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Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videocdisc (DVD) (approximately 26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Bill Nye checks out this important muscular pump and its function in the body by pulling nine 'Gs' with the United States Navy's Blue Angels and chatting with Seattle Mariner Edgar Martinez"--Container.
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bill Nye becomes a real heart-throb when he talks about the not-so-wimpy organ, the heart. Valves, blood cells and the circulatory system work together to pump it up-- the heart, that is.
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The game of baseball continues to reflect the complicated country that created it. Players and owners wage a battle over money and power; Cal Ripken becomes the game's new Iron Man; sluggers Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds do things that have never been done before; the Yankees build a dynasty, while their arch rivals, the Red Sox, stage the greatest comeback in history. In September of 2001, baseball offers the hope that things will one...
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Bill Nye shows how everything needs a push or pull--a force--to make it move or stop. Sometimes an object might seem to be at rest even when it is actually in motion. Confused? It's all relative--relative motion, that is"--Container.
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Get ready to celebrate the season with Rocket, June, Leo, Quincy and Annie in their first-ever holiday adventure! It's Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus has left some amazing surprises under the tree for everybody. But Annie's present is missing, and it's up to the team, and you, to find it.
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Whether they crawl, fly, run, or hitch a ride, animals move around. Animals move to get food, to escape from being another animal's food, to find mates, to find a home, and to just plain survive. Animals have developed all sorts of different ways to get their rears in gear.
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Forensics, join Bill as he explores the world of forensic science. Learn how detectives reconstruct events from the past using bloodhounds, fingerprints, and DNA. Did you know that scientists can identify a person using only a drop of blood or a flake of skin?
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (26 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Lakes and ponds are formed when water collects (or pools!) in a low place in the ground. Where does all that water come from? Find out in this exciting program, 'Lakes and ponds, ' as Bill ponders this and many other freshwater questions"--Container cover insert.
15) Four Christmases
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation, and unable to escape, they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities.
16) Alpha and omega
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Come along on the ultimate road-trip adventure that will leave the whole family howling with laughter! When Kate, a take-charge "Alpha" wolf, and Humphrey, a laid-back "Omega" wolf, get snatched by park rangers and relocated halfway across the country, the two must set off on an incredible journey home! With the help of a goofy golfing goose and his quacky duck caddy, Kate and Humphrey won't let anything stop them--prickly porcupines, grumpy bears,...
17) The jerk
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, has invented some crazy inventions that lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
18) Jurassic Park
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A wealthy entrepreneur invites a top paleontologist, a paleobotanist, a mathematician/theorist, and his two eager grandchildren to visit his secret island theme park featuring living dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA.
19) Caddyshack
Language
English
Description
Greenskeeper Carl Spackler is about to start World War III, against a gopher. Pompous Judge Smalls plays to win but his nubile niece Lacey Underall wants to score her own way. Playboy Ty Webb shoots perfect golf by becoming the ball. And country club loudmouth Al Czervik just doubled a $20,000 bet on a 10-foot putt. Insanity? No. Caddyshack.
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 66 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jillian Michaels introduces a new yoga workout unlike any other. Combining hard-core yoga power poses with her dynamic training techniques, Michaels gets real weight-loss results fast. Contains two complete 30-minute workouts that include a warm-up and cool down. Begin with the Level 1 workout which focuses on quickly flowing yoga sequences to burn mega calories. Then progress to Level 2 which adds twists and balance poses for an even greater burn....
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