![The great San Francisco earthquake [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/101584@2x.jpg)
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Summary: In the early 1900s, San Francisco stood as a proud and flourishing symbol of America's recent conquest of the once-wild West. But on April 19, 1906, the city would experience an awesome reminder of...
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Call #: DVD 979.4 GRE
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![Island of lemurs, Madagascar [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/139029@2x.jpg)
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Summary: A spectacular journey to the remote and wondrous world of Madagascar. Lemurs arrived there as castaways millions of years ago and evolved into hundreds of diverse species but are now highly...
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Call #: DVD 599.83 ISL
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![Bill Nye the science guy [DVD]. Bones & muscles.](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/64605@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Bill Nye muscles in to give more than just the bare bones about X-rays, the healing of broken bones, bone marrow, and the body's joints.
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Call #: DVD 612.75 BIL
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![Richard Pryor stand-up comedy double feature [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/104389@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Stand-up comedy by Richard Pryor.
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Call #: DVD 792.76 PRY
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![Cosmos [DVD] : a spacetime odyssey](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/108859@2x.jpg)
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Summary: This documentary series explores the history of science and how we found our place in the cosmos.
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Call #: DVD 520 COS
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![Farming for kids [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/17032@2x.jpg)
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Summary: "Join friendly Farmer Bill in this award-winning video as he engages your child's imagination with the noise and live action of hi-tech farm equipment. Follow vegetable and grain production from...
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Call #: DVD 630 FAR
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![Ancient Mesopotamia [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/32983@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Join archaeologist Arizona Smith and a young detective-in-training as they unlock the mysteries of the ancient Sumerian, Assyrian abd Babylonian civilizations.
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Call #: DVD 935 ANC
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![Ancient Rome [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/32984@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Join archaeologist Arizona Smith and a young detective-in-training as they unlock the clues of ancient Rome, including a visit to Pompeii.
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Call #: DVD 937 ANC
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![Ancient China [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/32980@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Join archaeologist Arizona Smith and a young detective-in-training as they unlock the mysteries of ancient China, including a visit to the Great Wall.
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Call #: DVD 931 ANC
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![Ancient Egypt [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/32982@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Join archaeologist Arizona Smith and a young detective-in-training as they unlock the clues of ancient Egypt, including a trip to the pyramids.
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Call #: DVD 932 ANC
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![Dinosaur [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/25832@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Students will gain an understanding of the Jurassic and Mesozoic era through study of paleontology, dinosaur entomology, theories of extinction and dinosaur physiology.
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Call #: DVD 567.9 DIN
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![Rainforest (Jungle) [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/25827@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Experience the sites and sounds of the jungle as you journey through the rainforests of the world. Students will learn about pollination, propagation and photosynthesis and meet diverse creatures that inhabit these regions.
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Call #: DVD 577.34 RAI
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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
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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
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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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![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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![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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![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 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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![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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![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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![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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![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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![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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![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
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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 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
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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
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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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![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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![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
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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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![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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![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
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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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![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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![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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![They shall not grow old [DVD]](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/272070@2x.jpg)
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Summary: Marking the centenary of the First World War, internationally renowned director Peter Jackson uses the voices of the veterans combined with original archival footage to bring to life the reality of...
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Call #: DVD 940.3 THE
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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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