![Pets [DVD] : wild at heart](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/164749@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Pets may seem familiar but they exist alongside people in a secret world of wild behavior and natural abilities that humans hardly recognize. From talkative budgies, marathon-running hamsters,...
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Call #: DVD 636 PET
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![The Bible's buried secrets [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/44218@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Presents archaeological scholarship from the Holy Land to explore the beginnings of modern religion and the origins of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament. This archaeological detective...
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Call #: DVD 220.93 BIB
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![The Mayo Clinic [DVD] : faith, hope, science](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/192394@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Discover the story of the renowned institution that has been called a "Medical Mecca," the "Supreme Court of Medicine," and the "place for hope when there is no hope."
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Call #: DVD 362.11 MAY
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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![Prohibition [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/62365@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. Raises profound...
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Call #: DVD 363.41 PRO
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![The address [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/110188@2x.jpg)
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Summary: "At the tiny Greenwood School in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont, its roughly 50 students, boys from the ages 11 to 17 are asked each year to memorize the Gettysburg Address. This would...
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Call #: DVD 371.9 ADD
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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![The fabric of the cosmos [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/139331@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Using humor, everyday examples and computer animation for the more abstract concepts, author and physicist Brian Greene explains complex theories of the universe and the focus of his research, string theory.
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Call #: DVD 523.1 FAB
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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![Absolute zero [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/110770@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Presents the history of low-temperature research and the quest for ever-lower notches on the thermometer. The conquest of cold opens with experiments in the 1600s that asked what heat and cold are...
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Call #: DVD 536.56 ABS
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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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
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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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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![What Darwin never knew [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/109636@2x.jpg)
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Summary: The source of the earth's great variety of animals was a scientific mystery until Charles Darwin proposed the idea of natural selection. Nova presents breakthroughs in a new science nicknamed "evo...
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Call #: DVD 576.82 WHA
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![Mysterious life of caves [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/112479@2x.jpg)
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Summary: It's pitch black, toxic gases bubble up from deep below, sulfuric acid drips from above, and carbon monoxide fills the air. It is the interior of a startlingly beautiful, and treacherous, cave....
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Call #: DVD 577.584 MYS
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![Born in China [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/177536@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Venturing into the wilds of China, it captures intimate moments with a panda bear and her growing cub, a young golden monkey who feels displaced by his baby sister and a mother snow leopard struggling to raise her two cubs.
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Call #: DVD 591.5 BOR
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![Sex, lies and butterflies [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/215289@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Butterflies have been flying around the planet for over 50 million years, and today around 20,000 different species inhabit the globe. From egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to the winged insect, this...
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Call #: DVD 595.789 SEX
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![The world's most wanted animal [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/198074@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Found in Africa and Asia, pangolins are the most poached and trafficked animal in the world. Based in Namibia, conservationist Maria Diekmann is working to save them. On an emotional journey, Maria...
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Call #: DVD 599.31 WOR
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![Leave it to beavers [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/109308@2x.jpg)
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Summary: A growing number of scientists, conservationists and grass-roots environmentalists have come to regard beavers as overlooked tools when it comes to reversing the disastrous effects of global warming...
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Call #: DVD 599.37 LEA
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![Honey badgers [DVD] : masters of mayhem](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/107385@2x.jpg)
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Summary: The honey badger is one the most fearless animals in the world, renowned for its ability to confront grown lions and shrug off the toxic defenses of stinging bees, scorpions, and snakes. The film...
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Call #: DVD 599.744 HON
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![Monkey kingdom [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/140145@2x.jpg)
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Summary: A spectacular tale set among ancient ruins in the storied jungles of South Asia. Maya, a clever and resourceful monkey, finds her world forever changed when she welcomes her son Kip into her colorful...
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Call #: DVD 599.8 MON
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![Chimpanzee [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/66149@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Oscar, a baby chimpanzee, is enjoying his life with his mother in the jungles along the Ivory Coast. Without warning, young Oscar is orphaned during an attack from a rival group of chimpanzees....
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Call #: DVD 599.884 CHI
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![Unrest [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/185578@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Jennifer Brea is a Harvard PhD student about to marry the love of her life when suddenly her body starts failing her. Hoping to shed light on her strange symptoms, Brea grabs a camera and films the...
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Call #: DVD 616.0478 UNR
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![Cancer [DVD] : the emperor of all maladies](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/129251@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Presents a history of cancer, from ancient times to the present day. Includes stories of contemporary patients and examines the latest scientific research which might indicate that we are on the brink of a lasting cure.
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Call #: DVD 616.994 CAN
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![Secrets of the mind [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/109633@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Follows neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran as he investigates four mysterious cases in which brain injury has resulted in diverse perceptual disorders involving blindness and sight, phantom limbs and pain, and delusional thinking.
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Call #: DVD 617.48 SEC
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![Ship that changed the world [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/245633@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Some five centuries ago, a major revolution overturned traditional ship designs: in just a few years, ships were transformed from small coastal-bound transports into massive ocean-going vessels.Once...
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Call #: DVD 623.82 SHI
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![The story of cats [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/162972@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Traces the evolution of cats from their beginnings on the Asian continent to their introduction into the Americas, taking an in-depth look at what makes the family of felines unique and the...
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Call #: DVD 636.8 STO
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![Country music [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/212700@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Ken Burns chronicles the history of a uniquely American art form, rising from the experiences of remarkable people in distinctive regions of the nation. From its roots in ballads, hymns, and the...
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Call #: DVD 781.642 COU
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![The Beatles [DVD] : get back](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/260555@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Directed by filmmaker Peter Jackson, this is a three-part documentary series that takes audiences back in time to the band's intimate recording sessions. The documentary showcases the warmth,...
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Call #: DVD 782 BEA
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![Justin Bieber [DVD] : never say never](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/55543@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Follows pop singer Justin Bieber during 10 days counting down to his Aug. 31, 2010 concert at Madison Square Garden. Includes footage from his My World Tour, interviews with family and friends, a...
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Call #: DVD 782 JUS
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![Summer of soul [DVD] : (...or when the revolution could not be televised)](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/253268@2x.jpg)
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Summary: A powerful and transporting documentary, part music film, part historical record, created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the...
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Call #: DVD 782 SUM
Location: Adult Displays - Front
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![Swim team [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/177617@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Chronicles the winning debut season of the Jersey Hammerheads, a competitive swim team formed by the parents of a boy on the autism spectrum that consists exclusively of autistic teens.
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Call #: DVD 797.21 SWI
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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![The eagle huntress [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/161963@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Follows Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rises to the pinnacle of a tradition that has...
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Call #: DVD 799.232 EAG
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![Defying the Nazis [DVD] : the Sharps' war](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/161098@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Tells the never-before-told story of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, an American minister and his wife from Wellesley, Massachusetts, who left their children behind in the care of their parish and boldly...
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Call #: DVD 940.5318 DEF
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![King Arthur's lost kingdom [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/215259@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Professor Alice Roberts uses archaeological discoveries to piece together a turning point in Britain's history. The key to her quest is the excavation of a stone palace in Cornwall, long believed to...
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Call #: DVD 942.014 KIN
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![The story of India [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/110182@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Historian Michael Wood chronicles the history of the Indian subcontinent, focusing especially on the diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes. The world's largest democracy and a rising...
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Call #: DVD 954 STO
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![The Vietnam War [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/174936@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it...
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Call #: DVD 959.7043 VIE
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![The national parks [DVD] : America's best idea](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/118207@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal...
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Call #: DVD 973 NAT
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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![The African Americans [DVD] : many rivers to cross](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/177540@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Explore with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the evolution of the African-American people, as well as the multiplicity of cultural institutions, political strategies, and religious and social...
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Call #: DVD 973.0496 AFR
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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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Call #: DVD 973.2 JAM
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![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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![The Dust Bowl [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/110181@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Ken Burns documents the worst human-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept...
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Call #: DVD 973.917 DUS
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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![Chicago [DVD] : city of the century](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/100594@2x.jpg)
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Summary: City of the century tells how in just 60 years Chicago grew from a remote, swampy frontier town into one of the most explosively alive cities in the world. "Chicago by 'L'" is part travelogue, part...
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Call #: DVD 977.311 CHI
Location: DVDs Nonfiction
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