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Pub. Date
©2019
Language
English
Description
Confucius Was A Foodie : season 1 will take you on a voyage of discovery with celebrity chef Christine Cushing. Her motivation is fueled by the discovery that she has much in common with 2500-year-old Chinese philosopher Confucius. To her surprise, it turned out the ancient Chinese scholar was actually- a foodie.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
Evelyn Wang, a flustered immigrant mother, is contacted from a parallel universe and told that only she can save the world. The unlikely hero must learn to channel her newfound powers and fight through the splintering timelines of the multiverse to save her home, her family, and herself in this big-hearted and irreverent adventure.
5) Boogie
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Alfred "Boogie" Chin, a basketball phenom living in Queens, N.Y., dreams of one day playing in the NBA. While his parents pressure him to focus on earning a scholarship to an elite college, Boogie must find a way to navigate a new girlfriend, high school, on-court rivals, and the burden of expectation.
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Four mothers. Four daughters. Eight stories. The Joy Luck Club is four women in San Francisco who have played mah jong together on a weekly basis for forty some years. One of them, Suyuan, has died, and her daughter June is preparing to go to China. Auntie Lindo with daughter Waverly, Auntie Ying Ying with daughter Lena, and Auntie An Mei with daughter Rose are at the going away party. Born in China, the Joy Luck Club members came to America as young...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Korean
Description
"Set in a University Medical Center, 'Good doctor' is a human drama about pediatric surgeon's love and endeavors to save lives. This is the story of Park Si-on, autistic young man with savant syndrome, who becomes a pediatric surgical specialist overcoming social prejudice"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Korean
Description
Ji-so has ruled the Kingdom of Silla as regent since King Beopheung died, keeping her young son Sammaekjong hidden outside of the capital and safe from enemies and assassins. As Sammaekjong comes of age, nobles, citizens, officials and Sammaekjong himself have all grown impatient for her to cede power. However the powerful nobles that tried to usurp power in the Kingdom continue to eye the throne and Ji-so fears the consequences of her ceding it....
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Korean
Description
Jandi is a brave high school girl who fights for the rights of others no matter the cost. When she defends a friend against the elite Boys of F4 (Flower 4), they target Jandi as their next victim. But Jandi fights back and wins the admiration of the extravagantly wealthy boys.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
In 1962, Chow Mo-wan, chief editor of a local Hong Kong daily newspaper, and Su Li-zhen, a secretary in an export firm, move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite, until they discover that their spouses are having an affair. These two lonely people then discover a strong bond in each other, and recover the intimacy they have lost in their marriages.
12) I am Bolt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Documentary on the fastest man alive, Usain Bolt. With archive footage of his youth in Jamaica. Will reveal the man and define the legacy of this incredible athlete.
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