Editorial Product Review: :Seashore Animals feels like a second-rate show that didn't quite make the line-up when compared to many of the other fascinating top-notch videos in the Amazing Animals series. There are the usual pictures of animals doing the darndest things, from crabs burying themselves in the mud to turtle moms laying eggs in the sand, but the fast pace and plentiful information so prevalent in other videos in the series, such as Animal Journeys or Scary Animals is, unfortunately, missing. But it's hard to completely ...
Editorial Product Review: :Islands have long been places of mystery and adventure. From pirates hiding buried treasure to the giant stone heads of Easter Island, islands are rich with history and have captured our imagination for centuries. Native American mythology tells of a raven dropping pebbles into the sea to create islands. Eyewitness: Island takes a look at islands being birthed from volcanoes, living islands made of coral, and even bustling, urban islands like Hong Kong, Singapore, and Manhattan. Islands have also provided an insular habitat in ...
Editorial Product Review: :Islands have long been places of mystery and adventure. From pirates hiding buried treasure to the giant stone heads of Easter Island, islands are rich with history and have captured our imagination for centuries. Native American mythology tells of a raven dropping pebbles into the sea to create islands. Eyewitness: Island takes a look at islands being birthed from volcanoes, living islands made of coral, and even bustling, urban islands like Hong Kong, Singapore, and Manhattan. Islands have also provided an insular habitat in ...
Editorial Product Review: :Qigong is Chinese meditation in motion, an ancient healing art using posture, exercise, breathing, and concentration. This video shows you how to harness the power of qi--the energy of the universe--to heal body and mind. Qigong uses dynamic, gentle movements and meditative postures. The video starts with a warm-up of whole-body breathing. Then master instructor Ken Cohen teaches a selection of exercise sets to cleanse the body, recharge it with fresh qi, circulate qi where it is needed, and disperse stagnant areas. He also ...
Editorial Product Review: :Qigong is Chinese meditation in motion, an ancient healing art using posture, exercise, breathing, and concentration. This video shows you how to harness the power of qi--the energy of the universe--to heal body and mind. Qigong uses dynamic, gentle movements and meditative postures. The video starts with a warm-up of whole-body breathing. Then master instructor Ken Cohen teaches a selection of exercise sets to cleanse the body, recharge it with fresh qi, circulate qi where it is needed, and disperse stagnant areas. He also ...
Editorial Product Review: :Qigong is Chinese meditation in motion, an ancient healing art using posture, exercise, breathing, and concentration. This video shows you how to harness the power of qi--the energy of the universe--to heal body and mind. Qigong uses dynamic, gentle movements and meditative postures. The video starts with a warm-up of whole-body breathing. Then master instructor Ken Cohen teaches a selection of exercise sets to cleanse the body, recharge it with fresh qi, circulate qi where it is needed, and disperse stagnant areas. He also ...
Editorial Product Review: :'Pilot Dave' Hood, cocreator and host of the There Goes a... series of children's videos, straps himself into a variety of flying machines in this entertaining production. Riding shotgun on a stunt plane that loops and whooshes to a dizzying degree, Hood does a lot of yelping, but he also succinctly and entertainingly describes exactly why airplanes defy gravity. (Adults can learn from this video, too.) We learn the workings of passenger jets, and how the airline industry functions in various other ways, from ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:Anatomy Part 2 expands on the important structures of the human anatomy. The topics covered include the blood, lungs, nephrons, growth hormones, and much more. This tape is perfect for students taking an anatomy class, or for those who simply want to know more about how their bodies function! BONUS: includes special guest host Slim Goodbody!
Editorial Product Review: :Ka-boom! Who isn't fascinated by the giant exploding mountains, from Vesuvius to Mount St. Helens? DK certainly is, as we can see from Eyewitness: Volcano, a thrilling adventure that combines their trademarked eye candy with the latest scientific understanding. Intriguing for all ages, the incredible close-up footage of lava flow and other volcanic processes will keep the whole family coming back again and again. Learning about how and why these destructive monsters are made, how they contribute to creating new rocks and land, and ...
Editorial Product Review: :Kids gobble cookies, blow bubbles, open and close a box of dress-up items, even sit on the potty to illustrate some of the 31 hand gestures taught throughout this excellent sign language video. Much like a mini video 'dictionary,' teaching focuses on word recognition alone--not the alphabet nor on full sentence structure--and covers a smart variety of simple verbs and nouns (based on American Sign Language and Signing Exact English). The format is simplistic but highly effective, and keeps the action moving. After the ...
Usually we're fans of Logitech's gaming mice, but its highest-end G9 Laser Mouse is expensive, overly complex, and lacks the ergonomic thought we've come to expect. If you like to brag about dot-per-inch limits, perhaps the G9's 3,200dpi laser will be enough to sell you, but for the price, we expect the design to match.
Small and light enough for a shirt pocket, Samsung's Helix YX-M1 is a one-stop audio entertainment center with an XM radio, a digital music player, and room for 50 hours of tunes, but it comes up short on battery life.