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Go to Schuyler, Virginia, to tour the actual place and meet the real people who inspired the beloved television series, The Waltons, which aired on CBS for nine seasons and earned 11 Emmy Awards. Writer Earl Hamner, the creator of The Waltons, reveals the touching and humorous stories about his real parents, and his seven brothers and sisters, whom the series was based on.
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Twenty-five years ago, renowned scholar Joseph Campbell sat down with veteran journalist Bill Moyers for a series of interviews that became one of the most enduringly popular programs ever aired on PBS. In dialogues that adroitly span millennia of history and far-flung geography, the two men discuss myths as metaphors for human experience and the path to transcendence, touching on topics as diverse as world religion, the virgin birth, and pop culture....
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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Jesse James is one of the most infamous outlaws in American history. He is remembered for his gunslinging skills, ruthless bank robberies, and frequent train hijackings. A volatile mixture of charisma and cruelty, he ruled his gang with an iron first. Jesse's demise was put in motion when he met Robert Ford, who had been obsessed with the bandit since childhood. Ford joined the Gang, but the reality did not live up to the fantasy. Ultimately, a government...
Series
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Most people imagine dinosaurs lurking in warm locales with swamps and jungles, dining on vegetation and each other. But "Arctic Dinosaurs" reveals that many species also thrived in the harsh environments of the north and south polar regions. NOVA follows two high-stakes expeditions and the paleontologists who push the limits of science to unearth 70 million-year-old fossils buried in the vast Alaskan tundra. The hardy scientists shadowed in "Arctic...
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English
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A compelling and comprehensive series that charts the birth and growth of the Scottish nation. Each of the ten thought-provoking episodes brings a fresh perspective to Scotland's past and challenges many of the perceived notions of Scottish history. With stunning, award-winning cinematography and mesmerizing narrative, the series tells of battles and allegiances, political intrigue, and religious conflict. Includes a booklet.
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
Description
It's a journey around the globe with The Wild Thornberrys. Travel in the family's RV home on wheels through the world's jungles in search of wildlife for Nigel Thornberry's nature show, and be clued in to Eliza Thornberry's secret: She can talk to animals! Hop on for over nine hours of intrigue, action, and laughter-packed excitement, from a tribe of silverback gorillas in Africa to long-tailed macaques in Indonesia and fierce Komodo dragons in the...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Prepare for a smashing good time as you travel around the world with the Thornberry family in Season Two. Eliza has a secret--she was given the magical ability to talk to animals. Together with her family and best friend, a surprisingly sophisticated chimpanzee named Darwin, Eliza devotes her life to helping animals and protecting nature. Includes 13 episodes from season two.
13) Military combat
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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With a combined accumulative audience of 43 million viewers, this 14-disc set features the top-rated shows Battle 360 and Dogfights in one collectible set, using cutting-edge CGI and real combat footage to plunge viewers into the missions firsthand.
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
Description
For more than 1,000 years, the Byzantine Empire was the eye of the entire world. The origin of great literature, fine art, and modern government, it was also the first Christian empire. Pass through the gates of Constantinople, explore the magnificent mosque of Hagia Sophia and see the looted treasures of the empire now located in St. Marks, Venice.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The ancestors of today's Maya people thrived in hundreds of cities across Central America. Caracol and Tikal, with over 100,000 inhabitants at their peak, were among the biggest cities anywhere in the world at the time. For centuries, Maya "god-kings" commissioned magnificent pyramids and palaces until, beginning around 800 CE, the great cities of the lowland jungle region began to fail for reasons that have long intrigued archaeologists, scholars,...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
As a prequel to the "Meerkat manor" television series, this documentary film traces the rise of Flower from a young meerkat pup to the leader of the pack. Watch as Flower blooms into a remarkable matriarch and forges a legacy amidst the unforgiving landscape of the Kalahari Desert.
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
Description
In the small town of Edna, Texas, in 1951, field hand Pete Hernández killed a tenant farmer after exchanging words in a cantina. From this murder emerged a landmark civil rights case that would change the lives and legal standing of ten of millions of Americans. Tells the story of an underdog band of Mexican American lawyers who took their case all the way to the Supreme Court, where they challenged Jim Crow-style discriminiation against Mexican...
19) Pole to pole
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Michael Palin takes viewers on a voyage from pole to pole, visiting seventeen countries, including Greenland, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, Ukraine, Cyprus, and Chile.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Former NYC forensic examiner Dr. Michael Baden presents five high profile and historic cases: the mysterious disappearance of the royal Romanov family in Russia in 1918; the assassination of John F. Kennedy; the deaths of rock musician Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen; the double-murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman; and the mysterious illnesses and deaths due to exposure to toxic chemicals by first responders at Ground Zero...
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