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Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Documentary feature films have historically existed on the margins of mainstream media. In the U.S., enterprising documentarians have spent most of the past 60 years struggling to find a larger, broader audience for their films. Often negatively associated with longform television journalism and tedious educational programming, documentaries have rarely escaped their perceived status as "cultural vegetables" - good for you, but relatively unappealing....
Publisher
Rick Steves' Europe
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Join Rick as he travels through the Holy Land in this hour long special, weaving together both the Israeli and the Palestinian narratives. In Israel, we'll travel from the venerable ramparts of Jerusalem to the vibrant m odern skyline of Tel Aviv. In Palestine, we'll harvest olives near Hebron, visit a home in Bethlehem, and pop into a university in Ramallah. We also learn about the persistent challenges facing the region today."
Publisher
WGBH Boston
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Presents the history of low-temperature research and the quest for ever-lower notches on the thermometer. The conquest of cold opens with experiments in the 1600s that asked what heat and cold are and whether they are different aspects of the same phenomenon. Shows how the experiments that settled those questions helped stoke the Industrial Revolution. The race for absolute zero dramatizes the rivalry between Scottish researcher James Dewar and Dutch...
7) Brava Italia
Publisher
Acorn Media Group
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Narrated by award-winning actor Paul Sorvino and broadcast on public television, Brava Italia tours la bella Italia from the streets to the skies, bustling cities to peaceful hill towns, and snowcapped Alps to sun-kissed shores.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Glorious gardens and classic whodunits combine in a hit British series seen on public television. Rosemary Boxer is a former professor. Laura Thyme is a former policewoman. They share a passion for horticulture and a talent for sleuthing. Filmed on location in English and European countryside settings, the collection includes all 3 series. Bonus features include: Interview with Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris, production notes, location notes, photo...
Publisher
Acorn Media Group
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
This six part series explores the influence on ancient culture on our lives today. Host Michael Wood visits the ancient cities and great ports of India and China, the deserts of Egypt and Iraq, the Mexico of the Inca, Aztec and Mayan peoples, the Greek and Roman monuments of Europe and the jungles of Central America searching for the living legacies of these once great civilizations. The series traces how the institutions that arose with urban civilization...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
"The first cookbook connected to Milk Street's public television show delivers more than 125 new recipes arranged by type of dish: from grains and salads, to a new way to scramble eggs, to simple dinners and twenty-first-century desserts"--Amazon.com.
From Christopher Kimball, one of Epicurious ' 100 Greatest Home Cooks of All Time: One of Eater's Biggest Books of Fall 2017 "We want to change the way you cook." For more than twenty-five years, Christopher...
Publisher
Sounds True
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In traditional Chinese medicine, the gentle art of Qi gong allows one to consciously activate the body's natural healing intelligence and direct vital energy to the places in need of restoration and repair. Internationally acclaimed Qi gong master Lee Holden presents a step-by-step training video with easy-to-learn practices that will help viewers relieve pain, clear stress and tension, and harness the body's unequaled capacity for self-restoration....
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Get a crash course in Maori bone carving, brave whitewater rapids on river boards, get a hot-air balloon view of the land used to film The Lord of the Rings, kayak along the North Island coast, visit the site local tribes signed a treaty with Europeans, and more. Includes special features.
Publisher
WETA
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Biography of Elizabeth Campbell, a schoolteacher who later founded WETA - Washington DC's public television station. This program covers her entire 97 year life, from her childhood as a minister's daughter, to her career as a schoolteacher and a college dean, and her later role as a pioneer in educational public television.
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