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Author
Series
Under suspicion (Mary Higgins Clark) volume 6
Language
English
Description
Laurie Moran and Alex Buckley are planning a summer wedding and honeymoon, preparing for Alex's confirmation to a federal judicial appointment, and searching for the perfect New York City home for their new life together. Laurie is approached by Robert and Cynthia Bell, parents of Dr. Martin Bell, a charming and talented physician who was shot dead as he pulled into the driveway of his Greenwich Village carriage house five years ago. They are determined...
2) Kill/capture
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Behind the strike that killed Osama bin Laden on May 1st was one of the U.S. military's best kept secrets: an extraordinary campaign by elite U.S. soldiers to take out thousands of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters. A six-month investigation by FRONTLINE has gone inside the "kill/capture" program to discover new evidence of the program's impact--and its costs.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
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...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A zookeeper always on the fringe learns to go after her wildest dreams--including a certain television star--in this charming and laugh-out-loud romantic comedy by Kerry Rea, author of The Wedding Ringer. Lucy Rourke has two great loves in her life: the gorilla troop she cares for as a primatologist and the laundry list of reality TV shows she watches to escape the fact that her actual love life doesn't exist. And like a reality contestant gunning...
Author
Language
English
Formats
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.
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Who are we? Why are we here? Where do we come from? These are among the most enduring and profound questions we can ask, and it is an essential part of human nature to want to find the answers. We can trace our ancestry back hundreds of thousands of years to the dawn of humankind, but in reality our story extends much further back: it starts with the beginning of the universe. In this groundbreaking new series, Professor Brian Cox tells the epic story...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Although the fighting lasted for only six days in June of 1967, the effects of the Six Day War are still apparent today. On its 40th anniversary, the region remains trapped in conflict and is every bit as explosive as it was then. For Israel, the 1967 war was a military success. But it also redrew the map of the Middle East and mired the region in a never-ending cycle of occupation, terrorism and reprisal. The Six Day War forever changed the politics...
12) Cults
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (47 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Whether inspired by the visions of leaders who believe they have a pipeline to God, or invented as schemes by charlatans and frauds, CULTS have long occupied a unique place in society. In this thought-provoking documentary, explore the beliefs and practices of some of the most famed cults in history. Learn how throughout the ages, spiritual organizations have served as havens for people searching for meaning in their lives, and how nearly every religion,...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Using instructions from an intriguing, 3,700 year-old inscription, a team of historians and expert boat builders investigates a fascinating flood legend and sets out to rebuild a tantalizing, ancient forerunner of the Ark.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Can the power of music make the brain come alive? Dr. Oliver Sacks, author of Musicophilia: tales of music and the brain, is involved with this study as NOVA follows four individuals: Matt Giordano (United States), Derek Paravicini (England), Anne Barker (Ireland), and Tony Cicoria (United States) to investigate music's strange, surprising, and still unexplained power over the human mind. While these extraordinary stories offer examples of music's...
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"It gives us pleasure, it gives us pain and it gives us life. But how much do you know about how sex works? National Geographic takes a fascinating look at one of the world's most popular pastimes. Through gripping real-life stories, new technology and cutting edge computer graphics we explore sex like never before, journeying from first times to playing the field -- all the way to humankind's ultimate goal, procreation"--Container.
Publisher
Smithsonian Channel
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 51 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's the world's most powerful residence, where decisions affecting millions of Americans are made. But the White House is also home, a warm and welcoming refuge for the presidential family. Meet the people who make the world's most famous house a home. With a wealth of still photos, oral histories, video footage and exclusive interviews, it recounts decades of fascinating, behind-the-scenes stories. Narrated by Martin Sheen and features an interview...
Publisher
Kikim Media
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 116 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the seventh century prophet who changed world history in 23 years, and continues to shape the lives of more than 1.2 billion people. Three years in the making, the film takes viewers not only to ancient Middle Eastern sites where Muhammed's story unfolds, but into the homes, mosques and workplaces of some of America's estimated seven million Muslims to discover the many ways in which they follow Muhammad's example.
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (50 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gives a history of anthropological research, beginning with discoveries in Africa of australopithecine bones, the Leakeys' discoveries in the African Rift Valley and Olduvai Gorge, and Donald Johanson's work in Hadar, Ethiopia. The various methods of determining evolutionary paths of man are shown through the investigation of fossilized bones and discovered tools; observing the behavior of living primates (including orangutan locomotion and chimpanzees...
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