New Video Group
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Sparks of discovery fly with this 8-DVD set containing all 52 episodes of the Emmy Award winning animated science-adventure series.
Ride with Ms. Frizzle, teacher extraordinaire, and her enthusiastic, inquisitive students as their Magic School Bus takes them on cliff-hanging field trips to learn about body mechanics, dinosaurs, bats, butterflies, water, microbes, and engines.
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Ride with Ms. Frizzle, teacher extraordinaire, and her enthusiastic, inquisitive students as their Magic School Bus takes them on cliff-hanging field trips to learn about flight, energy, space rocks, warm/cold-blooded animals, floating and sinking, honeybees, and heat.
Publisher
Distributed by Weston Woods Studios
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The mouse and the motorcycle: Ralph is not like other mice. He is always looking for a new adventure. When a young guest arrives with a shiny miniature motorcycle, Ralph knows that it is his lucky day and takes it out for a spin. Wee Gillis: A Scottish lad has a tough decision to make. He will have to decide if he wants to be a Highlander like his father's people or a Lowlander like his mother's people. Maybe he will be able to combine his hunting...
Publisher
Distributed by Weston Woods Studios
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When Max is sent to bed without supper, he sails off to a world inhabited by weird creatures. Mickey is awakened by noises in the night. Alligators dance and sing through the alphabet. Counting forwards and backwards has never been so much fun. Pierre doesn't care about anything until he meets a hungry lion. Chicken soup with rice can be enjoyed all year long while learning the months.
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In profiling Chinese adoptees in contemporary America, this deeply moving documentary illustrates that even the most specific of experiences can be universally relatable. These four American teens reveal a heartbreaking sense of self-awareness as they attempt to answer the uniquely human question, 'Who am I?'
13) Locomotion
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Traces the impact of rail travel on society with an epic ride aboard the iron horse with changeovers to the Twentieth Century Limited and Japan's bullet train. En route, archival footage of trains and spectacular scenery from around the world capture the romance and enterprise of the railroad.
14) The confession
Publisher
Digital Broadcasting Group
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A tale of unique redemption and an exploration of good and evil featuring a hit man and a priest. On Christmas Eve, the hit man enters a church to confess his sins. Through a series of gripping flashbacks, the confessor's journey is revealed, laying out what has brought him to this moment and leading to a climax where his chance at ultimate redemption hangs in the balance.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
In 1988, Yaron Svoray, an international terror expert, began searching the forested hills outside an ancient walled village near the French-German border. He was looking for a treasure trove of diamonds buried during World War II by 2 GI's from the 7th Army who had taken the gems from the SS officers the soldiers had killed. Svoray's quest consumed fifteen years and led him from South African mines to the diamond centers of Amsterdam and Antwerp,...
Series
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"'Danny and the dinosaur': When Danny visits the museum, he thinks it would be nice to play with a dinosaur. It's great fun when the dinosaur is just as eager to play with Danny. The two spend a whole day together. 'The Island of the Skog': A band of mice and their leader set sail to an island inhabited by a hostile Skog with gigantic feet. But when the two parties finally meet face to face, they find they have a lot more in common than they thought....
18) Wolfgang Mozart
Series
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
He was vulgar, extravagant and bawdy. But inside this childish man lived history's greatest musical genius. As a toddler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's musical gifts made him the darling of Europe's highest courts. But as a man, his rebellion against a domineering father led him to a life of gambling, debt and excess. A master whose work would revolutionize nearly every area of music. Mozart's sudden death at age 35 is considered by many to be the greatest...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
This documentary brings to life the Sahara's cruel history and the conflicts that still plague its people. It recounts the story of kings who once led caravans of 30,000 people across the desert, bearing riches beyond imagination. It tells of Roman death squads that exterminated the citizens of the Empire's most bitter rival and how the Foreign Legion crafted a legend out of last stands and lost causes. From the fabled metropolis of Timbuktu to the...
20) Holiday wishes
Publisher
Lifetime
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Britney, a rich, spoiled child, and Rachel, an orphan, switch bodies after a visit to the mall with Santa Claus. Each girl wakes up as the other, with Britney in the orphanage and Rachel at Britney's family's mansion. With the magical intervention of a professional party planner Rachel teaches Britney's unloving family the true meaning of Christmas, and Britney learns that giving is better than getting.