Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Based on the popular and groundbreaking PBS multiplatform documentary project, this is an inspiring and striking photographic portrait that brilliantly captures the tumultuous, historic year that was 2020. American Portrait offers an intimate look at what it really means to be an American today, revealed through the stories of ordinary people and in their own voices. Told by people of all ages, orientations, and walks of life, these unique stories...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
For decades, the assassination of John F. Kennedy has fueled dark rumors of conspiracies and mishandled evidence. Now, fifty years later, NOVA asks: Could modern investigators do better? See how state-of-the art forensic tools would be applied to the investigation were it to happen today. NOVA also takes a critical look at contemporary cases, like the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, to reveal how charges of evidence mishandling...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A rival group of adults that calls itself Weird Team arrives with a gadget that fixes any odd problem. As a result, Odd Squad is run out of business and all the agents are forced to disband and go back to their lives as regular kids. Using math skills and teamwork, the kids discover Weird Team isn't actually solving problems, but just covering them up.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Sherlock Holmes, the most famous fictional detective in the world, was also the first Crime Scene Investigator. Based on a real surgeon, Holmes was a scientist who used chemistry, bloodstains, and minute traces of evidence to solve the crime. How Sherlock Changed The World details the impact and legacy of the most famous crime fighter in history.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
As the earth warms, sea levels rise, and super-storms become more frequent and intense; many major coastal cities will soon be under water. Sinking Cities shows New York, London, Tokyo and Miami preparing for the real-time impact of rising seas and devising colossal new construction projects, and groundbreaking solutions aimed at securing their future.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
This is one the most fearless animals in the world, renowned for its ability to confront grown lions, terrify rhinos, and shrug off the toxic defenses of stinging bees, scorpions, and snakes. Our film will follow a team of researchers in South Africa who are searching for the truth behind the honey badger.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Examines Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos's ascent to power and the global impact of the empire he built. The film also investigates the darker side of the company's rapid growth: worker exploitation, product safety problems, and surveillance; as well as the challenge of trying to rein in the power of the richest man in the world.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Daniel is so excited to learn that a new family is moving into the Neighborhood of Make-Believe! Watch as the Tiger Family and the entire Neighborhood welcomes the new arrivals and helps them adjust to their unfamiliar surroundings. Daniel even lends an extra hand to make Jodi Platypus, his new playmate, feel right at home.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Join Mama, Papa, Sister, and Brother as they head out on vacation for some family fun. First, the family arrives at a mountain cabin. Although Papa promises the best vacation ever, things at the cabin don't go according to plan! Will the cubs be able to remain positive and have fun? Then, the family heads to an amusement park! Brother boasts to his friends that he can ride the legendary thunderbolt roller coaster fearlessly. Will his nerves take over...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Garfield hosts a look at his nine lives, from Cave Cat all the way through Space Cat. At the end of his nine tales, Garfield points out to God that the circumstances of his last life were stacked unfairly against him and Odie. God agrees and gives Garfield back not just one life, but nine more!
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The story of an itinerant Jewish healer and preacher, who went from hero to victim in a single week, 2000 years ago, and ended up dead on a cross. Hugh Bonneville sets out to discover why that one execution had such seismic, lasting and global impact, for better and for worse.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Each week chef Marcus Samuelsson, an immigrant himself, visits a new city to learn about the dynamic and creative ways a particular community has made its mark. Season Two has him visiting Seattle's Filipino community, West African neighborhoods in Houston, Philadelphia's Italian-Americans, the Portuguese in Boston, a widespread Armenian community throughout SoCal, and the Chinese traditions of Las Vegas.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Jean-Michel Basquiat was a rock star of the early 80s art scene: he lived fast, died young and created thousands of drawings and paintings. It took less than a decade to go from anonymous graffiti writer to an epoch-defining art star. He has emerged as one of the most important artists of his generation and his work is now exhibited in museums all over the world.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The test cooks search the world over for techniques that can add a little kick and convenience to everyday American cooking as they follow the journey from first bite to kitchen-tested recipe. The series is filmed across the world, from Thailand to Mexico, Peru to London, and in the kitchen of their headquarters on Milk Street in Boston.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
On a rainy August morning in 2018, a massive section of the Polcevera Bridge in Genoa, Italy, collapsed and killed 43 people, despite having withstood fifty years of traffic. All over American and Europe, thousands of bridges are listed as structurally deficient -- how can new technologies and engineering improvements make bridges safer?