Jay O. Sanders
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In 2011, a group of amateur historians made an incredible archaeological find: the bones of King Richard III, hunchbacked, with an arrow through the spine. Now, scientists are testing the bones to find out more about the king and also conducting fascinating experiments to determine whether Richard could have fought so ferociously in battle with such a severe deformity.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
During World War I, the Allies and Germans repeatedly struggled to break the hideous stalemate of trench warfare. In the winter of 1916, Allied engineers devised a massive surprise attack on the German army. NOVA follows bomb disposal experts as they clear topsoil packed with shrapnel and unexploded shells and probe one tunnel system connected to what is probably the world2s largest unexploded bomb.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
They are one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. First discovered in a cave by a Bedouin shepherd boy in 1947, these fragile parchment relics were written around the time of Christ two millennia ago and included the oldest known versions of the Hebrew Bible. They not only reveal that early Judaism was far richer and more varied than previously thought but also hold vital clues to the birth of Christianity. Now, scientists are using new...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Go beyond the ongoing debate over how to save an endangered species. Documented are the stories of collapsing Pacific salmon populations and how biologists and engineers have become instruments in audacious experiments to replicate every stage of the fish's life cycle. In its exposure of a wildly creative, hopelessly complex, and stunningly expensive approach to managing salmon, the film reveals one of the most ambitious plans ever conceived for taking...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The Himalayas were among the last places on Earth that homo sapiens came to inhabit. Now, join an international team of scientists as they climb to the world's highest tombs to unearth secrets of the people who settled these extreme environments.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Everybody has heard about when Vincent van Gogh looked into a mirror and cut into his own ear. Bernadette Murphy, an independent researcher, has uncovered definitive evidence which reveals exactly what happened that night, and how it ultimately shaped van Gogh's remarkable art. Murphy's detective work finally provides answers to the mystery that has divided art historians for decades.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Earth From Space is a groundbreaking two-hour special that reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet. Produced in extensive consultation with NASA scientists, this special takes data from earth-observing satellites and transforms them into dazzling visual sequences, each one exposing the intricate and surprising web of forces that sustain life on earth.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Explores the mystery of the human bones recently uncovered beneath 36 Craven Street, London, the address of Ben Franklin while colonial ambassador to England, and their connection with the work of surgeon William Hewson, which involved grave robbing and body snatching for the purpose of research into human anatomy and physiology.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
On the 500th anniversary of da Vinci's death, NOVA goes to Italy to explore his life and work. Then, in the basement of the Louvre, scientists and art restoration experts deploy cutting-edge technology to (digitally) peel back the layers of da Vinci's works. Ultimately, they'll reveal the impact of his science on his art and his art on his science.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In November 2017, the Scan Pyramids research team announced they had made a historic discovery, using cutting-edge, non-invasive technology, they discovered several new cavities within the Great Pyramid. This is the biggest discovery to happen in the Pyramids in centuries.
Series
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Predictions underlie nearly every aspect of our lives, from sports, politics, and medical decisions to the morning commute. With the explosion of digital technology, the Internet, and "big data," the science of forecasting is flourishing. But why do some predictions succeed spectacularly while others fail abysmally? And how can we find meaningful patterns amidst chaos and uncertainty? In a fascinating, fast-paced investigation, NOVA takes viewers...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Baiae, an ancient Roman city lost to the same volcanoes that entombed Pompeii. But unlike Pompeii, Baiae sits under water, in the Bay of Naples. Nearly 2,000 years ago, the city was an escape for Rome's rich and powerful elite, a place where they were free of the social restrictions of Roman society.
Language
English
Description
A dramatized global warming event triggers a barrage of epic natural disasters: tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. An assortment of individual narratives are threaded together to follow the various catastrophes and their effects on local populations, including the stories of climatologist Jack Hall, his son Sam, and other small bands of survivors as they ride...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Kathleen Martinez, criminal lawyer turned maverick archaeologist, searches for Cleopatra's lost tomb. Very little evidence remains of Egypt's last queen, but Kathleen's radical new theory about the real Cleopatra has led her to look where no one else has dared and her hunch is paying off. Could Kathleen be closing in on Cleopatra's final resting place?
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This crime thriller follows presumed-dead former CIA agent, John Reese, who teams up with mysterious billionaire Harold Finch to prevent violent crimes with high-tech surveillance and their own brand of vigilante justice. With Finch missing, Reese enlists Detectives Joss Carter and Lionel Fusco to join the search for his friend. Will Reese and his team find Finch before it's too late? Who will be the next person of interest?
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The Person of Interest team suffers a devastating loss and confronts staggering challenges. Adapting to the evolution of The Machine, now completely self-governed and hidden from all, technical wizard Finch and ex-CIA operative Reese team with rogue agent Samantha Shaw to save lives and seek justice, but their missions now threaten to tear them apart. NYPD Detectives Carter and Fusco finally unravel the criminal police conspiracy.
20) Half nelson
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A high school teacher with a drug habit finds a friendship in an unlikely source - one of his troubled students. Will their relationship help them or harm them?