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Rick Steves' European Christmas is made possible with generous support from American Airlines in association with Oregon Public Broadcast and PBS"--Container cover. Original date of production, c2005. Like a fun bundle of stocking stuffers, this disc includes nearly an hour of our favorite bits that couldn't make into this finely edited TV special. Extras on this disc indlude: many of our favorite musical performances in their entirely; a rare and...
Pub. Date
[2021], p2020
Language
English
Description
Join Lucy Worsley on a journey across Europe to visit the incredible locations where royal history was made. From the Spanish Armada to the French Revolution, learn how royal history is a mixture of facts, exaggeration, manipulation and mythology. Host: Lucy Worsley.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The inspiring story of the wild rebirth of a continent. Across four episodes, the series reveals the spectacular resurgence of nature across Europe's most varied and breathtaking landscapes. From the Arctic Circle to rich river wetlands, from deep forest to rugged mountain peaks, witness Europe's most iconic wildlife thrive and flourish in the most unexpected places.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Antisemitism in the US and Europe is rising and worsening, like a virus, it is mutating and evolving across cultures, borders and ideologies making it all but impossible to stop. Explore its infectious behavior and examine the increasing violence, which, when reviewed holistically, paints a terrifying portrait of how this kind of global hatred begins and how easily it disseminates.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
He's been dead for more than 5,000 years and poked, prodded, and probed by scientists for the last twenty. Yet Otzi the Iceman, the famous mummified corpse pulled from a glacier in the Italian Alps, continues to keep many secrets. Now, through an autopsy like none other, scientists will attempt to unravel mysteries about the ancient mummy, revealing not only the details of Otzi's death but also an entire way of life.
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English
Description
Join Rudy Maxa as he explores the splendors of France in Normandy and the wine country. Take in the stunning beauty of the Greek Islands before heading to some of Europe's greatest cities including London and Paris. Finally, cruise down Germany's romantic road and trek into the rugged magnificence of the alps. Includes Treasures Outside London; Splendors of France; Mysteries of Greece and Rome; Great Cities of Europe; Romantic Germany and Beyond;...
Pub. Date
2011, 91992.
Language
English
Description
"Take a trip with Sonic Youth and Nirvana as they stumble through their 1991 European club & festival tour! Let filmmaker Dave Markey put you on stage, off stage and backstage! Witness the boredom! The cynicism! And rock harder than you may ever have rocked before!"--Container.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A world scoop about the deception which fooled Hitler about the Normandy landings of 1944. In a tale of double agents and decoys, the investigation reveals, for the first time, the identity of the most secret of them all: George VI, as well as how the royal family managed to lose one of Britain's greatest secrets.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Italiano
Description
Samuele is twelve years old and lives on an island in the middle of the sea. He goes to school, and loves shooting his slingshot and going hunting. He likes land games, even though everything around him speaks of the sea and the men, women, and children who try to cross it to get to his island. But his is not an island like the others, its name is Lampedusa and it is the most symbolic border of Europe, crossed by thousands of migrants in the last...
12) Vampire secrets
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Uncover the ancient folkloric origins of blood-craving creatures from beyond the grave. Learn how the vampire myth is strongly rooted in Eastern European lore, but how it has also played a role in the ancient cultures of Greece and China as well.
14) The cold blue
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Surviving Eighth Air Force veterans recall their experience during World War II.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Imagine the world without our masterpieces. Interviews with eyewitnesses and historians and newsreel footage show how during World War II the Nazis systematically took or destroyed the art of Europe. It follows the the heroic Europeans who first hid, and then set out to find and return what had been taken, with the help of the Allied forces "Monuments Men". It is work that continues to this day.
20) Mega disasters
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
[v.1] Asteroid apocalypse: Computer animations, models, and re-creations examine how an impact on the American west coast could spell disaster for the nation. Atlantis apocalypse: Computer animations, models, and re-creations examine how another eruption of the Santorini Volcano, like the one 3,500 years ago, could affect people today.
[v.2] American volcano: Computer animations, models, and re-creations examine what would happen if Mt. Rainier erupted...
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