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Darwin's Secret Notebooks+The Voyages of the Beagle Book, Save $10

The outcome is familiar, Charles Darwin's radical theory of evolution, or "survival of the fittest," after a 5-year voyage on the Beagle, but on what facts did Darwin actually base his theory? Evolutionary biologist Armand Leroi's documentary re-creates the journey that forever changed scientific debate, seeking clues in Darwin's own writings and state-of-the-art CGI animation.

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Darwin's Secret Notebooks+The Voyages of the Beagle Book, Save $10

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NOVA: Darwin's Darkest Hour Blu-ray

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NOVA: Darwin's Darkest Hour Blu-ray

Learn the compelling story behind one of scientific history's most controversial books. As Charles Darwin struggled to complete On the Origin of Species, his own life became a model for his theory of "survival of the fittest," with his life's work in danger of compromise, two children lying near death, and his marriage tested. Henry Ian Cusick and Frances O'Connor star in this dramatic tale of trauma and perseverance.

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Production Year: 2009
Length: 90 minutes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOVA: Darwin's Darkest Hour DVD

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Production Year: 2009
Length: 90 minutes on 1 Disc
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : Canada

NOVA: Darwin's Darkest Hour DVD

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Darwin's Secret Notebooks DVD

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Darwin's Secret Notebooks DVD

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Production Year: 2009
Length: 90 minutes on 1 Disc
Subtitles: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

The Voyages of the Beagle - Book

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection has been debated and disparaged over time, but there is no dispute that he is responsible for some of the most remarkable and groundbreaking scientific findings in history. Voyage of the Beagle is the product of Darwin's amazing five-year trip aboard the H.M.S. Beagle where he made observations that led to his revolutionary theory of natural selection.

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Production Year: 2009
Country Of Origin : United States

The Voyages of the Beagle - Book

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Secrets of Shangri-La: Quest for Sacred Caves - Bonus program: The Lost Cave Temples - DVD

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Secrets of Shangri-La: Quest for Sacred Caves - Bonus program: The Lost Cave Temples - DVD

In the legendary kingdom of Mustang, a remote corner of the Himalaya previously off-limits to outsiders, a team of explorers and scientists climbs for the first time into human-carved caves thousands of years old. They find priceless 14th-century wall paintings, ancient human remains and a centuries-old hidden library of sacred texts that may reveal some secrets about the mythic paradise Shangri-la.

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Production Year: 2009
Length: 57 minutes on 1 Disc
Subtitles: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Time Team America: Fort James, SD DVD

In 1865, a unit of cavalry soldiers found themselves sent west to defend pioneer settlers against angry Sioux Indians in what is now South Dakota. The soldiers built one of the few stone forts on the American frontier. The fort's quartzite walls still peek out from under a grassy field. Our team has just three days to map, dig, and uncover what remains of Fort James, and what they find tells an intriguing tale of 1865 frontier life.

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Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Time Team America: Fort James, SD DVD

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Time Team America: Range Creek, UT DVD

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Time Team America: Range Creek, UT DVD

The picturesque and remote canyons of southern Utah contain what remains of the Fremont Indians who lived there 1,000 years ago. The Fremonts stashed their food in clay granaries high on the cliffs, and entered their underground homes through a hole in the ceiling. They decorated rock walls with petroglyphs that remain a mystery to this day. Our team learns what life was like in these canyons a thousand years ago.

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Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Time Team America: New Philadelphia, IL DVD

In 1836 "Free Frank" McWorter purchased his freedom from a Kentucky plantation owner. In Illinois, he planted roots, started a town, and purchased his family out of slavery. The local landowners, and the McWorter family want to uncover what remains of New Philadelphia. Our team joins in the search for the pre-Civil War schoolhouse where New Philadelphia's African American children learned to read and write in freedom.

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Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
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Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Time Team America: New Philadelphia, IL DVD

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Time Team America: Topper, SC DVD

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Time Team America: Topper, SC DVD

Our team wades into the swamps of South Carolina to further our understanding of North America's first human inhabitants. Debate continues in the scientific community about when people first came to the American continent. The team has just three days to search out evidence that could shed light on the controversy. What they find could rock the archaeological world.

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Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Time Team America: Fort Raleigh, NC DVD

In 1586 the English sent the first group of hopeful colonists to the New World. When ships returned three years later, the settlement was empty and colonists gone. The only clue was the word Croatoan carved in the gatepost of their fort. Our team spends three days at Fort Raleigh in hot pursuit of archaeological evidence that will put the ghost of Roanoke to rest and establish where the first colony in America was actually located.

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Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

Time Team America: Fort Raleigh, NC DVD

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Secrets of the Dead: Blackbeard's Lost Ship DVD

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Secrets of the Dead: Blackbeard's Lost Ship DVD

Off the coast of North Carolina, marine archaeologists have discovered the remains of the Queen Anne's Revenge , the pirate Blackbeard's flagship. Their careful preservation and analysis of the remains are helping to solve the biggest mystery about the infamous pirate's reign: Was the ship's sinking an accident or was the grounding a carefully laid plot by Blackbeard to double-cross his men and steal the treasure for himself?

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Production Year: 2009
Length: 60 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOVA: Last Extinction DVD

What killed the mammoths? Near the end of the last ice age 13,000 years ago, these mighty beasts disappeared from North America together with some 35 other groups of mammals. For four decades, debate has raged over the cause of their abrupt demise. NOVA presents an in-depth investigation of a controversial new hypothesis which suggests that a massive impact from space could be the culprit, and also explores alternate theories.

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Production Year: 2009
Length: 56 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOVA: Last Extinction DVD

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NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires DVD

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NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires DVD

Uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations as NOVA journeys to five archaeological sites where teams of experts use traditional techniques to test their hypotheses. Includes Stonehenge, Inca, Obelisk, Colosseum and Pyramid.

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Production Year: 2006
Length: 300 minutes on 3 Discs
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOVA: The Vikings DVD

This riveting two-hour special investigates a new image of the Vikings that goes far deeper than their savage stereotype as raiding marauders. Faithful replicas of their magnificent ships, life-like computer animation and fascinating recreations reveal the Vikings as canny merchants, expert shipbuilders, superb artisans, and bold colonizers of lands that lay beyond the edge of the known world.

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Production Year: 2006
Length: 120 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-G
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOVA: The Vikings DVD

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NOVA: The Bible's Buried Secrets: Archaeology's New Theories DVD

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NOVA: The Bible's Buried Secrets: Archaeology's New Theories DVD

Go on a scientific journey to the beginnings of modern religion, and dig into both the Bible and the history of the Israelites through the artifacts they left behind. The film focuses on the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament) as the foundation for the great monotheistic religions--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. This powerful exploration of science, scripture, and scholarship examines the most pressing issues in biblical archaeology.

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Production Year: 2008
Length: 112 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOVA: Alien from Earth: The Little People of Flores DVD

In 2004, the discovery of tiny and bizarre human fossil bones on the island of Flores, Indonesia, set off a furious debate over what the "Hobbit" bones represent. Are they fossils of a previously unknown primitive branch of the human family, or the remains of a dwarf race of modern humans suffering from a strange pathological condition? Witness the first investigations of the cave site since the controversial fossil was first revealed.

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Production Year: 2008
Length: 56 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOVA: Alien from Earth: The Little People of Flores DVD

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NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs: Warm-Blooded Creatures of the Cretaceous? DVD

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NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs: Warm-Blooded Creatures of the Cretaceous? DVD

How is it that dinosaurs have managed to survive and even thrive in the gloom of the dark and frigid polar regions? This is one of the most intriguing enigmas in paleontology. And now, a unique field expedition to Alaska will utilize extreme engineering and perilous fossil hunting to defrost a jackpot of new fossil clues. With the help of stunning CGI, NOVA breathes life into the polar dinosaurs' lives and environment in vivid detail.

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Production Year: 2008
Length: 56 minutes on 1 Disc
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Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOVA: Cracking the Maya Code DVD

This is a definitive look back at how a handful of pioneers deciphered the intricate system of hieroglyphs developed by the Maya. One of the greatest detective stories in all of archaeology, it has never been told in depth on television before. With glorious footage of Mayan temples and art, this documentary culminates in the fascinating account of this once magnificent ancient civilization's ingenious method of communication.

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Production Year: 2008
Length: 52 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

NOVA: Cracking the Maya Code DVD

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NOVA: The Four Winged Dinosaur DVD

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NOVA: The Four Winged Dinosaur DVD

Long ago in the age of dinosaurs, a volcano in eastern China erupted and buried a host of strange creatures in ash, creating exquisite fossils that preserved a big surprise, many dinosaurs were covered in feathers. In The Four-Winged Dinosaur, NOVA investigates the most bizarre of these feathered dinosaurs, which has rekindled a fierce, decades long debate over the origin of bird flight.

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Production Year: 2008
Length: 56 minutes on 1 Disc
Rating: TV-PG
Closed Captioned: Yes
Number of Programs: 1
Country Of Origin : United States

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