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Pink ribbons are everywhere: T-shirts, hats, yogurt cups, KFC buckets, car ads, NFL stadiums - the list goes on and on. They make people feel good, as if engaged in a successful battle against breast cancer. But who is really benefitting? More and more women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Wouldn't it be something if some of the very companies that profit from their pink marketing campaigns have actually contributed to the epidemic...

"This innovative, colorful sampler of America's birds has wall-to-wall feathers -- a year's worth of good birding"--Container.

Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.

Three unusual people--"defense intellectual" Richard Elster, who was involved in the management of the country's war machine; young documentary filmmaker Jim Finley, who is intent on documenting Elster's experience; and Elster's daughter Jessica, who behaves like an "otherworldly" woman from New York--train their binoculars on the desert landscape of California and build an odd, tender intimacy, something like a family. Then a devastating event throws...

Explores the intimate details of the life of Frida Kahlo, using rare, never-before seen footage, family interviews, and photographs. Includes interviews with Amando Almazán, Olivier Debroise, Teresa Del Conde, Arturo García Bustos, Hayden Herrera, Cristina Kahlo, Ana C. Treviño "Bambi", and Martha Zamoro. This documentary explores Kahlo's turbulent relationship with Deigo Rivera, her lesbian affairs, and her mastering of the art that depicted her...

Take a grand tour of the nation's most extraordinary homes: Grand Plantations, Florida's Grand Estates, Hudson River Valley Estates, Newport Mansions, Adirondack Camps, and Gold Coast Estates.

Comedian and TV host Bill Maher takes a pilgrimage across the globe on a mind-opening journey into the ultimate taboo: questioning religion. Meeting the high and low from different religions, Maher asks questions, like 'Why is faith good?' and more.

"Filmmaker Melissa Hacker's mother, Ruth Morley (Academy Award nominated costume designer for The Miracle Worker), was one of the over 10,000 children who were saved in the Kindertransport movement during the Holocaust. On the eve of World War II, as millions of Jews were seeking refuge from Nazi persecution, country after country turned its back--all except for Great Britain who opened its doors to an unspecified number of Jewish children in danger....

Set sail for big adventure on the high seas with our fearless team of Popular Mechanics hosts. You'll swim along with dolphin friends, visit Sea World and other aquariums to help take care of turtles, manatees and sea lions, dive with sharks, and explore the largest submarine canyon on North America's West coast.

Captures Elvis backstage, in rehearsal, and in concert at the International Hotel in Las Vegas in the summer of 1970. Includes 27 songs including That's alright Mama, Little sister, Love me tender, Heartbreak hotel, Blue suede shoes, All shook up, Suspicious minds, and Can't help falling in love with you.