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Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Explores the lives and qualities of three remarkable equines. The horses, followed from their first wobbly steps to their hoof-pounding moments of challenge, triumph, and even heroism, are the Chestnut, trained to be a racehorse; the Bay, on his way to a career as a movie stunt horse; and the Black, driven by circumstance and his indomitable spirit to seek a herd in the wild.
4) Cat
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Follows the journey of these mysterious and adored animals from the African savanna to the modern home. Along the way, discover the secret lives of felines great and small--their evolution, anatomy, habitat, behavior, and more.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
Color.
Language
English
Description
ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE is a visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there year-round. The research stations scattered throughout the continent host a close-knit international population of scientists, technicians and craftsmen. Isolated from the rest of the world, enduring months of unending darkness followed by periods when the sun never sets, Antarctic residents experience firsthand the beauty...
6) Quentins
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Maeve Binchy tells the story of a generation and a city through the history of a Dublin restaurant in this “warm-hearted” (Boston Herald) enthralling novel.
Ella Brady wants to film a documentary about Quentins that will capture the spirit of Dublin from the 1970s to the present day. After all, the restaurant saw the people of a city become more confident in everything from their...
Ella Brady wants to film a documentary about Quentins that will capture the spirit of Dublin from the 1970s to the present day. After all, the restaurant saw the people of a city become more confident in everything from their...
Publisher
Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
With all the trappings of a classic murder mystery, The Staircase chronicles the sensational story of North Carolina author Michael Peterson, who stood trial in 2003 for the murder of his wife, Kathleen Peterson.
Series
Ross McElwee DVD collection volume Disc 2
Publisher
First Run Features Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Ross McElwee sets out to make a documentary about the lingering effects of General Sherman's march of destruction through the South during the Civil War, but is continually sidetracked by women who come and go in his life, his recurring dreams of nuclear holocaust, and Burt Reynolds.
12) The lost village
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"The Blair Witch Project meets Midsommar in this brilliantly disturbing thriller from Camilla Sten, an electrifying new voice in suspense. Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed "The Lost Village," since she was a little girl. In 1959, her grandmother's entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two...
13) The unspoken
Author
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
1898: Bound for Chicago, the freighter Jerry McGuen goes down in Lake Michigan, taking with it every man aboard. But what other fate could befall a vessel carrying the ill-gotten sarcophagus of an Egyptian sorcerer?
Now: A veteran diver and "ghost ship" expert is exploring the legendary wreck for a documentary. He dies inexplicably inside the freighter's main saloon. Then another diver is killed and panicked...
Publisher
[PBS Direct]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Our planet has been shaped by powerful elemental forces, of earth, fire, ice, water, and wind. Over millions of years, they have given rise to natural icons of immense grandeur and variety. Mount Everest, Jordan's Dead Sea, Rotorua's boiling mud pools, Indonesia's archipelago, Sossusvlei's dunes, the Northern Lights, the Rockies, the Amazon, Antarctica, and more. Throughout six episodes, we travel worldwide, exploring. The icons are as different as...
Publisher
[PBS Direct]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Every year, hundreds of new skyscrapers are built around the globe. As nations vie for prestige and developers look to maximize limited urban space, these shimmering towers are rising higher and higher. In China alone, dozens of buildings reach over 1,000 feet, with a few approaching 2,000 feet. But for all their impressive engineering, are these buildings safe?
17) Expelled
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Expelled over The Photo that was posted to his Twitter account, Will Foster, seventeen, is determined to find out who took the picture and why he and three other students were targeted.
18) Sherpa
Publisher
[Lionsgate]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
[Widescreen?].
Language
English
Description
"This eye-opening documentary takes a look at the Sherpa people, their role in aiding climbers attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest and their protests for higher wages and better work safety."--Provided by the publisher.
19) Canine soldiers
Publisher
Juno Films
Pub. Date
[2019].
Language
English
Description
"Military working dog teams have become the most effective agents in detecting explosives and chemical weapons at home and abroad. Their mission is to save lives, not kill. From rigorous training to deployment, the film follows soldier handlers to learn what it takes to become a successful MWD team. Learn how the dogs are bred, how their relationships with their handlers develop, and what it's like for our handler teams to live in interdependence...
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