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THE MAGIC OF FLIGHT brings the thrill of flight and jet aircraft technology to the big screen with a film that balances the excitement of a Blue Angels air show with the science and history of flight. The film begins by examining how birds fly and reviews the success of the Wright Brothers’ first flight in 1903. Steering from earlier flight ventures to modern aviation, audiences are introduced to high-performance jets. The variety and versatility...
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An astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles. Breakthroughs in filmmaking technology bring you up close with a cast of unforgettable characters. Told with humor, intimacy and a jaw-dropping sense of cinematic splendor.
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Ghouls Rule unearths an old conflict between 'Normies' and monsters-and things are about to get scary. For years, students at Monster High were warned that Halloween was a night to stay inside and avoid conflict at all costs. But Frankie and her friends discover that ghouls and 'Normies' once loved to spend the holiday together. The ghouls decide to turn back the clock and use the night to celebrate their individuality and show that it's okay to 'Be...
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Course covers the making of our planet from the Big Bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth. Travel to the center of our planet and out again, charting the geologic forces that churn beneath our feet to push the continents and seafloor.
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"Do you like history, perhaps investigating where your family came from or learning what challenges your ancestry met and where they called home? This course traces some of the wanderings of our wider family, the biosphere, from its first appearance on Earth around 4 billion years ago through to the present day. This journey has been a fantastic one, whit many interesting twists and turns along the way, many high points and more than a few crises."--page...
10) Amazing journeys
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Experience nature's most incredible spectacles as millions of creatures undertake extraordinary journeys of survival.
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Developing an understanding for how integral rocks and minerals are to our daily lives will help children form a greater appreciating for the building blocks of our world. By viewing the video and discussing the concepts presented, children will enhance their knowledge about rocks and minerals
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Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their hives. Filmed across the U.S., in Europe, Australia, and Asia, examine the alarming disappearance of honeybees and the greater meaning it holds about the relationship between mankind and Mother Earth. As scientists puzzle over the cause, organic beekeepers indicate alternative reasons for this tragic loss.
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The first product of its kind: two informative DVDs and a guidebook that work together, giving all women access to a specialist. It offers medically sound, up-to-date information and advice, and answers critical questions about hormone therapy, bioidentical hormones, treatment risks, non-prescription alternatives, and much more. Dr. Allmen suggests simple lifestyle modifications that can make a big difference in helping women reduce or eliminate menopausal...
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This transcript book is meant to accompany Great Courses No. 1391 and contains the text of each lecture, biogrphical notes, and bibliography. The course examines the ways advances in science and technology may change the fundamentals of the way we live in the future-- what we eat and drink, how we travel, how we connect with each other, and even how long we live.
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Best of the History Channel volume III
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Discover how continents were formed, canyons were carved, and why the animals live where they do. Based on recent findings by renowned scientists and filmed on location across the globe, the riveting visuals and groundbreaking special effects will transport you on a informative journey through time and deliver you back to the birth of Planet Earth.
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520 Everyone loves to see the beauty of the star-studded night sky, but how many of us understand what makes stars shine, where Saturn's rings come from, or why galaxies have their distinctive shapes. Observational astronomy excels at cataloging celestial objects, but it takes a more rigorous discipline to come up with physical explanations for them. That field is astrophysics, which uses the laws of physics to investigate everything beyond Earth....
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Stephen Hawking's universe volume 3
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Examines the history of our study of the universe focusing on what we have been able to see and test throughout history as well as different theories about the beginning of the universe.
19) The brain
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Scientists are only now beginning to understand the most complex machine in the known universe--the brain. Go on a voyage of discovery into the evolutionary history of our last biological frontier. From early civilizations' attempts at neurosurgery to today's robotic laser surgery, revolutionary new techniques are finally unlocking the story of the brain. As a result, we've learned more in the last five years than in the past 100.
20) Your inner fish
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Reveals a startling truth: hidden within the human body is a story of life on Earth. This scientific adventure story takes viewers from Ethiopia to the Arctic Circle on a hunt for the many ways that our animal ancestors shaped our anatomical destiny.
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