From the organization of the smallest particles to the orbit of the planets within our solar system, how does the language of numbers, symbols, and equations bring order and understanding to our universe? Step inside a surreal world to visualize cosmic distances, discover the geo...
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It opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array of magical creatures. Arriving in New York for a brief stopover, he might have come and gone without incident, were it not for a No-Maj (American for Muggle) named...
As gritty as the city in which it takes place, the show pits a hard-bitten team of detectives against the worst that the mean streets of Glasgow can throw at them.
Oxford's Inspector Robert Lewis, protege of the legendary Inspector Morse, works with his brilliant, but brooding partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway. The two try to find a link between a murder in Oxford's Bodleian Library; a burglary gone wrong leads from underground ama...
Presents thirty home experiments designed to explore the principles of mathematics, including cooking chocolate crispy cakes with ingredient ratios, building a 3-D pyramid, and making a clinometer.
Presents thirty home experiments designed to explore the principles of matter, including designing a model atom with marshmallows, building a volcano, and extracting DNA from a banana.
A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of her crippled cousin Colin, and Dickon the country boy, her spirit is gradually rea...
Clayton recently completed his studies at MIT. One evening, Clayton is approached by Walter Burke, a recruiter for the CIA, and believes Clayton is just the sort of man the CIA is looking for. Clayton, who has little interest in an ordinary nine-to-five career and accepts the off...
"Everything around us--from fish to fingernails to sand to Saturn--is composed of microscopic elements. Through we know of only 118 elements, there are organized experiments, and a lot of hope, to discover more. Step inside a surreal world to visualize the periodic table of eleme...
Team Bob is building a chairlift to take snowboarders to the top of the hill. While Bob reluctantly has a snowboarding lesson, Scoop can't resist a snowy slide, but causes an accident that leaes the first chairlift passengers dangling from the cable! Can Bob use his new skills to...
Twelve tough criminals are offered absolution if they undertake a suicide mission into Nazi Germany.
A World War II drama in which an army major selects 12 men convicted for crimes of violence and offers them their freedom if they will complete a dangerous mission behind Nazi lines.
"An amusing and informative illustrated guide to life beyond our own planet that covers everything from training for and living in space to the future of space travel and tourism Now that suborbital space tourism is predicted to become a billion-dollar industry in the next ten y...
In her mid-thirties, still single and still being set up with dates by her mom, Bridget decides she needs to make a change in her life. She falls for her boss who uses her and then dumps her. In the meantime, Bridget keeps running into the divorced guy her mom tried to set her up...
Oxford's Inspector Robert Lewis, protégé of the legendary Inspector Morse, works with his brilliant, but brooding partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway. The two try to find a link between a murder in Oxford's Bodleian Library; a burglary gone wrong leads from underground a...
"Readers find out how our solar system came into existence, and study the history and future of space exploration." -- (Source of summary not specified)
This captivating collection -- which features eighteen bestselling and award-winning Soho Crime authors -- contains laughs aplenty, hardboiled holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season. Nine mall Santas must find the imposter among them. A young woman r...
In the throes of a zombie apocalypse, Molly, a troubled woman from Las Vegas with a dark past, finds herself stranded in the desert with a lone ravenous zombie on her tail. At first, she's easily able to outpace her undead pursuer, but things quickly become a nightmare when she r...