Mass.) WGBH (Television station : Boston
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Set in and around a pond, a bush, and a tin can, follow a newly hatched chicken named Peep and his friends Chirp and Quack (a robin and a duck) on their daily adventures. They live in a place of great wonder and mystery, a place they are forever eager to explore, a place they call 'the big wide world.' Celebrate being curious, being adventurous, and, for at least one character, being a duck.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Get Cooking joins the cubs as they sing, dance, suffer bread-baking disasters, and more, in eight exciting adventures: Stop That Pickle! & Chicks and Salsa; Ruby Sings the Blues & The Camel Dances; Making Bread & Cheesybreadville; and Bein' With You This Way & How to Be. Key words: garden, loud, dance, corn, and you.
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Based on the bestselling children's books by Marc Brown, join the world's most famous aardvark, eight-year-old Arthur Read, and his family and friends as they stand up to bullying, learn about teasing, think about friendship, and much more!
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Animal Stories! joins the cubs as they make friends, learn about pets, face their fears, and more, in eight exciting adventures: Dear Mr. Blueberry & I Wanna Iguana; Mole and the Baby Bird & Owen and Mzee; Are You a Snail? & Wonderful Worms; and Trosclair and the Alligator & The Coyote and the Rabbit.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Amid revelations about faulty prewar intelligence and a scandal surrounding the indictment of the vice president's chief of staff and presidential adviser, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Frontline goes behind the headlines to investigate the internal war that was waged between the intelligence community and Richard Bruce Cheney, the most powerful vice president in the nation's history. In "The Dark Side," Frontline tells the story of the vice president's...
Publisher
WGBH
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
On the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, science is revealing the truth behind the myth, a saga of adventure, greed, and savagery. Archaeologists have discovered the site of Chief Powhatan's capital, the spot where John Smith met him and his daughter.
13) Cadfael
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
When a woman's skeleton is discovered in a local potter's field, Cadfael must find the culprit before he himself is found lynch by an angry mob.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
An exploration into America's Independence War. Using interviews with scholars, first-person narratives and historic documents, the series travels back to the passionate, violent and sometimes tragically funny events of the 1770s.
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Looks back at the events of 9/11 and reviews the major investigations into the causes of the collapse of the World Trade Center. Compares the collapse of the Twin Towers with the destruction of the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City. Discusses the structural features and fireproofing methods that made these buildings vulnerable and the costs, practicality, and possibility of completely correcting these weaknesses. Features two new buildings...
17) Forgotten genius
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Story of Percy Julian's scientific breakthroughs and a biography of his life with period reenactments based on newly opened family archives and interviews with dozens of colleagues and relatives.
18) The Mormons
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Dig deep into the Mormon past to understand the church today. One of America's fastest-growing religions and, relative to its size, one of the richest. Church membership, now at twelve million and growing, sweeps the globe. From the moment of its founding in 1830, the church has been controversial. In the early years Mormons were hated, ridiculed, persecuted and feared. In the past several decades, the Mormon Church has transformed itself from a fringe...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Pioneering with an eco-friendly twist, discover how easy, cost-effective and healthy it can be to go green, and dispels myths about environmentally-conscious lifestyles. Follow the step-by-step construction of Kevin's green dream home in Santa Barbara, with practical advice and expert guidance on a range of topics like straw bale construction, breathable paints and blue jean insulation. The final result is a Zen modernist house that is not only earthquake...