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1) Cat
Pub. Date
2010, c1994
Language
English
Description
Follows the journey of these mysterious and adored animals from the African savanna to the modern home. Along the way, discover the secret lives of felines great and small--their evolution, anatomy, habitat, behavior, and more.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Odd Hours, No Pay, Cool Hat takes viewers into the heart of the volunteer fire service, and by extension on a journey through the many facets of America. Locations like California's wine (and wildfire) country, a small Nebraska farming community, and an Orthodox Jewish enclave in New York set the backdrop for a series of stories about service, personal growth, and finding purpose. Together they convey the depth, diversity, and critical role volunteer...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Since the birth of their trademark toy in 1958, The LEGO Group has produced over 400 billion bricks. But more and more, LEGO bricks aren't just for kids, and some take them very seriously. Adult Fans of LEGO around the globe are unashamedly declaring their love of the brick, brick artists are creating stunning and surprising creations, and LEGO master builders are building human scale and larger structures. This documentary playfully delves into the...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
For generations, Monopoly has been America's favorite board game, a love letter to unbridled capitalism and, for better or worse, the impulses that make our free-market society tick. An exhilarating game of no-holds-barred competition and brutal domination of opponents, it's a celebration of greed and accumulation of wealth with only one player standing at the end.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Twenty Pearls tells the story of the oldest Black-Greek letter sorority, founded on the campus of Howard University, which boasts nearly 300,000 members across 50 states and 55 nations.Tracing the sisterhood's history from 1908 to member Kamala Harris being elected vice president.
12) The League
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the dynamic journey of Negro League baseball's triumphs and challenges through the first half of the 20th century.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After years of living with mysterious symptoms, a young girl from Brooklyn and a Duke University scientist are diagnosed with a disease said to not exist: Chronic Lyme disease. The Quiet Epidemic follows their search for answers, which lands them in the middle of a vicious medical debate. What begins as a patient story evolves into an investigation into the history of Lyme disease, dating back to its discovery in 1975. A paper trail of suppressed...
14) Majestic Montana
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Head to Big Sky Country for the complete Montana experience, from riding the Red Bus up Logan Pass in Glacier National Park to riding a horse during a reenactment of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Majestic Montana, featuring two programs from the Emmy nominated series Travelscope hosted by Joseph Rosendo, introduces you to a real cowboy campfire dinner and takes you for a walk in the treetops!
15) Are you proud?
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
It is a vivid and engaged docu-celebration of the LGBT rights movement from the partial victory of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act to Stonewall, the Gay Liberation Front, the AIDS crisis, Legal Marriage, and finally the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting. The film gives an extensive history of the course of LGBT rights campaigning, but, more importantly, also shows how much more work there is to be done. From legal victories to corporate rainbow colors, Ashley...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Other countries built palaces for royalty; in the United States, we built them to watch movies. It celebrates the splendor and grandeur of the great cinemas of the United States, built when movies were the acme of entertainment and the stories were larger than life, as were the venues designed to show them: Thousands of seats, giant screens, exotic and ornate interiors with balconies and lounges, in-house organs and orchestras, amazing marquees, and...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The story of the legendary trumpeter, bandleader, innovator, and trend-setter who crossed musical genres and whose life was notable on and off stage. Directed by award-winning documentarian Stanley Nelson, it features Davis's music from live performances, studio recordings, outtakes, and interviews with those who knew him best.
19) Central Japan
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Megan explores Buddhist temples, world heritage sites, and bargains at the city's best flea market. She then learns the art of Zen meditation and visits the Gion distract, home to many of Kyoto's few hundred remaining Geisha. She then travels to bustling Osaka, and Iga-Ueno then continuing by train through the Japanese Alps and by ferry to the remote Sado Island. Finally, in Himeji, she witnesses a dramatic fighting festival.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Did Secret Societies create the first and second world wars? Were clandestine groups behind the rise of the Nazi Party? Scholars still accept that both world wars were part of the grand European power struggle between the old world and the new, between royalty, politicians, communists and capitalists. But researchers now believe WWII was the result of a massive, world-wide conspiracy by an elusive secret society known as the Illuminati. A secret...
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