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 List Price: $24.98 Price: $16.99 You Save: $7.99 (32%) Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Collection 3
Actor: Anthony Bourdain 
Reviews for the Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Collection 3  List Price: $19.98 Price: $9.99 You Save: $9.99 (50%) Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas
Actor: Toot & Puddle Product descriptionIt's almost time for Christmas at Woodcock Pocket and Puddle is ready to bake fruitcake, make paper chains, and decorate the house and tree. But Toot, wouldn't you know, is stranded in a winter storm far away. How will Puddle's best friend get back home by Christmas Eve? The answer involves a little bit of magic and some unexpected help from another holiday traveler. This adorable, beautifully animated, award-winning story from Holly Hobbie is certain to become a holiday classic for the whole family! Amazon.comFriendship, sharing, and tradition are part of what make the holidays special, so pig friends Toot and Puddle are determined to spend the Christmas holiday together, even though Toot has been invited to attend his Great-Great Aunt's 100th birthday bash in Scotland on December 22. Promising to return home to Woodcock Pocket by Christmas Eve, Toot sets off for Edinburgh leaving Puddle at home to meet their cousin Opal and prepare for Christmas. Toot thoroughly enjoys his Scottish experiences; donning an authentic Scottish kilt, caroling, visiting with this Great-Great Aunt Peggy, and helping his bagpipe-playing Uncle find good homes for a litter of puppies. Meanwhile, Puddle and Opal enjoy their time together making ornaments, baking, picking out a Christmas tree, and getting everything ready for the big holiday. When snowstorms hit in Edinburgh and Woodcock Pocket, it looks like Toot may not be able to make it home by Christmas Eve after all. Can a lucky nut, a little magic, and a mysterious traveler help? Based on the Holly Hobbie book "Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas," this animated production brings classic Holly Hobbie characters Toot and Puddle to life in an effective Christmas tale that celebrates friendship and togetherness. (Ages 3 to 7) --Tami Horiuchi
Reviews for the Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas  List Price: $19.98 Price: $15.99 You Save: $3.99 (20%) National Geographic - Inside the Living Body
Actor: Kate Burton Product DescriptionStudio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 12/11/2007 Amazon.comNational Geographic provides a whole new perspective on the extraordinary processes involved in human life with this primarily internal look at the human life cycle from conception through old age. Thanks to amazing technological advances like camera pills and high-definition endoscopes, physicians and scientists can now obtain actual camera footage and images of body processes as well as create elaborate computer simulations to aid in the research and understanding of how the human body works. This 95-minute exploration of the human body and its processes follows human life from fetal development through the amazing changes demanded of virtually every organ in the hours after birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. It explores the senses and how they work, brain development, digestion, blood circulation, cell division, the hardening and replenishing of bone, puberty, sexuality, childbirth, changes inherent in the aging process, the virtual shutting down of the body at death, and much more. The fascinating camera footage includes everything from the digestive process of food from the mouth through the esophagus, stomach, small intestines, large intestines, and then to excretion; to blood flow through the heart, veins, and capillaries; and the accumulation of fat in the abdomen and intestines. While the squeamish might proclaim the graphic footage gross, it is incredible, fascinating, and educational. Significant time is also devoted to detailing life choices like exercise, drinking, smoking, listening to loud music, and stress and how those choices can directly affect our bodily functions and overall health. This 2002 presentation is an informative, graphic look at the amazing human body and how it works. --Tami
Reviews for the National Geographic - Inside the Living Body  List Price: $29.99 Price: $19.99 You Save: $10 (33%) Deadliest Catch - Season 3
Actors: Mike Rowe, Chris 'Chilly' Anderson, Jake Anderson, Matt Bradley, Keith Colburn DescriptionVenture into the dark waters of the Bering Sea with eight crab fishing boats and their crews through the world's two most difficult and dangerous fishing seasons. Captain Sig Hansen of the Northwestern returns to match his skills against his old rival, Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie, and a new challenger, rookie captain Blake Painter of the Maverick. With rough waters and fierce weather, the captains and their crews will be pushed to their limits of mental and physical endurance in their search for the elusive red king crab and opilio crab. Experience the extraordinary daring, skill and endurance required for this time-honored trade in these 11 episodes, and enjoy bonus behind-the-scenes footage capturing the difficulty of day-to-day filming on the rugged seas.
Reviews for the Deadliest Catch - Season 3  List Price: $19.95 Price: $14.99 You Save: $4.96 (25%) NOVA: Secrets of the Mind
Actor: V.S. Ramachandran Product DescriptionThe award-winning NOVA series brings the complications surrounding brain distortion and how it affects people who suffer from it. V.S. Ramachandran leads the viewer through a discovery of neuroscience that involves misperception of the human mind research that has been done to correct it.System Requirements:Running Time 60 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 783421349698 Manufacturer No: WG34969
Reviews for the NOVA: Secrets of the Mind  List Price: $29.98 Price: $26.99 You Save: $2.99 (10%) As Time Goes By - Reunion Special
Actors: Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Moira Brooker, Philip Bretherton, Jenny Funnell DescriptionThe lyrically funny romance of Jean and Lionel continues its whimsical course in the Reunion Specials as Jean Pargetter's (Dame Judi Dench) great anticipation for grandchildren is revealed much to husband Lionel's (Geoffrey Palmer) dismay. With son-in-law Alistair and daughter Judy having problems things don't look too promising. But will Jean's dream of becoming a grandmother come true when Sandy and her husband Harry return from Canada? Amazon.comThe rich, textured chemistry of Dame Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer remains a pleasure in this two-episode reunion special of the beloved British sitcom As Time Goes By, the ongoing story of a couple that lost touch in their youth and rediscovered their love later in life. Made three years after the last season but starting right where the last episode left off, Part 1 begins with Jean (Dench, Mrs. Brown) feathering the nest for grandchildren, even though Lionel (Palmer, He Knew He Was Right) points out that neither Judy (Moira Brooker) nor Sandy (Jenny Funnell) have gotten pregnant yet. It turns out that Judy and Alistair (Philip Bretherton) have been trying, with no results, and Judy suspects the problem may be Alistair--who is wildly overcompensating to prove his virility. Meanwhile, Sandy is upset because Harry (David Michaels) seeks a promotion that may put him in harm's way. And in the middle of all this, Lionel gets a very unexpected visitor from Africa. If you're unfamiliar with As Time Goes By, this is not the place to start--the great pleasure to be had from these episodes comes from having watched the wonderful development of these characters over the nine previous series. As ever, the humor is subtle, gentle, but always psychologically apt and acted with deft aplomb. Dench and Palmer are compelling and delightful as a married couple who may find each other exasperating yet never fall out of love. Also included are outtakes from throughout the previous series and a short but charming documentary that follows the creation of an episode--the marriage of Judy and Alistair--from the first read-through to the final filming in front of an audience. Fans will be thrilled to get a glimpse of Bob Larbey and Sydney Lotterby, the two men who respectively wrote and directed every single episode of the show from the beginning. --Bret Fetzer
Reviews for the As Time Goes By - Reunion Special  List Price: $19.98 Price: $15.99 You Save: $3.99 (20%) When the Levees Broke - A Requiem In Four Acts (Documentary)
Actors: Spike Lee, Sam Pollard DescriptionOne year after Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans, director Spike Lee presents a four-hour, four-part chronicle recounting, through words and images, one of our country?s most profound natural disasters. In addition to revisiting the hours leading up to the arrival of Katrina, a Category 5 hurricane before it hit the coast of Louisiana, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts tells the personal stories of those who lived to tell about it, at the same time exploring the underbelly of a nation where the divide along race and class lines has never been more pronounced. Amazon.comDirector Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke is the definitive document of the unmitigated disaster that was, and is, Hurricane Katrina. It's also a contemporary manifestation of an ancient tradition: an oral history, told by the people who lived it, with no narration and only the occasional use of archival cable and broadcast news footage in addition to Lee's own film. And a grim tale it is, an "American tragedy" subtitled "a Requiem in Four Acts," each of them about an hour long ("Act V," appearing on the third of the set's three discs, is a lengthy epilogue with new material not included in the original HBO broadcast) and focusing almost exclusively on New Orleans, as opposed to the Gulf Coast region in general. Act I sets the scene; as the hurricane nears the Crescent City, some residents leave town, while others stay behind, figuring they'll just ride the storm out (Mayor Ray Nagin's "mandatory evacuation" order rings fairly hollow, as there's no public transportation provided for the many who don't own vehicles and thus couldn't get out even if they wanted to). The real problems begin after Katrina makes landfall on August 29, 2005. Displaced New Orleaneans crowd into the Superdome, soon to become a living hell for those stuck there; the incredibly poorly engineered levees break, flooding some 80 percent of the city; and people start dying by the hundreds, victims of drowning, lack of food, water, and medicine, and other causes. And so it goes. Act II finds the survivors struggling to keep it together while the federal, state, and local assistance they've been promised fails to show up; Act III traces the dispersal of these so-called "refugees" (as one man puts it, "Refugees? You mean they took away our citizenship, too?") all over the country, not knowing where their families, friends, and neighbors are, or even if they're still alive; and Act IV deals with the slow rebuilding of the city while insurance companies refuse to pay claims and money keeps going toward the Iraq war effort instead. Several themes predominate here. One, of course, is the appalling performance of authorities on nearly every level, who ignored specific warnings about the levees and then professed ignorance after the fact; Lee doesn't have to go out of his way to make George W. Bush, FEMA chief Michael Brown, and other members of the Bush administration (not to mention his own mother) look bad, as they do an excellent job of that themselves. Another is the shameful ineptitude of the response; it's hard not to be disgusted when it's pointed out more than once that while we were able to provide supplies and assistance to Indonesians within two days of the 2004 tsunami, American citizens were virtually ignored for five days or more. Most of all, When the Levees Broke (which includes optional commentary by Lee for all four acts) leaves us feeling the sheer rage of the poor and dispossessed of New Orleans, where the population is 70 percent African-American. Confronted with the ignorance, arrogance, and callousness of the people whose job it was to protect them, they can point to just one cause: racism. --Sam Graham
Reviews for the When the Levees Broke - A Requiem In Four Acts (Documentary)  List Price: $29.99 Price: $19.99 You Save: $10 (33%) Mythbusters - Collection 3
Actors: Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Robert Lee, Kari Byron, Salvatore Belleci DescriptionA large woman becomes stuck when she's suction-sealed onto an airplane toilet seat during a flight, requiring the crew to land before they could help her off - myth or actual danger? Only two men are brave or foolish enough to find out: MythBusters Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage. The foremost experts on myth crushing, Jamie and Adam pit their thirty years of experience in special effects work against the most dangerous and bizarre theories and tales of all time. In this explosive collection of top-rated episodes from the first three seasons, the MythBusters go to unheard of lengths in their mission to ferret out the fallacious and the phony from the factual. Includes these 12 favorite episodes: Jet-Assisted Chevy, Biscuit Bazooka, Poppy Seed Drug Test, Alcatraz Escape, Chicken Gun, Breakstep Bridge, Buried in Concrete, Ancient Death Ray, Beat the Radar Detector, Boom Lift Catapult, Breaking Glass, Border Slingshot
Reviews for the Mythbusters - Collection 3  List Price: $24.99 Price: $22.99 You Save: $2 (8%) Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Actors: Hal Holbrook, Adam Arkin, Murphy Guyer, Sam Waterston, Matthew Broderick Product DescriptionStudio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 10/20/2005 Director: Ken Burns Amazon.com essential videoAnother reliably well-crafted, generally engrossing documentary from Ken Burns, Lewis & Clark employs the director's now-familiar approach to his subjects, from its elegant juxtaposition of period illustrations and portraits against newly filmed footage of historic sites to Burns's repertory of accomplished actors to provide gravitas for quotes from the key figures. Granted the formula has become familiar enough to allow parody, but Burns knows how to invest his historical investigations with movement and drama, making this four-hour journey a worthwhile trip. As narrated by Hal Holbrook, Dayton Duncan's script explicates the agenda presented by Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, placing it in the context of the young country's gamble in Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase, and the expedition's goals for opening the West. While preserving the heroic scale of the undertaking, Burns also finds time to delve into the politics of the venture and the disparate personalities of the two explorers; in particular, Duncan and Burns look at the career of Lewis, the presidential protégé, his moody demeanor, and his untimely death. The film also looks beyond its titular leaders to examine the personalities of their corps of soldiers, their boatmen, and the Indians they met and depended on, most notably their female Shosone guide, Sacagawea. --Sam Sutherland
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Actors: Hal Holbrook, Adam Arkin, Murphy Guyer, Sam Waterston, Matthew Broderick Amazon.comNational Geographic takes you and your family on a truly fascinating journey through the wondrous inner world of The Incredible Human Machine. Year: 1975 Director: Irwin Rosten Amazon.comThe human body is an amazing machine with complicated systems for sensing, adapting, reproducing, regenerating, and thinking and this 1975 scientific exploration provides an in-depth look at how the various systems of the body work. This voyage through one typical day begins with an exploration of the body's largest organ, the skin, and its amazing regenerative powers and function as both protective armor and heat regulator. The journey continues with a look at all the senses and includes both a look at how those senses are utilized in a typical day and an internal view via computer generated models and actual inside-the-body footage obtained by special mini-cameras and camera pills of how the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth work. Next the film explores the heart, blood, muscles, bones, joints, reproductive system, and brain. A multitude of specialized doctors and research scientists present contemporary developments in stem cell research, cell reproduction, and understanding the brain and perform real-life medical procedures including the implantation of extracellular matrix (or ECM) tissue to aid in joint regeneration and an intricate brain surgery to remove a cancerous tumor while preserving the patient's ability to speak. The footage is graphic, intense, and fascinating. Especially enlightening is the discussion of aging in which the cell regeneration that happens constantly in the body is compared to a series of photocopies in which each generation of copies looses resolution and becomes increasingly imperfect. From its power plant to its copying, security, and reproductive systems, the human body is a complex machine that is only just beginning to be understood thanks to extensive research and scientific programs like this. --Tami Horiuchi
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