Catalog Search Results
Language
English
Description
"Examine the history of America through some of its most iconic symbols, objects, and places, diving deep into each symbol's history and how its meaning has changed over time using them as a gateway to understanding America's past and present. From flags and statues to revered landmarks, people live alongside and interact with history every day"--Container.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to combat the effects of aging in just five minutes a day. Each short period of stretching, strength-building, and specialized breathing contributes to greater flexibility, strength, and mental clarity. After years spent teaching and practicing, Peggy has designed a way of incorporating yoga into our daily lives.
Language
English
Description
Mary Berry shares her ultimate Christmas feast with all the trimmings, packed with tips to plan and get ahead for the big day. Chefs Angela Hartnett and Monica Galetti join her to share favorite festive recipes from their heritage and Mary and TV host Rylan try and convert some kids to Brussels sprouts.
Language
English
Description
"Costa Rica's motto is Pura Vida -- Pure Life -- and this deceptively small country is bursting with some of the most spectacular wildlife and pristine ecosystems in the world. All this diversity thrives, in part, thanks to one surprising little creature: hummingbirds. Venture across Costa Rica's wild and rugged landscapes, from volcanic peaks to coastal jungle to misty cloud forests and discover the nation's dazzling diversity of hummingbirds. Watch...
Language
English
Description
"In July 2022, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope released its first images, looking further back in time than ever before to show our universe in stunningly beautiful detail. But that was just the beginning. With tons of new data and spectacular images flooding in, Webb is allowing scientists to peer deep in time to try to answer some of astronomy's biggest questions. When--and how--did the first stars and galaxies form? And can we see the fingerprints...
Language
English
Description
"Immerse yourself in three iconic Scandinavian landscapes: the hauntingly beautiful coast; the magical seasonal forests, and the volcanic and arctic extremes. Surprising wildlife stories of lynx and puffins, orca and wolves reveal the resilient spirit of Scandinavia. Myth and modernity co-exist: Odin and Thor, base jumpers and reindeer herders are all woven into this icy natural world"--Container.
Language
English
Description
In 2011, Frozen Planet gave viewers an unprecedented insight into life in the Poles. Now, 11 years later, Sir David Attenborough returns to the Arctic and Antarctic to observe the amazing species that thrive there. But it also explores life beyond by witnessing the wildlife dramas that play out in the high mountains, frozen grasslands, snowbound forests and ice-cold oceans. The last true wildernesses on earth, so challenging only a heroic cast of...
10) Planet earth III
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Completing the Planet Earth trilogy, Planet Earth III explores the greatest habitats on our planet and the extraordinary animals that live in them. Filled with wonder and insight, Planet Earth III celebrates places and animals beyond our imagination. From the depths of the ocean to the most remote jungle, discover the planet₂s last great wild places and the astonishing strategies animals have evolved to survive. Each episode focuses on a distinct...
11) Casa Susanna
Language
English
Description
"In the 1950s and '60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a modest house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place for them to express their true selves and live for a few days as they had always dreamed -- dressed as and living as women without fear of being incarcerated or institutionalized for their self-expression. Told through the memories of those...
Language
English
Description
In this season ANCIENT ALIENSʼ explores new areas of ancient technology, engineering, and communications that engender fresh perspectives about unexplained phenomena throughout time. From meteor impact and over 10,000 crop circles in over 50 countries to complex ancient temples and towering obelisks in Turkey and Egypt to over five decades₂ worth of extensive data collected by MUFON, a vast collection of UFO investigators, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos...
Language
English
Description
"Episode 2 : Hide-and-Seek introduces the creative hunting techniques and defense strategies of insects. From the private life of an yellow owlfly larva that tricks and hunts its prey with its big, intimidating jaw, a European grain moth larva freeloading off an ant nest, an acron weevil having a tense standoff to get an acoren, you get a close look at the clever tactivs that insects employ in order to live and serve their purpose on Earth."--back...
Language
English
Formats
Description
The American Buffalo delves into over 10,000 years of North American history, exploring the evolution and significance of buffalo to Native American people on the Great Plains and highlighting the near-extinction of the American buffalo, driven by factors such as the buffalo robe trade, westward expansion, diseases, and drought. The second episode follows a diverse group, including Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Goodnight, in their efforts to rescue...
Language
English
Description
Nova: Arctic sinkholes (aired 2/2022): "Scientists investigate colossal explosions in Siberia and other evidence that rapidly thawing soil in the Arctic is releasing vast amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. What are the implications for our climate future?"--Container.
Nova: Weathering the future (aired 4/2023): "As extreme weather in the U.S. impacts more people -- with longer heat waves, more intense rainstorms, megafires, and droughts...
Language
English
Description
"In January 2022, one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history rocked the Pacific islands of Tonga, sending shockwaves around the world. Through first-person accounts of the disaster and eyewitness footage, experience the terrifying power of the eruption and the devastating tsunami that struck the shores of Tonga. Why was this eruption so big, how did it cause the tsunami, and could another disaster loom?"--Container.
19) Fly with me
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Fly With Me tells the story of the pioneering young women who became flight attendants at a time when single women were unable to order a drink, eat alone in a restaurant, own a credit card or get a prescription for birth control. Becoming a "stewardess," as they were called, offered unheard-of opportunities for travel, glamour, adventure and independence. Although often maligned as feminist sellouts, these women were on the frontlines of the battle...
20) Your brain
Language
English
Description
How does your brain create your reality? Are you in control, or is your brain controlling you? Discover the surprising answers based on the latest research in this journey into the human brain with neuroscientist Heather Berlin.