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Biographical television programs. Children's television programs. Documentary television programs. Educational television programs. Genealogy. Historical television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Reality television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. videorecordingSummary: This 10-part series, with the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family and identity in today's America. Professor Gates shakes loose captivating stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2012
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINSummary: Professor Gates' journey continues as a weekly series that will look at an ever-widening spectrum of our nation's fascinating ethnic mixture.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: [Publisher not identified] 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FINSummary: The hunt continues with brothers Rick and Marty's return to Oak Island as they look for more clues to this 200-year old mystery. Join the world's longest-running hunt for riches and discover the evidence that points to lost treasure in the historic and mysterious Money Pit.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Television Networks, LLC 2015
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CURCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CURSummary: It introduces viewers to a small island off the coast of Nova Scotia where two obsessed brothers are attempting to solve a 200-year-old mystery. Rick and Marty Lagina own most of Oak Island and are determined to find the treasure alleged to be buried there, despite the fact that the island is rumored to be cursed. Legend says seven people must die before the treasure is revealed, and so far,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Television Networks, LLC 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD CURCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CURSummary: In this action-packed installment, the Laginas and their partners go for broke once again in the Money Pit, digging more massive shafts and making astounding discoveries such as human bones of European and the Middle Eastern origin, mysterious pottery and pieces of ancient paper and bookbinding. The trail of clues even leads the team across the ocean to the South of France where they dig up...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CURSummary: Bill Nye illustrates how various types of transportation utilize friction, from traction in trains and the "roll" of ball bearings in skateboards and automobiles, to the lack of friction in a hovercraft.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILSummary: Bill Nye The Science Guy talks about the atmosphere, its five different levels, and how it protects the Earth. Bill also soars into the heavy topic of atmospheric air pressure and radio waves.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008