Universal Pictures (Firm)
Pub. Date
[2012], c2010
Language
English
Description
Although type 2 diabetes is common, it is a very dangerous illness that puts people at risk for potentially life-threatening conditions like heart attacks and strokes. However, it is also a disease that can be relatively easy to manage. And research shows that, if patients bring their blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol under tight control, they can lower their risks. This program explores what makes people vulnerable to developing type 2...
Pub. Date
[2012], c2010
Language
English
Description
It is the most common cancer diagnosed in men, and the good news is that the vast majority of patients with prostate cancer can be cured of the disease. Many men with this condition don't even need to be treated. But in about a third of the cases, prostate cancer can relapse. This episode of Healthy Body, Healthy Mind highlights many of the treatments available even in those with advanced prostate cancer, and shows how these treatments are helping...
Series
Language
English
Description
In the period between the two World Wars, composers sought to express in music the jarring and discordant sense that civilization was giving way to barbarism. During the same time, jazz burst upon the international musical scene. Performers include the Moscow Classical Ballet Company, Maxim Shostakovich conducting his father's Symphony No. 7, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Sir Peter Pears and Galina Vishnevskaya in Britten's War Requiem, and an electric...
7) The Lorax
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The Lorax is a lovable creature who speaks for the trees, trying to stop Once-ler from destroying the forest.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
It's Peppa's birthday and she's going to celebrate with a big party! After an enthusiastic cleaning, Peppa and George's room is clean, finally but it is not kept that way for long. Peppa's school is setting up a play and she will play the role of Little Red Riding Hood. And much more joy with her little brother George, Mama Cerdita, Pap ̀Cerdito and all her friends!
10) Music in Time
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], c1982
Language
English
Description
James Galway takes us backward through time to demonstrate how ageless and universal the human impulse is to make music. Working chronologically backward from Ligeti to Gregorian chant, Galway outlines the development of Western music. The impishness in his smile and tone are quickly submerged in the depth of his commitment to music and his enthusiastic conviction that knowledge of musical history is a prerequisite to understanding and that understanding...
11) Larry Crowne
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher. Now this simple guy will discover that when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might find your reason to live.
12) The jerk
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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
13) Dream house
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Will Atenton quit a high-profile job in Manhattan to relocate his wife, Libby, and their two daughters to a quaint New England town. But as they settle into their new life, they discover their perfect home was once the murder scene of a mother and her children. When Will investigates, he's not sure if he's seeing ghosts or if the tragic events are somehow related to his past. The only clues come from his mysterious neighbor.
14) Music in Time
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], c1982
Language
English
Description
This program covers Vivaldi's musical celebration of the seasons and the Italian countryside; Gluck's transformation of opera into a dramatic as well as a musical experience; new ideas for symphonic composition at Mannheim; and Haydn, father of the symphony. Performers include the Bach Orchestra and Choir of St. Paul's, Academy of Ancient Music, Takacs Quartet, Mannheim Orchestra. Contents include excerpts from: Vivaldi's L'Estro Armonico, The Four...
Series
Pub. Date
[2014], c1988
Language
English
Description
Forbidden by Islamic law to represent the human form, Moslem art burst forth in the characteristic decorative style we know as arabesque. This program discusses the architecture and sculpture of mosques and Koranic schools, the illumination and calligraphy of sacred texts, music, the art of the garden, and the influence of the abstract arabesque on Western art.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Isabelle is an inspired dancer with a flair for fashion design. She's thrilled to be studying ballet at a prestigious performing arts school but her classmates are so talented, and she can't help feeling that she's always in the shadow of her 'perfect' older sister Jade. So when her idol, a famous ballerina, encourages her to audition for a professional ballet, Isabelle isn't sure she can land the role.
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Franklin likes to be center stage. When it comes to clowning around, Franklin can get laughs like no one else, especially from his best friend Bear. However, at Day Camp, Fox begins stealing the show and it begins to look like Bear is Fox's biggest fan. Franklin becomes determined to regain the spotlight and his audience.