Akron Public Library

"Welcome to Monster camp, a world where ordinary people transform into monsters and heroes to escape their daily lives. Best described as a real-life version of 'World of Warcraft', 'Dungeons and Dragons', or 'Lord of the Rings'; these enthusiasts have developed a complicated world to bring fantasy to life. This phenomenon is known as live-action-role-playing (or larping). Monster camp intimately delves into the lives of a small group of these larpers,...

In Season Five of the Handmaid's Tale, June faces consequences for killing Commander Waterford while struggling to redefine her identity and purpose. The widowed Serena attempts to raise her profile in Toronto as Gilead's influence creeps into Canada. Commander Lawrence works with Nick and Aunt Lydia as he tries to reform Gilead and rise to power. June, Lucke, and Moira fight Gilead from a distance as they continue their mission to save and reunite...

Immerses viewers in the extraordinary routines of children who live in the four corners of the Earth, whose sheer will to accomplish their dreams leads them onto a path that many have walked, but never like this.

Frontline explores the retail giant's influence on the American economy, noting U.S. job losses and soaring Chinese exports. Interviews with retail execs, trade experts, economists and more, some who credit Wal-Mart's focus on low costs with helping contain U.S. inflation, others charge that the company is driving the overseas shift to China of the production of American consumer goods.

The continuing saga of nurse Sarah Nordmann and the Bligh family set in 1958 Australia.

"Human Terrain' is two stories in one. The first exposes the U.S. effort to enlist the best and the brightest of American universities in a struggle for the hearts and minds of its enemies.... The other story is about a brilliant young scholar who leaves the university to join a Human Terrain team. After working as a humanitarian activist and winning a Marshall Scholarship to study at Oxford, Michael Bhatia returned to Brown University to conduct...

Real people share their experiences with methamphetamine and what it has done to their lives. The teacher's resource book includes a program summary, student activities and fact sheets.

Working alone in Iraq over eight months, director/cinematographer Laura Poitras creates an extraordinarily intimate portrait of Iraqis living under U.S. occupation. "Keenly observed...Better than any Iraq doc thus far...Desperately hopeful and unrepentantly cynical."--Time Out New York. "The definitive non-fiction film about the occupation of Iraq! Indispensable, heartbreaking, and ferociously wise."--Village Voice. "Illuminating...fascinating"--Hollywood...

Annie and Izzy are Elle Woods' young, blong cousins who have moved from England to California. They thought their pink clothes, small dogs, and street smarts would make them instantly fit in. They find they are miles away from the uniform fashions and money-focused power structure of their new prep school. When the school's reigning forces turn on the girls and try to frame them for a crime, Izzy and Annie must use their cleverness and charm to clear...