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Publisher
Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Julie Powell is a frustrated insurance worker who wants to be a writer. Trying to find a challenge in her life, she decides to cook her way through Julia Child's 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' in one year, and to blog about it. As Julie begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own. The project provides the struggling young woman with her life's purpose, to her very pleasant surprise....
Publisher
Sport Videos
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
The sport of gymnastics combines grace and beauty with controlled power. Coach Steve Nunno provides a detailed overview of gymnastic fundamentals, through which that power is developed. Repetition of basic skill drills ingrains different biometrics and basic gymnastic positions in the gymnast's muscle memory. This DVD covers skill progressions and lead-ups for floor exercise, balance beam, vault, and uneven parallel bars, helping gymnasts and coaches...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
In 1929, an impoverished nine-year-old named Chiyo is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. Her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy in Hatsumomo and she is rescued by Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri, trained in all the artistic and social skills a geisha must master in order to survive...