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Publisher
YMAA Publication Center
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The DVD was developed especially for beginners, using a mirror-view workout that allows viewers to follow along with ease. This will help improve strength, flexibility, balance, and posture, and develop graceful movement. Master Helen guides viewers through a qigong warm-up, an easy tai chi class, and a cooldown meditation. In a separate chapter, she gives clear step-by-step instruction of the sixteen-movement tai chi form indoors and out, with multiple...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Scientists are coming to understand fat as a fascinating and dynamic organ - one whose size has more to do with biological processes than personal choices. Through real life stories of hunter-gatherers, sumo wrestlers, and supermodels, Nova explores the complex functions of fat and role it plays in controlling hunger, hormones, and even reproduction.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Viewers will journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive. Weaved is an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists, and philosophers from around the world including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk, and Vandana Shiva. Together they reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 29 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Although proud of his incredible athletic accomplishments and the impact he has on his students, David's family continuously pays a high price for his years of competitive running. Following his open-heart surgery and irreparable damage to his knees, Nancy is ready for Dave to hang up his racing shoes for good and focus his boundless energy on their family. Instead, feeling called by God to inspire people one last time, Dave sets off for a 2,900-mile...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
In the mountains of France, the mayor of a small town has changed the school's lunch menu to locally grown organic foods in order to bring safe food products and healthy diet to the children. We learn about the abuses of the food industry, the challenges and rewards of safe food production, and the practical solutions that we can all take part in. Features interviews with children, parents, teachers, scientists, and more.
6) Homo spatius
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Can Homo sapiens evolve? For over 50 years now, people have been testing human nature in an effort to conquer outer space. Combining human adventure and the exploration of the human body, the documentary offers unique insights into the physical and psychological effects of space travel on the Astronauts and measures the impact on medical sciences.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the health benefits and risks of cannabis. Examines the history of cannabis in the United States, including the stigma that continues to promote challenges to its legalization.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A solutions-oriented documentary chronicling the current state of the U.S. meat industry. First explaining how America arrived at our current industrial system, the story shifts to the present day, showing the feedlots and confinement houses, not through hidden cameras but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work there.
Publisher
Tied to the Tracks Films, Inc
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger was a devoted Marine for nearly twenty-five years... As a drill instructor he lived and breathed the 'Corps' and was responsible for indoctrinating thousands of new recruits with its motto Semper Fidelis or 'Always Faithful.' When Jerry's nine-year old daughter Janey died of a rare type of leukemia, his world collapsed. As a grief-stricken father, he struggled for years to make sense of what happened. His...
Publisher
Kimstim
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
6 DVDs + 1 Blu-ray (804 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Homo sapiens: Presented entirely without commentary or narration, this documentary comprises images of abandoned buildings and structures in the process of being reclaimed by nature, as well as desolate natural locales.
Over the years: Follows a group of European textile workers over a ten-year-period after the mill where they work goes out of business.
Abendland: Surveys disparate parts of Europe, the various scenes united only in that they take...
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