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Program DVD. In AGING BACKWARDS 3, former ballerina Miranda Esmonde-White uses groundbreaking science to develop a practical six-point plan anyone can use to keep their minds sharp and their bodies active using gentle daily movement.

includes the Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility, the Aging Backwards 4: Posture Protocol (4-DVD Set), the The Posture Protocol Calendar and the Aging Backwards 4: Essentrics TV Subscription

Combo includes: Program DVD, 4-DVD Workout Collection, 30-day Workout Calendar, bonus 30-day Subscription to Essentrics TV, and the hardcover book Aging Backwards: Fast Track

Program DVD. Miranda Esmonde-White offers simple solutions we can incorporate daily to maximize our posture potential, including gentle flexibility and range of motion exercises that will help to keep you pain-free, reverse the signs of aging, improve organ function, and revitalize your health from the inside out.

Includes the Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility DVD, the Aging Backwards 4: Posture Protocol (4-DVD Set), the The Posture Protocol Calendar, the Aging Backwards 4: Essentrics TV Subscription, and The Miracle of Flexibility hardcover book

Includes the Aging Backwards 4: The Miracle of Flexibility, the Aging Backwards 4: Posture Protocol (4-DVD Set), the The Posture Protocol Calendar and the Aging Backwards 4: Essentrics TV Subscription

Master Milliner Jenny Pfanenstiel of Formé Millinery Co. in Louisville, Kentucky handmade these fascinators for PBS viewers. The stunning blue headband with a sculpted bow, perfect for any occasion, was designed and hand stitched using traditional techniques and great care. One size fits all with a headband.

* Luxury 100% lambswool throw * Approximately 57" X 78" * Dry Clean Only * Note: Image is representational. Color and pattern may vary.

Emily and Betsy of Basecamp Printing Co. in Charleston, West Virginia custom designed this product exclusively for PBS viewers. The travel themed stationery set includes a journal and an accordion-fold illustration that is perforated and can be separated into 3 postcards. Showcasing the beauty of the American landscape, this set was designed in-house and printed by hand on old-school printing presses using traditional methods of setting type and hand-carving images.

Zak Fellman of Pillbox Bat Co. in Winona, Minnesota made these one-of-a-kind baseball bats for PBS viewers. The mini souvenir baseball bats, featuring the quote "Legends Never Die," was meticulously designed and hand-painted to help you commemorate your love of the game.

Programs include: Easy Yoga for Arthritis, Heart Healthy Yoga, Easy Yoga for Easing Pain, Back Care Basics, Easy Yoga for Diabetes, Survival Guide for Pain-Free Living, Part 1: The Basics, Part 2: Lower Body, Part 3: Upper Body, Part 4: Preventing Pain, Easy Yoga: The Secret to Strength and Balance

From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., GOSPEL explores Black spirituality through sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century. But, while musical styles come and go, there is one sound that has been a constant source of strength, courage, and wisdom. It is a message that resounds from the pulpit to the choir lofts on any given Sunday—one of good news in bad times: gospel.

Since the time of the sorrow songs, Black sacred music was a cathartic and confidential way to communicate the anger and frustration of living as a Black person in America. Even now, gospel continues to evolve and remains a source of cultural affirmation and sustenance. Over the course of four hours, GOSPEL explores how class, gender, cultural innovations and consumer technologies—such as records, radio, television and the internet—shaped the development of Black preaching and gospel over the centuries.

The story is led by a host of artists and performers like Jekalyn Carr, Twinkie Clark, Donald Lawrence and Dionne Warwick; notable preachers and theologians like Bishop Yvette Flunder, Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III and U.S. Senator Raphael G. Warnock; and esteemed musicologists and scholars like Robert Darden, Braxton D. Shelley, Jonathan Lee Walton, and Dr. Teresa Hairston.

Inspired by one of the most beloved American hymns, “His Eye is on the Sparrow”
I sing because I’m happy,
I sing because I’m free;
For his eye is on the sparrow,
And I know he watches me.
In 1954, Mahalia Jackson and her long-time accompanist Mildred Falls hosted a nationally syndicated radio show with Studs Terkel. They called it "His Eye Is On the Sparrow." In the summer of 1958, Mahalia Jackson put her signature on one of the most beloved American hymns, "His Eye Is On the Sparrow." In July, she performed it before an ecstatic audience at the Newport Jazz Festival. A month later, she made a studio recording of the song. It’s a song closely associated with the African American experience. Its authors were born around the time of the Emancipation Proclamation.

This lightweight, well-constructed, eco-friendly tote is perfect for the grocery store, farmer’s market and running everyday errands.

Includes the Gospel (2-DVD Set), The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (2-DVD Set), the Gospel Canvas Tote Bag, and The Essential Mahalia Jackson (2-CD Set).

“WE WANT THE FUNK!” the documentary from Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson, and co-director and producer Nicole London, which traces funk music’s African and gospel roots, from James Brown to Parliament-Funkadelic and beyond, premieres on INDEPENDENT LENS. A syncopated and star-studded voyage through the journey of funk music, the film delves into the genre’s influence on contemporary music, fashion, and freedom of expression as well as its role in the rise of hip-hop.

20 All-Time Greatest Hits! is a compilation album containing 20 of James Brown's most famous recordings, including "I Got You (I Feel Good)", "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Pt. 1", & "Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) Pt. 1."

This iconic collection is being reissued in limited edition 2LP ruby red vinyl.

Tracklist
A1. I Got You (I Feel Good)
A2. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1
A3. I Got The Feelin'
A4. Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1
A5. Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
B1. Make It Funky, Pt. 1
B2. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Pt. 1
B3. Think
B4. It's A Man's Man's Man's World
B5. Try Me
B6. Night Train.

C1. Cold Sweat, Pt. 1
C2. Get On The Good Foot
C3. Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt. 1
C4. The Payback
D1. Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud), Pt. 1
D2. Super Bad, Pts. 1 & 2
D3. Hot Pants, Pt. 1
D4. Get Up Offa That Thing
D5. Please, Please, Please

This collection includes the Independent Lens: We Want the Funk - The History of Funk Music DVD, the James Brown: 20 All-Time Greatest Hits CD, and the James Brown: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Tote

THE JEWISH JOURNEY: AMERICA traces Jewish immigration to America through the centuries. The film is narrated by Emmy Award-winning journalist Martha Teichner of CBS News. Unlike other immigrant stories, Jewish-American history has been rooted in an ever-changing "Old Country" (South America, Europe, Russia, North Africa, and the Middle East to name a few). Interviews with top scholars in Jewish history, notable Jewish-American writers, and many immigrants themselves detail the varied stories of migration through the last five centuries, with a rarely explored look at the actual journeys to get here.

Deeply knowing, highly entertaining, and just a little bit irreverent, this unputdownable encyclopedia of all things Jewish and Jew-ish covers culture, religion, history, habits, language, and more. Readers will refresh their knowledge of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, the artistry of Barbra Streisand, the significance of the Oslo Accords, the meaning of words like balaboosta,balagan, bashert, and bageling. Understand all the major and minor holidays. Learn how the Jews invented Hollywood. Remind themselves why they need to read Hannah Arendt, watch Seinfeld, listen to Leonard Cohen. Even discover the secret of happiness (see “Latkes”). Includes hundreds of photos, charts, infographics, and illustrations. It’s a lot.

Includes the America: The Jewish Journey DVD, The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar's and Everything in Between hard cover book and the 52 Shabbats hard cover book

At the tiny Greenwood School in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont, its roughly 50 students, boys from the ages of 11 to 17, are asked each year to memorize the Gettysburg Address. This would be a daunting assignment for any student, but the boys at Greenwood all suffer from learning differences that have made their personal, academic and social progress extremely challenging.

Embedding camera crews at the school for three months to chronicle the boys' struggle to learn Abraham Lincoln's immortal words and deliver them in a final public recitation, acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns has created a fascinating and inspiring documentary that shows them heroically confronting past failures and humiliations, ultimately opening the door to what Lincoln himself called "a new birth of freedom."

Interweaving the history of this most famous of American speeches with the contemporary journey of the boys at Greenwood, The Address reveals the timeless resonance of Lincoln's words, while culminating in the triumph of the human spirit.

This DVD contains descriptive audio for the blind.

Hailed as a film masterpiece and landmark in historical storytelling, Ken Burns's epic documentary brings to life America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Newly restored and featuring 5.1 surround sound to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this landmark series, here is the story of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president, and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.

Includes the Ken Burns: The Civil War 25th Anniversary Edition (6-DVD Set), the Ken Burns: The Address DVD, the the The Civil War by Geoffrey C. Ward, Kenneth Burns and Richard Burns (Text Only Edition) paperback book and the Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Eastern Theater paperback book.

A classic 11 oz rocks glass featuring the first edition inside cover and opening lines of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.” This elegant tumbler captures the spirit of the original stories first published over 130 years ago. One might imagine Sherlock and Watson pondering clues while cradling this glass in their hands.

There is one literary detective who stands above all others, whose powers of deduction are known the world over, whose influence can still be felt in today’s most modern whodunits. Who is it, you ask? Why, it’s elementary - the answer is Sherlock Holmes, the famous sleuth of 221B Baker Street. And Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - the man who made him famous in such tales as The Hound of the Baskervilles and A Study in Scarlet - changed the world of mysteries, inspiring legions of devoted fans.

Whether you’re a devotee or you’ve yet to be awed by Holmes’s powers of deduction, you’ll love this Canterbury Classics edition that includes the complete traditional canon of Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mysteries: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of Four, The Valley of Fear, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow, and The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. The perfect volume to complete any bookshelf, The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection features an eye-catching leather-bound cover with gold foil stamping, as well as fine ivory paper with gilded edges.

A classic keepsake for fans of detective novels as well as all great literature, The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection is the perfect addition to any home library.

Includes the Sherlock Holmes Rocks Glass, the The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection - Leather-Bound Classics, and the The World of Sherlock Holmes 1000 piece Puzzle.

The most famous bear in Yellowstone is responsible for 22 descendants. Grizzly 399 has become a symbol of the clash between humans and the wild, as well as a measure of success for her species as it creeps back from the brink of extinction. Now, the stakes are higher than ever as the State of Wyoming petitions the federal government to remove grizzlies from the endangered species list—which would make it legal to hunt bears for recreation. But 399 is far more than just a symbol, she’s the protagonist of a riveting story full of twists and turns, hope and heartbreak.

The most famous population of grizzly bears in the world lives in the ecosystem that encompasses Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, and the most visible queen of all has been Jackson Hole Grizzly 399. During her long life, with cubs at her side, she has navigated the intersection between wilderness and people. Her harrowing journey has changed the way tens of millions of people around the globe think of both grizzlies and conservation.

Over the past two decades, legendary nature photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen has been tracking Grizzly 399 and her cubs, amassing more than one million photos along the way. Together with conservation writer Todd Wilkinson, Mangelsen returns with a new, long-awaited volume that brings the importance of 399 and the plight of American grizzlies into focus in a way that will move your heart and inspire you to join the army of advocates who want to keep this region of public lands, which belongs to all of us, forever wild.

Includes the NATURE: Grizzly 399 - Queen of the Tetons DVD, the Grizzly 399: The World's Most Famous Mother Bear hardcover book, and the Grand Teton Tumbler.

Program DVD, NATURE: Patrick and the Whale.

This provocative book of photography offers bold new insight into the lives of the world's largest mammals, along with their complex societies. In these pages, we learn that whales share an amazing ability to learn and adapt to opportunities, from specialized feeding strategies to parenting techniques. There is also evidence of deeper, cultural elements of whale identity, from unique dialects to matrilineal societies to organized social customs like singing contests. Featuring the arresting underwater images of Brian Skerry, who has explored and documented oceans for over four decades, this book will document these alluring creatures in all their glory - and demonstrate how these majestic creatures can teach us about ourselves and our planet.

Includes the NATURE: Patrick and the Whale DVD, the National Geographic: Secrets of the Whales hardcover book, the 4ocean x ChicoBag Reusable Shopping Bag, and the Conscious Step Socks That Protect the Ocean - Rolling Waves socks.

Pore over your pour-over! This mug features beautiful original portraits of our solar system, and every time you enjoy a hot cup of coffee or cocoa, you can learn about each planet. As 19th century astronomer Maria Mitchell wrote, "You cannot study anything persistently for years without becoming learned..."

In this five-part series, NOVA explores the awesome beauty of The Planets. With special effects and extraordinary footage captured by orbiters, landers and rovers, you'll get up-close look at Saturn's 45,000-mile-wide rings, Mars' towering ancient waterfalls, and Neptune's supersonic winds. Scientists share the inside story of the missions that revealed everything from methane lakes on a distant moon to the mysterious unfrozen sea in Pluto's heart. Along the way, NOVA reveals how each of these spectacular worlds has shaped our own planet: Earth.

This collection includes the Heat-Changing Planet Mug, the NOVA: The Planets 2-DVD set and The Planets paperback book.

Show off your inner-nerd with this fancy-schmancy PBS Nerd tote! Natural 10 oz. cotton canvas tote with contrast black handles. PLUS, you'll get the PBS Nerd T-shirt, too!

Natural 10 oz. cotton canvas tote with contrast black handles. Printed PBS Nerd logo.

Color: Envy Green / Co-branded with KERA Bubble logo on the back! Made of 50% ring-spun cotton/50% polyester

Includes Rick Steves' Travel as a Political Act book and Rick Steves' The Story of Fascism in Europe DVD 

Includes Rick Steves' Travel as a Political Act book, Rick Steves' The Story of Fascism in Europe DVD, and Rick Steves' Europe: 20-Year Anthology DVD box set 

In SOCIAL SECURITY & YOU WITH MARY BETH FRANKLIN, one of the country's leading Social Security and Medicare experts guides viewers on securing their retirement funds. With tips and advice on making the most of their social security benefits, host Mary Beth discusses the age people should claim it and what changes if they're single, married, divorced, or widowed. Her insight on how to get the most out of our hard-earned retirement benefits helps enrich, inspire, and educate by giving viewers the information they need to live their best life in retirement.

This prepackaged kit includes the Social Security & You with Mary Beth Franklin program DVD, the More on Social Security Bonus DVD, the Maximizing Social Security Benefits soft-cover book + Access Code to MaryBethFranklin.com and Virtual Q&A, and the Women & Social Security Booklet in a ready to ship mailer.

* Access code for MaryBethFranklin.com can be found inside the front cover of the Maximizing Social Security book.
* The next Social Security & You Q&A webinar will be held on July 15, 2025 at 7:00 pm (EST). There is a link for members to register on the PTV member page of MaryBethFranklin.com.

For thousands of years, farming was driven by the muscle of either animals or humans. With the invention of the steam engine, industrialists brought seam power to farms. The inventions of the reaper and steel plow began a rush to mechanize farming. By the dawn of the 20th century, hundreds of companies were experimenting with vehicles to bring power farming to agriculture.

In 1909, there was a push to put powered implements in the hands of America's farmers. By the 1920s, John Deere, Ford, and International Harvester were in a battle to develop a reliable tractor that would become part of everyday agriculture. By 1929, the three agricultural equipment manufacturing giants were among the few dozen companies that remained, but the tractor form we recognize today had finally emerged and began rapidly replacing muscle as the primary source of power on the farm.

This collection includes the Tractor Wars DVD and hardcover book

The collection includes the Tractor Wars DVD, hardcover book, and mug.