![The Roosevelts [DVD] : an intimate history](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/113265@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that...
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Call #: DVD 973.91 ROO
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![Simon Schama's Power of art [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/110637@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Focusing on eight iconic works of art, this series reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages. A combination of reconstruction, photography and storytelling transport the viewer back...
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Call #: DVD 709 SIM
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![World War II [DVD] : the war in the Pacific](https://www.johnstonlibrary.com/wp_pac/full/images/noimage.gif)
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Summary: Combines graphic combat footage and expert commentary to present a view of the battles and strategy, the men and machines, and the horror and heroism of the war in the Pacific.
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Call #: DVD 940.54 WOR
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Summary: Part 1. The greatest conflict ; North Africa, the desert war ; The beachhead at Anzio ; D-Day, the Normandy invasion -- Part 2. Pursuit to the Rhine ; The bomber offensive: air war in Europe ; The battle of the Bulge ; The battle of Germany.
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Call #: DVD 940.54 WOR
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![Living volcanoes [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/202248@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Explores the variety of activity, both human and natural, that occurs on the slopes of active volcanoes and follows biologist Jeffrey Marlow as he makes a dangerous descent into the Marum Crater, on...
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Call #: DVD 551.21 LIV
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![The incredible Dr. Pol [DVD]. Season 17.](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/250847@2x.jpg)
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Summary: As the weather turns cold in central Michigan, the activity at Pol Veterinary Services heats up. The docs battle freezing conditions -- and an unseasonal Michigan snowstorm -- to make sure their...
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Call #: DVD 636 INC S17
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![The incredible Dr. Pol [DVD]. Season 18.](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/252056@2x.jpg)
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Summary: In the unprecedented season, the docs venture into uncharted territory. The vets tackle new cases day and night, both on and off the clock, with expertise, humor, grit, and devotion.
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Call #: DVD 636 INC S18
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![Brain games [DVD]. Season 1](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/182707@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Welcome to the groundbreaking series from National Geographic, where you're invited to probe the inner workings of one of the most fascinating, intricate instruments known to science: the human...
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Call #: DVD 612.82 BRA S1
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![Brain games [DVD]. Season 4](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/182710@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Uses interactive experiments, tricks and people with extraordinary brains to reveal discoveries about attention, sensory perception, and memory.
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Call #: DVD 612.82 BRA S4
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![Brain games [DVD]. Season 5](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/182711@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Truly mind-blowing experiments and interactive games that mess with your mind and reveal the inner-workings of the brain.
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Call #: DVD 612.82 BRA S5
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![Brain games [DVD]. Season 6](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/182712@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Using a series of experiments, illusions, and demonstrations, host Jason Silva and guest experts unlock the science behind the mysteries of why we say, see, eat, feel, and act as we do. Hailed by...
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Call #: DVD 612.82 BRA S6
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![Brain games [DVD]. Season 7](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/182713@2x.jpg)
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Summary: From a castle in England to the New Jersey shore, host Jason Silva and renowned guest experts engage volunteers in experiments, games and exercises that reveal fascinating truths about the workings...
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Call #: DVD 612.82 BRA S7
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![Jamestown's dark winter [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/142928@2x.jpg)
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Summary: A team of archaeologists excavating the site of an early American colony discovers something surprising: the remains of a young woman, dating back to 1609, buried in the trash layer of a cellar. Now,...
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![The making of the mob [DVD]. Chicago](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/184541@2x.jpg)
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Summary: This series documents the emergence of organized crime in Middle America through the rise and fall of iconic gangster Al Capone. From Capone's early days in New York running the streets with Lucky...
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Call #: DVD 364.106 MAK
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![Planet Earth [DVD] : the complete series](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/31078@2x.jpg)
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Summary: "Captures rare action, impossible locations, and intimate moments with our planet's best-loved, wildest, and most elusive creatures. From the highest mountains to the deepest rivers, [the program]...
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Call #: DVD 508 PLA
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![Brain games [DVD]. Season 3](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/182709@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Interactive games and intricate experiments designed to leave viewers rethinking how much faith they are willing to put in everything from memory to multitasking. Host Jason Silva and Deception...
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Call #: DVD 612.82 BRA S3
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![The boys of '36 [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/154671@2x.jpg)
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Summary: In 1936, nine boys from the University of Washington took the rowing world and a nation by storm, when their eight-oar crew team captured the gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin. The boys' victory,...
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Call #: DVD 797.123 BOY
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![The egg [DVD] : life's perfect invention](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/215245@2x.jpg)
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Summary: The egg, life's perfect invention, nurtures and protects new life from the outside world. These remarkable structures are strong enough to withstand the full weight of an incubating parent and weak...
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Call #: DVD 571.8 EGG
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![Magical land of Oz [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/210459@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Traverses the continent of Australia from the land's highest snow peaks to the depth of the frigid and wild southern seas; from its last populations of wild numbats to its largest diorama of giant...
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Call #: DVD 508 MAG
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![Bonnie & Clyde [DVD] : 'til death do us part](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/145960@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were the most famous criminal couple in U.S. history. Newsreels in movie theaters across the country flashed images of a pixyish Bonnie and handsome Clyde, turning them...
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Call #: DVD 364.155 BON
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![When the levees broke [DVD] : a requiem in four acts](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/177541@2x.jpg)
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Summary: The world watched in horror as Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Many were shocked, not only by the scale of the disaster, but the slow, inept and disorganized response of the...
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![Breakthrough [DVD] : the ideas that changed the world](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/215241@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects: the car, the airplane, the smartphone, the rocket, the robot, and the telescope.
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Call #: DVD 600 BRE
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![General Douglas MacArthur [DVD] : return of a legend](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/100938@2x.jpg)
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Summary: A close look at General Douglas MacArthur, recalled in 1941 to face his biggest challenge--defending an unprepared Pacific force against the seemingly unstoppable Japanese war machine.
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Call #: DVD 940.54 GEN
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![The best of the incredible Dr. Pol [DVD].](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/252872@2x.jpg)
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Summary: With thousands of patients, Dr. Pol has seen it all, and this lovable, house-call-making veterinarian is always up to his elbows in animals needing his care. Relive some of the most memorable moments...
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Call #: DVD 636 INC
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![Wild ways [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/162971@2x.jpg)
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Summary: From Yellowstone to the Yukon, to Southern Africa's elephant highways stretching across five nations, explore how newly established wildlife corridors may offer a glimmer of hope to some of our planet's most cherished-but endangered-species.
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![Treasures of the earth [DVD] : power, gems, metals](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/163050@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Explores the three categories of mineral resources found within the earth (power resources, gem stones, and metals) and how they have been utilized for the advancement of civilization.
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![The secret of Tuxedo Park [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/192236@2x.jpg)
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Summary: In the fall of 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered a small team of scientists on a clandestine transatlantic mission to deliver his country's most valuable military secret, a...
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![The planets [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/215480@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Among the stars in the night sky wander the eight-plus worlds of the solar system, each home to truly awe-inspiring sights. Volcanoes three times higher than Everest, geysers erupting with icy...
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![The incredible Dr. Pol [DVD]. Season 10](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/259279@2x.jpg)
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Summary: With 100,000 patients, Dr. Pol has seen it all. Specializing in large farm animals, this senior is anything but retiring as he takes an old school, no-nonsense approach to veterinary medicine....
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Call #: DVD 636 INC S10
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![The incredible Dr. Pol [DVD]. Season 13](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/259280@2x.jpg)
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Summary: With 100,000 patients, Dr. Pol has seen it all. Specializing in large farm animals, this senior is anything but retiring as he takes an old school, no-nonsense approach to veterinary medicine....
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Call #: DVD 636 INC S13
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![The incredible Dr. Pol [DVD]. Season 14](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/259281@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Dr. Pol is back with another season as Dr. Pol and his staff wrangle animals and tackle cases at their clinic in rural Michigan. This season, they are busy as they dash from emergency farm calls to...
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Call #: DVD 636 INC S14
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![The incredible Dr. Pol [DVD]. Season 20](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/259284@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Dr. Pol and his team are tackling a caseload like no other. A tiny Chihuahua is immobile from a major car accident. Dr. Pol hustles to save a flailing Arabian horse. Chinchillas, guinea pigs, and...
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Call #: DVD 636 INC S20
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![The incredible Dr. Pol [DVD]. Season 8](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/259285@2x.jpg)
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Summary: It's a new season of firsts, fairs, and babies as Dr. Pol and the team take on more challenging cases than ever. The fair is coming to town and so are the local 4-H animals. Dr. Pol and the Pol Vet...
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Call #: DVD 636 INC S8
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![The incredible Dr. Pol [DVD]. Season 9](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/259286@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Dr. Pol and his talented -- and often entertaining -- team work around the clock to handle central Michigan's animal emergencies.
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Call #: DVD 636 INC S9
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![The incredible Dr. Pol [DVD]. Season 11](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/259330@2x.jpg)
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Summary: With 100,000 patients, Dr. Pol has seen it all. Specializing in large farm animals, this senior is anything but retiring as he takes an old school, no-nonsense approach to veterinary medicine....
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Call #: DVD 636 INC S11
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![The incredible Dr. Pol [DVD]. Season 12](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/259331@2x.jpg)
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Summary: No two days are ever the same for Dr. Pol and his staff at Pol Veterinary Services, as they wrangle animals and tackle cases at their clinic in rural Michigan. This season, Dr. Pol and his team will...
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Call #: DVD 636 INC S12
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![The incredible Dr. Pol [DVD]. Season 16](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/259332@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Dr. Pol is back with another season as Dr. Pol and his staff wrangle animals and tackle cases at their clinic in rural Michigan. This season, they are busy as they dash from emergency farm calls to...
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Call #: DVD 636 INC S16
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![Empires of industry [DVD] : war planes of World War II](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/100939@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Modern shots of restored aircraft, historic footage ranging from factory floors to dogfights, and interviews with pilots and designers recapture the aviation industry's finest hour that saw more...
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Call #: DVD 940.54 EMP
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![Nuremberg [DVD] : tyranny on trial](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/100937@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Follows the war crimes hearings from accusation to sentencing, offering insight into the cases of such defendants as Rudolf Hess and Hermann Goering.
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Call #: DVD 940.54 NUR
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![Okinawa [DVD] : the final battle](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/100935@2x.jpg)
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Summary: A riveting look at the battle for Okinawa in which the Japanese defenders, in an all-or-nothing attempt to stop the Americans, employed guerrilla tactics, bolstered their defense with women, and sent...
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Call #: DVD 940.54 OKI
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