Best Language & Literature Films of 2005
Hubert Selby Jr: It'll Be Better Tomorrow
Hubert Selby Jr. was ... Nick Tosches, Ellen Burstyn, Darren Aronofsky, Uli Edel, Amiri Baraka, and Jerry Stahl. Robert Downey Jr. serves as narrator. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Biography: Oscar Wilde - Wit's End
This video profiles the ... under an assumed name. Archival photographs, diaries, and scholarly commentary tell the story of this unique man of letters. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
In Search of History: Secrets of the Rosetta Stone
[ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
JK Rowling and the Birth of Harry Potter
This unauthorized biography for ... and meet the people that helped her create the empire that started back in a Book Shop in Edinburgh. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
International Baby 101
Introduce your baby to ... musical experience that presents lively versions of classic children's themes available in either language to develop early recognitive skills. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
The Greatest Speeches of All Time, Vol. 2
The Greatest Speeches of ... to fear but fear itself," Richard Nixon's "Checkers" speech, and Mario Cuomo's speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Time Machine: Beyond the Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown's best-selling novel ... tied into the themes of Brown's books and stacks them up against the facts known to historians and archaeologists. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Breaking the Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown's best-selling novel ... Darrell L. Block, The Da Vinci Deception by Erwin W. Lutzer, and Cracking Da Vinci's Code by James Garlow. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Voices in Wartime
Poetry has long been ... that promoted poets to speak out, and how the tragic consequences have inspired both experienced and novice writers alike. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Basic Arabic Hebrew and Yiddish on Dvd
The basics of speaking ... of native speakers, the viewer can learn to speak, read, and write 1,000 common and useful phrases and words. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Basic French and Italian on Dvd
This program teaches viewers ... Italian. Some of the words taught in this instructional video include numbers, time, common places and objects, and more. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Basic German and Russian on Dvd
The basics of speaking ... of native speakers, the viewer can learn to speak, read, and write 1,000 common and useful phrases and words. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Basic Japanese and Chinese on Dvd
Basic Japanese and Chinese ... exposed to everyday phrases that can be used in social situations at train stations, the beach, hotels, and restaurants. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Basic Spanish and Portuguese on Dvd
This instructional program is ... up on secondary language skills. The program includes words for numbers, holidays, colors, common places, and other useful terms. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
The War of the Worlds: 100 Years of Terror
In 1898, celebrated author ... radio broadcast and George Pal's Technicolor screen adventure from 1953 to Steven Spielberg's epic-scale film version released in 2005. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Hip Hop Poetry Jam, Vol. 1
Hip-hop and poetry combine ... new heights. Poets featured on this release include 2001 Grand Slam Champion Bridget Gray, Gina Loring, Gaknew, and more. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
LeapFrog: Learn to Read at the Storybook Factory
LeapFrog: Learn to Read ... Three Little Pigs. This is part of the popular LeapFrog series designed to help emerging readers improve comprehension skills. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Exposing the Da Vinci Code
The documentary Exposing the ... Code. The film explores how the book may be portraying an untrue and unflattering image of the Catholic church. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Secrets of Angels, Demons & Masons
From the best-selling novel ... comes this investigative documentary exploring two of the world's most mysterious secret societies - the Freemasons and the Illuminati. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Inside His Dark Materials
The trilogy of novels ... content of these books as well as at the life of the author, Phillip Pullman, responsible for these works. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
The New SAT: Critical Reading and Writing
The New SAT: Critical ... offers advice on the best ways to guess at an answer when one is unsure of the correct response. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Chronicling Narnia
The documentary Chronicling Narnia ... of the symbolism of the characters, as well as an analysis of how Lewis' religious convictions informed the works. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Spanish for Everyone
Language expert William C. ... to actively participate in casual, everyday conversation. Additional tips on greeting, numbers, telling time, and food are also included. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
The Bronte Sisters
Per its title, the ... Les Soeurs Brontė), starring Marie-France Pisier, Isabelle Huppert and Isabelle Adjani, and shot in both French and English-language versions. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Say it with a Sign, Vol. 2
[ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Robert Frost: New England in Autumn
Robert Frost: New England ... As Told to a Child," "The Cow in Apple Time," "Tree at My Window," and over a dozen more. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
James Ellroy: American Dog
[ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
Who Was Kafka?
A certified insomniac, the ... Each character describes his or her relationship with the writer (and observations of Kafka) in colorful and revealing detail. [ best language & literature films - 2005 ]
