Arthur Drooker
Author
Publisher
Glitterati Incorporated
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"There are nearly two million conventions, conferences, and trade shows each year in the United States. They offer a once-a-year opportunity for like-minded people to come together and express themselves freely. Photographer Arthur Drooker attended the quirkiest of these conventions, including gatherings for mermaids, furries, and fetishists, and documented them as expressions of community, culture, and connection. From ballrooms to guest rooms, and...
Series
Language
English
Description
Disc 1: Doomsday 2012: the End of Days: Doomsday is foretold in the Mayan calendar, the Chinese oracle of the I Ching and an Internet-based prophetic software program. Mayan doomsday prophecy: The Maya were legendary astronomers and timekeepers. Their calendar is more accurate than our own. They tracked stars and planets and assigned great meaning to astronomical phenomena and made the 2012 doomsday prophecy prediction.
Disc 2: Doomsday tech: Doomsday...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"See how NASA is arming itself with the latest technology to pre-empt an apocalyptic attack ... Learn how scientists envision reproduction and human development ... and explore startling new evidence showing the existence of universes other than our own ... From bizarre clouds to the hypothetical Planet X, from space disasters to space sex and the possibility of terrifying cosmic collisions, experience space in a whole new way -- not through a telescope...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Explores an important aspect of America's military past. They have served in conflicts dating back to the 19th century, and they are an increasingly important and growing part of the U.S. military. But the role of Hispanics in the armed services is largely overlooked, despite the fact that many Hispanic soldiers have won the highest military award the nation bestows, the Medal of Honor.
Publisher
History Channel Club
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Excerpts from Custer's journals and letters tell of his remarkable rise through the ranks of the Union Army during the Civil War, and his re-invention as an Indian fighter afterwards. Leading scholars explore his critical relationship with his wife and reveal how she helped turn her husband into an American legend after his death. And period accounts and artifacts help bring the historic "Last Stand" to life.