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61) Damnation
Publisher
Patagonia
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers"--Container.
63) Drowned out
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The people of Jalsindhi in central India must make a decision fast. In the next few weeks, their village will disappear underwater as the giant Narmada Dam fills. Author Arundhati Roy joins the fight against the dam and asks difficult questions: will the water go to poor farmers or to rich industrialists? What happened to the 16 million people displaced by fifty years of dam building? Follows the Jalsindhi villagers through hunger strikes, rallies,...
65) Up the Yangtze
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A "farewell cruise" takes a luxury ship up the vast Yangtze River shortly before completion of the massive Three Gorges Dam. The passengers glimpse a rapidly changing countryside, while the local people struggle to adapt as their lives are irrevocably altered.
66) Building big
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The series (five parts) introduces the courageous creators and builders and reveals the deadly disasters and personal triumphs behind these breathtaking structures.
68) Frog and beaver
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A charming ecological fable of community and friendship from award-winning author-illustrator Simon James. Frog and his friends all live happily together on the river. At least they do until Beaver comes along. Beaver is determined to build the biggest and best dam that anyone has ever seen, but it's so big that it stops all the water and Frog and his friends are forced to move. Frog tries to warn Beaver that his dam is too big, but busy Beaver just...
69) The Hoover Dam
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Briefly describes the process involved in building the Hoover Dam.
Author
Series
Dam keeper ; 1
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Life in Sunrise Valley is tranquil, but beyond its borders lies certain death. A dangerous black fog looms outside the village, but its inhabitants are kept safe by an ingenious machine known as the dam. Pig's father built the dam and taught him how to maintain it. And then this brilliant inventor did the unthinkable: he walked into the fog and was never seen again. Now Pig is the dam keeper. Except for his best friend, Fox, and the town bully, Hippo,...
Publisher
WGBH/PBS
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Featuring the men and women who lived and worked at Grand Coulee in the wake of the Great Depression and the native people whose lives were changed alongside historians and engineers, the film explores how the tension between technological achievement and environmental impact hangs over the project's legacy.
72) Renato's luck
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A charming first novel of redemption and renewal, set against the gorgeous backdrop of Tuscany, "Renato's Luck" combines the humor and pathos of "Life Is Beautiful" with the sensuous abandon of "Like Water for Chocolate."
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
America's infrastructure was once our proudest achievement. Now its a most dangerous embarrassment. Bridges, dams, levees and highways are crumbling, toppling, being washed away, and putting us all at risk. Features interviews with journalists, noted scientists, whistleblowers who risked their lives to speak out, and politicians from both sides. Exposes the rampant collusion, corruption and cronyism within the government agencies whose very purpose...
75) Dams
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Changing the course of rivers has changed the course of history. Award-winning author/illustrator, and captivating storyteller, David Macaulay goes to extremes to bring you an unprecedented look at the power of dams. From the banks of the Nile to the top of the Hoover Dam, you'll meet the courageous and ambitious builders, relive the deadly disasters, and discover the little-known personal triumphs and tragedies behind the greatest dams ever built....
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1964]
Language
English
Description
Originally published in 1963, this powerful novel spools a rewarding, dramatic storyline while it probes the deeper philosophical search for self-definition in modern life and the symbolic demise of the agrarian South from technological progress. Flood begins with the arrival of two men in a small Tennessee town - Brad Tolliver, long-absent native son and successful screenwriter, and Yasha Jones, famous director and stranger to the region. Their purpose...
77) The Hoover Dam
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The construction history Hoover Dam is presented.
78) The Hoover Dam
Author
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The Hoover Dam traces the incredible story of the colossal structure, from its construction to its important modern-day use#x0;including preventing floods and providing electricity to millions of people. Large color photos, maps, and fact boxes enrich the captivating story, which is sure to excite even the most reluctant readers." -- Publisher's website.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Featuring stunning footage from seven winters in the Arctic, takes us through time into the world of the Inuit in the northern reaches of Canada. Connecting past, present and future is the Inuit's unique relationship with the eider duck. Eider down, the warmest feather in the world, allows both Inuit and bird to survive harsh Arctic winters--but industrial projects and dambuilding have thrown the balance far off and threatened the Inuit's way of...
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