Catalog Search Results
3) Apollo 13
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A true story. Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time, and the odds, to bring them home.
4) Reputations
Series
Language
English
Description
A profile of the man widely regarded as the greatest footballer of all time, complete with classic sporting archive, interviews with Brazilian heroes Torres, Tostao and Rivelino, Britain's Bobby Charlton, Alan Mullery and Bobby Moore, plus insights from sports journalists, authors, childhood friends and Pele's son Nascimento. Pele's story is as mesmerising as his glittering football career. An inspiration to millions of poor and oppressed, his sublime...
Series
Language
English
Description
While playing in the sand on the beach Duck and Shark discover the perfect home for Shark: a sand castle! But why does it disappear every night? When the WordFriends try to hunt down the thief, they learn about tides and waves from a singing Crab. Duck thinks Frog doesn't want to play in the rain because Duck accidentally broke Frog's boat. But the real reason is that Frog doesn't like the rain.
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An Egyptian crocodile who catches the fancy of the esteemed Emperor Napoleon becomes an instant celebrity in a fancy fountain in Paris. But when someone in the kitchen starts singing the praises of crocodile pie, the resourceful and very hungry reptile escapes by sewer. Narrated by Tim Curry. AudioFile: "Tim Curry's narration is exemplary - a glorious example of the perfect melding of all parts of an audio recording. The musical background is...
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Feature Book - Mama Don't Allow When Miles gets a saxophone for his birthday, neither his parents nor his neighborhood can stand the racket! No one guesses what's in store for them, when Miles and his Swamp Band receive an invitation to play at the Alligator Ball. Alligator Farm - A visit to Kliebert's Alligator Farm where Heather Burden, a Naturalist from the New Orleans Zoo, tells LeVar about alligators and lets him hold a small one. Meet Fred Newman...
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Description
In the late 1800s, Maggie Walker, an African American community leader, helped establish a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients, a community center, and an educational loan fund, among other humanitarian projects. She was also the first woman in the United States to become founder and president of a chartered bank.
10) Masterworks
Series
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art and provides a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. This film explores Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld’s “The Family of John the Baptist with the Family of Christ,” completed in 1817 and housed in New Masters Gallery in Dresden.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Purchase Suggestion Service. Submit Request