Documentary

• Heanor's Past in Pictures | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £21.02   |  Saving you £-4.03 (-23.70%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Sit back and let Simon Groom (of BBC's Blue Peter fame) take you back into the streets of Heanor which have been brought back to life using the latest digital video technology. The Heanor & District Local History Society have compiled from their vast picture archive a journey back in time which any Heanorite will find amazing as well as very educational.

• Died Young, Stayed Pretty | DVD | (08/02/2010) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  "Died Young, Stayed Pretty" is a candid look at the underground poster culture in North America. This unique documentary examines the creative spirit that drives these indie graphic artists.

• Harun Yahya | DVD | (15/06/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £44.99

  The author who writes under the pen name Harun Yahya was born in Ankara in 1956. He studied arts at Istanbul's Mimar Sinan University & Philosophy at Istanbul University. Since 1980 the author has published many books on political faith related and scientific issues. Greatly appreciated all around the world these works have been instrumental in many people recovering their faith in God and in many others gaining a deeper insight into their faith. Harun Yahiya's works appeal to all people Muslims & non-Muslims alike as they centre around one goal: to open the readers' mind by encouraging them to think about some critical issues such as the existence of God & wonders of his creation & to display the decrepit foundations & perverted works of godless systems. Discs: 1. The End of Times 2. A Superstitious in Modern Times 3. Buddhism 4. The Signs in Living things 5. The Order of the Heavens 6. The Prophet Muhammad 7. The Prophet Musa 8. The Prophet Yusuf 9. The Prophet Moses 10. Islamic Union 11. Islam Denounces Terrorism 12. The Quran 2 13. The Quran 3 14. Makkah 15. Moral Values 2 16. Moral Values 3 17. Satan 18. Only Love can Defeat Terrorism 19. The Perfect Creation 20. Al-Tib Al-Nabawi

• Glories of Islamic Art, the | DVD | (18/10/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  An inspirational journey of discovery into the glories of Islamic Art We begin with a look at the achievements of the first Islamic dynasty the Umayyads who established their capital at Damascus. Their regime spread throughout greater Syria and they left a rich architectural heritage. This includes two of the great surviving Islamic buildings the Great Mosque of Damascus and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. The programme emphasises how the early Islamic builders and architects used ideas and materials inherited from their Byzantine predecessors - for instance columns and capitals are clearly borrowed from earlier buildings and earlier ages. In just the same way Islam inherited a strong Christian tradition in the Middle East and adapted Christian tenets and beliefs within their new faith. Christianity may have been to a large extent superseded in the Middle East - it was still respected. For instance in the middle of the prayer hall of the Damascus mosque stands the burial shrine of St. John the Baptist. This programme does not just deal with mosque or religious architecture. At Jericho we see the remains of one of the Arab conquerors' luxurious desert palaces with its famous gazelle mosaic that has become an icon of Islamic visual art. From the Ayyubid period we see the mighty citadel of Aleppo only really conquered by Tamerlane himself. One building was specially holy to both lines of Islam - albeit at different times. This was the Al-Azhar Mosque built by the Fatimids but today a pillar of Sunni orthodoxy. But Al-Azhar in many ways transcends these divisions - it is renowned throughout Islam as the world's oldest university. It is still regarded as a major guardian of religious knowledge and wisdom whose opinions are respected all over. In closing we learn of the last great Islamic dynasty the Ottomans and their great capital at Istanbul and the man mainly responsible the pre-eminent architect of Islam Sinan exponent of the cascading domes which glorify traditional Turkish religious architecture. But Sinan's mark was not just on religious buildings. He designed the harem the secretive inner court buildings within the beautiful Topkapi Palace. The palace itself shows off the marvellous and colourful Iznik tilework - the trademark of the Islamic middle ages. The presenter Akbar Ahmed is the leading Islamic scholar in the western world. The author of numerous books on Islam and associated topics he is Ibn Khaldun Professor of Islamic Studies at the American University Washington DC. Akbar Ahmed was the Pakistani High Commissioner in London and has taught at Cambridge and Princeton Universities.

• The Book Of Acts | DVD | (14/03/2011) from £27.51   |  Saving you £-10.52 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Journey with the physician Luke (Dean Jones) as he tells the enthralling story of danger, struggles, and triumph that marks the birth of the Christian church. Share the time of mystery and wonder that follow the resurrection of Jesus. Walk with the risen Lord. Watch as He is taken up into heaven. Experience the transforming power of Pentecost and catch the fire as God uses the passion of Peter (James Brolin) and Jon (Andre Jacobs) to send the flame of faith racing throughout Jerusalem and ar...

• Tony Palmer - All You Need Is Love Vol.6 | DVD | (04/04/2009) from £8.15   |  Saving you £0.84 (9.30%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Over the past forty plus years British film director Tony Palmer has established himself as one of the countrys foremost directors of documentary and factual based films. One of Tony Palmers first successes was the film All My Loving which was released in 1968. Some seven years later Tony had the idea encouraged by John Lennon to document the history of popular music. The result was the groundbreaking and award winning series of films made for television under the title All You Need Is Love The full series of films was released in 2008 to great critical and commercial acclaim. Volume six covers the big business behind the performance side of music the writing of music and music publishing. Tin Pan Alley existed to make money. It organized and rationalized an embryonic music industry for the mutual benefit of these who did the organizing. Tin Pan Alley brought to popular music a collective sense of purpose. Songs were no longer the creative prerogative of a few gifted composers. They could be written to order in ten minutes for all combinations of instruments and voices. Its organization included pluggers copyists demonstrators and arrangers. Songs were written by committee by number and by role. There was product and the greater the product the greater the profit.

• Modern Drummer Festival 2008 | DVD | (22/06/2009) from £35.35   |  Saving you £5.64 (15.95%)   |  RRP £40.99

  Concert/Documentaire en anglais pour Batterie Instrument/Discipline : Batterie Support : DVD Auteur/Compositeur : COLLECTIF Coffret 4 DVD qui regroupe les meilleurs moments du Modern Drummer Festival de 2008, des performances live et des interviews d'artistes. Vous y retrouverez notamment le Bill Stewart Group, le Billy Ward Trio ainsi que le Thomas Pridgen Trio. Contenu : Simon Phillips and Protocol; Ndugu Chancler; Will Calhoun; Billy Ward Trio; Thomas Pridgen Trio; Bill Stewart Group; Gavin Harrison; Todd Sucherman; Dafnis Prieto Sextet; Derek Roddy; Carmine Appice's SLAMM

• The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour | DVD | (10/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Rock Milestones takes you through the looking glass as we draw on the expertise of a top team of critics and musicologists to find the story behind The Magical Mystery Tour. Industry insiders offer their professional insights into how the music was made and its consequent influences whilst a swathe of carefully researched archive interview and performance footage will take you back in time for a truly first hand experience.

• Michael Jackson -In Memory Of Michael Jackson | DVD | (10/01/2011) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-4.19 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Superstar Michael Jackson entertained audiences nearly his entire life. His father Joe had been a guitarist but was forced to give up his musical ambitions following his marriage to Katherine. Together they prodded their growing familys musical interests at home - the 'Jackson Five'. Solo success for Michael was inevitable, and by the 1980s, he had become infinitely more popular than his brotherly group. Record sales consistently orbited, culminating in the biggest-selling album of all time, ...

• Mates of State - Two of Us | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £8.95   |  Saving you £4.04 (31.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Songs Include:
  Throwdown
  I Got This Feelin
  Hoarding It For Home
  La'Hov
  Ha Ha (Demo)
  Beehive State
  Separate The People
  These Days
  Whiner's Bid
  An Experiment
  Invitation Inn.

• Empires - The Definitive Collection | DVD | (15/08/2011) from £22.94   |  Saving you £26.05 (53.20%)   |  RRP £48.99

  This collection of acclaimed programming details every fact of the world’s greatest civilisations. From the most brutal and feared leaders of the ancient world to the first Roman-Barbarian war and every gruesome battle that followed, witness the rise and decline of Ancient Rome. Explore the mind-boggling feats and gravity-defying masterpieces of the ancient Egyptians and Greeks. And discover the origins of the Huns, Goths, Vikings and Mongols, powerful groups whose military strength and overwhelming drive kept empires on three continents in terror for centuries.Also features in-depth documentaries on the Vikings, the Goths, the Mongols and the Huns.Special Features: History in the making “Rome: Engineering an Empire” Modern Marvels: Barbarian Battle Tech Genghis Khan: Terror and Conquest Episode of A&E’s Award-Winning Series Biography Behind the Scenes Featurette

• Confessions Of A Virgin | DVD | (19/05/2007) from £7.09   |  Saving you £-1.10 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Fresh out of finishing school Alexandra is heading back to the family homestead Philander Manor to join her sisters and some very close staff members. However she has a dark secret - she's a virgin something very much frowned upon by all the residents of the manor. It's up to the rest of the family and staff to teach her about the world. The volunteers are plentiful including a violin teacher who's willing to show her how to use his instrument.

• Secret Superpower Aircraft - Spyplanes | DVD | (09/02/2009) from £8.56   |  Saving you £-0.57 (-7.10%)   |  RRP £7.99

  In revealing the Cold War race for the ultimate spy plane this documentary uses both computer animation and rare archive footage to uncover the stories of the secret competitor aircraft to the famous U-2 and Blackbird reconnaissance planes and of the bizarre CIA spyplane operation Project Cherry.

• Spacefiles | DVD | (13/12/2004) from £32.01   |  Saving you £7.98 (20.00%)   |  RRP £39.99

  This box set features all three titles in the 'Spacefiles' series of documentaries.

• Ambient Space | DVD | (19/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Learn your space science while watching Ambient Space! Enjoy the throws of space from your own living room - accompanied with Classical Ambient or Accoustic guitar music.

• Woodchurch Wings of War - WW2 Flying Displays | DVD | (05/07/2010) from £14.56   |  Saving you £-4.57 (-45.70%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Flying displays from some of the world's greatest military aircraft. Once a year a small airstrip in Kent becomes the focus of an incredible collection of airplanes flown by some of the best pilots in the world. From its early days as a small gathering Woodchurch has evolved into a popular day out for the whole family featuring classic piston engine aircraft jets and fighters from both World War One and World War Two. Highlights include flying displays from the P-51 Mustang Corsair Spitfire Hurricane and an awe-inspiring flyby from the B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B.

• Bob Dylan -Keep Your Eyes On The Prize | DVD | (17/08/2009) from £7.65   |  Saving you £-1.66 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Film documentario che si concentra unicamente sugli inizi della leggendaria carriera del menestrello americano, partendo dal giorno della sua nascita a Duluth, Minnesota, ed esaminando dapprima la sua formazione scolastica e poi le prime esperienze a New York come stella nascente del revival folk. Il documentario si chiude con la sua fase elettrica culminando nel controverso tour mondiale del 1966.

• The Last Bomb | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The United States' role in World War II began with a surprise attack when on the morning of December 7 1941 a contingent of hundreds of Japanese bomber planes attacked Pearl Harbor in the most successful surprise attack in history. In less than two hours they had destroyed or seriously damaged 347 planes and 18 ships of war. American casualties including civilians totaled 3 581.After four years of grueling warfare President Harry S Truman decided the only way to end the war was to use the most advanced weaponry available: the atomic bomb. The 'Little Boy' with a core of uranium 235 was dropped over Hiroshima on August 6 1945.The more sophisticated and more deadly 'Fat Man' was dropped over Nagasaki three days later. The bomb was ten feet long five feet wide 10 000 pounds with plutonium at its core.Of the 286 000 people living in Nagasaki at the time of the blast 74 000 were killed and another 75 000 sustained severe injuries. Shortly thereafter the Japanese surrendered.

• Tony Palmer - All You Need Is Love Vol.1 | DVD | (09/02/2009) from £8.59   |  Saving you £0.40 (4.66%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Over the past forty plus years British film director Tony Palmer has established himself as one of the countrys foremost directors of documentary and factual films. One of Tony Palmer's first successes was the film All My Loving which was released in 1968. Some seven years later Tony had the idea encouraged by John Lennon to document the history of popular music. The result was the groundbreaking and award winning series of films made for television under the title All You Need Is Love. Volume One entitled Gods Children The Beginnings is just that and sets out the story for the rest of the series by charting the origins of popular music and traces it back to the African continent by way of Europe and America.

• World War Ii -The Concentration Camps | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £17.53   |  Saving you £-4.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This harrowing film was produced in May 1945 at the personal insistence of US General Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was so shocked by what he witnessed with his own eyes at the first concentration camps to be liberated that he ordered that this film should be made as a lasting testament to the barbarism which had occurred under the Nazi regime. This unspeakable footage was used in evidence at the Nuremberg trials and provides the ultimate primary source which illustrates the inexcusable horrors d...