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2) Earth
Series
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
A story of three animal families on a journey across our planet - polar bears, elephants, and humpback whales. It captures rare footage of nature's wildest and most elusive animals.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
This intimate and unprecedented look at butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, bats and flowers is a celebration of life, as a third of the world's food supply depends on these incredible and increasingly threatened creatures. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg, 'Wings of Life' utilizes riveting high-speed, closer-than-close filmmaking techniques to showcase in spectacular detail these unsung heroes of our planet.
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
David Roochnik, professor of philosophy at Boston University, presents a series of 24 lectures divided into four parts. Lectures 1-8 are devoted to the "Pre-Socratics"; lecture 9 discusses Socrates himself; lectures 10-17 concentrate on the works of Plato; lectures 18-24 are devoted to Aristotle.
5) Skeleton
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Takes you beneath the surface to reveal the hidden secrets of an incredible variety of skeletal structures, none more complex than our own. A symbol of our deepest fears, a miracle of engineering--see the skeleton as never before.
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Language
English
Description
In June of 1950, the North Korean Army initiated a massive attack on its neighbor to the south, beginning a see-saw war that would engulf the entire Korean Peninsula. For the next three years, the United Nations and the Communists would wage a bloody and brutal war. Though the Korean conflict is often referred to as the "Forgotten War", those who fought and sacrificed for freedom will never forget.
10) Oceanic
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The ocean covers 71 percent of the earth's surface and contains 97 percent of the planet's water, yet more than 95 percent of the underwater world remains unexplored. The ocean is key to transportation and recreation. Its resources may hold the cures to many diseases, as well as provide answers the most basic questions such as, 'How does the earth work?' Oceanic presents three programs that uncover the many wondrous facts about the ocean and its power...
11) All about trucks
Publisher
GT Media
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
"You're in the driver's seat with big rigs, small trucks, and everything in between! Take a road trip in a big old 18-wheeler and see what it's like to sleep in the cab, hook up the trailer and even talk to other truckers on the CB radio! Scoop up big snow drifts in a snow plow. Pick up huge dumpsters with the robot arms of a garbage truck. Then get behind the wheel of neat specialty trucks like a street sweeper, tanker truck and cherry picker. Hop...
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Between the fall of the Roman Empire and the brief, brilliant cultural phenomenon we call the Renaissance lay the Middle Ages - fully 1,000 years of artistic, philosophical, political, and religious turmoil and treasures. This course offers an interdisciplinary look at medieval society and culture, with an emphasis on literature, the arts, and the tumultuous historical forces at work from A.D. 500 through A.D. 1500. Medieval Europe was the world...
Publisher
SlingShot Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Discover a new world and learn of Antarctica's wildlife in a way never before possible. Join in the search for scientific clues locked in centuries of ice, fly a helicopter over towering peaks, and join a company of penguins.
Publisher
Escapi Media
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Due to its colonial history, Brazilians speak Portuguese, and with more than 150 million people, they form the largest Catholic nation on earth. Visit the historic Northeast, from Salvador following the coast to the mouth of the mighty Amazon, the world's largest river. Attend a Candomble Ceremony, one of the fastest growing and most popular cults in Brazil. Go down a mine near the colonial town of Lancois. Visit Rio de Janeiro and the famous temple...