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Publisher
NGHT, Inc
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Tireless worker, exceptional parent, and highly skilled builder, the beaver has earned its reputation as nature's great architect and engineer. For the beaver, dam building is an instinctive and irresistible reaction to the sound of rushing water. Surrounded by the majestic wilderness of the Rockies, a family of these industrious creatures creates and maintains a serene pond that supports an entire community of plants and animals in "Rocky Mountain...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Americans own 73 million dogs and 90 million cats, considering them best friends, family members, and even children. Relationships with cats and dogs are some of the longest and most intimate of our lives. Why are we attached? Animal behavior experts, evolutionary biologists, veterinarians, and pet owners get personal in a series of interviews and stories that are insightful, funny, heartwarming, and life-changing.
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DNA testing companies are trending nationally, with over 30 million Americans hoping to receive clues to family origins and forecasts of their future health -- not knowing the results can be misleading, or not considering that family secrets can tear apart relationships. The biggest risk, however, may be what these companies do with our information once they have it, so this program objectively explores the promise and peril of consumer DNA testing....
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (220 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Destination America looks at the driving forces that have compelled individuals to immigrate to America and, in particular, the immigration of women who have come to this country in search of opportunity and basic human rights denied them in their homelands.
65) Terror in Europe
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Inside Europe's fight against the rise of Islamist terrorism. As Europe reels from a terror onslaught, top counter-terror officials describe their struggle to contain the unprecedented threat revealed by attacks in France and Belgium.
66) The secret
Publisher
Prime Time Productions
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (ill. ; 18 cm.)
Description
"...Leading scientists, authors, and philosophers will reveal The Secret [law of attraction] that utterly transformed the lives of those who lived it ... Plato, Newton, Carnegie, Beethoven, Shakespeare, Einstein."--Container.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Story Of Ireland is a five-part landmark history of Ireland presented by Fergal Keane (Wild Africa, Great Railway Journeys). Ireland is living through a significant period in its cycle of history, since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the island has been at peace. This is unprecedented in the history of modern Ireland and so seems like a perfect time to reflect on the Irish as a people and as a modern European nation.
Publisher
Ambrose Video
Pub. Date
c2007.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (156 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A massive survey of science from flint tools to the theory of relativity. It was made as a science counterpart to Sir Kenneth Clark's series Civilisation, with Jacob Bronowski presenting his own view of science and mankind.
71) Inside WWII
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2013], ©2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Day by day. Hour by hour. Second by second. This is the story of last century's bloodiest conflict told in a concise and compelling 3 hour special. Includes personal accounts, strategic analysis and rare footage and provides a new and intimate perspective on the experience of war.
72) Blackout
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores what happened during the New York City blackout of 1977.
74) Wild Hawaii
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From its hot molten core to the mega sized waves battering its coast, Hawaii is an untamed and very wild bit of paradise that continues to transform itself and challenge expectations.
Publisher
Gaiam Americas
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 286 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Meet the Whiskers, a remarkable family of meerkats living on the edge of Africa's Kalahari Desert. They share all the love, squabbling, self-sacrifice, and rivalry found in any family home.
Series
Best of Discovery Channel volume 3
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Re-enactments of real-life tales of human survival against the savage elements, dangerous climates and physical hazards. In Lost in the snow, a family is caught in a blizzard and must survive for days with no provisions and little hope for rescue. Jaws of death: after his plane crashes on an African game reserve, an injured pilot's only refuge from predators is his wrecked, fuel-soaked plane, which could ignite at any moment.
77) House of Saud
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"... explores how the Al Saud family maintains its hold on power in the face of growing tensions between Islam and modernity. Through interviews with members of the royal family, government officials, and other experts from Saudi Arabia and the U.S., the two-hour documentary also traces America's relations with the Saudi royal family from their first alliance in the 1930s through September 11 and beyond to the present day"--Container.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
NOVA reveals the amazing technologies that make drones so powerful. From cameras that can capture every detail of an entire city at a glance, to swarming robots that can make decisions on their own, to giant air frames that can stay aloft for days on end, drones are changing our relationship to war, surveillance and each other. Discover the cutting-edge technologies that are propelling us toward a new chapter in aviation history.
80) Iran
Series
Publisher
Pilot Productions
Pub. Date
[2008], c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Visit the bustling capital city of Tehran before heading to the mountains to ski in Dizin. Travel onto Esfahan via the Caspian coast and Iran's most popular tourist Destination. The journey ends at the ancient city of Persepolis.
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