Washoe County Library System

Every day hundreds of people are kidnapped. And it's happening here, in the United States. Get an inside look at the true stories of kidnapping, rescue, and recovery. This is a world that has been shrouded in secrecy, until now. Told in first person by the operators that risk their lives to bring home the victims of kidnapping and hostage situations.

National Geographic takes you into the factories that are responsible for completely rebuilding the decades old Abrams M-1 tank.

A celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope's 25 years orbiting the planet. The story of one of the most remarkable advances in modern technology, as told by the people who designed, built, launched, operated and repaired the legendary observatory.

Features four historic buildings located along Interstate 80 in northern Nevada which are undergoing transformation into cultural facilities with support from the State Office of Historic Preservation. On-camera host Gwen Clancy interviews Susan Mayes-Smith at the Lear Theater in Reno, Gail Munk at the Pershing County Courthouse in Lovelock, Meg Glaser at the Western Folklife Center in Elko, and Mella Harmon at the Planetarium on the University of...

In Building Wonders, Nova presents three groundbreaking shows that investigate engineering mysteries of the ancient world with the help of dramatic hands-on experiments. Modern architects use medieval tools to examine the Lost City of Petra in the middle of Jordan's desert, the vast Roman Colosseum, and Turkey's 1,500 year-old cathedral dome, Hagia Sophia.

Long before the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf, BP was widely viewed as a company that valued deal-making and savvy marketing over safety, a 'serial environmental criminal' that left behind a long trail of problems, deadly accidents, disastrous spills, countless safety violations, which many now believe should have triggered action by federal regulators.

Off the coast of Baja California, science and sport fishing join forces to wrangle a great white shark out of the water, take DNA samples and release it unharmed...all within minutes.

Canyonlands is the little-known jewel of the American National Parks. The stark landscape contains more than 300,000 acres of desert wilderness, towering spires, and spectacular canyons. The rugged terrain is also a history book of time. Its stories stretch from the geologic forces that created this land, to the beginnings of life on earth and from ancient people, to the cowboys and outlaws of the Old West. Venture beyond the tourist hotspots to discover...

A documentary on whales, including information on their anatomy, communication and migration patterns of a variety of whale species including killer, pilot, and humpback whales.

A look at the disaster that shocked the world on May 7, 1915 when the state-of-the-art ocean liner sunk to a watery grave after being struck by a German U-Boat torpedo that killed over 1100 passengers.