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Author
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Examines trials throughout history that don't simply end with their verdict. Many have shaped and transformed the very social, political, and legal traditions we take for granted today. It's trials like these that are deserving of the description "great."
Publisher
Madacy Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"[D]ocuments the political turmoil, horrors of war, medical breakthroughs, scientific advancements and social upheaval that made this century one of the most critical and turbulent periods in human history. Assembled from the archival vaults of Pathè and the BBC"--Container.
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Turning Points in American History is your chance to relive the most powerful and groundbreaking moments in the fascinating story of the United States of America. These 48 lectures, delivered by masterful historian and dynamic Professor Edward T. O'Donnell of College of the Holy Cross, offer you a different perspective on the sweeping narrative of U.S. history. Spanning the arrival of the first English colonists to the chaos of the Civil War to the...
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Through dramatic reconstruction, eyewitness accounts, and archive footage, each episode pieces together the stories of the moments in history - human tragedies, scientific breakthroughs, and calamitous events that have profoundly affected the world.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A panoramic sweep over the last 1,000 years of the people, events and achievements that shaped the world. Filmed in 28 countries, each of the 10 episodes focuses on a single century, brought to life by five vignettes from five different locations around the world.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
The West once ruled more than half the world. The religion it exported, Christianity, is still followed by a third of mankind. Above all, the way people live, or aspire to live, are unmistakably an invention of the West. All over the world, more and more humans eat a Western diet, wear Western clothes and live in Western housing. Niall Ferguson explains how by juxtaposing, we can uncover the keys, the six killer applications, of Western ascendancy....
Publisher
Questar, Inc
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"Relive 100 years of America's world-shaping accomplishments. Hear the stories of remarkable achievement that uniquely define the United States. In entertainment and enterprise, get up close to larger-than-life personalities whose energetic spark fueled the world's most powerful notion and influenced the future of humankind"--Container.
Publisher
Bullfrog Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The revival of nationalism paired with xenophobia, an increasing tribalization of politics, and a public sphere oscillatng between cruelty and sentimentalty mark significant parts of our current political zeitgeist. Politicians, scholars and journalists alike speak of a culture of resentment that defines politics today. How did we enter such a toxic climate? Are these developments a response to the ubiquity of neoliberal market structures eroding...
Publisher
Jack Van Impe Ministries
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
New world order rising provides evidence from scripture and recent events which signal the establishment of a one-world government and the return of Jesus Christ. In Dictator of the new world order, Drs. Jack and Rexella Van Impe identify the major events which must take place before the leader of the new world order can be revealed, illuminate the main characteristics the Bible predicts he should have and explain the likelihood that he could come...
Publisher
Jack Van Impe Ministries
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Drs. Jack and Rexella Van Impe identify the major events which must take place before the leader of the new world order can be revealed, illuminate the main characteristics the Bible predicts he should have and explain the likelihood that he could come to power at any time.
20) Things to come
Series
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
After a 25 year war destroys civilization, a group of scientific supermen set out to build a new one in this science fiction film. Decades later, their progress is threatened by a reactionary who urges the masses to rise up in protest.