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Calvin Klein: A Stylish Obsession (1997)

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His name adorns everything from underwear to perfume. His stylish designs and business acumen built a fashion empire. When Brooke Shields went on national TV and cooed "nothing comes between me and my Calvins," a young designer from New York became a fashion icon. Calvin Klein went from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology to stardom in a few short years.

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Calvin Klein: A Stylish Obsession

Cash, Credit, and Your Future (2009)

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Dreams are free, but achieving them takes planning, hard work, and money. Give your students a head start on the money part by showing them how to manage their finances with this video filled with basic money management tips.

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Cash, Credit, and Your Future

First Impressions: Winning Over Your Boss and Coworkers (2008)

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Every boss has unique expectations and every company has its own procedures and work environment. How can a new hire sort it all out? This program explores the crucial skills every new employee should develop in order to become a valued part of the team.

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First Impressions: Winning Over Your Boss and Coworkers

Key Functions of Business: A Case Study (2006)

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Which part of a company has the most impact on product design? On employee training? On forming relationships with customers? This business case study addresses those questions by examining the needs, strategies, and goals of a major corporation's departments.

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Key Functions of Business: A Case Study

On Your Own: Independent Living Skills (2010)

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Help young adults jump out of the family nest with this practical six-part series! Quick and to the point, each video, focuses on a key area of independent living.

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On Your Own: Independent Living Skills

America: The Story of Us (2010)

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A riveting adventure of how America was invented, AMERICA The Story of Us focuses on the people, ideas and events that built our nation, covering 400 years of American history in the most extensive and in-depth television series ever produced by HISTORY.

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America: The Story of Us

DNA: Secret of Photo 51 (2003)

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On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published their groundbreaking discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, the molecule essential for passing on our genes and the ''secret of life.'' But their crucial breakthrough depended on the pioneering work of another biologist–Rosalind Franklin.

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DNA: Secret of Photo 51

The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)

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THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA is a six-episode series produced by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan and written by Dayton Duncan.

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The National Parks: America's Best Idea

The New Age of Walmart: Go Back Inside the Controversial Powerhouse (2009)

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CNBC's David Faber takes you back inside the biggest company in the world for an all-new, unprecedented look at the retailer. ...Since CNBC first took viewers inside the controversial powerhouse, Walmart has encountered an onslaught of lawsuits, intense criticism and a plummeting stock price, resulting in a time of tumultuous change and re-invention for the company.

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The New Age of Walmart: Go Back Inside the Controversial Powerhouse

The Founding of America (2008)

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The inspiring early days of America – the personalities, the battles, the bravery, the losses, and even the romance – spring to life in spellbinding detail in this sweeping 14-DVD set from A&E Home Video.

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The Founding of America

Frontline World: Stories from a Small Planet (2008)

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FRONTLINE/World's special Social Entrepreneurs Series features the stories of people whose ideas and organizations create new and sustainable markets and services that benefit underserved communities across the developing world.Disc 1 contains four featured profiles that show a range of creative solutions and services developed by social entrepreneurs, as well as a classroom guide to support ed

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Frontline World: Stories from a Small Planet

The Great Debaters

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Inspired by real events, the fascinating The Great Debaters reveals one of the seeds of the Civil Rights Movement in its story of Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington in a captivating performance) and his champion 1935 debate club from the all-African-American Wiley College in Texas. Tolson, a Wiley professor, labor organizer, modernist poet, and much else, runs a rigorous debate program at the school, selecting four students as his team in ’35, among them the future founder of the Congress of Racial Equality, James Farmer Jr. (Denzel Whitaker).

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The Great Debaters

Coach Carter

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COACH CARTER tells the inspiring true story of controversial high school basketball coach Ken Carter (Jackson). Making headlines for his emphasis on the importance of academics over athletics, Carter requests all the members of the team to sign contracts, promising to maintain a certain grade point average. When the players fail to live up to this agreement, Carter benches the entire team, locking the gym and forfeiting games to prove his point. This infuriates the community who sees this as a hindrance to the future professional athletic careers of the players.

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Environmental Ethics: Examining Your Connection to the Environment and Your Community (2004)

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Profiles a diverse group of Goldman Environmental Prize winners who have made it their duty to protect their local environments. The inspiring stories pose questions about how to weigh the needs of modern life with the reality of its impact on the environment. Demonstrates many ways that regular people can become environmental heroes.

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Environmental Ethics: Examining Your Connection to the Environment and Your Community

The World of American Indian Dance (2003)

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The beauty, artistry, athleticism, and competition of Native American dance are illustrated in this documentary. Filmed at the Crow Fair, Crow Agency, Montana, the program highlights the beautiful costumes and many dance styles incorporated into the culture from various Native American tribes and nations.

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The World of American Indian Dance

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