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2) Fly with me
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris's iconic landmark. Completed in just over two years for the 1889 World's Fair, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction that reached for the skies. How did the engineers do it?
Publisher
Vision Video
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The human brain performs astonishing feats. Neuroscientists attempt to understand how the brain works and find themselves confronted with the most fundamental questions about humanity: How is ones personality connected to the structure of their brain? Could computers develop consciousness? Where does the human ability of choice come from? Are experiences of God or transcendence merely a product of chemical reactions?
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In Fundamentals of Home Maintenance: From Repairs to Renovations, you will gain practical insights that allow you to roll up your sleeves and take charge of household repairs from leaky faucets to clogged gutters. Taught by home and landscape experts Andy Machin and Margaret McClure, these 41 practical lessons will jump-start your understanding of how to perform home maintenance.
6) Giselle
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
Ã2009
Language
English
Description
A country girl falls in love with a nobleman disguised as a peasant, with tragic results.
Publisher
Chipped Productions
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Pink Feathers gives a unique insight into the world of drag, celebrating Richard's 21 years as drag alter egos "Cookie MonStar" and "Sheila Simmonds", from the streets of New York in the 90's to present-day London, on a journey of self-discovery. Through rare footage and interviews, we discover the person behind the make-up who had to completely break down to build themselves up again"--Amazon.com.
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In the next decade, NASA will send astronauts to Mars for the first time. Separated from Earth, and unable to communicate with the ground in real-time, crew members will experience extreme isolation that could gravely affect their three-year journey. This Sundance-premiering documentary follows a savvy NASA psychologist tasked with protecting daring space explorers.
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"This course offers a miniature medical school curriculum for nondoctors, structured into a "grand rounds" formate similar to how medical students and experienced physicians are taught at hospitals and universities."--page 1 of course guidebook
Series
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In a riveting course designed to give non-scientists the matchless experience of scientific discovery and deep understanding, The Evidence for Modern Physics: How We Know What We Know takes you through the most remarkable insights of contemporary physics, showing why physicists believe what they do."--The Great Courses.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Scott Burnett is 'Scatman' - an Australian ecologist who believes that fully understanding any animal requires understanding its poop. By identifying and analyzing an animal's scat for DNA and hormones, he discovers essential details of its behavior, how it fits in the ecosystem, and even how to protect it, all without needing to trap or disturb it.
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In many ways, insects are just like us. Elaborate mating rituals, a variety of parenting styles, and a plethora of careers from architects and engineers to farmers and ranchers. Like us, they're able to share complex information essential for survival, significantly impact their environment, and recycle. But insects outdo us in so many respects. The truth is, our planet belongs to insects. In 24 captivating lectures beautifully illustrated with graphics,...
Series
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In June 2023, Russia destroys the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine and commits an unprecedented ecocide. In response, French philosopher and filmmaker Bernard-Henri Lévy returns to Ukraine to capture Ukraine's deep humanity despite the dire conditions, and a civilian resilience and resistance unlike any other. In Glory to the Heroes, Lévy, along with his codirector Marc Roussel, spends the summer in eastern Ukraine recording for the world a passionate...
Publisher
Allied Vaughn
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The film follows the harrowing escape from Paradise, California as the town ignited from wind-driven embers and burned within a few hours of the fire's start. It then continues to the even more recent fires of the last two years, when Oregon, California, and Colorado suffered their worst wildfires in recorded history. Elemental includes voices of climate experts, Indigenous fire practitioners, and fire survivors, and asks us to reimagine our relationship...
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