2012 New Releases Catalogue November - Learningemall.com
2012 New Releases Catalogue November - Learningemall.com
2012 New Releases Catalogue November - Learningemall.com
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published in December 2004 and quickly<br />
became a best-seller.<br />
The ease with which Diamond can<br />
encapsulate and explain major patterns in<br />
human history from such an original<br />
perspective has made him a popular draw<br />
for lecture audiences and the international<br />
media across the globe.<br />
Item no. : CC00770264<br />
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)<br />
Duration : 52 minutes<br />
StdBkNo : 9780769791104<br />
Price : USD 50.00<br />
LINCOLN: LINCOLN: LINCOLN: THE THE ONE ONE MAN<br />
MAN<br />
SHOW SHOW STARRING STARRING GARY<br />
GARY<br />
SADERUP<br />
SADERUP<br />
Actor Gary Saderup be<strong>com</strong>es Abraham<br />
Lincoln, as he encapsulates Lincoln's<br />
entire life, from his early "folksy" frontier<br />
humor to the eloquence of word so well<br />
remembered from his Presidential years.<br />
He reveals how Lincoln formed his attitude<br />
towards life and politics, slavery and war,<br />
peace and reconciliation.<br />
This acclaimed one-man show takes us<br />
from Lincoln's years as a prairie lawyer, to<br />
the steps leading up to the Civil War and<br />
throughout the war years.<br />
Gary Saderup shows us why Lincoln is the<br />
president still revered most by a majority<br />
of Americans today.<br />
We see and hear his Lincoln-Douglas<br />
debates; his Emancipation Proclamation;<br />
his Gettysburg Address, as well as events<br />
in his personal life with Mary Todd and his<br />
courageous determination to preserve the<br />
Union.<br />
Gary Saderup is magnificent as Lincoln<br />
and delivers a memorable performance<br />
that brings Lincoln back to life in a way like<br />
never before.<br />
This unique program features a dramatic<br />
interplay of Civil War era photos, music<br />
and graphics to ac<strong>com</strong>pany Saderup's<br />
unforgettable on-screen portrayal of<br />
Lincoln.<br />
Item no. : PH00770308<br />
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)<br />
Duration : 125 minutes<br />
StdBkNo : 9780769792460<br />
Price : USD 55.00<br />
MIRACLE MIRACLE PLANET, PLANET, THE: THE: 1 1 1 -<br />
THE THE THIRD THIRD PLANET<br />
PLANET<br />
This six-part series presents the latest<br />
theories on the life story of Earth, a planet<br />
of intricate systems perfectly balanced and<br />
totally unique. The first program explores<br />
the origins of Earth and the events that<br />
made the planet conducive to life, focusing<br />
on meteorite craters as storehouses of<br />
history and witnesses to the birth of the<br />
world.<br />
Item no. : NB07860271<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 60 minutes<br />
Price : USD 145.00<br />
MIRACLE MIRACLE PLANET, PLANET, THE: THE: 2 2 -<br />
THE THE HEAT HEAT HEAT WITHIN<br />
WITHIN<br />
Studies one of the Earth's most<br />
extraordinary phenomena: the continuous<br />
release of intense heat from its interior 4.6<br />
billion years after its formation. Explains<br />
that this venting process helped to create<br />
continents and oceans, and that it<br />
continues to alter the face of the globe.<br />
Item no. : LP07860272<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 60 minutes<br />
Price : USD 145.00<br />
MIRACLE MIRACLE PLANET, PLANET, THE: THE: 3 3 -<br />
LIFE LIFE FROM FROM FROM THE THE SEA<br />
SEA<br />
Looks at the most prominent feature of<br />
Earth as seen from space: oceans that<br />
cover two-thirds of the planet. Examines<br />
an Australian tidal sea and limestone<br />
mountains in China to show how living<br />
organisms created an atmospheric<br />
balance crucial to development of life on<br />
land.<br />
Item no. : MS07860273<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 60 minutes<br />
Price : USD 145.00<br />
MIRACLE MIRACLE PLANET, PLANET, THE: THE: 4 4 -<br />
PATTERNS PATTERNS IN IN THE THE AIR<br />
AIR<br />
Explains how the slow development of a<br />
thin layer of ozone during billions of years<br />
transformed barren continents, once<br />
seared by the sun's deadly rays, into<br />
verdant forests and fertile prairies. Points<br />
out that changes in the atmosphere today<br />
continue to affect all life on the planet.<br />
Item no. : MK07860274<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 60 minutes<br />
Price : USD 145.00<br />
MIRACL MIRACLE MIRACL MIRACLE<br />
E PLANET, THE: 5 5 -<br />
RIDDLES RIDDLES OF OF SAND SAND AND AND ICE<br />
ICE<br />
Documents the dramatic changes in<br />
climate the Earth has undergone; tropical<br />
plants once grew at the South Pole and<br />
cave drawings show agricultural<br />
abundance in the Sahara Desert. Ponders<br />
what sorts of climatic metamorphoses<br />
might occur on Earth in the future.<br />
Item no. : ZA07860275<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 60 minutes<br />
Price : USD 145.00<br />
MIRACLE MIRACLE PLANET, PLANET, THE: THE: 6 6 6 -<br />
THE THE THE HOME HOME PLANET<br />
PLANET<br />
Examines the prospects for future life on<br />
an Earth where the dominant human<br />
species has affected and has been<br />
affected by Earth's forces. Emphasizes the<br />
point that it is up to humankind to<br />
guarantee the Earth's ability to continue to<br />
support life.<br />
Item no. : ZG07860276<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 60 minutes<br />
Price : USD 145.00<br />
PROUDLY PROUDLY WE WE SSERVED:<br />
S ERVED: THE<br />
THE<br />
MEN MEN OF OF THE THE USS USS MASON<br />
MASON<br />
This is the thrilling true story of the USS<br />
Mason (DE 529) and its crew, the only<br />
African-American sailors to take a U.S.<br />
Navy warship into battle during World War<br />
II.<br />
They challenged the segregation of the<br />
U.S. Military, fought the Nazi U-boats, and<br />
won. Narrated by actor Ossie Davis, the<br />
film interweaves the personal stories of<br />
individual crew members with archival<br />
footage of the ship and crew produced by<br />
the Navy.<br />
As a result of the media attention created<br />
by this documentary and its <strong>com</strong>panion<br />
book, the crew members of the USS<br />
Mason were finally awarded the Letters of<br />
Commendation which they were<br />
re<strong>com</strong>mended for in 1944, but had not<br />
received for 50 years.<br />
Award<br />
� Winner of the CINE Golden Eagle<br />
Award, 1996<br />
Item no. : RJ05070094<br />
Format : DVD<br />
Duration : 58 minutes<br />
Copyright : 2011<br />
StdBkNo : 156839408X<br />
Price : USD 250.00<br />
SITES SITES OF OF OF THE THE WORLD'S<br />
WORLD'S<br />
CULTURES<br />
CULTURES CULTURES - ATHENS:<br />
ATHENS:<br />
MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER OF OF OF WESTERN<br />
WESTERN<br />
CIVILIZATION<br />
CIVILIZATION<br />
Athens is still one of the liveliest cities in<br />
Europe, an ancient city which has stayed<br />
young.<br />
At an early stage the Athenians adopted a<br />
questioning attitude toward life and began<br />
to develop new ideas.<br />
Thus, about 2,500 years ago, in this city<br />
there emerged the idea of democracy,<br />
which has exerted a decisive influence on<br />
modern history.<br />
In this cultural environment, literary forms<br />
such as the satire, the drama and the<br />
<strong>com</strong>edy were created. The fine arts of<br />
Central Europe are deeply indebted to the<br />
metropolis of Athens. Many of the<br />
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