Editorial Product Review: :If we stop to think about horses, these beautiful animals become all the more amazing. Our culture once relied on them just as we now rely on cars ('horseless carriages'), but now only a few people know much about them. Eyewitness: Horse sets out to rectify that, and the video is a delight for everyone with an interest in the natural world. DK Vision dazzles us with their trademark brilliant graphics, showing horses' evolution, their cousins like zebras and ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:The award-winning exploration of the beginnings and expansion of the human race. Discover the missing link between humans and apes.
Editorial Product Review:Description:The award-winning exploration of the beginnings and expansion of the human race. Discover the missing link between humans and apes.
Editorial Product Review:Description:The Burning Times is an in-depth look at the witch persecutions that swept through Europe only a few hundred years ago. This film is part two of the Women and Spirituality trilogy which also includes Goddess Remembered and Full Circle.
Editorial Product Review:Description:Travel with acclaimed actress Julia Roberts to the beautifully exotic land of Borneo in search of the sole surviving great apes of Asia. With their extremely long arms and short, bowed legs, orangutans love their tree life and rarely come down to the ground. Covered with reddish fur, and wearing a gentle, thoughtful expression, these creatures are one of the most intelligent on earth. But has illegal poaching and habitat destruction placed the apes in danger of extinction?
Editorial Product Review: :National Geographic's brilliant cinematography brings the fury of windstorms to life in Cyclone! Tornadoes whip through the Midwest, causing incalculable damage; Hurricane Andrew batters Florida with impossible force; typhoons wreak havoc on tiny Pacific islands. You can stand right in the middle of these events in the relative safety of your living room while scientists study them to learn how to predict future events and ordinary citizens struggle to survive and recover from their devastation. The footage is dramatic ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:How were the ancient Egyptians able to build the Great Pyramid at Giza, fitting together two million blocks of heavy stone with such amazing precision? Who were the leaders that decided to build these enormous structures, and what did these tombs signify? Host David Macaulay explores the history, mythology and religions of these people, through a combination of live footage and animation. Take a rare look at the mummy of Ramses II, and the buried treasure in the sacred ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:How were the ancient Egyptians able to build the Great Pyramid at Giza, fitting together two million blocks of heavy stone with such amazing precision? Who were the leaders that decided to build these enormous structures, and what did these tombs signify? Host David Macaulay explores the history, mythology and religions of these people, through a combination of live footage and animation. Take a rare look at the mummy of Ramses II, and the buried treasure in the sacred ...
Editorial Product Review: :This lively documentary portrays one of the 20th century's most fascinating figures, a shy girl who would grow up to spend 30 years as the most powerful woman in America. Eleanor Roosevelt, who came to be both loved and hated by millions, grew up in a troubled home, losing both parents when she was young yet somehow developing a sense of compassion she would bring to a long career in public life. Her marriage to a young rising star ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:Encompassing history, geography, sociology, drama, language, arts, and more, The Story of English takes viewers on an unforgettable journey through the history of the English language. Host Robert MacNeil travels the world to illustrate the language's global influence. Part travelogue, part linguistics, part history, and all fascinating, the series is a unique blend of solid scholarship and engrossing entertainment.
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.
