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Publisher
Idaho Public Television
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Idaho Public Television special that journeys through a storied landscape of the American West, featuring spectacular landscape photography and a thoughtful interpretation of land ethics by Pulitzer Prize-winning author N. Scott Momaday. Provides an impression of this gorgeous corner of Northwestern New Mexico through stunning imagery and poetic descriptions.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Six spellbinding chapters chronicling Batman's transformation from the novice crimefighter to the Dark Knight. These globe-spanning adventures pit Batman against many criminal elements, including, the fearsome Scarecrow, the freakish Killer Croc, and the unerring marksman Deadshot. Using an arsenal of high-tech gadgetry developed by Wayne Industries, Batman's ethical boundaries exist only where he chooses to place them, causing some to fear his power....
Publisher
Pranamaya
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Maha Sadhana, or 'Great Practice', presents the jewels of wisdom from Sri Dharma Mittra's more than 50 years of practicing yoga--an extraordinary life spent in service of self-realization. In this DVD, Dharma presents Level II of his remarkable teachings, the second in the Maha Sadhana series. His approach to yoga respects the great foundations of this ancient practice: asana, pranayama, meditation, ethical rules, philosophical study, and devotional...
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In 1994 a paranoid schizophrenic man, Ralph Tortorici, took a class of college students hostage, threatening and wounding one of them. Using excerpts from the actual trial, as well as interviews with Tortorici's father and brother, the defense attorney, chief assistant district attorney, the prosecutor, psychiatric experts, and the presiding judge, this documentary examines the ethical dilemmas surrounding the insanity defense.
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Hopi : songs of the fourth world is a compelling study of the Hopi that captures their deep spirituality and reveals their integration of art and daily life. Amidst beautiful images of Hopi land and life, a variety of Hopi--a farmer, a religious elder, grandmother, painter, potter and weaver--speak about the preservation of the Hopi way. Their philosophy of living in balance and harmony with nature is a model to the Western world of an environmental...
Publisher
A2ZCDS.com
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
From back cover: Gives an insight into how American schoolchildren were taught the value of democracy, freedom and good citizenship through government sponsored films during the Cold War. In the 50's and 60's, Americans were facing the threat of unconventional weapons and the growing Communist threat. You will see films explaining how 1960's activism threatened American moral, religious and ethical principles. In the final clips, John Wayne, Edward...
87) The killing room
Publisher
Phase One Films
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Four volunteers sign up for what initially appears to be a typical paid research study. Quickly, they discover that they have unwittingly become involved with a classified government program that should have been terminated nearly two decades ago. As the study gets underway, the group is presented with a series of questions, and given a finite window of time in which each individual member must submit a unique numerical answer. At first, the participants...
Series
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"In 2004, journalist Dave Iverson received the same news that had been delivered to his father and older brother years earlier: He had Parkinson's disease, a degenerative neurological disorder that affects about one million Americans. Iverson sets off on a personal journey to explore the scientific, ethical, and political debate that surrounds Parkinson's, a disease at the center of the ongoing controversy over embryonic stem cell research. Iverson...
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
What if you had simple tools which you could use to improve your relationship with others? What if a step-by-step procedure could help you achieve your goals in life? What if you could learn the secret to mastering any subject you wanted to master? Scientology can help you do all that and much more. The Tools for Life films present an introduction to basic principles from The Scientology Handbook that you can apply to better your life and the lives...
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
This course provides a theoretical and practical survey of the ideas behind and the practices of effective communication. It helps you become aware of the automatic processes involved that influence every day talk, of how face-to-face talk really works in the most common three recognized modes: connect talk, control talk, and dialogue talk. Effectiveness is measured by three things: getting what one wants, being understood from our point of view,...
91) Marjoe
Publisher
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
A documentary on Marjoe Gortner, who began preaching on the evangelical circuit when he was three years old. Follows Marjoe during his last months of rock-style preaching before his retirement at 28, and includes his comments on life as a con-man and the ethics of his colleagues in the religion business.
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Presents a series of twenty-four lectures that examines in detail the New Testament. Professor Bart Ehrman discusses its form, the methods of composition, its authors and their original audiences, and the surrounding historical context. He focuses on questions of historical evidence and explanation rather than on issues of religious belief and theological truth.
Publisher
Brave New Foundation
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The film investigates the impact that U.S. drone strikes have across the globe. The film reveals the realities of drone warfare, the violation of international law, the loss of life, and the far-reaching implications for the communities that live under drones.
94) The corporation
Publisher
Mongrel Media [distributor]
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Footage from pop culture, advertising, TV news and corporate propaganda illuminates the corporation's grip on our lives. Taking its legal status as a person to its logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis ... begging the question: Can anyone really own water?"--Container.
97) Good
Publisher
National Entertainment Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When John Halder's latest novel is enlisted by the Nazi party to push their agenda, his career and social standing instantly advance. But after learning of the Reich's horrific plans for the future, John must decide whether to do nothing and keep his fame or risk losing everything.
Series
Da Vinci and mysteries of the Renaissance volume disc 6
Publisher
Distributed by Questar
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"The Prince" examines the life and ideas of Niccolo Machiavelli and how they were reflected in the politics and government of Florence, Spain. and England. "The warior" examines the art, methods and morality of Renaissance warfare and how they differ from modern perceptions of armed conflict.
100) A simple plan
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
When Hank, Jacob and Lou find $4.4 million inside a crashed planein a nature preserve, they quickly come up with the plan to keep the money safe until the plane has been found by others and the dust has settled. But Jacob, Hank's brother, and Lou, a friend, do not behave the way hey decided to. Lou, constantly in financial debt, wants his share soon and Jacob wishes to renovate their parents' farm. The trusty atmosphere between the unequal partners...
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