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Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (404 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Samantha Brown embarks on her most exciting journey yet in her travels to Asia. With her curious nature and charming smile, Sam builds friendships and immerses herself in local traditions, uncovering secrets of one of the world's most ancient, yet modern lands.
3) No escape
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
How far will one man go to protect the ones he cares about most in the world? An intense international thriller, centers on an American businessman as he and his family settle into their new home in Southeast Asia. Suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising, they must frantically look for a safe escape as rebels mercilessly attack the city.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (255 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
These visually stunning documentaries are pilgrimages to legendary places in Southeast Asia and Tibet, including the spiritual wonders of Laos, Thailand, Burma, Bali, Cambodia, Java, and Central Tibet. Journey into the living traditions and lost civilizations of this vibrant part of the world and explore the universal ideals of wisdom, compassion, and inner peace at the very heart of these ancient Buddhist cultures.
5) Full circle
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 488 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows Michael Palin on a journey around the countries of the Pacific Rim. Begins in Alaska and travels to Kamchatka and the Pacific coast of Russia, Japan, South and North Korea, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, and British Columbia, Canada.
6) Swamp tigers
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 p. : ill. ; 19cm.)
Description
Footage of two tiger families living in the mangrove swamps of the Bay of Bengal.
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Roy and Jessie are a couple in a rocky relationship. Following a stay in Beijing they decide to give their relationship one last go and have another adventure together. They decide to travel on the Transsiberian from China to Moscow. The couple discover that the days of the train's glorious luxury has faded and has been replaced with cold steel carriages and indifferent fellow passengers. It is reputed to include drug traffickers. In the company of...
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon travel to England to find out who killed Chon's father. The killer steals the Chinese Imperial Seal that Chon's father was protecting. While they are in England, they stumble upon a conspiracy to murder the entire British royal family. Only with the help of Chon's beautiful, but deadly sister, can the trio stop the assassination and return the Imperial Seal to its rightful owners.
10) Sherpa
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Every year, Western mountain climbers make news ascending Mount Everest. The compelling stories of the Sherpas, the Nepalese guides who risk their lives to provide for their families, have remained a mystery, until now. This chronicles a fateful 2014 expedition and the tragic avalanche that spurred the Sherpas to make a stand for human rights and respect.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 282 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
During the final years of his life, Joseph Campbell embarked on a speaking tour in which he drew together all that he had learned about what he called the "one great story" of humanity. These remarkable talks were filmed and are presented here in the order and manner in which Campbell himself intended. Examines the core myths of the great Asian religions; the Buddha and enlightenment, East and West; Yoga and transcendence; Kundalini yoga and the seven...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (262 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sir Edmund Hillary was a bee-keeper, mountaineer, war veteran, explorer, philanthropist, husband, father, and the first person to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. From his childhood in South Auckland, New Zealand, to the plane crash that killed his wife and daughter, the intriguing drama portrays the life, loves, and losses of one of the most famous explorers of all time.
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