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2) Doggyland
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Get ready to join Bow Wizzle (played by Snoop Dogg) and a group of high-spirited puppies as they all sing, rap and dance while riding the bus to school! In this video you'll get a chance to see some of the cool places in Doggyland while learning new dance moves to this modern, hip hop inspired version of the classic nursery rhyme!
Series
Palettes) volume 3
Language
English
Description
When Edouard Manet exhibited Olympia, a modern re-working of Titian's Venus of Urbino, critics declared it obscene for its provocative pose and modern attributes. The model, Victorine Meurent, posed for four paintings of Manet's, including: Olympia, Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, Woman with Parrot, and The Railroad. Seven years after Manet's death, Claude Monet started a fund to buy the picture and donate it to the state. Learn about the painting, the...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Growing up in Saigon during the Vietnam War, Larry La developed a high tolerance for risk and an ability to dream of a better future. He did this in the face of myriad horrors and losses, which would have caused most people to lose hope. He learned English early in life and taught himself how to obtain necessary items and make connections in the black market. La relied upon these attributes when he moved to the United States and worked his way up...
6) Let's Go To
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In the Northeast region of the United States is the district of Washington, DC. It’s famous for its impressive government buildings and monuments, like a giant marble statue of former President, Abraham Lincoln. Let’s find out more.
7) Two Cents
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Remember when you received your first paycheck at your first job and the amount was a little lower than expected? Surprise! Some of that money was already spent for you. Have you ever stopped to figure out exactly WHAT is being bought with all that money you send to Washington each year?
8) DK Timelines
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
This is a timeline of the life of the Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus. An admiral, and navigator, he set sail westwards from Spain in 1492 with the aim of arriving in the Far East, but instead, landed in the Americas, then unknown to Europeans. Seen as a hero and pioneer by some, by others he is seen as someone whose arrival brought suffering to people living in the Americas.
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa are organized unincorporated territories of the United States. They’re famous for all kinds of things, from sandy beaches and indigenous culture to unique animals, like the tooth-billed penguin. Let’s find out more.
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The Master of Olympus succumbed to the pleasures of seduction, because just like for a simple mortal, it was no easy task for him to overcome his desires. Having become Master of Olympus, the great seducer Zeus embarked upon many a romantic conquest, thereby reinforcing his power, through the many children he engendered. His first wife was Metis. His third, who was known as his wife on Olympus, was the jealous Hera. But there was also Themis, the...
13) Apocalypse
Series
Apocalypse volume Episode 3
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When can the beginning of Christianity be dated? Should it be when Jesus is born? When he dies? When a mixed community of Jews and Pagans is created? At the time of Constantine's conversion? When Theodosius decrees Christianity to be the Empire's official religion? Or at another date? What measures does Theodosius take to impose Christianity? Do the Pagans accept the new religion? Who are the Christians' main enemies: Jews or heretics?
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A strong work ethic drove Benjamin Brafman from his humble beginnings as the son of working class Holocaust survivors to being one of the most renowned criminal defense attorneys in the world. His firm Brafman and associates has represented prominent figures such as Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Jennifer Lopez, and Michael Jackson. New York Magazine has named him as the best criminal defense lawyer in New York.
15) Corpus Christi
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
What happened after Jesus died on the cross? Why were his disciples not in turn persecuted by the Romans? Why did they stay in Jerusalem? Were they still waiting for the restoration of the Kingdom of Israel? Did they expect it to be imminent, i.e. would the end of time also coincide with the end of Roman rule? Did Jesus himself expect to rise from the dead? To what extent does the Christian concept of the resurrection spring from Jewish tradition?...
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1954 relying on "automatic stabilizers," President Dwight Eisenhower withheld raising taxes in order to encourage consumer spending. In the 1960s, newly elected John F. Kennedy and economic advisor Walter Heller pushed Congress to approve a $12 billion tax cut stimulus. The Employment Act of 1946 was the first time that government tried to employ fiscal policy. But, by 2010 economists disagreed about whether fiscal policy was dead, as they argued...
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Este vídeo explica cómo los contratiempos, manejados correctamente, pueden ser guías útiles para conseguir lo que queremos. Tanto si se trata de una solicitud de empleo rechazada, como de una propuesta de proyecto o de una idea que se ha planteado en una reunión, los contratiempos pueden ser difíciles de superar.Muestra cómo los contratiempos o rechazos son una parte inevitable de la vida. Cuando se producen, se sienten como algo muy personal...
20) ScienceXplosion
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Did you know you have millions of microbes on your hands? In this STEM episode Eric discovers how microbes travel from one object to another and how important hand washing is to prevent the spread of germs. It’s not magic, it’s science!