Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A weekly television series and educational outreach program for elementary and middle-school children based on proven best practices for science, technology, engineering and math education for girls.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Peggy Cappy joins forces with neuromuscular therapist Lee Albert with game-changing exercise routines that can relieve pain in the back, knees, hips, and head, including chronic migraine headaches. Includes four complete step-by-step exercise routines that can be done alone or in segments, standing, seated, or with the support of a chair, to discover new ways to live pain-free.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein's three-part, six-hour documentary series examines how the American people and leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged America's identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of democracy.
Publisher
PBS [Distributor]
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 6 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Old Unhappy Far Off Things: Lewis and Hathaway investigate two murders at Oxford's last surviving all-female college. Wild Justice: Candidates in an election at Oxford's St. Gerard's Hall are being murdered one-by-one. The Mind Has Mountains: When a student dies from a new anti-depressant drug, is it murder or suicide? The Gift of Promise: Businesswoman Andrea de Ritter is bludgeoned to death in an apparent blackmail plot gone wrong.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (53 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
National Geographic follows Pete Souza, the President's photographer inside the Obama White House, aboard Air Force One, backstage at the State of the Union, and into the heart of the West Wing. It's a behind-the-scenes look at the everyday grit of the American presidency and a chance to see what it's like to cover the most powerful man in the world, for history. Features intimate interviews with President Obama.
Publisher
distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (ca. 470 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Superintendent Sandra Pullman heads a team of aging detectives pulled out of retirement for a job they're uniquely qualified to do: tackle cold cases--some of them decades old.
87) Animal reunions
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Working with conservationists, animal sanctuaries and scientists from around the world, the filmmakers present stories of animal reunions which show that their actions, gestures and perceived intimacy all beg questions about the capacity for animals to remember, feel devotion, longing, happiness, contentment and even love, by displaying their capacity for emotional connections with other animals and human beings.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Journey to the top of the world with scientists as they embark on the most ambitious Arctic research expedition of all time. The Arctic - much of it a vast frozen ocean, shrouded in darkness for half the year - is warming at twice the rate as the rest of the globe.
Publisher
Topics Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Eat or be eaten. It's survival of the fittest in this unforgetable Wild America DVD collection. Join Marty Stouffer as he uncovers the mysteries and beauty behind some of North America's most magnificent predators."
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Krill are tiny, shrimp-like creatures crucial to the Antarctic ecosystem and, maybe, to the future of all oceans. Join the research ship Polarstern in the vast Antarctic ice pack in search of ice caves and juvenile krill.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frontline reporter David Hoffman investigates the alarming rise in hospitals, communities, and across the globe of untreatable infections. Fueled by decades of antibiotic overuse, the crisis has deepened as major drug companies have abandoned the development of new antibiotics. Without swift action, the miracle age of antibiotics could be coming to an end.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approx. 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Across the planet, animals are joining forces to hunt, stay alive, build homes, keep warm, solve complex problems, or complete amazing feats. Partnerships were once thought rare in the animal kingdom, and it's not just animals of the same species teaming up; often completely unrelated species become unlikely collaborators. By teaming up, animals can achieve incredible things, proving that animals are better when they're together.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's the last day of school before the winter holidays and the kids take a trip to Murph's recycling plant. The kids learn how recycling helps the earth in "Holiday special" ; in "All dried up" Phoebe goes on a crusade to save the animals and plants of the desert - and discovers how well they take care of themselves ; in "In the rainforest" kids goes to the rainforest on Earth Day to discover how cocoa pods, mud puddles and bugs all play a part in...
95) Civilizations
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 540 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Survey the history of art, from antiquity to the present, on a global scale. The nine-part series reveals the role art and creative imagination have played in forging humanity, and introduces viewers to works of beauty, ingenuity, and illumination across cultures. Narrated by Liev Schreiber.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë face a bleak future, with their father half-blind, and troubled brother Branwell in decline. As their situation worsens, Charlotte sees that writing could offer a way out. This is the story of the sisters' great novels and their extraordinary battle for recognition.
Publisher
Pbs
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 484 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1920s Toronto, the series follows the city's only female private detectives as they take on cases the police don't want to touch. In a time of change and hopefulness, their gender is their biggest advantage as they defy expectations and rebel against convention. The private detectives take on cases that explore every cross-section of Toronto, from gospel church choirs, bathing beauties, and the early cinema scene to the homes and private parties...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (275 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In distant realms far beyond the familiar solar system, an epic drama is playing out, with a cast list featuring rogue planets, colliding galaxies, and black holes more massive than a billion suns, and each character has its own extraordinary story to tell.
99) 20 snowy stories
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 260 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Includes 10 series Arthur, Caillou, Daniel Tiger, Dinosaur Train, Nature Cat, Odd Squad, Pinkalicious and Peterrific, Ready Jet Go!, Splash and Bubbles, Wild Kratts.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lucy Worsley explores three extraordinary royal palaces: the Tower of London, Hampton Court and Kensington Palace. During lockdown they're closed to visitors, but Lucy has the keys. From William the Conqueror to Princess Diana, they tell the story of almost a thousand years of British monarchy.