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Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 Blu-rays + 3 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays (366 min., 420 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Millions of years ago, incredible forces ripped apart the Earth's crust, creating our seven continents, each with its own distinct climate, its own distinct terrain, and its own unique animal life. From the colorful paradise of South America to the scorching heat of Africa, this showcases the true character of each continent in turn and reveals just how it has shaped all life there.
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays + 2 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays (approximately 250 min., approximately 300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Planet Earth is perfect. It orbits at the perfect distance from the sun; it tilts at just the right angle, and it has a moon just large enough to hold it in place. On top of that, the day-to-day workings of the planet naturally serve to nurture its plants and animals. The five-part series will show how the forces of nature, weather, ocean currents, solar energy, and volcanoes, drive, shape, and support Earth's great diversity of life.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow nature photographer Michael Forsberg as he examines the remaining wilderness in the Great Plains of North America. Featuring stunning imagery, the program is based on Forsberg's book of the same name. Less than 200 years ago, the Great Plains was one of the greatest grassland ecosystems on Earth, stretching nearly a million square miles down the heart of the continent. But as America grew, and the land was settled and tamed, the wilderness...
Author
Language
English
Description
"On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian...
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From the Namib Desert to Patagonia, only a handful of places on Earth can claim to be largely unchanged. Isolated from the rest of the world, these places have been protected from the most damaging effects of human interference. Delicately balanced, species-rich, unique ecosystems. In these lands, life exists as nature intended. This series embarks on a breathtaking journey to Earth's last Edens. It visits incredible landscapes and reveals thrilling...
11) Planet Earth II
Series
Planet earth volume 2
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
This 2016 follow-up to the 2006 documentary mini-series "Planet Earth" examines the natural features and wildlife found in various parts of the world, each of the six episodes corresponding to a different category of natural or man-made terrain (e.g., island, mountain, jungle, urban area, etc.).
Publisher
British Broadcasting Corp
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
High definition widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
4 Blu-rays (560 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A stunning 11-part series that captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures.
13) Walden
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
xxiii, 312 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
96 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A life survey of a perennially relevant historical figure. Formatted like a nature notebook, this exploration of seasonal changes in Thoreau's day is also a visual story of his life and times and a gentle introduction to climate change.
16) Frozen planet II
Publisher
BBC Earth
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays + 2 4K UHD Blu-rays (approximately 314 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Following life in the frozen regions of the planet, including polar bears, Siberian tigers, snow monkeys, and penguins.
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