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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

Gr 8 Up—Herman Melville was ill-suited for whaling ventures or his stint in the Navy because he suffered from rheumatism and other ailments, yet these undertakings provided authentic background for one of classic literature's greatest tales—Moby Dick. This biographical tidbit helps set the stage for this critical analysis of the 1851 novel from five different experts, including Hofstra University's John Bryant and Melville biographer Laurie Robertson-Laurent. Their unique perspectives are conversational and alternate in segme...Log In or Sign Up to Read More