New Releases - October 2009 - Learningemall.com

LEARNINGJUSTICE: WHAT'S THERIGHT THING TO DOMore than 14,000 students have takenJUSTICE, one of Harvard's most popularcourses. In a trailblazing partnership withWGBH, Harvard is opening its classroomto the world. Professor Michael Sandel'scourse aims to help viewers become morecritically minded thinkers about the moraldecisions we all face in our everyday lives.FRONTLINE: POISONEDWATERSFRONTLINE examines the rising hazardsto human health and eco-system, and whyit's so hard to keep our waters clean. Thecoastal estuaries of Puget Sound and theChesapeake Bay-are in perilous condition.Polluted runoff still flows in from industry,agriculture, and massive suburbandevelopment, and scientists fearcontamination to the food chain, drinkingwater, as well as a growing list ofendangered species.competition, overextended entitlementprograms, and debts to foreign countriesthat are becoming impossible to honor,America must mend its spendthrift ways orface an economic disaster of epicproportions.Item no.Format: FC06581760: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 80 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2009Price : USD 77.00Item no.Format: BA06581774: 3 DVDs (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 720 minutesDurationCopyright : 2009Price : USD 84.00MARINEOCEAN ADVENTURES: SEAGHOSTS AND CALL OF THEKILLER WHALEWith Jean-Michel CousteauIn Sea Ghosts, Jean-Michel Cousteautravels to the high Arctic to discover whysome beluga groups are thriving andothers are disappearing. In Killer Whales,Cousteau and his team of oceanautstravel to both the northern and southernhemispheres as they seek out killerwhales in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.Item no.Format: NA06581766: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 180 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2009Price : USD 77.00MEDIAAMERICAN EXPERIENCE:THE POLIO CRUSADEThis film interweaves the personalaccounts of polio survivors with the storyof an ardent crusader who tirelessly foughton their behalf while scientists raced toeradicate this dreaded disease. The PolioCrusade features interviews withhistorians, scientists, polio survivors, andthe only surviving scientist from the coreresearch team that developed the Salkvaccine, Julius Youngner.Item no.Format: BG06581588: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 60 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 6-8Copyright : 2009Price : USD 77.00Item no.Format: TR06581692: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 120 minutesDurationCopyright : 2009Price : USD 77.00FRONTLINE: SICK AROUNDAMERICAMore than 2.5 million Americans lost theirjobs last year, and along with theirlivelihood, their health insurance. As theeconomy continues to spiral, the newadministration promises to delivercomprehensive health care reform. SickAround America lays bare the flaws in oursystem and examines the critical choicesAmericans face in changing a system thatall sides agree needs a fundamentaloverhaul.Item no.Format: WN06581698: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 60 minutesDurationCopyright : 2009Price : USD 77.00FRONTLINE: THE OLD MANAND THE STORMSix months after Hurricane Katrinaslammed into New Orleans, producerJune Cross came across 82-year-oldHerbert Gettridge working alone on hishome in the Lower Ninth Ward, aneighborhood devastated when the leveesbroke in August 2005. Over the next twoyears, Cross would document the story ofthe extended Gettridge clan, anAfrican-American family with deep roots inNew Orleans, as they struggled to rebuildtheir homes and their lives.Item no.Format: YM06581707: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 60 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 6-8Copyright : 2009Price : USD 77.00I.O.U.S.A.I.O.U.S.A. boldly examines the rapidlygrowing national debt and itsconsequences for the United States.Burdened with an ever-expandinggovernment, increased internationalINDEPENDENT LENS:ADJUST YOUR COLOR -THE TRUTH OF PETEYGREENEAmerica's original shock-jock, PeteyGreene overcame poverty, drug addictionand prison time to unsettle and entertaineveryone from the ghetto to the WhiteHouse, as he battled both the system andhis own demons on a journey to becominga leading activist during some of the mosttumultuous years in recent history.Item no.Format: MH06581762: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 60 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2009Price : USD 77.00NOW 2008: MORTGAGEMAKEOVERIs there a way to keep desperatehomeowners in their houses? Oneenterprising entrepreneur has invented aprogram to prevent foreclosures andprotect individuals from predatorysubprime lenders. But not everyoneagrees with his approach. Is this anothercautionary tale in the making, or abreakthrough for low- and middle-incomeAmericans?Item no.Format: AT06581919: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 30 minutesDurationAudience : Grades 9-12Copyright : 2009Price : USD 56.00NOW 2009: A RADICAL FIXFOR SCHOOLS?Do we need to gut our public schools inorder to save them? A close look at howSecretary of Education Arne Duncan mightspend $100 billion in stimulus money to fixour nation's schools.Item no. : HM06581941Format : DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned)Duration : 30 minutesAudience : Grades 9-12________________________________________________________________________________________________________Email: inquiry@learningemall.comLearning Rendezvous LimitedWebsites: http://www.learningemall.com & http://www.learningemall.com.hk16