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Contents: Disc 1: The great migration is my story and yours -- Exodus: why migrants quit the South -- Racial violence in migrant cities -- How Chicago became the black metropolis -- Harlem, the mecca of the great migration -- The new Negro and the Harlem Renaissance -- disc 2: Blueswomen and black filmmakers take the stage -- Jazz as the music of the migration -- How migrants made gospel music -- Negro...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.8 HOW

Summary: "Take a detailed look at the fascinating history and culture of Washington DC with an insider's tour sponsored by Smithsonian."

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.53 GRE
Call number: DVD 917.53 GRE

Cobb, Daniel M.

Summary: Join the Smithsonian Institution to discover the rich history of native Americans.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 NAT

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD NAT

Summary: "Join an award-winning professor on a tour through literature's utopian dreams and dystopian nightmares"--

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.93372 GRE

Cochran, Ford

Summary: "Discover awe-inspiring natural landscapes and explore the geological histories and mysteries of our national parks with National Geographic."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 557.3 WON
Call number: DVD 557.3 WON

Summary: "In African American History: From Emancipation through Jim Crow, join Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Associate Professor of African American history at The Ohio State University, to learn about the African American struggle for freedom and civil rights from 1865 to the 1940s. In 12 lectures, accompany Hasan on a journey from Reconstruction to Jackie Robinson's first Major League Baseball game,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 AFR

Summary: Explore the astounding accomplishments of the ancient North Americans and their significant American legacy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2018

Copies Available at Kingsley

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970 Bar
Call number: DVD 970 Bar

Wolfe, Gary K.

Summary: "Robots, spaceships, futuristic megacities, planets orbiting distant stars. These icons of science fiction are now in our daily news. Science fiction, once maligned as mere pulp, has motivated cutting-edge scientific research, inspired new technologies, and changed how we view everyday life -- and its themes and questions permeate popular culture. Take an unparalleled look at the influence,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.3 HOW

Pollock, Steven.

Summary: "Physics is the study of the natural world, an experimental science that lies at the heart of all other sciences. It is an effort to make sense of the world at a fundamental level, to unify and describe observable physical phenomena. 'Classical' refers to the pre-20th century developments in physics, a reductionistic, 'realist' approach that continues to be one of the most productive and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 GRE

Summary: "A renowned professional filmmaker introduces the creative and analytical tools you need to enhance your enjoyment and viewing experience for any film"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 HOW
Call number: DVD 791.43 HOW

Summary: Award-winning Professor Ken Albala of the University of the Pacific takes viewers on a fascinating international journey through civilization across the ages and around the world, all through the lens of cooking. In 24 fascinating lectures, while he cooks, Dr. Albala welcomes viewers into his own home kitchen, encouraging them to explore unfamiliar cuisines as a type of gastronomic time travel...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.509 COO

Summary: "Survey more than 200 years of musical sounds and styles that are inextricably linked with the spirit and history of the United States of America"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.973 AME
Call number: DVD 780.973 AME

Summary: Follow the rise, collapse, and rebirth of the grand Ottoman Empire.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956 OTT

Rosenzweig, Paul

Summary: A course of 24 lectures by Professor Paul Rosenzweig.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.4482 SUR

Summary: Look around you. Great masterpieces of engineering are everywhere. As soon as you get out of bed in the morning, you are putting centuries of scientific and mechanical ingenuity to use. So familiar are these structures, inventions, and services that they are all but invisible. Yet they are just as remarkable as great works such as the Parthenon, the Eiffel Tower, and the Panama Canal. Everyday...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 620 EVE

Summary: "An acclaimed physicist uses analogies to everyday life to teach the rules that govern the microscopic world of particles in this accessible introduction to quantum theory."

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Great Courses 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.12 UND

Cline, Eric H.

Summary: Join the Great Courses and National Geographic for a spellbinding journey to wondrous ancient sites, and explore the greatest marvels of archaeology.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Kingsley

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930.1 Cli
Call number: DVD 930.1 Cli

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 930.1 ARC

Summary: "The latest research shows that people almost never "rise to the occasion" when faced with a life-threatening challenge, regardless of how often we hear that phrase. Instead, as Professor Nancy Zarse explains in the 12 empowering lectures of Survival Mentality: The Psychology of Staying Alive, people generally revert to their lowest level of training and preparation. And Professor Zarse knows...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.6 ZAR

Lacy, Scott M.

Summary: Find out what makes us human by learning where we came from.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2017

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 823 Anthropology 2017

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