2012 New Releases Catalogue November - Learningemall.com

SITES SITES SITES OF OF THE THE WORLD'S
WORLD'S
CULTURES CULTURES - THE THE THE GANGES:
GANGES:
THE THE DIVINE DIVINE RIVER
RIVER
Ganga, as the Indians call it, Mother
Ganges, the Goddess Ganges is India's
holy river.
The Ganges is a gift of Shiva, the god of
regeneration, a heavenly river flowing on
earth. Bathing in the sacred waters of the
Ganges can cleanse one of sin - so devout
Hindus believe.
When Jamana Lal's mother died
unexpectedly, he and his brother decided
to make a 6.000-kilometre pilgrimage from
one end of the Ganges to the other for
their mother's soul and to cast her ashes
into the holy river.
This pilgrimage breathes life into the world
of the Hindu faith, the observer is plunged
into the fascinating atmosphere of India.
Item no. : MV00770198
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 56 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769792040
Price : USD 50.00
SITES SITES OF OF THE THE THE WORLD'S
WORLD'S
WORLD'S
CULTURES CULTURES - TIKAL TIKAL AND
AND
THE THE MAYA MAYA GODS
GODS
Over 3000 years ago the Maya emerged
from the mists of history and created a
civilization which lasted six times as long
as the Roman Empire.
Between 750 and 900 A.D. these people
abandoned their cities, apparently without
reason. The disappearance of the Maya is
as mysterious as their rapid rise from
nowhere. Yet the veil surrounding these
people is gradually being lifted.
A small group of scientists is currently
decoding, character by character, the
missives of this jungle people.
The research scientists are constantly
discovering ever more amazing and
fascinating facts about a culture which we
normally only associate with inhospitable
temple pyramids and cruel blood
sacrifices.
Item no. : HS00770383
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 55 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769792163
Price : USD 50.00
SITE SITES SITE S OF OF THE THE WORLD'S
WORLD'S
CULTURES CULTURES - VENICE: VENICE: THE
THE
INSATIABLE INSATIABLE CITY CITY-STATE
CITY CITY STATE
Venice – a romantic, melancholy city, this
we know. But insatiable? And yet this latter
characteristic defines Venice more aptly
than anything else. For it was in this spirit
that Venice emerged. In was the spirit of
merchants dedicated to exploring any way
of buying the best goods at the best price,
who undertook arduous and perilous
journeys so that they could offer for sale
the most exquisite, precious objects and
who risked everything for the chance of
amassing even more gold. Only against
this background is it possible to
understand why the lagoon city was able
to develop into the trading city of the
Mediterranean and how it became a
cosmopolitan city whose wealth was the
envy of princes throughout the world.
Item no. : TP00770420
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 56 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769792088
Price : USD 50.00
SITES SITES OF OF THE THE WORLD'S
WORLD'S
CULTURES CULTURES - XI'AN:
XI'AN:
CHANG'AN CHANG'AN - THE THE CRADLE
CRADLE
OF OF CHINESE CHINESE CIVILIZAT
CIVILIZATION:
CIVILIZAT ION:
Xi'an, the ancient Chinese Chang'an is an
important site of the world's cultures.
The city on the Yellow River with its
surroundings is one of the birthplaces of
Chinese culture and civilization.
North-east of Xi'an, in 1974, the clay army
of the first Chinese emperor, with its
thousands of warriors, was discovered.
Here, too, his huge burial mound, still
unopened, is situated. And it was here that,
by uniting the country for the first time,
Emperor Qin Shihuangdi founded the
series of Chinese imperial dynasties which
extends up to the present day.
Xi'an, Chang'an was the capital city of the
Tang dynasty and the starting point of the
Silk Road, which led to the Mediterranean.
It was here that merchants and artists from
all over the world met, here there emerged
an exceptionally vibrant, festive culture, in
which women enjoyed equal status and
took part in all activities of social and
cultural life.
The film shows the excavation site of the
clay army, in detail which was hitherto
impossible; it takes us to the sites of Tang
culture, shows the treasures in the
museums and, in a performance of the
Tang theatre, it also shows the magnificent,
colorful dancing and music of this time. It
takes us to the imperial tombs of the Han
and Tang eras, allows us to witness
Buddhist rituals in a famous temple and
invites us to stroll through the city's Muslim
district and to visit the Great Mosque of
Xi'an.
Item no. : KV00770429
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 56 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769792071
Price : USD 50.00
THIS THIS CONSTITUTION: CONSTITUTION: A
A
HI HISTORY HI
STORY - PRAYER PRAYER PRAYER IN IN THE THE
THE
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM
This series takes a chronological and
conceptual approach in presenting the
philosophical origins, drafting, and
interpretation of the U.S. Constitution and
its effect on American society. The first
program describes the controversial
efforts to bring prayer into the public
schools and discusses the conflict
between the Free Exercise Clause and the
Establishment Clause of the First
Amendment. Outlines several Supreme
Court cases on the establishment of
religion, including Cantwell v. Connecticut,
Engel v. Vitale, and Wallace v. Jeffree.
Item no. : SE07860397
Format : DVD
Duration : 28 minutes
Price : USD 235.00
THIS THIS CONSTITUTION: CONSTITUTION: CONSTITUTION: A
A
HISTORY HISTORY - SOUTH
SOUTH
CAROLINA CAROLINA AND AND THE
THE
UNITED UNITED STATES
STATES
Surveys and analyzes the arrangement by
which the national government and the
state governments divide sovereignty and
share the responsibility for public safety
and well-being. Focusing on South
Carolina, the program examines the
complex and shiftingpolitical forces and
social and economic interests that have
shaped the American state government
system from its origins to the 1980s.
Item no. : BS07860398
Format : DVD
Duration : 28 minutes
Price : USD 235.00
THIS THIS CONSTITUTION: CONSTITUTION: CONSTITUTION: A
A
HISTORY HISTORY - THE THE THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
CITY CITY
CITY
Portrays the development of Washington,
D.C., as the U.S. capital and shows how
its development embodies the principles of
constitutionalism. Covers the history of the
city and explores the extent to which
changes in it have mirrored changes in the
scope of the federal government's
involvement in domestic and world affairs.
Item no. : KA07860399
Format : DVD
Duration : 28 minutes
Price : USD 235.00
THIS THIS CONSTITUTION: CONSTITUTION: CONSTITUTION: A
A
HISTORY HISTORY - THE THE PURSUIT
PURSUIT
OF OF EQUALITY
EQUALITY
Considers the nature and historical
development of the idea of equality in the
specific context of federal civil rights
policies of the past twenty years.
Examines Brown v. Board of Education,
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting
Rights Act of 1965, Title VII, and the
creation of the Equal Opportunity
Commission. Also includes a discussion of
racial discrimination and the direction of
affirmative action.
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