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Reviewed on March 15, 2011
In this beautiful, heartrending, yet horrifying film, North Koreans tell their stories of imprisonment, sexual slavery, torture, murder, and escape to China or South Korea during the nearly 50-year regime of Kim Il Sung (1912–94). The interviews are illustrated through the interspersion of dance sequences, archi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2011 | Video/DVD
Gr 7 Up—Dubai, the most populous of the seven countries which compose the United Arab Emirates, enjoyed one of the world's most rapidly growing economies in the past decade, despite its lack of any oil reserves. Key to its rapid expansion, the resultant luxuriate lifestyles of its ruling class, and the full employment of thousands of foreign workers was its pivotal location as a trading and shipping center in the Mid...Log In or Sign Up to Read More