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Quantum Hoops

Actor: Davd Duchovny
ASIN : B001D765NA
Sales Rank : 16587
Director : Rick Greenwald
Studio : Green Forest Films
Region Code : 0
Format : NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0793573543219
UPC : 793573543219
Release Date : December 24, 2008
Publisher : Green Forest Films
Manufacturer : Green Forest Films
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Running Time : 85

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David Duchovny narrates the incredible true story of the Caltech Beavers, who haven't won an official basketball game since 1985 - an unbelievable streak of over 245 straight losses. Caltech is annually considered one of the top 5 academic institutions in the world, yet its athletic department always takes a back seat to its world renowned faculty, Nobel prize winners, and its advancements in the world of science and technology. To the casual fan, the team might sound like a bad joke. There are more valedictorians than players with high school basketball experience and they are roundly mocked by opposing fans as "nerds playing basketball". However, this season would mark an amazing turnaround from just two years earlier when the team lost by an average margin of over 60 points per game. Against remarkable odds and adversity, the players and coaches decdication, and heart would make for on eof the most exciting seasons in school history. The final home game of the year would give the 5 seniors one last shot at that elusive win and an entry into the history books of college athletics.

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Golden Age of Steam

Actor: Steam Trains
ASIN : B0011367U2
Sales Rank : 43518
Director : Multiple
Brand : Topics Entertainment
Studio : Topics Entertainment
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0781735602836
UPC : 781735602836
Release Date : December 05, 2008
Publisher : Topics Entertainment
Manufacturer : Topics Entertainment
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Running Time : 400

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Four full seasons of steam railroading! It all adds up to a captivating new Golden Age of Steam on four DVDs, comprising an entire year of rail videos produced for rail fans and hobbyists alike.

Four full seasons of steam railroading: It all adds up to a captivating new Golden Age of Steam on four DVDs, comprising an entire year of rail videos produced for rail fans and hobbyists alike.

Steam in the Spring
The sheer joy of steam railroading is sure to be as revitalizing as the season, when Steam in the Spring takes enthusiasts on eight incredible journeys amidst newly budding trees, melting snowfall and emerging greenery. Logging locomotives, freights and passenger specials: They re all here, chugging through the heights of West Virginia, the rolling hills of Wisconsin farm country, the enthralling scenery of Michigan, Ohio, Colorado and the stunning summit of Cumbres Pass, 10,000+feet above New Mexico.
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Steam in the Summer
Summertime, and the steamin is easy...and plentiful! Let Steam in the Summer take you on a cross-country seasonal interlude to visit six of America s most exciting regional steamers including the Nickel Plate Road s #587 pulling the official train of the Indiana State Fair, the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum s #610 heading a Chattanooga passenger train, a 130-year-old steamer out of Colorado, and Ohio Central s #1293 chugging through Amish country.
APPROX. 85 MINUTES

Steam in the Autumn
As the leaves turn and the days get a little shorter, the old-time railroad action really heats up! Steam in the Autumn features seven classic locomotives leading spectacular photo charters, working to demonstrate their steam-powered stuff amongst the reds and golds of fall. The cast list for this autumnal epic includes Canadian National, Grand Trunk, Norfolk & Western, and Western Maryland Scenic steamers.
APPROX. 120 MINUTES

Steam in the Winter
A trio of recreated freight train adventures as cool as a crisp January day awaits the viewer of Steam in the Winter. Offering vivid recreations of regular service from a bygone era of steam power, these evocative rail journeys include a scenic mountain travelogue on Utah s Heber Valley line, a full-throttle excursion along the main line of the Ohio Central, and a thrilling mine run on the Nevada Northern.
APPROX. 90 MINUTES

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Volcanoes of the Deep Sea (IMAX) (2003)

Actors: Ed Harris, Dr. Richard Lutz
ASIN : B0007WFY5W
Sales Rank : 41007
Director : Stephen Low
Brand : Image Entertainment
Studio : Image Entertainment
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0014381267020
UPC : 014381267020
Release Date : December 24, 2005
Publisher : Image Entertainment
Manufacturer : Image Entertainment
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Running Time : 40

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The depths of the ocean remain one of the last great mysteries on Earth. Far below the waves is an incredible place teeming with life, but few people have seen it... until now. For the first time you can be there, 12,000 feet below the ocean's surface, inside an unparalleled undersea volcanic world filled with strange creatures and dramatic landscapes. You've never seen anything like this as a brand-new lighting technology far superior to anything that's ever been used before illuminates this secret realm.

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Building Big: Bridges

Actor: David Macaulay
ASIN : B0002XVSDI
Sales Rank : 16525
Director : Larry Klein
Studio : WGBH BOSTON
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781593752088
ISBN : 1593752083
UPC : 783421322899
Release Date : December 26, 2004
Publisher : WGBH BOSTON
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Running Time : 66

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Discover the world’s greatest spans and the people who created them. What enables a simple arch bridge to support such great weight? What holds up a suspension bridge? Bridge the world with award-winning author-illustrator—and captivating storyteller—David Macaulay (The Way Things Work) and meet the brilliant designers who dared to extend roads and railways with ingenious but sometimes flawed designs. From the Golden Gate Bridge to some of the world’s groundbreaking spans, you’ll explore dozens of monumental engineering feats through historic film footage, fascinating photographs, illustrations and dramatic recreations.

– Discover why the Brooklyn Bridge’s hard-working and humorless chief engineer never lived to see the completion of his masterpiece

– Tower above the clouds on top of the Golden Gate Bridge and discover its controversial history, and see how its formidable suspension design handles brutal winds, tides, traffic, and earthquakes

– Visit Scotland’s Firth of Forth Railway Bridge and learn how a deadly tragedy inspired the creation of this incredibly strong (and expensive) cantilevered steel design

– Bonus activity! Build your own mini-bridge using only straws, straight pins, masking tape, scissors, and a baseball

David Macaulay hosts Building Big, the five-part series that brings you the amazing truth behind the greatest manmade wonders of the world. From the top of the Golden Gate Bridge to inside the Hoover Dam, Building Big travels the world exploring Bridges, Tunnels, Dams, Skyscrapers and Domes in unforgettable, really big adventures.

Includes bonus hands-on building activity designed for kids.

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Seeing in the Dark

Actor: Timothy Ferris
ASIN : B000UJBY8S
Sales Rank : 22481
Director : Nigel Ashcroft
Studio : PBS (Direct)
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0841887008778
UPC : 841887008778
Release Date : December 25, 2007
Publisher : PBS (Direct)
Manufacturer : PBS (Direct)
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Label : PBS (Direct)
Running Time : 60

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Seeing in the Dark aims to redefine the standards of quality in nonfiction science programming for television, and is meant to introduce viewers to the wonders of the night sky, making casual stargazing or serious amateur astronomy a part of their lives. This program follows in the footsteps of Timothy Ferris' two prior PBS specials The Creation of the Universe and Life Beyond Earth.

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NOVA: The Four-Winged Dinosaur

Actor: Nova
ASIN : B0013XZ6H0
Sales Rank : 61025
Director : Nova
Studio : WGBH BOSTON
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0783421424791
UPC : 783421424791
Release Date : December 27, 2008
Publisher : WGBH BOSTON
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Running Time : 56

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Imagine a moment from the age of dinosaurs frozen in time: primitive birds, bees, insects, early mammals, the first known flowering plants, and of course, dinosaurs, all exquisitely preserved in fine-grained fossils from China s Liaoning province. Volcanic eruptions in this dinosaur Pompeii killed and buried victims quickly, capturing soft, fragile features not normally preserved in fossils notably the feathers on animals that had never been known to have them before. Now, with state-of-the-art animation to bring this lost world to life, NOVA investigates the mysterious feathered dinosaurs that are challenging old ideas about the origin of bird flight. The central character in this drama is a strange little dinosaur with wings on its legs as well as its arms. The pigeon-sized Microraptor is the smallest adult dinosaur ever found, perhaps the first known tree-dweller. But could it really fly? Is it the key to understanding the origin of flight or merely an evolutionary dead end unrelated to the ancestry of birds? To help solve the riddle, NOVA assembles a team of top paleontologists, aeronautical engineers, and paleo-artists to reconstruct Microraptor and build a sophisticated model for a wind tunnel experiment. The results have surprising implications for long-accepted ideas about how winged flight began.

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The Basic Math Word Problem Tutor - 8 Hour Course - Learn By Examples! - Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Decimals, Percents & More!

Actor: Jason Gibson
ASIN : B000ZED6W0
Sales Rank : 19839
Director : Jason Gibson
Studio : Jason Gibson
Region Code : 0
Format : Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0733792781597
UPC : 733792781597
Release Date : December 23, 2007
Publisher : Jason Gibson
Manufacturer : Jason Gibson
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Running Time : 480

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This DVD teaches students how to easily tackle basic math word problems, and builds upon the foundation laid by the 1st - 7th Grade Math Tutor DVD.
After students learn a math skill such as multiplication or division, many are frequently confused on how to apply these skills to solve word problems. Word problems present the problem to be solved in sentence form, and in these types of problems the student must pull the information out of the problem and decide the best way to solve it. The only way to get good at solving these types of problems is to practice, and that is what this 8 hour DVD course provides.
Each type of problem is devoted to a dedicated section on the DVD for easy reference. Every section is taught entirely by example word problems which helps the students learn these skills in the most efficient way possible.

Disc 1
Section 1: Adding Whole Numbers
Section 2: Subtracting Whole Numbers
Section 3: Multiplying Whole Numbers
Section 4: Dividing Whole Numbers
Section 5: Adding Decimals
Section 6: Subtracting Decimals
Section 7: Multiplying Decimals
Section 8: Dividing Decimals

Disc 2
Section 9: Adding Fractions
Section 10: Subtracting Fractions
Section 11: Multiplying Fractions
Section 12: Dividing Fractions
Section 13: Percents, Part 1
Section 14: Percents, Part 2
Section 15: Ratio and Proportion

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Nova: Secrets of the Parthenon

Actor: Nova
ASIN : B0013XZ6I4
Sales Rank : 38949
Director : Nova
Studio : WGBH BOSTON
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0783421422797
UPC : 783421422797
Release Date : December 29, 2008
Publisher : WGBH BOSTON
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Running Time : 56

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Erected by the ancient Greeks as a temple to Athena, the Parthenon has served as a church, a fortress, an ammunition dump, and the model for countless banks, courthouses, and museums across the world. It has been shot at, exploded, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its magnificent sculptures, and subjected to restorations that have been termed catastrophic. Surprisingly, despite much abuse and renown as an icon of Western civilization, the question of how the Parthenon was built has been largely ignored until recently. Thanks to the Greek government s $10 billion restoration program, scholars are finally probing the enigmas of its planning and construction. With unprecedented access, NOVA presents the inside story of the official restoration, which reaches far beyond the challenges and controversies of conserving one of the world s best-known buildings. The researchers are confronting some truly monumental riddles: How did the ancient Athenians build their great temple with incredible precision in a mere eight years? How did they manage to incorporate subtle, eye-pleasing distortions into the Parthenon s layout, such that there are few straight lines or right angles to be seen? And, most baffling of all, how did they accomplish all of this without an overall building plan or blueprint, which would be indispensable to a modern architect?

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Titanic Revealed

Actor: Dr. Robert Ballard
ASIN : B0006TPDVQ
Sales Rank : 34466
Studio : Winstar
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780794205430
ISBN : 0794205437
UPC : 720917318325
Release Date : December 15, 2005
Publisher : Winstar
Manufacturer : Winstar
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Running Time : 61

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DVD extra 16 minutes of bonus run time. Join Dr. Robert Ballard as he returns to the RMS Titanic, and learn how the lost liner is once again threatened with disaster.

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Quantum Hoops

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Golden Age of Steam

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Volcanoes of the Deep Sea (IMAX) (2003)

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Building Big: Bridges

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Seeing in the Dark

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NOVA: The Four-Winged Dinosaur

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The Basic Math Word Problem Tutor - 8 Hour Course - Learn By Examples! - Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Decimals, Percents & More!

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Nova: Secrets of the Parthenon

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Titanic Revealed

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Evidence: The Case for NASA UFOs