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List Price: $19.95Price: $14.99You Save: $4.96 (25%)NOVA - Magnetic Storm
ASIN : B0000B1OFS
Sales Rank : 25733
Studio : WGBH Boston
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781593751074
ISBN : 1593751079
UPC : 783421370098
Release Date : December 17, 2004
Publisher : WGBH Boston
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Running Time : 60
DescriptionWhat is weakening Earth’s invisible shield? Magnets have the power to attract and repel—sometimes on a massive scale. The Earth’s molten core—a violent mix of searing heat, crushing pressure, and a billion trillion tons of liquid iron—creates an invisible shield that surrounds the globe, guarding against a constant barrage of deadly radiation from space. But over the last few decades, the Earth’s magnetic field has weakened dramatically, intriguing scientists across the globe. The power generated 2000 miles beneath our feet protects us every day, but the loss of Earth’s magnetic field is a brewing storm that affects us all. While experts research and debate, persistent questions remain. Is a rare geomagnetic reversal the cause of earth’s inner turmoil? And if the magnetic field were to vanish altogether, would Earth become as lifeless as Mars? Travel from Hawaii’s molten lava flows to the mountains of Oregon and into the far reaches of outer space for a charged look at Earth’s magnetic history and potentially deadly future. Special DVD features include: materials and activities for educators; a link to the NOVA Web site; scene selections; closed captions; and described video for the visually impaired. On one DVD5 disc. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: Letterboxed.
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List Price: $24.95Price: $22.49You Save: $2.46 (10%)Flying The Secret Sky - WGBH Specials
ASIN : B0019N5AA2
Sales Rank : 17546
Director : William VanDerKloot
Studio : WGBH Boston
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0783421426795
UPC : 783421426795
Release Date : December 12, 2008
Publisher : WGBH Boston
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Running Time : 74
Actor: Carlo Rota
Product DescriptionIn 1940, Nazi air strikes had Britain on her knees. The RAF was desperate for planes and their supply of US aircraft, sent on ship convoys, had been sunk in the icy Atlantic by relentless German U-boats. In response, a remarkable decision was made to fly the planes across the unforgiving ocean.
Because of US neutrality, a message went out through the aviation grapevine only that a secret operation in Montreal needed experienced civilian pilots. The benefits were irresistible a vital and important job, a chance to fly the latest aircraft, and a large paycheck but the risks were colossal. These cowboys of the air are forgotten heroes of WWII, men who embodied the improvisational spirit that was key to Allied victory.
Flying the Secret Sky tells the story of passionate, risk-taking young men braving treacherous winter skies over the North Atlantic in primitive, unarmed aircraft. Told by the flyers themselves, including an American civilian pilot who ferried Winston Churchill, the film uses never-before-seen home movies and rare footage of Ferry Command aircraft and crews to reveal one of the great unknown stories of WWII and of aviation history.
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List Price: $19.95Price: $17.99You Save: $1.96 (10%)Sugihara - Conspiracy of Kindness
ASIN : B0009OUC78
Sales Rank : 35085
Director : Robert Kirk
Studio : Wgbh Boston
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781593753641
ISBN : 1593753640
UPC : 783421391796
Release Date : December 28, 2005
Publisher : Wgbh Boston
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Running Time : 82
Actors: Susan Bluman, Neil Ross, Rabbi Moses Zupnik, Hiroki Sugihara, Benjamin Fishoff
DescriptionDiscover the Impact of One Man's Extraordinary Act of Courage In the fall of 1939 Hitler's murderous wave was sweeping through Eastern Europe. In the face of the Nazi onslaught, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara made a decision that would change his life and thousands of others. With no possible hope for reward and at great risk to his family and career, Sugihara acted on his innermost beliefs and used his diplomatic power to rescue desperate Jewish refugees. As Japanese Consul to Lithuania, Sugihara defied Tokyo authorities by writing transit visas that were the sole remaining hope of Jews facing extermination. More than 2,000 Sugihara-stamped passports allowed hundreds of families to flee Europe through Russia to Japan and safe havens abroad. Today it is estimated that at least 40,000 people owe their existence to Sugihara’s heroism. Through unprecedented access to Sugihara's family and their personal home movies, photos, and papers, and interviews with Sugihara survivors and their descendants, viewers will discover an inspiring, little known story of personal courage, sacrifice, and dedication.
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List Price: $19.95Price: $14.99You Save: $4.96 (25%)More Yoga for the Rest of Us, with Peggy Cappy
ASIN : B00067BC7C
Sales Rank : 23889
Studio : Wgbh Boston
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781593751531
ISBN : 1593751532
UPC : 783421379596
Release Date : December 04, 2005
Publisher : Wgbh Boston
Manufacturer : Wgbh Boston
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Running Time : 85
Actor: Peggy Cappy
DescriptionYoga For Every Body! In Yoga for the Rest of Us, instructor Peggy Cappy demonstrated that yoga is truly for every body. No matter what age and ability level, Peggy eases students into the world of yoga where everyone benefits in mind, body and spirit. Now, Peggy brings you an all-new series of gentle poses that will become an easy, effective, and enjoyable daily routine. This yoga program can be done with, or without, the aid of a chair -- giving flexibility to the exercises as well as to the student. There's something here for everyone. Join Peggy and her friends of all ages as they expand their yoga repertoire and increase balance, flexibility, and energy! More Yoga for the Rest of Us is presented in three easy-to-do segments: * Part One gives your body a wonderful stretch-benefiting legs, hips, and the back * Part Two is a series of standing poses that increases all-important leg strength and balance * Part Three is a new and different guided relaxation exercise that conveys an integral part of yoga's benefits: reducing stress and quieting the mind Special Bonus Feature: Travel to Peterborough, New Hampshire to meet Peggy Cappy and some of her students, adults of all ages who suffer from a range of ailments and who have benefited greatly from their yoga practice. Peggy's unique approach to yoga has adults finding new energy and flexibility, and feeling better than they dreamed possible. Amazon.comInstructor Peggy Cappy's More Yoga for the Rest of Us takes up where the first volume (released in 2002) left off, with a gentle, easy-to-follow series of yoga poses recommended for novices, those who are older and less active, or anyone dealing with injuries or recovering from illness. Unlike so many yoga video programs, which emphasize the athletic aspects of the practice (certainly a part of yoga, but hardly the most important part) and feature beautiful young people with perfect bodies, Cappy takes a "do what you can do" approach, stressing yoga's noncompetitive side and suggesting simply that the more often you try it, the better you're likely to feel; there's no New Age music, no exotic locations or groovy outfits, and the students who demonstrate the poses with her include a couple of senior citizens. The practice itself consists of a series of floor poses (including hamstring and hip openers, twists, and the bridge, a mild backbend), followed by standing stretches, forward bends, the crucial downward-facing dog asana, a couple of reasonably challenging balancing poses like eagle and dancer's, and a lengthy final relaxation. Cappy's instruction is good (although she falls a bit short when it comes to explaining specifically how to use the breath), multiple variations are demonstrated (including many using a chair, which makes them considerably easier), and many poses are repeated. The 20-minute infomercial at the end is basically extraneous, as the virtues of More Yoga for the Rest of Us speak for themselves. --Sam Graham
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List Price: $39.95Price: $34.99You Save: $4.96 (12%)Masterpiece Theatre - The Cazalets
ASIN : B0002XVS6A
Sales Rank : 33554
Director : Suri Krishnamma
Brand : WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
Studio : WGBH Boston
Region Code : 1
Format : Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781593751999
ISBN : 1593751990
UPC : 783421354494
Release Date : December 23, 2004
Publisher : WGBH Boston
Manufacturer : WGBH Boston
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Running Time : 360
Actor: Hugh Bonneville; Stephen Dillane; Paul Rhys; Lesley Manville; Joanna Page; Anna Chancellor; Penny Downie; Anastasia Hille; Ursula Howells; John McArdle; Frederick Treves; Patsy Rowlands; Catherine Russell; Jacqueline Tong; Florence Hoath; Leslie O'Hara; John Rowe; Cate Fowler; Rosie Ede; Gemma Craven
DescriptionIn the shadows of WWII, one family is blessed with privilege, prestige and unspeakable secrets. It’s 1937 and the storm clouds of World War II gather across Europe. Tensions also simmer beneath the seemingly charmed lives of the Cazalet family. While this grand family saga commences during an idyllic summer at the Cazalet’s Sussex country estate, the years that follow will see birth, death, marriage, adultery, dementia, intrigue, and war play significant roles. Acclaimed for its richly detailed production, talented cast and brilliant character depictions, this vivid and poignant family portrait revolves around the wives, lovers, and children of the four Cazalet siblings: hard-working Hugh, womanizing Edward, spinster Rachel, and the artistic Rupert. Soon after Hitler enters Poland and England enters the war, the lives of three generations intertwine as devastating secrets explode like a blitzkrieg. Hardships invade with brutal reality, and slowly, the Cazalet’s decorum can no longer mask their problems. As both the country and family are splintered by war, the Cazalets must prove they have the strength to endure. Based on Elizabeth Jane Howard’s captivating family epic, The Cazalets stars Tony Award®-winner Stephen Dillane (The Real Thing), Hugh Bonneville (Madame Bovary), Paul Rhys (From Hell) and Emma Griffiths Malin (Mary Reilly)
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List Price: $14.95Price: $13.49You Save: $1.46 (10%)The Shushybye Dream Band: Live on Tour!
ASIN : B000A0GYKK
Sales Rank : 45396
Director : A. LaPierre
Studio : Wgbh Boston
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781593754631
ISBN : 1593754639
UPC : 783421399990
Release Date : December 25, 2005
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Running Time : 53
Actor: Shushybye Dream Band
DescriptionOH MY, MY... SHUSHYBYE! Clap your hands and stomp your feet to the cool music and rockin' beat of the Shushybye Dream Band! Hosted by Conductor McCloud and the Shushybye King, and featuring on-stage appearances by everyone's favorite Shushies--Snoozles, Dozie, and Zeez--The Shushybye Dream Band Live On Tour is a rockin' concert featuring 17 catchy, toe-tappin' original songs performed by the 7-piece Shushybye Dream Band that both children and adults will enjoy! Shushybye is the land where the Shushies make dreams for little kids. When children go to sleep on time, the Shushybye Train brings them Shushybye Dream Boxes filled with dreams to last the whole night through! Now it's time to go Shushybye! Special DVD Features include: Bonus video - learn how to do the Shushie Dance with Snoozles, Dozie and Zeez; Dolby Surround Sound; song selection; and downloadable song lyrics.
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List Price: $19.95Price: $17.99You Save: $1.96 (10%)NOVA: Lost at Sea - The Search for Longitude
ASIN : B000XBPDXK
Sales Rank : 40376
Director : nova
Studio : WGBH BOSTON
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0783421280793
UPC : 783421280793
Release Date : December 15, 2008
Publisher : WGBH BOSTON
Manufacturer : WGBH BOSTON
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Running Time : 54
Actor: Richard Dreyfuss
Product DescriptionBefore global positioning systems, modern map making even before America was America the concept of longitude was just a dream. Without its guidance, navigation in the 1700s was both unpredictable and deadly...until one man solved the mystery. Richard Dreyfuss narrates this dramatic recreation of longitude s difficult birth, and the remarkable history-making life of a humble, ingenious country carpenter named John Harrison.
With no formal education, Harrison used his boundless imagination to overcome a world of skepticism and best the world s greatest thinkers. Discovering that the secret to navigation lay not just in the stars, but in mastering the power of time, Harrison made longitude as predictable as the sunrise. And, although it took him 58 years, Harrison finally won £20,000 (worth millions in today s dollars) and the overdue recognition as the Father of Longitude. Now, expert insights and fascinating details reveal the measure of one man s amazing impact. Climb aboard an authentic tall ship and go back in time to see history and longitude in the making.
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List Price: $19.95Price: $17.99You Save: $1.96 (10%)NOVA: DNA - Secret of Photo 51
ASIN : B000MZGN54
Sales Rank : 9528
Director : Nova
Brand : WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
Studio : WGBH Boston
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0783421368194
UPC : 783421368194
Release Date : December 24, 2007
Publisher : WGBH Boston
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Running Time : 56
Actor: Nova
DescriptionOn April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published their groundbreaking discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, the molecule essential for passing on our genes and the ''secret of life.'' But their crucial breakthrough depended on the pioneering work of another biologist–Rosalind Franklin. She would never know that Watson and Crick had seen a crucial piece of her data without her permission. This was an X-ray image, ''Photo 51,'' that proved to be a vital clue in their decoding of the double helix. 50 years later, NOVA investigates the shocking truth behind one of the greatest scientific discoveries and presents a moving portrait of a brilliant woman in an era of male-dominated science. Sadly, Franklin never lived to see her vital role in the discovery vindicated. While Watson and Crick went on to win the Nobel Prize in 1962, Franklin died in 1958, at 37, from ovarian cancer; and the Nobel is not awarded posthumously. Hear the inside story from Maurice Wilkins, the colleague who showed her crucial x-ray to Watson; Raymond Gosling, Franklin’s Ph.D. student with whom she made Photo 51; and Nobel Prize winner Sir Aaron Klug, Franklin’s last collaborator, who shows new evidence of just how close Franklin came to making the vital double helix discovery herself.
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List Price: $19.95Price: $14.99You Save: $4.96 (25%)NOVA: Monster of the Milky Way
ASIN : B000JJ5F66
Sales Rank : 24220
Director : Nova
Brand : WGBH BOSTON VIDEO
Studio : WGBH Boston
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0783421413795
UPC : 783421413795
Release Date : December 16, 2007
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Running Time : 56
Actor: Stacy Keach; Peter Thomas (VI); Don Wescott
DescriptionJoin NOVA on a mind-bending hunt for a monster lurking at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. For a long time, black holes were dismissed as pure science fiction. Even Albert Einstein could not bring himself to accept them, despite pioneering the theory o
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List Price: $19.95Price: $17.99You Save: $1.96 (10%)American Experience: Fly Girls
ASIN : B000EMG98G
Sales Rank : 49498
Director : Laurel Ladevich
Brand : Fly
Studio : WGBH Boston
Region Code : 1
Format : Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0783421409699
UPC : 783421409699
Release Date : December 27, 2006
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Running Time : 56
Actor: Paul Tibbets; Mary McDonnell; Kath Soucie
DescriptionDuring WWII, more than a thousand women signed up to fly with the U.S. military. Wives, mothers, actresses and debutantes who joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) test-piloted aircraft, ferried planes and logged 60 million miles in the air. Thirty-eight women died in service. But the opportunity to play a critical role in the war effort was abruptly canceled by politics and resentment, and it would be 30 years before women would again break the sex barrier in the skies. Amazon.comAs America geared up to fight in World War II there was a pressing need for military pilots, and women answered the call. This documentary about the Women's Airforce Service Pilots, an installment of the American Experience series on PBS, tells their oft overlooked story. The WASPs were founded by a famous female aviator, Jacqueline Cochran, and after rigorous flight training at an all-female airbase in Texas, more than 1,000 of them ferried new aircraft to military installations around the United States. The women proved themselves capable, and they eventually wound up teaching men to fly the new B-29 bombers that were being rushed into service. Some of the archival footage shown, such as clips of women putting on makeup in the cockpit, may seem ridiculous or demeaning today. But the women appearing in interviews tell some amazing stories about their wartime service, such as one female pilot who left on what was supposed to be a one-day mission, and thanks to frantic assignments that kept coming, didn't return to her home base for a month. The WASPs faced real danger while flying, had to battle discrimination and even sabotage, and their unit was disbanded while it was still very useful. But they paved the way for other women in the military, and their story is fascinating and this film tells it beautifully. --Robert J. McNamara
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