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Publisher
American Home Treasures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
This fascinating program explores the romantic history of the clans through tours of the castles that have witnessed centuries of war and tribal treachery. Legends of fairies, secret rooms and ghosts enliven the history of a brave people.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
For centuries, adventurers, and archaeologists have all searched for the Bible's most sacred lost treasure: the Ark of the Covenant. Yet, despite all its fame, it mysteriously disappeared from the pages of history tens of centuries ago. How could something so powerful and holy simply vanish? That's what host and adventurer Josh Bernstein is determined to find out when he follows a trail that starts where the Ark's story begins--on Mount Sinai. Next,...
Series
Publisher
Reel Productions
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The cougar, or mountain lion, inhabits the remote regions of the Rocky Mountains where man rarely ventures. Through spectacular photography, the elusive cougar is revealed as both predator and guardian, a mysterious phantom in nature's hidden world.
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The Celts were the first European people north of the Alps to rise from anonymity. Wild and ferocious, they were also romantics and mystics, and they shared a family of languages that are now the oldest living tongues of Europe. Their story is one of survival, defiance, and creativity, often in the face of oppression. The story of The Celts is presented in a six-episode set as told by The Celts themselves.
Publisher
Athena
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In this landmark series of films, University of Oxford Professor Marcus du Sautoy escorts viewers through the history of this most important of all intellectual disciplines. In a journey that takes him through the ages and around the world, he examines the development of key mathematical ideas and shows how, in a multitude of surprising ways, mathematical ideas underpin the science, technology, and culture that shape our world.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Forty-foot waves, freezing temperatures, swinging 700-pound crab pots, a nearly 100-percent injury rate-- but also the chance to earn enough money for a family to live on for a year for just a few days' work. Welcome to one of the world's deadliest jobs: the Alaskan crab fisherman."--Container.