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2) Hatchet
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. Includes an introduction and sidebar commentary by the author.
3) Wild animus
Author
Publisher
Too Far
Language
English
Formats
Description
Newly graduated from college, Sam Altman is gripped by an inexplicable urge to lose himself in the wilderness and teams up with an enigmatic young woman who seems bent on helping him realize his dreams.
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and...
5) The west
Publisher
PBS DVD Gold
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Surveys the settlement of the American West, up to the beginning of the 20th century.
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
Français
Description
A beautiful movie star, a pretty physics student, a love-struck writer, and a powerful government minister become involved in a Nazi plot to steal a top-secret formula in this larger than life human comedy.
"***1/2 Half parody and half homage, the beautifully crafted, elegantly appointed Bon Voyage makes for a highly enjoyable trip. Highly recommended."--Video Librarian
Publisher
Discovery Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
2010]
Language
English
Description
Presents the complete history of Rome, from its primitive beginnings to the height of its glory and its eventual decline. Combines location footage of ancient monuments, detailed re-enactments, period art and writing, and insights from scholars and public figures.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The Ghost Army was officially known as the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops. From June 1944 to March 1945 it staged 20 battlefield deceptions, beginning in Normandy and ending at the Rhine River. These deceptions included an array of inflatables (tanks, trucks, jeeps, and airplanes), sound trucks, phony radio transmissions and even playacting to fool the enemy.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Diamond dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible...
Publisher
Cloud South Films
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"A film about the biodynamic revolution spreading across India and one elderly man, out to save the world. Exposing the environmental and human disaster caused by globalization and its mantra of infinite growth in a finite world, this film reveals how marginal farmers are restoring their land and community"--Container.
14) With one voice
Publisher
Alive Mind
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Examines the unity of humanity and mysteries of existence through interviews with spiritual leaders of different faiths.
16) Cross creek
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In 1928, frustrated newspaper reporter Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings leaves her husband and career and moves to an isolated orange grove in the Florida bayou to concentrate on writing fiction. Features include a Mary Steenburgen interview.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor as the most prominent members of the most important family in history. Through their stories, PBS chronicles the history they helped to shape, from the Square Deal to the New Deal, San Juan Hill to the Western Front, to the founding of the United Nations.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In an immersive narrative, Burns and Novick tell the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Features testimony from nearly 100 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor as the most prominent members of the most important family in history. Through their stories, PBS chronicles the history they helped to shape, from the Square Deal to the New Deal, San Juan Hill to the Western Front, to the founding of the United Nations.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor as the most prominent members of the most important family in history. Through their stories, PBS chronicles the history they helped to shape, from the Square Deal to the New Deal, San Juan Hill to the Western Front, to the founding of the United Nations.