
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Mankind The Story of All of Us volume 8
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English
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In the Andes, the Spanish open up the largest silver mine in the world and mint millions of pesos de ocho (pieces of eight). These coins transform the global economy. They fill the treasure chests of pirates.
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Mankind The Story of All of Us volume 12
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English
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The end of the Civil War allows Mankind to go into overdrive. This is an age of innovation, transformation and mass production. People believe that "Anything, everything, is possible." Japan goes from feudal society to industrial superpower.
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Mankind The Story of All of Us volume 3
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English
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The crucifixion of Jesus gives birth to global religion, but Christianity may never have happened without the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire's vast network of roads and shipping lanes allows goods and ideas to flow across three continents.
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Mankind The Story of All of Us volume 5
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English
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Genghis Khan--the bloodiest warlord in history--sweeps south from Mongolia into China and creates a mighty empire.
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Series
Mankind The Story of All of Us volume 7
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English
Description
The Aztecs have built a mighty empire that dominates Central America. But it will be destroyed because of a domino effect. 7,000 miles away in modern-day Turkey, the great trading center of Constantinople is overrun by an Islamic army.
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Mankind The Story of All of Us volume 2
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English
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A mysterious band of pirates plunders the Mediterranean coast--leaving destruction in its wake. Empires fall, but out of the chaos, we discover iron. Armed with this wonder metal, ordinary folk can overthrow tyrants and build a new world order.
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Mankind The Story of All of Us volume 1
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English
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On a unique planet, a unique species takes its first steps: Mankind begins. But it s a world full of danger. Threatened by extinction, we innovate to survive--discovering fire and farming.
11) Labor Day
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English
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From director Jason Reitman, Labor Day stars Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin as two strangers drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.
12) Nightwatch
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Martin is a cash-strapped law student who took the wrong part-time job. Martin's peaceful graveyard shift at the city morgue fast becomes a time of terror when a serial killer begins wreaking havoc... and leaving behind clues pointing to Martin's guilt! A stylishly original motion picture that leads you on a shocking series of twists and turns.
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English
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In a quest to find his biological parents, Mel - joined by his wife and a sexy adoption counselor - embarks on a cross-country search for his "roots." As he careens from one outrageous situation to another, he finds himself tempted by the counselor - as his wife starts a flirtation of her own! By the time they meet his birth parents, the whole situation is spinning hysterically out of control!
14) The People Speak
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English
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The People Speak is a beautiful and moving documentary film inspired by Howard Zinn's books A People's History of the United States-one of the best-selling history books in the United States-and Voices of a People's History of the United States, the primary-source companion to A People's History of the United States, edited with Anthony Arnove. The film features the actual words (in letters, songs, poems, speeches, and manifestos) of rebels, dissenters,...