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Take a look, it’s in a book, a Reading Rainbow! Watch the classic children’s award-winning television series hosted by LeVar Burton as he promotes reading as a way for children to sample the world around them. Each episode encourages kids to read by making story time exciting and interesting, one book at a time!
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These animals are totally normal. Nothing unusual here. Just a regular 'ol camel, flamingo, rhino, squirrel… One thing is for sure: none of these animals are an octopus. I'm 100% positive… 95% positive… ok I'm 40% positive. No, no I'm sure of it - none of these animals is an octopus!Get ready to giggle! It doesn't get much sillier than octopuses pretending to be other animals. But then again, everyone knows octopuses love to be silly. Check...
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No solo las personas pueden cambiar el mundo, ¡también los animales! Estas sorprendentes historias presentan a los niños, los animales reales que cambiaron el curso de la historia. Desde una vaca que ayudó a salvar a millones de personas, a un perro que capturó a un espía, hasta un oso que inspiró un cuento conocido hoy en todo el mundo. Animales asombrosos que cambiaron el mundo, enseña que no tienes que ser grande (¡ni siquiera un humano!)...
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It's only fair that the drummer who invented Afrobeat pays tribute to the drummer who invented hard bop. For the last few years that Tony Allen has been enjoying a second youth in Paris and elsewhere, we have tended to forget that his very particular style, of touching and pounding, comes as much from his African and Nigerian sources as from the rhythmic boppers that were Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, and, in particular, Art Blakey.
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For the young producer Norman Granz, the signing of Charlie Parker to the Mercury label was a real coup. The saxophonist had been thinking for some years about the opportunity to record music outside his usual quintet. The “Charlie Parker with Strings” project was an old dream of his that he realized in 1949. With an oboe, a few violins, a viola, a cello, a harp, a piano, a double bass and drums, he gave a new sound to classics of the 1930s like...
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This exciting mix of essential Berlioz masterpieces will be showcased in a variety of different programmes at prestigious venues in both Europe and the US, including concert halls in New York, Amsterdam, Paris and Versailles. A world-class roster of acclaimed soloists will join the orchestra for these much-anticipated performances including French mezzo-soprano Lucile Richardot (La mort de Cléopâtre, excerpts from Les Troyens).
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Xavier Riddle and his friends travel back in time to learn from real-life inspirational figures who can help them solve every day problems! Each adventure helps children ages 4 to 7 make connections between the character traits that made historical figures into heroes and those same qualities within themselves. Inspired by the bestselling kids book series, Ordinary People Change the World.
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Emblematic trumpeter of the second wave of "neo-boppers" that appeared at the end of the 80s in the wake of Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove has established himself as one of the most talented and unpredictable of the lot. While performing alongside Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins and Diana Krall, the Texan (born in Waco in 1969) turned leader has distilled some twenty sonic manifestos, going from orthodox and inventive jazz to funk or the hottest Afrobeat....
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As part of the Valletta International Baroque Festival, an event entirely in keeping with the identity and the baroque architecture of the city, the ensemble of musicians and singers has chosen to introduce us to motets, musical compositions of one or more voices written from a text, sacred or secular. He plays the Te Deum composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, played for the first time in 1699.
35) Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition: Episode 11More Eclipse Tales
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Solar eclipses also come in annular and hybrid varieties, reflecting the varying distance of the Moon from Earth. A famous total solar eclipse in 1919 provided observational evidence for Einstein's general theory of relativity.
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Until recently, astronomers had no smoking gun to identify the precise location and cause of gamma-ray bursts. Now they have assembled an abundance of clues pointing to two separate mechanisms: the collapse of a massive star, and the merging of two neutron stars—in each case creating a black hole.
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