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Publisher
Stash Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (29 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Discover spectacular design and animation projects from 10 of the planet's most innovate young filmmakers in this 30-minute collection curated by the editors of Stash Magazine.
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2014
Formats
Description
Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the worlds most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo. The film chronicles much of his...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (35 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Presents a yoga workout designed to strengthen the back, shoulders, arms, and torso. "With a strong core, you stand taller, look leaner, and feel healthier and more energetic. But no one wants to do boring exercises to attain that. With this innovative program, you'll get a lean midsection, a strong back, and sculpted shoulders and arms--all without endless crunches and tedious weight-lifting..."--Container.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
The Age of Exploration and Europe’s colonization of far-off lands was launched by a revolution in ship design that made long-distance voyages practical. A newly discovered 500-year-old wreck offers vital clues to this key innovation.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (46 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
It was meant to be a temporary exhibit, a demonstration of French engineering acumen at the Paris World's Fair. But to Parisians, the tower, designed by the brash, young Gustave Eiffel, came to stand for much more--revolution, innovation and a soaring spirit.
7) Blockchain revolution: how the technology behind bitcoin is changing money, business, and the world
Author
Publisher
Portfolio / Penguin
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xx, 348 pages ; 24 cm
Description
The Internet as we know it is great for collaboration and communication, but is deeply flawed when it comes to commerce and privacy. The new blockchain technology facilitates peer-to-peer transactions without any intermediary such as a bank or governing body. Keeping the user's information anonymous, the blockchain validates and keeps a permanent public record of all transactions. That means that your personal information is private and secure, while...
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Foster children Andi and Bruce have been placed with a flaky couple who care more for their aspiring rock careers than their charges. Their mischievous tendencies repeatedly get them into trouble. After a close call with the local pound, the kids end up searching for Friday, their secretly adopted dog, in an abandoned old hotel where they find several other stray dogs seeking shelter. They, along with three other local kids, begin caring for the strays....
Publisher
Flicker Alley
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (263 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sisif, a railwayman, and his son Elie fall in love with the beautiful Norma (whom Sisif rescued from a train crash when a baby and raised as his daughter), with tragic results. This seminal film introduced many innovations in set design and construction, and cinematic devices.
10) Augmented
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Augmented, Hugh Herr, a biophysicist working to create brain-controlled robotic limbs, shares his personal journey. At age 17, Herr's legs were amputated after a climbing accident. Frustrated by the crude prosthetic limbs he was given, Herr set out to remedy their design, leading him to a career as an inventor of innovative prosthetic devices. Now, Herr is teaming up with an injured climber and a surgeon at a leading Boston hospital to test a new...
11) District 9
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
Twenty years ago, aliens from another planet made contact with Earth. Now, the refugee camp they are forced to live in has deteriorated into a slum-like ghetto. When field operative Wikus van der Merwe is put in charge of evicting the aliens, he contracts a strange virus that changes his DNA to match that of the refugees. As his body begins to mutate, he becomes a hunted man, and the aliens' only hope for freedom.
12) Richard II
Publisher
Illuminations Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (128 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Deborah Warner’s staging of RICHARD II with Fiona Shaw as the king stirred up a significant critical controversy when it was presented in 1995 at the National Theatre, and then later in Salzburg and Paris. Among those who recognised its originality and strengths was the critic Paul Taylor who praised the ‘gripping, lucidly felt production’ and Fiona Shaw’s ‘dazzlingly disconcerting… deliberately uncomfortable, compelling performance.’...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
2 DVD (61 min.) : sound, color with black and white seqeunces ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During August and September 2001 (a six week underwater expedition), Cameron and a group of scientists staged an expedition to the wreck of the RMS Titanic (12,500 feet to the wreckage of the Titanic), and dived in Russian deep-submersibles to obtain more detailed images than anyone had before. With the help of two small, purpose-built remotely operated vehicles, nicknamed "Jake" and "Elwood", the audience too can see inside the Titanic, and with...
14) Crooked house
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xiii, 446 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"The definitive inside story of WeWork, its audacious founder, and what its epic unraveling says about a financial system drunk on the elixir of Silicon Valley innovation-from the Wall Street Journal correspondents whose scoop-filled reporting hastened the company's downfall. WeWork would be worth $10 trillion, more than any other company in the world. It wasn't just an office space provider. It was a tech company-an AI startup, even. Its WeGrow schools...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Alex is an 18-year old Earthling who has an extraordinary talent for video game wizardry and conquers the Starfighter game. He is then recruited by alien Centauri to be part of an elite legion of fighters. Leaving behind his trailer park existence, he heads to the outer regions of space. Alex becomes the last hope for the beleaguered Star League and hundreds of worlds, including Earth.
17) 2 fast 2 furious
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Now an ex-cop on the run, Brian, hooks into outlaw street racing. When the Feds strong-arm him back, Brian's no rules, win-or-die skills are unleased against an international drug lord. With his velocity-addicted buddy riding shotgun, and a drop-dead-georgeous undercover agent dialing up the heat ... it becomes a desperate race for survival and justice.
Author
Publisher
Indie Games Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 game (1 rulebook, 1 game board, 5 player boards, 17 corporation cards, 8 reference cards, 208 project cards, 200 player cubes (40 in each of 5 colors), 200 resource cubes (gold, silver, copper in different sizes) 3 game board markers (white cubes) 9 ocean tiles, 60 greenery/city tiles, 1 first player marker) : cardboard and plastic, color ; in box 30 x 30 x 8 cm.
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The taming of the Red Planet has begun! Corporations are competing to transform Mars into a habitable planet by spending vast resources, and using innovative technology to raise temperature, create a breathable atmosphere, and make oceans of water. As terraforming progresses, more and more people will immigrate from Earth to live on the Red Planet. In Terraforming Mars, you control a corporation with a certain profile. Play project cards, build up...
Publisher
Ravensburger North America
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 game (1 rulebook, 6 Monster Mats, 6 Monster Figures, 7 Hero Badges, 7 Hero Movers, 10 Villager Movers, 20 Mover Bases, 60 Item Tokens, Monster Tokens, 1 Terror Marker, 1 Frenzy Marker, 30 Monster Cards, 20 Perk Cards, 5 Reference Cards, 1 Item Bag, and 3 Custom Dice.) : color illustrations, paper, cardboard, plastic ; in container.
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A cooperative game against the world's most famous monsters. The village is under attack! Dracula, The Mummy, Frankenstein’s Monster, his Bride, and more are on the rampage, and your team of heroes must defeat them. Each monster offers an entirely unique challenge, and players can adjust the difficulty by playing against a new group of adversaries every game! Overcome them all before the horror overwhelms you! Its innovative, easy-to-learn, cooperative...
Publisher
Stonemaier Games
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 game (1 rulebook, 1 quick reference guide, 1 game board, 1 automa rulebook, 5 player mats, 5 faction mats, 80 resource tokens (20 of each in brown, dark blue, yellow, gray), 80 coins, 12 multiplier tokens, 12 encounter tokens, 6 structure bonus tiles, 42 combat cards (yellow, small), 23 objective cards (beige), 28 encounter cards (green), 12 factory cards (purple), 31 automa cards, 2 power dials, 5 riverwalk cards, 5 quick start cards, 20 mech miniatures (5 in each color), 5 character miniatures, wooden faction components, wooden faction components - 31 components in each color (blue, black, white, yellow, red)) : cardboard, paper, wood, plastic, color ; in box, 30 x 37 x 10 cm
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"Scythe is a board game set in an alternate-history 1920s. It is a time of farming and war, broken hearts and rusted gears, innovation and valor. The ashes from the first Great War still darken the snow in 1920s Europa. The capitalistic city-state known simply as 'The Factory, ' which fueled the war with heavily armored mechs, has closed its doors, drawing the attention of several nearby countries. With characters from five factions converging onto...
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