Discovery Channel (Firm)
Publisher
Distributed by Cinedigm Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Continues to gather the greatest scientific minds in an attempt to answer some of the most fascinating questions of our existence. With over seven hours of mind-bending information, these ten episodes take a huge scientific step toward replacing philosophical theories with cold, hard facts and real-life applications.
Publisher
Gaiam Americas, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Over a century ago the RMS Titanic sank to the bottom of the north Atlantic, and in that moment a legend was born. This collection features four programs that explores various aspects of this ship's time at sea and it's enduring legacy.
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When the world's most lethal animals encounter human beings, the scales instantly tip. Get behind the eyes of nature's deadliest predators and begin to understand the reasons they attack. Hear from those who survived attacks and relive, blow-by-blow, man and animal encounters around the planet. Learn how supremely engineered predators do what they know how to do best: kill.
5) Human life
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
"If you take away our need for clothing and ability to speak, our animal roots become clear. An alien biologist wouldn't hesitate to label humans as a third class of chimpanzees. Yet, in so many aspects of our lives, we are very different from other creatures. So how has the human race been forged by evolution, just like all the other animals, and yet managed to break free from its constraints?." -- Discovery Channel Store, online product description....
6) Ocean world
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Language
English
Description
Packed with facts and wonderful photographs, learn about the ocean and the life it sustains.
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
With New York's crucial Javits Center bike show just weeks away and the pressure mounting to outdo his famed Jet Bike design, Paul Jr. begins work on his most sinister creation yet - the incredible Black Widow motorcycle. But while the bike's macabre paint job and ubiquitous webbing are certifiably ghoulish, nothing's as frightening as an ornery Paul Sr. in need of a root canal. Once the big man is successfully prodded into visiting the dentist -...
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
As the Black Widow enters the final stages of assembly, Paulie decides to take the morning off. But when your boss is also your father, playing hooky from work isn't always a good idea. Meanwhile, Paul Sr.'s other son, funnyman Michael, joins the shop - as the official "phone answerer" - quickly proving that the family that works together, goes berserk together. The entire OCC crew pitches in to finish the Widow down the stretch - even taking some...
13) Living together
Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Ninety-nine percent of all species that have ever lived are now extinct. But, this isn't necessarily a bad thing: because where one species dies, another thrives. Find out how evolution is more than a matter of kill or be killed and why selfishness isn't the only important survival trait.
Publisher
Discovery Channel Communications
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
"In 'Living with wolves', we share more of the story of The Sawtooth Pack, first told in our two-time Emmy Award-winning documentary, 'Wolves at our door'. Our own lives, brought together by a devotion to wildlife, were forever changed by these elusive, intelligent animals who accepted us. Overcoming forest fires, marauding mountain lions and sub-zero winters, we share with you a heart-warming and unique partnership of human and predator, built on...
Publisher
Discovery Channel Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Jim Dutcher and his wife Jamie lived with gray wolves for three years to make this documentary, and their work reveals complex social behavior never before captured on film. You'll observe the dominance of the pack's alpha male and the submissiveness of the omega wolf. You'll see the pack initiate new members, and witness the critical moment when the alpha selects a mate. Perhaps most incredible is the bond developed between the wolves and...
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
Can six people endure Sir Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic rescue mission today? Using a replica boat, and the same equipment and clothing as would have been used in 1914, explorer Tim Jarvis and his crew attempt to follow in Shackleton's wake, going beyond the point of no return, using their firsthand extreme experience measured against historical accounts to unlock the secrets of Shackleton's survival.
20) Life story
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The makers of the Emmy Award(r)-winning series Life take viewers deeper than ever into the perilous and exhilarating drama humans share with every other animal on the planet, from the circumstances of birth and the struggle to reach adulthood, secure a home and find a mate, to the unpredictable challenges thrust on all creatures by the environment, enemies and even families.