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"The harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry-with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter-in the tradition of David Grann, Nathaniel Philbrick, and Hampton Sides. In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of...
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Saint Martin's Press
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2017.
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English
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"Dimitri Bontinck lived every parent's worst nightmare. His teenage son, introduced to Islam by his girlfriend, fell into the clutches of a radical mosque. Dimitri watched helplessly as his son, Jay, transformed from a gentle boy to a soldier in training, wearing traditional robes and following a strict diet. Completely brainwashed, Jay snuck out of the house and traveled to Syria, all but vanishing. Too late, Dimitri learned that their country, Belgium,...
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Forge
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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When Tim Hallett, assigned to a special K-9 unit, and his partner, a Belgian Malinois named Rocky, catch the scent of a predator unlike anyone has ever seen, he must risk everything to catch a killer, even if it means clearing the name of the child molester who drove him to violence and ruined his career.
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Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Unquenchably curious young reporter Tintin and his fiercely loyal dog Snowy discover a model ship carrying an explosive secret. Drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Tintin find himself in the sightlines of Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine, a diabolical villain who believes Tintin has stolen a priceless treasure tied to a dastardly pirate. With the help of Snowy, Captain Haddock, and bumbling detectives Thompson and Thompson, Tintin will travel half the world...
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Fulcrum Publishing
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[2023]
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English
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"In Squirrel Is Alive, Mary Rostad tells the harrowing story of her time working in the Belgian resistance and French underground during World War II. As a teenager in 1940, Mary was horrified by the war unfolding around her as the Nazis invaded her home country of Belgium. Only fifteen years old, and unable to ignore the atrocities she witnessed every day, she started working for the Belgian resistance by passing out literature and thwarting the...
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Criterion collection volume 620
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Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
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Français
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The breakthrough feature from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. The brothers brought their unerring eye for detail and their compassion for those on society's lowest rungs developed in their earlier documentary work to an absorbing drama about a teenager who is gradually coming to understand the implications of his father making a living off of illegal alien workers.
Under the conscienceless guidance of his father, fifteen year old Igor appears destined...
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Criterion collection volume 646
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Criterion Collection
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c2013
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Français
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Twelve-year-old Cyril, all coiled anger and furious motion, is living in a group home but refuses to believe he has been rejected by his single father. He spends his days frantically trying to reach the man, over the phone or on his beloved bicycle. It is only the patience and compassion of Samantha, the stranger who agrees to care for him, that offers the boy the chance to move on.
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