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The Library DVD Shelf

Chris Isaak Christmas
Koch Vision
www (dot) kochvision (dot) com
1417230991, $19.99, VideoSales@kochent (dot) com

Chris Isaak is joined by Michael Buble, Brian McKnight and Stevie
Nicks in this Christmas celebration featuring such classics as White
Christmas, Let It Snow, Christmas on TV and more. It's mixed in
surround sound for the finest of listening experiences, is captured in
high-definition, recorded live in Chicago and provides five of Isaak's
own holiday originals as well as the complete performance as original
broadcast on PBS. An outstanding presentation.

Dog the Bounty Hunter: Best of Season 4
A&E Home Video
c/o A&E Television Networks
235 East 45th Street New York , NY 10017
1422906418, $19.95, www (dot) aetv (dot) com

The fourth season of DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER finds him tracking down
more criminals then handing more tough love after capture. Baby Lyssa
joins Dog's family team in this set of Dog adventures: a series of
more gripping action-packed - and spiritual-packed - true crime
stories to attract both prior Dog fans and newcomers to his bounty
hunting business.

Yoga With Your Baby
Jackie Long
Yoga With Love
www (dot) yogawithyourbaby (dot) com
DVD, $19.95 jackie@yogawithlove (dot) com

New parents can connect with their baby and toddler even in a busy
world with the help of a special DVD that melds teachings from
Buddhism, yoga, and neuroscience to offer an interactive format
perfect for newcomers as well as yoga practitioners of all types. Kids
ages 3 months to 4 years are the perfect age range to benefit from
this DVD of some 20 yoga practices for adults, 15 baby yoga poses, and
songs to sing.

Cardiokickboxing DVDs
Lynn Hahn
Bayview Films
107 Pink Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
DVD, $19.99 Each www (dot) getrealfit (dot) org www (dot) amazon (dot)
com

Cardio kickboxing uses different martial arts stances and forms to
strengthen the body, offering agility moves and workouts lending to
weight control and body toning alike. KICK and PUNCH AND FIRM by Lynn
Hall offers user-friendly workouts that require no prior knowledge to
prove useful. The fun, lively workouts are outstanding exercise and
martial arts routines and offering maximum kickboxing benefits to all
levels of users - and to libraries catering to them.

Children of the Stones
Acorn Media Group
8515 Georgia Avenue, Suite 620, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3403
$24.99 www (dot) acornmedia (dot) com

Children of the Stones is the DVD collection of all seven episodes of
a British science fiction thriller, filmed on location at the Avebury
stone circle (which is older than the nearby Stonehenge). When
astrophysicist Adam Blake (whose other credits include "Blake's 7")
and his teenage son Matthew come to research the standing stones, they
discover fascinating and harrowing mysteries hidden in the stones'
past. The seemingly druidic Rafael Hendrick holds an inexplicable sway
over the entranced "happy ones" of the local village - and why is it
said that "nobody ever leaves the circle"? The menace gradually builds
up to the suspenseful climax, in this exciting and dramatic saga
enhanced with interviews, production notes, series trivia, and a photo
gallery. Highly recommended. Approximately 174 min., full screen,
color.

Makeup Assignment - Brow Abilities
Monique Powers
Empowers Beauty, Inc.
PO Box 16245, Beverly Hills, CA 90209
$24.99 www (dot) MakeupAssignment (dot) com www (dot) MoniquePowers
(dot) com

Licensed esthetician Monique Powers, who has over 15 years of
experience as a makeup artist and eyebrow specialist, presents Makeup
Assignment - Brow Abilities, a how-to DVD teaching teenagers and women
of all ages how to create, groom, and enhance one's eyebrow shape,
regardless of one's natural eyebrow structure. Step-by-step
instructions walk the viewer through the composition of an
aesthetically pleasing eyebrow shape, how to fake a full eyebrow, how
to efficiently and effectively use inexpensive eyebrow tools and
makeup, and more. An easy-to-follow, professional-quality
instructional highly recommended to not only prospective and
professional makeup artists, but also to any woman determined to look
her best. 20 minutes, color.

Dance Off The Inches: Dance It Off Ballroom
Kristina Milova, host
Anchor Bay Entertainment
1699 Stutz Drive, Troy, MI 48084
$14.98 www (dot) anchorbayentertainment (dot) com

Part of the energetic Dance Off the Inches series, Dance Off The
Inches: Dance It Off Ballroom is a fun exercise DVD featuring cardio
ballroom routines perfect for burning calories and getting into shape.
Ballroom dancer Kristina Milova guides the viewer through mini dance
routines that draw upon three of the most popular styles of ballroom
dance. No partner is needed for these samba, cha cha, and jive
routines that make working out as fun as it is tummy-flattening. A
Dance Off The Inches Step Guide teaching the viewer ten basic dance
steps in ten minutes rounds out this welcome addition to DVD fitness
libraries. 61 minutes, closed captioned.

The Romance of a Vanishing Race
Rich-Heape Films, Inc.
5952 Royal Lane, Suite 254, Dallas, Texas 75230
$29.95 www (dot) richheape (dot) com 214-696-6916

The Romance of a Vanishing Race collects three vintage motion pictures
of Native Americans and their daily culture, originally filmed in the
early 1900s and featuring tribal chiefs who participated in the last
Great Indian Council, including some who fought at the Battle of
Little Big Horn. The first, "The Romance of the Vanishing
Race" (released 1916, 29 min.) features Navajo, Pueblo, Crow, and Hopi
tribes and re-enactments of Indian battles on the plains as well as
tribal ceremonies and medicine men. "Rodman Wanamaker Expedition of
Citizenship to the North American Indian" (released 1913, 26 min.) has
Dr. Joseph Dixon explain the important symbolism of the flag to
different Indian tribes and their dedication ceremonies. "Winter Farm
Life on a Crow Reservation" (released 1921, 8 min.) features World War
I French hero General Ferdinand Foch, and shows scenes from
reservation life including the butchering of a cow, erecting a teepee,
and the ceremonies to welcome General Foch. Suitable for viewers of
all ages, The Romance of a Vanishing Race preserves invaluable
evidence of Native American culture and is an enthusiastically
recommended addition to public and college library DVD collections. 63
minutes, captioned, black-and-white.

Kathy Smith: Total Body Lift
Kathy Smith
Lionsgate
2700 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404
411 Video Information (publicity)
PO Box 1223, Pebble Beach, CA 93953
$14.98 www (dot) lionsgatedvd (dot) com www (dot) 411videoinfo (dot)
com

Kathy Smith: Total Body Lift is a fitness DVD featuring energetic,
dance-inspired exercises as demonstrated by host Kathy Smith.
Expensive equipment is not required, though a simple mat, towel, chair
for support, and light weights are recommended. The workout itself
consists of a five-minute warm-up, upper body lift, leg lift, butt
lift and tummy lift, and can be customized to a degree; a music only
option is also available for the audio track. A user-friendly DVD
suitable for all ages and experience levels, Kathy Smith: Total Body
Lift is a welcome addition to any exercise DVD collection.
Approximately 69 minutes, full screen, color.

Rules of the Road
Vat 19
11783 Borman Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146
$34.95 www (dot) Vat19 (dot) com

Rules of the Road is an interactive driver's educational course on two
DVDs, ideal for teenagers but also useful for adults seeking to
refresh their driving knowledge and awareness. Disc 1 is specifically
prepared to help the viewer pass the written driving test with flying
colors, as well as sample the Virtual Driver experience to heighten
awareness of one's surroundings. From parallel parking to highway
merging, night driving, right-of-way rules, and more, the viewer is
guided through everything he or she absolutely must know before
getting behind the wheel. Disc 2 includes a complete behind-the-wheel
curriculum ideal for assisting parents and teachers, enhanced with
tips on auto safety, car maintenance, preventing road rage, and what
to do in case of an emergency. A bonus of nine printable drive packets
spanning ninety-five pages, as well as eight interactive practice DMV
written tests round out this enthusiastically recommended addition to
school and community library collections. Rules of the Road is also
the perfect gift for any teen who has just turned old enough to start
learning how to drive! 192 minutes, English and Spanish subtitles.

Cook's Country Season One
Chris Kimball
WGBH Boston Video
c/o SSA Public Relations
15260 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 1730, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
9781593758431, $34.95 www (dot) ssapr (dot) com

Cook's Country Season One is the DVD collection of all thirteen
episodes from season one of the public television show "Cook's
Country", featuring Chris Kimball and America's Test Kitchen Chefs. A
distinctly American cooking show that demonstrates how to create great
recipes like Chocolate Blackout Cake, Cincinnati Chili, Raspberry
Chiffon Pie and much more, Cook's Country Season One also broadens its
informative repertoire with general food shopping and preparation
tips, tricks, and techniques, such as which cookware, kitchen tools,
and supermarket foods are most worth buying. Printable versions of 26
selected recipes round out this highly enjoyable presentation of tasty
delights, highly recommended for viewers of all levels of skill and
experience in the kitchen. Approximately 5.5 hours, closed-captioned.

Lionel Nation 2
A McComas/Stachler Production
TM Books & Video
PO Box 279, New Buffalo, MI 49117
9781932291735, $19.95 www (dot) tmbv (dot) com 1-800-892-2822

Kindred spirit to the first Lionel Nation DVD yet featuring all-new
footage, Lionel Nation 2 is a DVD tour of a prewar layout and
collection of amazing model railroad trains. Laid out by expert
craftsman, and hobbyist Norm Charbonneau, the made-to-scale trains are
stunningly realistic, sure to delight and inspire model railroad
enthusiasts. Additional material includes a behind-the-scenes look at
a toy train auction, a tour of the engines and cars that inspired the
Lionel brand's new series of Conventional Classics, and model railroad
operating tips. Lionel Nation 2 is a treat for anyone with an interest
in model railroading. 60 minutes, color.

Composing the Beatles Songbook
MVD Entertainment Group
PO Box 280, Oaks, PA 19456
$19.95 www (dot) MVDb2b (dot) com 1-800-888-0486

Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney 1966-1970 is an
independent DVD documentary examining the partnership and music of
Lennon and McCartney, widely beloved creator of some of the most
popular songs by the classic 60's rock band "The Beatles". Filled with
rare footage including classic Beatles performances, and also
testimony from friends of the pair, Composing the Beatles Songbook is
sure to prove as inspirational as it is educational to songwriters
today. Extras include extended interviews and biographies, in this
superb gift for dyed-in-the-wool Beatles fans. 112 minutes, black-and-
white.

Encounters With John Wesley
Vision Video
PO Box 540, Worcester, PA 19490-0540
#501297D, $19.95, www (dot) visionvideo (dot) com

Few itinerant preachers in 18th Century England would equal the
accomplishments of John Wesley as he went around the country spreading
the Protestant gospel and founding Methodist societies. As with all
Christian reformers, Wesley faced unrelenting persecution, endured
tremendous hardships, and was both fearless and dedicated in his
Christian labors. Now a thirty-minute story of his life has been
produced in a DVD format starring Mark Topping as John Wesley in an
action-packed docudrama filmed on location in New Room, Bristol (the
oldest Methodist chapel in England), and the Charles Wesley house. The
DVD format is enhanced with the inclusion of an interview with Mark
Topping. Of special note are the dramatized versions of four sermons
by John Wesley. Superbly produced and thoroughly engaging from
beginning to end, "Encounters With John Wesley" is very highly
recommended for personal, church, and community library Christian
Studies and Christian DVD collections.

Language Partners: Building a Strong Foundation
Boys Town Press
14100 Crawford Street, Boys Town, NE 68010
0974788961, $24.95 www (dot) boystownpress (dot) org 1-800-282-6657

The third DVD in the Early Intervention Illustrated Series, Language
Partners: Building a Strong Foundation teaches parents of deaf or hard
of hearing children how to create a language-rich environment that
gives children the tools they need to develop thinking, communication,
and learning skills. Simple techniques ideal for use early in child's
life when their language-learning ability is amazingly malleable make
Language Partners: Building a Strong Foundation easy to follow and
utterly invaluable. Especially recommended for public library
collections and parents or caretakers of young, hearing-impaired
children. 20 minutes.

Blue Dragon Volume 1
Viz Communications Inc.
295 Bay Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
DVD, $14.98 www (dot) viz (dot) com 1-800-394-3042

Based on the hit role-playing game for the Xbox 360, Blue Dragon
Volume 1 collects the first five episodes of the Japanese animated
fantasy-adventure television series. Featuring the main characters
from the game (all of whom were designed by Dragonball Z creator Akira
Toriyama), Blue Dragon follows the plucky young hero Shu and his
friends - his cool-headed rival Jiro, the sensitive girl Kluke, the
boisterous Devee Marumaro, and the icy warrior woman Zola in their
quest to combat the spreading evil of Nene and the Grankingdom. The
titular Blue Dragon itself is Shu's shadow come to fierce life, the
better to fight for courage and justice! The plot of the animated Blue
Dragon series differs significantly from that of the Xbox 360 game, to
the extent that it could be considered an alternate universe; anyone
who has played the game is sure to enjoy the surprises in this new
story. Blue Dragon Volume 1 is a family-friendly DVD, particularly
recommended for fans of fantasy, anime, and dragons! English, 100
minutes, color.

Blue Dragon, Volume 2
Viz Communications Inc.
295 Bay Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
1421522640, $14.98 www (dot) viz (dot) com 1-800-394-3042

Containing episodes 6-8, volume 2 of Blue Dragon continues the family-
friendly anime (Japanese animated) DVD series loosely based on the
popular Xbox 360 role-playing game about a group of young people who
can bring their animal-like shadows to life to fight for what's right
in a fantasy world threatened by war. Though the personalities of Blue
Dragon's characters (and their nemesis, the villainous Nene) will be
familiar to game players, as well as much of the musical score, the
storyline is completely different from that of the game, to the extent
of being set on a parallel world. Led by the mysterious Zola, wielder
of Killer Bat shadow that never speaks, Shu (Dragon shadow), Jiro
(Minotaur shadow), Kluke (no shadow yet), and Marumaro (Sabertooth
Tiger shadow) must defend themselves against not only invading
Grankingdom spies and attacks at sea, but also the gushing gratitude
of a young girl with the power to turn invisible or change shapes!
Trouble is, their klutzy newest admirer has a tendency to accidentally
hurt as easily as help - and she just might have a crush on Shu, much
to Kluke's dismay! A saga of fantastic action, rivalry, and a dash of
intrigue, Blue Dragon Volume 2 is highly recommended to viewers of all
ages. 100 minutes, color.

A&E Home Video
c/o A&E Television Networks
235 East 45th Street New York , NY 10017
www (dot) aetv (dot) com

CRISS ANGEL MINDFREAK: THE BEST OF SEASONS ONE AND TWO (1422913228,
$12.95) tells of Criss Angel, part Cirque du Soliel, part magician,
who has taken magic to new realms in his series of hit shows featuring
his death-defying stunts. These stunts are performed live and never
with camera trick, and this collection captures a powerful magician's
best episodes from his first two seasons. Fans of British comedy will
relish THE BEST OF MR. BEAN VOLUME 2 (1422919501, $9.95), a collection
starting Rowan Atkinson as the amazing Mr. Bean. Mr. Bean is always in
trouble and funny - and this collection offers up some of the ongoing
bests of his world in a hilarious set of outrageous circumstances and
mishaps. Both will appeal to a wide audience.

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On Dec 23, 3:20 am, Midwest Book Review <> wrote:
> The Library DVD Shelf
>
> Chris Isaak Christmas
> Koch Vision
> www (dot) kochvision (dot) com
> 1417230991, $19.99, VideoSales@kochent (dot) com
>
> Chris Isaak is joined by Michael Buble, Brian McKnight and Stevie
> Nicks in this Christmas celebration featuring such classics as White
> Christmas, Let It Snow, Christmas on TV and more. It's mixed in
> surround sound for the finest of listening experiences, is captured in
> high-definition, recorded live in Chicago and provides five of Isaak's
> own holiday originals as well as the complete performance as original
> broadcast on PBS. An outstanding presentation.


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"But you can't love me, no, you can't love me
If you don't even love yourself...
Oh, I still wanna be there,
But I've got more enough in reasons "--dancing in the drak, solange
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