Ed Fields
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered. Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth." --
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Since the dawn of mankind, we have stared up at the lights in the sky and wondered. Now join the heroic men and women who have dared the impossible on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken - the quest to reach out beyond Earth.
4) Gettysburg
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Gettysburg will strip away the romanticized veneer of the Civil War and present the engagement in a new light: a visceral, terrifying experience with everything on the line. At its core, this is the story of the soldiers on the ground, not the generals who commanded from behind the front lines.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Go on a journey into one of the most sacred places on Earth dating back to biblical times. As one of the most heavily contested and disputed lands on the planet, it is so sacred to three religions of the world, followers willingly die for it.
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Video and Television
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Africa: White colonists in Africa couldn't believe that natives were responsible for the extensive kingdoms of Great Zimbabwe and the Swahili Coast, and thus credited the achievements of these ancient cultures to wandering Phoenicians, the Queen of Sheba, or Arab travelers. Cecil Rhodes 'explorations' destroyed portions of Great Zimbabwe, but Gertrude Caton Thompson found, excavated, and first asserted that the ruins were of African origin. Their...
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Video and Television
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Greece: Five hundred years before the birth of Christ, the small city-states of Greece began a period of cultural excellence, but none was more advanced than Athens. Under Pericles, the entire city strove for perfection in all things, and lead developments in poetry, dramatic theater, and athletic achievement, as exemplified in the Olympic Games. Discover the architectural, intellectual, and artistic achievements of the period, and the elements that...
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Video and Television
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Maya: As Europe suffered through the Dark Ages, the culture of the Maya of Central America was reaching its apex. The classical Maya possessed a complicated writing system, mathematics for complex astrological calculations--still accurate today--and cities of stone set like jewels in the jungle. Life in the majestic temples, broad plazas, painted ball courts, and palaces revolved around the king--who was divine, infallible, and expected to pay for...
Publisher
Discovery Channel
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Hoping to relieve the stress of alarming overpopulation, Tokyo's construction industry is exploring the possibility of building a city in Tokyo Bay. Witness the impossible dream of city planners: to build a massive pyramid over the water, with skyscrapers suspended from its enormous frame.
Series
Publisher
Time-Life Video and Television
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Mesopotamia: The roots of the world's major religions lie in the valleys of Mesopotamia's Fertile Crescent. Archaeologists, originally searching for the Garden of Eden and sites of other Biblical stories, have unearthed clues to the birth of civilization and cities belonging to its first great empires. Babylonia of the Jewish Exodus was preceded by the kingdom of Assyria, which was itself preceded by Sumer, and the first city--Ur.
Ancient Egypt:...
