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  • The Inspector Lynley Mysteries DVD Set

    The Inspector Lynley Mysteries feature the most celebrated British detective duo in years: Inspector Thomas Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) and Sergeant Barbara Havers (Sharon Small). Over the course of more than 10 intriguing Elizabeth George novels, beginning with A Great Deliverance, Lynley and Havers have won millions of loyal fans. It’s no mystery why. Decidedly uppercrust detective Lynley and his partner Havers endure a marriage made at police headquarters. Lynley is suave, sophisticated, and the eighth Earl of Asherton. Havers is rumpled, resentful, and working class–with an inborn dislike of the highborn. Despite their differences, the sleuths evolve into a potent team, employing their cunning, intuition, and street smarts to unravel some of the most heinous–and suspenseful–crimes. Includes: Well-Schooled In Murder, Payment in Blood, For The Sake Of Elena and Missing Joseph. Special DVD Features Include: To Come. (6 hrs. on 4 discs)

  • Farmer Ken’s Puzzle

    Farmer Ken’s Puzzle: Lionel won’t let Leona play a computer game for ages seven and up because she’s four and down.
    The Fox and the Crow: Walter and Clay Pigeon want The Fox and the Crow banned from the library because they think the book makes birds look like birdbrains.
    Giants and Cubs: Leona thinks scary giants are coming into the library to clobber lion cubs.

  • The Popcorn Popper

    The Popcorn Popper: Lionel and Leona persuade Click the Mouse to take a magic popcorn popper out of a book and then can’t make it stop popping!
    Hug, Hug, Hug!: Leona helps a sculptor who falls in love with his statue.
    Piggyback, Piggyback: Leona decides to ride piggyback on her dad’s back forever and ever.

  • To the Ship, To the Ship!

    Plus The Hopping Hen and Be Bop

  • Building Big DVD Box Set

    Explore large structures and what it takes to build them with this new five-part series. Hosted by David Macaulay, the award-winning author and illustrator of The Way Things Work and other books, each one-hour program focuses on a type of construction integral to modern life: bridges, tunnels, dams, skyscrapers, and domes. Discover the stories behind famous structures and their builders, plus how engineers today are building bigger than ever before. Each DVD also includes a short vignette featuring kids doing a simple hands-on engineering activity. (5 x 60:00)

  • The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

    Two years into the Civil War, free men of color were still denied the right to fight for the end of slavery. Weeks after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, the governor of Massachusetts was authorized to raise the first northern black regiment, referred to at the time as “the Massachusetts 54th colored infantry.” American Experience follows the adventures of the 54th as well as those of individual members, including Lewis and Charles Douglass, sons of abolitionist Frederick Douglass; Luis Emilio, who chronicled the regiment’s movements; and James Gooding, whose letters were published as a column in his hometown newspaper.

  • The Fall of Saigon

    The End of the Tunnel (1973-1975) chronicles the final two years of US involvement in Vietnam, it shows the desperation of the final days before Saigon fell and details the evacuation led by the US military. Peace Is at Hand (1968-1973) While American and Vietnamese soldiers continued to clash in battle, diplomats in Paris argued about making peace. After more than four years, they reached an accord that proved to be a preface to further bloodshed. Homefront USA – Through troubled years of controversy and violence, U.S. casualties mounted, victory remained elusive, and American opinion moved from general approval to general dissatisfaction with the Vietnam War.

  • Hawaii’s Last Queen

    Liliu’okalani, who ruled Hawaii in the late 1800s, had traveled throughout Europe and moved easily between the worlds of Hawaiian tradition and state dinners at the White House. But as the powerful American business community in Hawaii moved to gain control of the island nation, Liliu’okalani was caught in the middle. Anna Deveare Smith narrates.

  • Around the World in 72 Days

    When intrepid journalist Nelly Bly traveled around the world in just 72 days, beating Jules Verne’s fictional escapade, she turned herself into an international celebrity.

  • Andre’s Mother

    Terrence McNally’s play centers on a young man’s death from AIDS, and how his mother and lover cope, separately and together, with the tragedy of losing the person they both loved most. Starring Richard Thomas (The Waltons, Wonder Boys) and Sada Thompson (Pollock, Family).