Penn & Teller
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Tim Jenison, a Texas-based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did seventeenth century Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically, 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning ten years, his adventure takes him to Delft, Holland, where Vermeer painted his masterpieces, to the north coast of Yorkshire to meet artist David Hockney, and even to Buckingham Palace to see a Vermeer...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Renowned magician/comedian Mac King presents amazing tricks and astounding (and often hilarious) feats of illusion that are perfect for any youngster aged 9 to 12 years. The book features fifty easy-to-learn, absolutely amazing magic tricks (including card tricks) but focuses on tricks that can be performed with rope, backpacks, hats, bandanas, knives, coins, twigs and anything else that might be found around a campfire.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together celebrities, scientists, comedians, and more to explore a variety of cosmic topics, colliding pop culture with science in a way that late-night television has never seen before. Topics range from popular science fiction, space travel, extraterrestrial life and the Big Bang, to the future of Earth and the environment.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
This semi-sequel to Disney's classic 1940 film Fantasia, inspired by Walt Disney's vision of Fantasia as an ongoing project, features seven all-new animated interpretations set to classical music performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as well as the famous "Sorcerer's Apprentice" sequence starring Mickey Mouse from the original version.