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5) Core geology
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 33 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Core Geology, the building blocks of this most contemporary science are laid out in a logical order, including the meaning of the fossil record.
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 32 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Future problems of energy, food, medicines and materials are the problems of chemistry. No science is more at the core of every technology that supports the seven billion people living on the planet today than chemistry. Core chemistry presents how each branch of chemistry - physical chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry - evolved from a clear understanding of the principles and laws of chemical interactions.
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (216 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This original eight-part series on four volumes documents black achievement in American history, its defining role in the growth of the country, and its influence on current events. The series highlights the many contributions of black Americans that have influenced and shaped the history of the United States.
11) Core astronomy
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (38 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"'Core astronomy' is a unique approach to presenting in a logical way the discoveries relating to celestial objects, space and the physical universe as a whole, as well as the laws governing their behavior.... 'Core astronomy' examines the key points in the development of astronomy, beginning with Greek astronomer Ptolemy's earth centered paradigm to Nicolas Copernicus' introduction of a sun centered solar system, and Isaac Newton's three laws of...
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
"From the Spanish conquistadors of the 16th century to the English colonists of the 18th, the settling of America often came at the cost of Native American blood. But the 350-year conflict between European settlers and Indian natives reached its apex with the territorial expansions of the 19th century, when the notion of Manifest Destiny justified a series of battles and massacres that virtually wiped out the indigenous population. This five-part...
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (185 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of the West as it has never been told before, myth and legend stripped away and the truth revealed by 17 of the nation's top Western authorities. Learn the truth about Billy the Kid, Jesse James, the Sundance Kid, and many more.
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (586 min.) : sound, color w/black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Disc 1. Death Row. The death penalty in the United States is an old as the country itself with roots to the original European settlements. It is the ultimate punishment for murderers, terrorists, traitors and serial killers. During this time over 15,000 men and women have been executed spurring a heated debate about its moral and ethical use. Featuring interviews and commentary from leading criminal and sociology experts, this documentary takes an...
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (212 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"--This ambitious four-DVD set blends a variety of visuals, including animated maps, film clips, costumed reenactments, period paintings, and location shots, with straightforward narration to examine the origins and outcomes of each conflict"--Container.
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 368 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
If you were born in the 50s your parents spurred the biggest story of the 20th century, the rise of the middle class, and millions of Americans left the cities for the suburbs to own a home of their own, a building boom was on. This was the decade where people built Bomb Shelters, if you were born in the early fifties you are a baby Boomer, the most influential and powerful group of Americans ever born.
Last time I saw Paris: Tragedy strikes an American...
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 260 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
If you were born in the 40s, your decade began with the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to an unprecedented third term, the country was isolationist, American workers got the forty hour work week, Walt Disney Studios released Fantasia and Pinocchio, Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time, and Glen Miller wrote the decade's signature song, In the Mood.
Til the clouds roll by: based on the life and music of Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern...
