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Jason Bourne is pulled from the sea suffering from amnesia with a pair of bullet wounds in his back. His only clue to his own identity is a bank account number etched on a capsule implanted in his body. He finds the Zurich bank where money, a gun, and several passports with different names await. He quickly realizes he can trust no one and offers a German gypsy named Maria ten thousand dollars for a ride to Paris. With Maria's reluctant help, Bourne...
2) Muffled
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When fifth-grader Amelia learns to cope with her noise sensitivity, she steps outside of her comfort zone and makes new friends. Includes information about noise sensitivity.
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Bourne is once again brought out of hiding. This time, inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross. Simon is trying to unveil Operation BlackBriar which is an upgrade to Project Treadstone, by writing about it in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne sets up a meeting with Ross and realizes instantly they're being scanned. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally, ultimately, uncover his dark past whilst...
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This is a fact-based story about a young Georgia housewife named Eve, who suffers from multiple personalities. Eve's husband, confused by his wife's aberrant behavior when assuming her two "other selves," seeks out help from a psychiatrist. Carefully probing Eve's subconscious via hypnosis, the doctor finds out that, though each of Eve's personalities is aware of the other's existence, none are related. After months of therapy, Eve is purged of her...
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Clare has been in love with Henry her entire life. She believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be separated: Henry is a time traveler, cursed with a rare genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth through his lifespan with no control. Despite the fact that Henry's travels force them apart with no warning, Clare desperately tries to build a life with...
7) The babadook
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Amelia is a single mother plagued by the violent death of her husband. When a disturbing storybook called Mister Babadook turns up at her house, she is forced to battle with her son's deep seated fear of a monster. Soon she discovers a sinister presence all around her.
9) Mandy
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Hearing-impaired Mandy risks going out into the scary night, during an impending storm, to look for her beloved grandmother's lost pin.
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Childhood hearing loss is more common than most people assume, and yet this invisible condition can rob a child of the ability to develop close emotional relationships with family and friends. This book demystifies this condition and offers emotionally-supportive approaches to caring for the child and the whole family. It is written from the perspective of a pediatric audiologist who has diagnosed hearing loss in hundreds of newborns and young children,...
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This program explains the principles of assisting people with speech, hearing, or vision impairments. Various speech impediments including misshapen palate, spastic dysarthria, and dysphasia are explored. Computer animation is used to show conductive and sensorineural deafness, along with the different types of assistance each requires. Hearing aids and cochlear implants are discussed and useful tips to assist the hearing-impaired are outlined. The...
12) The others
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A devoutly religious mother of two ailing children has moved with her family to a mansion on the English coast. Her two children both suffer from a rare photosensitivity disease that renders them extremely vulnerable to sunlight, prompting the rule of having only one door open in the house at a time. When one of the children claims to see ghosts, Grace at first believes her newly arrived family of eccentric servants to be responsible, but chilling...
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Dr. Sam Trychin, a hard of hearing psychologist, presents an introduction to issues related to hearing loss. The presentation is beneficial for instructors in colleges and universities, trainers or instructors in emplooyment training programs, students, counselors, and special student services personnel in colleges, universities, and training programs.
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You can rate your answers with the experts about your ears and hearing. Dr. Frank Field asks the questions and the answers are given with explanations by experts in the field. This program not only serves as an information awareness tool, it also gives you the opportunity to test your knowledge by answering multiple choice and true/false questions during the program. Some sample questions are: Can some hearing losses be avoided? Should one ever...
19) Operation: SHHH
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Animated children's video that explains how and which noises can hurt your hearing and what you can do about it. Two versions of the program are on this one DVD -- the first is shown with sound only; the second version has both sound and open captions. Part of the Operation SHHH program for elementary school children.
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