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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1967.
Language
English
Description
Peter Churchman and his crew spend a long time robbing German banks to get enough money to restore a French cathedral they bombed inadvertently during WW II. Churchman then moves to a Spanish village where he leads a peaceful life, until a former accomplice pays a visit to persuade him to return to his bank-robbing skills, under threat of blackmail. Churchman sets about robbing a bank during Pamplona's famed Festival of San Fermin.
2) Moo hoo
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Milton the bull should be content, but he cries all the time, even when he is happy, and becoming a bully just makes him even sadder--until he finds a true friend who also cries a lot and understands him.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Continue your study of ancient Babylon by reflecting on Nebuchadnezzar's city gates and processional way. These impressive feats of architecture and engineering inspire awe through their sheer size. The animals on the gate"”lions, bulls, and the snake-dragon"”were meant to protect the city by intimidating those who would bring harm to the community.
4) Spain
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Bienvenidos! Welcome and join us Globetrotters for some sun, sand and sangria in Spain, the second largest country in Europe after France. We'll head to the country's hottest festival, and we mean that literally; then to Pamplona to check in on the Running of the Bulls; jump around on the party island of Ibiza; soak up some culture in Barcelona; and as if that wasn't enough, we'll show you five things you didn't know about Spain.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Delve further into the extraordinary treasures of Saqqara. First, explore the New Kingdom cemetery, containing mastaba tombs with unparalleled relief carvings. Then visit the Pyramid of King Teti and the spectacular tombs of his officials, Mereruka and Kagemni, with their exquisitely carved decoration. Finish with a visit to the Serapeum, the sacred burial ground of the Apis bulls.
6) Santa Fiesta
Publisher
Feelsales
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
There are nearly 16,000 fiestas in Spain each year featuring the brutal abuse of animals. Organized around religious observances, these festivals bring together entire towns, including children, and become celebrations of unbelievable cruelty. 60,000 animals estimated to suffer each year during these “Fiestas of Blood”.. Bulls are impaled with gasoline-soaked spikes which are set afire. Some are stabbed, tied, or thrown into the water. Pigeons,...
7) Our Time
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A family lives in the Mexican countryside raising fighting bulls. Esther is in charge of running the ranch, while her husband Juan, a world-renowned poet, raises and selects the beasts. Although in an open marriage, their relationship begins to crumble when Esther falls in love with an American horsebreaker and Juan is unable to control his jealousy. Nominated for Best Film at the **Venice Film Festival**. *"The rare spiritual drama that not only...
8) Neon Bull
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Portuguese
Description
Wild, sensual and utterly transporting, NEON BULL unfolds within the world of the vaquejada, a traditional exhibition sport in which cowboys try to pull bulls to the ground by their tails. NEON BULL explores the vaquejada through the eyes of Iremar, a handsome cowboy who works the events. While he's not afraid to get his hands dirty, Iremar's real dream is to design exotic outfits for dancers. Winner of a Venice Horizons Award at the **Venice Film...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
The National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico is a site of festivity unlike any other in the world. In celebration of San Juan de Dios, patron saint of firework makers, revelry engulfs the town for ten days. Artisans show off their technical virtuosity, up-and-comers create their own rowdy, lo-fi combustibles, and dozens of teams build larger-than- life papier-mâché bulls to parade into the town square, adorned with fireworks that blow...
10) The New West
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Everyone has an iconic idea of the Old West; but as novelist, journalist, and humorist Oren Arnold once said, "Nobody knows exactly where the New West begins; it's as much a state of mind as of geography." This reflective observation is the perfect introduction to this eye-opening look at the changing face of the West. Here we first meet rancher Vince Kontny, owner of the Last Dollar Ranch, who is taking advantage of conservation easements offered...
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