Summary: "Yoga for beginners & beyond is the perfect way to explore and experience the numerous benefits of yoga. Each of these 40 routines focuses on different physical and mental aspects of yoga, such as building strength, improving flexibility, reducing stress and more! Never before has a single collection of yoga DVDs contained so much valuable information to help you explore the healing,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bodywisdom Media 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7046 YOGSummary: In 1971, a group of friends sailed into a nuclear test zone in a protest that would capture the public's imagination. That handful of individuals would go on to become the international environmental organization Greenpeace. Comprised of rare archival footage and interviews with former Greenpeace members, How to change the world recounts Greenpeace's early days under the pioneering helm of its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HOWSummary: America's first superstar designer rose to international fame in the 1970s, creating an empire and personifying the dramatic social and sexual revolution of the last century. Reaching beyond the glitz and glamour, acclaimed filmmaker Frederic Tcheng reveals Halston's profound impact on fashion, culture, and business.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HALSummary: An in-depth look at the relationship between the late musician Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen. Nick Broomfield's most personal and romantic film of his storied career starts on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960, where Leonard Cohen, then a struggling and unknown fiction writer, and Marianne Ihlen, a single mother with a young son, became part of community of expat artists,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MARSummary: "McConkey" is a heartfelt examination of the legacy one athlete left to the progression of his sports, and the path he paved to conquer his dreams. Shane McConkey is revered as a pioneer of freeskiing and ski-BASE jumping, and through his talent and ability to use his trademark irreverent humor, he inspired countless lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MCCSummary: "AFTER TILLER intimately explores the highly controversial subject of third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of practitioner Dr. George Tiller. The procedure is now performed by only four doctors in the United States, all former colleagues of Dr. Tiller, who risk their lives every day in the name of their unwavering commitment toward their patients. Directors Martha...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Laboratories 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC AFTSummary: "Indie folk heroes Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Tennesee's Old Crow Medicine Show, and Britain's acclaimed Mumford & Sons hopped on a beautiful vintage train and set out across America on a 'tour of dreams.' With poignancy and beauty, Malloy documents these incredible musicians as they ride the rails and wow the crowds from Oakland to New Orleans"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: S2BN Films 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF BIGSummary: 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 committed to a life-threatening mission in Europe. Over two dangerous years they helped save scores of imperiled dissidents and refugees fleeing the Nazi occupation across Europe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DEFSummary: "Cindy Shank, mother of three, is serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison for her tangential involvement with a Michigan drug ring years earlier. This intimate portrait of mandatory minimum drug sentencing's devastating consequences, captured by Cindy's brother, follows her and her family over the course of ten years."--IMDb.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SENSummary: Eight hundred years ago, Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt met on the bloody battlefields of the Crusades. Based on new research and scholarship about that fateful meeting, The Sultan and The Saint tells one of the great, lost stories from history as two men of faith fought against a century of war and distrust in a search for mutual respect and common ground.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SULSummary: A documentary that follows the efforts of "Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently," a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. With deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broad Green Pictures 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY TCFF CITSummary: In addition to fascinating facts about sharks, this collections adds up the other side of the equation and includes some of the most terrifying shark attacks in recent history. Survivorman's Les Stroud adds his signature wisdom to the mix with a trek to five of the most notorious shark-infested waters on the planet, and former Force Recon Marine Charles Ingram gets answers from the experts to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam Americas, Inc. 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Enter the mythical world of the Gargoyles and get to know the ancient creatures that once guarded a medieval Scottish fortress, and who now have come alive at night to protect the city of Manhattan from evil.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GARSummary: From land, boat, and sky. Above and below the water. From the point of view of the animals and people who are found there, we will show these rivers as they have never been seen before, highlighting each river's very own unique atmosphere and character so that each episode will have its own mood. This series will find new perspectives to cover these amazing waterways. Using the latest in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RIVSummary: Through the Wormhole explores the deepest mysteries of existence, the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. Who or what are we? Are we alone? How did life begin? What happened before? The series brings together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science to reveal the extraordinary truth of our universe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam Americas 2011
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV THRSummary: Documentary about Theodore Roosevelt. Explores the influence of Roosevelt's childhood, his rise to the U.S. Presidency, and the years after he left office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2009
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TRSummary: It is the fascinating and surprising story of the iconic American garment. Worn by everyone from presidents to supermodels, farmers to rock stars, they're more than just a pair of pants America's tangled past is woven deeply into the indigo fabric. From its roots in slavery to the Wild West, youth culture, the civil rights movement, rock and roll, hippies, high fashion, and hip-hop, jeans are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV RIVSummary: The fly: Experimental scientist Andre Delambre attempts to transfer matter through space, using himself as the test subject. But things go horrifically wrong when a common housefly buzzes into the machine, resulting in two grotesque man-fly hybrids. Now, with the head of a fly and a wing in place of one of his arms, Andre desperately hopes that he, his wife Helene and his brother Francois can...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR FLYSummary: "One girl's journey to inspire a movement. Juliette is fourteen years old and she is on a mission to save elephants. After single-handedly raising funds Juliette embarks on a life-altering journey to South East Asia to meet and work with her hero The Elephant Lady. This is the story of two women, one from the East, one from the West, coming together on common ground, saving elephants. It's the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rattle The Cage Productions 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HOWSummary: During the Cold War, the CIA secretly raised a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine from the depths of the Pacific Ocean. The six-year operation included an intricate cover story by billionaire Howard Hughes. Drawing on declassified documents and never-before-seen interviews, NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY tells one of the highest-stakes, yet least-known stories of the Cold War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Through the wormhole will explore the deepest mysteries of existence--the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. This series brings together the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science--Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Quantum mechanics, String theory and more, to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Communications 2011