New Releases - October 2009 - Learningemall.com

1865 frontier life.Item no.Format: GZ06582035: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 60 minutesDurationCopyright : 2009Price : USD 77.00TIME TEAM AMERICA:FORT RALEIGH, NCIn 1586 the English sent the first group ofhopeful colonists to the New World. Whenships returned three years later, thesettlement was empty and colonists gone.The only clue was the word Croatoancarved in the gatepost of their fort. Ourteam spends three days at Fort Raleigh inhot pursuit of archaeological evidence thatwill put the ghost of Roanoke to rest andestablish where the first colony in Americawas actually located.Item no.Format: MM06582036: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 60 minutesDurationCopyright : 2009Price : USD 77.00TIME TEAM AMERICA: NEWPHILADELPHIA, ILIn 1836 "Free Frank" McWorter purchasedhis freedom from a Kentucky plantationowner. In Illinois, he planted roots, starteda town, and purchased his family out ofslavery. The local landowners, and theMcWorter family want to uncover whatremains of New Philadelphia. Our teamjoins in the search for the pre-Civil Warschoolhouse where New Philadelphia'sAfrican American children learned to readand write in freedom.Item no.Format: BD06582037: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 60 minutesDurationCopyright : 2009Price : USD 77.00TIME TEAM AMERICA:RANGE CREEK, UTThe picturesque and remote canyons ofsouthern Utah contain what remains of theFremont Indians who lived there 1,000years ago. The Fremonts stashed theirfood in clay granaries high on the cliffs,and entered their underground homesthrough a hole in the ceiling. Theydecorated rock walls with petroglyphs thatremain a mystery to this day. Our teamlearns what life was like in these canyonsa thousand years ago.Item no.FormatDurationCopyright : 2009Price : USD 77.00Email: inquiry@learningemall.comTIME TEAM AMERICA:TOPPER, SCOur team wades into the swamps of SouthCarolina to further our understanding ofNorth America's first human inhabitants.Debate continues in the scientificcommunity about when people first cameto the American continent. The team hasjust three days to search out evidence thatcould shed light on the controversy. Whatthey find could rock the archaeologicalworld.Item no.Format: WR06582039: DVD (Color, ClosedCaptioned): 60 minutesDurationCopyright : 2009Price : USD 77.00ARCHITECTURE &ARCHITECTSDREAM HOUSE, ABy Roger M. ShermanIn March 1991, Metropolitan Homemagazine organized its secondShowHouse, a benefit to raise funds forDIFFA (Design Industries Foundation forAIDS). Metropolitan Home ShowHouse 2brought together inspired talents totransform a Manhattan town house into ashowplace. This sparkling film documentsthe preparations of the ShowHouse, whichcontains rooms designed by a collection ofcreative individuals including fashiondesigner Geoffrey Beene, Architect RobertA.M. Stern, film production designerRichard Sylbert for Madonna, author TomWolfe, Chez Panisse owner/chef AliceWaters, The New Basics cookbookauthors Sheila Lukins/Julee Rosso,designers Adam Tihany and JedJohnson/Alan Wanzenberg, artists KennyScharf and Daniel Mack/Bennett Bean,and floral designer Pure Madderlake. Avisual feast for lovers of interior design,the film is also a testament to the creativecommunity's dedication to the fight againstAIDS.Item no. : AZ08880073Format : DVD (Color)Duration : 12 minutesAudience : Grade 7 or aboveCopyright : 2009StdBkNo : 9781559748032Price : USD 133.00THREE ENGLISHCATHEDRALS: NORWICH,LINCOLN, WELLSBy Georgia Wright: YC06582038This fascinating film visits three: DVD (Color, Closedspectacular English cathedralsCaptioned)representing a range of styles. Norwich,: 60 minutesamong the best-preserved of theAnglo-Norman cathedrals built after theNorman Conquest, was intended toimpose the conquerors' powerful presence________________________________________________________________________________________________________Learning Rendezvous Limitedon the Saxons. The amazingly open anddelicate, yet complex, Lincoln Cathedralfeatures the first use of spreading ribs inthe vaults, an invention that eventuallywould spread throughout England. Thefacade of Wells includes the richestsculpture in the countryside a and, with itsBishop's Palace, Vicar Close, ChapterHouse and unusual scissors arches in thenave, is the best-loved of Englishcathedrals. Offering a splendid guided tour,the video moves through the structuresaccompanied by medieval music,exploring contrasts of dark and coloredlight, spaces interrupted by delicatecolumns, and the extraordinary patterns ofribs. Diagrams and aerial views show howthe cathedrals housed the liturgical andother activites of monks, canons andbishops. Educational and evocative, ThreeEnglish Cathdrals is a wonderfularchitectural experience.Item no. : VL08880124Format : DVD (Color)Duration : 45 minutesAudience : Grade 9 or aboveCopyright : 2009StdBkNo : 1559748168Price : USD 133.00ARTISTS,MUSICIANS &PERFORMERSEVERY PICTURE TELLS ASTORYBy James ScottEvery Picture Tells A Story is a touchingand highly personal biography of the life ofcontemporary British artist William Scott,as told by his son, AcademyAward-winning filmmaker James Scott.Centering around William's early yearsand his long struggle to become an artist,the film delicately interweaves art and lifeas seen from the artist's perspective,incorporating the tenets of abstractexpressionism that influenced Scott's work.Every Picture Tells A Story is a rare andmoving tribute from a talented son to afamous father.Item no. : KS08880078Format : DVD (Color)Duration : 85 minutesAudience : Grade 7 or aboveCopyright : 2009StdBkNo : 1559748117Price : USD 133.00BIOGRAPHIESEVERY PICTURE TELLS ASTORYBy James ScottEvery Picture Tells A Story is a touchingand highly personal biography of the life ofcontemporary British artist William Scott,Websites: http://www.learningemall.com & http://www.learningemall.com.hk4