Machajewski, Sarah
Summary: The Great Wall of China is the longest structure ever built by humans, crossing mountains and rivers. It is a lasting symbol of the ways the human and physical geographic features of East and Southeast Asia come together. From the bustling city of Hong Kong to the island nations of Singapore and Malaysia, readers will discover how people have impacted the land, and how the land has affected the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 950 MACSummary: Renamed Myanmar by its ruling junta, Burma is one of the world's poorest nations due to decades of iron-fisted military control and despite its valuable natural resources and priceless national treasures. This program presents an intriguing glimpse of Burmese life, ranging from washing the sacred Buddha at the Maha Muni Pagoda and the initiation of young Buddhist novices amid the ruins of Bagan...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The Kumari, a flesh-and-blood goddess, is revered by both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal as a protector of the land and defender of all living beings. This program traces the mythological underpinnings of the Kumari and presents the living tradition of Kumari worship, including the Kumari selection, the secret preparation rituals, and Kumari-related festivals and ceremonies. It also discusses...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Situated by the bank of the holy Ganges, Varanasi, also known as Kashi and Benares, is one of the oldest living cities in the world. Founded approximately 3,000 years ago, the city is the religious and cultural capital of India-considered by many to be the holiest place on earth. Every year Hindus in great number go there to die, believing that cremation in that place of renewal provides an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Containing nearly a sixth of the world's population, India is home to almost a billion people, more than half of whom live in rural villages. This program provides an overview of topics such as the caste system as it exists in the holy Hindu town of Varanasi and the massive pilgrimages to Allahabad, where millions of Hindus come to ritually bathe at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Unlike its neighbors, Thailand has never been colonized or annexed-but keeping it that way has been a stern challenge. This program examines Thailand's political independence, which is based on democratic and generally peaceful rule by a culturally supported monarchy. However, growing dissatisfaction has caused grass-roots dissent, as demonstrated by the lyrics of pop music idol d Karabao, who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: As Beijing prepares for the 2008 Olympics, most of the hutong-the city's small traditional dwellings and the network of lanes and alleys formed by them-are being demolished to make room for skyscrapers. This program explores social and cultural changes in historical Beijing, as seen in the life of a few ordinary citizens who still live in the hutong. The program includes computer models of the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Situated in western Asia, Pakistan occupies a region of political and economic tension. This program looks at Pakistan's complex relations with Iran, India, and the United States and the contributions of its multicultural population. The influences of Punjabi and Pathan, Sindhi and Baluchi, and Ismaili and Buddhist are all captured, set against the background of life both in cities and in rural...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Impoverished, sparsely populated, and still recovering from the Vietnam War, Laos exists on the edge of the abyss. This program considers the cultural and economic impact on Laotians and Hmong alike of initiatives designed to improve the country, such as the new highway being built by Swedish engineers. Although the regime's "reeducation camps" show no signs of being closed and antigovernment...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: China may be the world's next superpower, but its wild economic growth doesn't tell the whole story. This program reveals the widening gap between Chinese urban and rural lifestyles and the escalating pressure for government action to increase educational and career opportunities in remote areas. Interviews with city dwellers whose affluence surprises even them-and with villagers struggling for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The Sultan of Jogjakarta, regarded by his people as the divine representative and intermediary between themselves and the supreme being, rules one of the last remaining kingdoms in Asia. This program explores the emotional bond between the sultan and the people as well as the cultural and religious traditions in Java through history.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: A hub of trade for centuries, Singapore is now an economic powerhouse. This program explores factors that have enabled Singapore to thrive, including its location, its high-tech labor force, and its wide variety of cultural groups and nationalities. Interviews with the deputy manager of the nation's port, conversations with citizens from a spectrum of ethnic backgrounds, and colorful displays...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Morlock, Rachael
Summary: From the Himalayas to the Ganges River, South Asia is full of breathtaking landscapes. Cities are often crowded and bustling, with ancient architecture alongside new buildings. Readers will explore the exciting, unique landscapes and cityscapes of South Asia through vivid full-color photographs and maps, and fact-filled text and sidebars. Your readers will discover the ways people in South Asia...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 954 MORSummary: Dramatic changes over the past 20 years have created a tech-savvy Indian middle class. This program details the economic strength of the "new" India, its ongoing problems of unemployment and poverty, and how these issues are linked to overpopulation. Outlining the country's 5,000-year history, the video focuses on the southern city of Bangalore, also known as the Silicon Valley of India, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: As China continues to experiment with Western-style economics, many city dwellers already enjoy the prerogatives of a market economy. But how will China feed itself as more and more farmers flee their land for the allure of urban living? This program seeks to understand the effects of economic reform on Chinese society, from the villages to the cities. Will cultural values and the traditional...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Despite its huge population and expanding industrial economy, most of China's inhabitants are farmers. This program journeys to Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Beijing, exploring the relationship between Chinese agriculture and the urban centers of the country. Featuring visits to large-scale and family-operated farms, a walk along the Great Wall, and an interview with the U.S. embassy's agricultural...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Marsico, Katie
Summary: "Learn all about the highest and lowest places on Earth and find out what it takes for life to survive in these extreme locations."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.8 MARSummary: Once known as India's Cotton Belt, the cotton-growing region of Vidarbha, central India, is now being called the Suicide Belt. Crop failures, sinking global cotton prices, spiraling debt, and a forbidding bureaucracy are driving farmers to unbearable levels of despair. This Wide Angle report captures the tense relations between farmers and illegal money lenders, traveling salesmen hawking...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Infused with the concept of bayanihan, or "spirit of togetherness," this program presents encouraging stories of teamwork and activism in the Philippines. It travels through Manila's bustling Quiapo Market, where commerce thrives in many forms-in contrast to the sprawling Payatas garbage dump outside the city, where a group of mothers have transcended scavenger subsistence, creating a community...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The fifth installment of Michael Wood's journey through Indian history moves on to the time of the Renaissance in Europe, when India was the richest, most populous civilization in the world. The major focus is on the history of the Mogul Empire, its legacy, and the rulers most readily associated with it: the redoubtable Babur, founder of the Mogul dynasty, and his grandson Akbar the Great. The...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: The gigantic Angkor temple complex in Cambodia is a testament in stone to the Khmer-miles of inscriptions that only Professor Thomas Maxwell and a handful of other experts can decipher. But time is running out as erosion and the ever-increasing influx of tourists take their toll on the carvings at this UNESCO World Heritage Site. Using Maxwell's research into the ceremonial eye-opening ritual...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Kyoto's immense underground spring has nourished Japan's former capital for more than a thousand years. This program illustrates how Kyoto's incomparable spring water has been integrated into the flow of the city's culture and industry, adding its purifying touch to the tea ceremony, festivals and religious rituals, the disparate arts of kimono-making and tofu-making, and the landscaping of the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: At the time of the fall of the Roman Empire in the West and the Dark Ages that followed, India experienced a series of great flowerings of culture, both in the north and the south. In this program, Michael Wood shows viewers some of the amazing achievements of India during this time. Breakthroughs in astronomy and mathematics, mastery of wrought iron and bronze technologies, island conquests...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Traveling from Gaumukh, the source of the holy Ganges, to Gangasagar, where the river enters the sea, this program acquaints viewers with some of India's venerable cultural traditions-and reflects on environmental factors that are steadily destroying this sacred Indian waterway. The Durga Puja Festival at Gangnani, a wedding procession in Haridwar, ritual bathing at Allahabad, and ritual...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006