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1) Tall blondes
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
This personal odyssey takes a surprising and revealing look at the magnificent giraffe.
Author
Language
English
Description
The Girl of Sugar Beach is the most watched documentary in television history--a riveting, true-life mystery that unfolds over twelve weeks and centers on a fascinating question: Did Grace Sebold murder her boyfriend, Julian, while on a Spring Break vacation, or is she a victim of circumstance and poor police work? Grace has spent the last ten years in a St. Lucian prison, and reaches out to filmmaker Sidney Ryan in a last, desperate attempt to prove...
Publisher
Little Brother Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Earth is home to over 1.6 Million known animal species, each playing a role in the symbiotic beauty of nature. Explore the many species of birds, wildcats, fish, elephants, whales, and more which live on this big blue planet we call home.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Live Free or Die follows six Americans who have chosen to walk away from our modern society and 'rewild.' Living in the natural world, facing floods and blizzards, bears and mosquitos, deserts and mountains, these hardy, modern-day pioneers have left their backyards for the backwoods, all while living by a strict code to remain self-sufficient, despite the dangers.
5) Wild weather
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Tornados or sandstorms take simple ingredients like air, earth and water and transform them into something spectacular, powerful and incredibly dangerous. And despite scientists studying it for thousands of years, we know far less about how weather works than anyone might expect. This, however, is about to change: by teaming up with maverick experts and renowned specialists from all around the world, a whole range of fascinating new discoveries from...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The life of the greater sage-grouse, which lives on the "sagebrush sea" that stretches across 11 states in the American West, is detailed. Other featured creatures include the golden eagle, great-horned owl, cavity-nesting bluebirds and American kestrel.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Uncover more astonishing new evidence of extraterrestrial intervention on Earth than ever before, including an aluminum object that resembles the foot of a lunar lander. But the object inexplicably dates to over 40,000 years ago. In India, a thousand-year-old mask is discovered that looks identical to the face of a grey alien. Newly uncovered records from Russia indicate that in 1948, an ancient rocket was discovered in Kiev.
Publisher
[Warner Bros. Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Dolphins are one of the most social and playful animals on the planet. They develop strong family and group relationships and often work work with other species to find a meal, while having plenty of fun along the way. This series explores the unexpected and often never-seen-before aspects of dolphin behavior using specially designed cameras and the latest technology.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, dictators have shaped the world we live in. How did they seize and wield power? What forces rose up against them or resisted them in secret? How did they finally come to the bitter end? This series answers those questions in six immersive hours, each a revealing portrait of brutality and power.
11) Sinking cities
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
As the earth warms, sea levels rise, and super-storms become more frequent and intense; many major coastal cities will soon be under water. Sinking Cities shows New York, London, Tokyo and Miami preparing for the real-time impact of rising seas and devising colossal new construction projects, and groundbreaking solutions aimed at securing their future.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A compelling and complex story of one of the most convulsive and transformative eras in American history. In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, the U.S. population doubled in the span of a single generation, national wealth expanded, and two classes rose simultaneously, separated by a gulf of experience and circumstance that was unprecedented in American life.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Einstein called it 'spooky action at a distance,' but today quantum entanglement is poised to revolutionize technology. Physicists have become gradually convinced that quantum entanglement is real, but a few doubts remain. NOVA follows a groundbreaking experiment in the Canary Islands to use quasars at opposite ends of the universe to once and for all settle remaining questions.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted in 2018, sending rivers of lava through communities and into the sea. Join scientists and local residents as they investigate this frightening spike in volcanic activity that turned an island paradise into an inferno.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the United States, ten percent of people who wish to have children struggle with infertility. NOVA explores barriers to fertility, from the social to the biological, and the state of assisted reproductive technologies. Follow the journeys of people navigating challenges from structural inequalities and racism to falling sperm counts, egg freezing, and IVF.
17) Rivers of life
Publisher
BBC Earth, PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From land, boat, and sky. Above and below the water. From the point of view of the animals and people who are found there, we will show these rivers as they have never been seen before, highlighting each river's very own unique atmosphere and character so that each episode will have its own mood. This series will find new perspectives to cover these amazing waterways. Using the latest in filming technology, they will take viewers on a journey to uncover...
18) Science of evil
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Experts investigate the psychological and neurobiological basis for evil. Using cutting-edge functional magnetic resonance imaging techniques, scientists attempt to isolate the mechanics of moral judgment by mapping patterns in neurological processes.
19) Why trains crash
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
NOVA investigates how trains can be agents of such tragic destruction by dissecting the most infamous accidents, unraveling how the laws of physics stack the deck against trains, and exploring how creative innovations are bringing about a revival in train tech.
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