The Private Life of Plants (BBC Nature) download

The Private Life of Plants is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 11 January 1995.

A study of the growth, movement, reproduction and survival of plants. Each of the six 50-minute episodes discusses the aspects of a plant's life-cycle, using examples from around the world. 

Documentary

The Private Life of Plants (BBC, 1995)

Episodes

1. "Travelling"
2. "Growing"
3. "Flowering"
4. "The Social Struggle"
5. "Living Together"
6. "Surviving"

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The Life of Mammals, BBC -download-

The Life of Mammals is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 20 November 2002.

A study of the evolution and habits of the various mammal species. Each of the ten episodes looks at one (or several closely related) mammal groups and discusses the different facets of their day-to-day existence.

Documentary

The Life of Mammals (BBC, 2002)

Episodes

01. "A Winning Design"
02. "Insect Hunters"
03. "Plant Predators"
04. "Chisellers"
05. "Meat Eaters"
06. "The Opportunists"
07. "Return to the Water"
08. "Life in the Trees"
09. "The Social Climbers"
10. "Food for Thought"

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The Life of Birds (BBC series) -download-

“Birds are the most accomplished aeronauts the world has ever seen. They fly high and low, at great speed, and very slowly. And always with extraordinary precision and control.”
David Attenborough

This Magnificent series celebrates the incredible variety of the world’s best loved creatures and provides fresh insight into their fascinating way of life. Three years in the making, David Attenborough travelled around the globe, visiting 42 countries from the Arctic to Antarctica to uncover the private life of these conquerors of the air. The Life of Birds is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 21 October 1998.

Documentary

The Life of Birds (BBC, 1998)

Episodes

01  "To Fly or Not to Fly?"
02. "The Mastery of Flight"
03. "The Insatiable Appetite"
04. "Meat-Eaters"
05. "Fishing for a Living"
06. "Signals and Songs"
07. "Finding Partners"
08. "The Demands of the Egg"
09. "The Problems of Parenthood"
10. "The Limits of Endurance"

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BBC Beautiful Minds: Offbeat Thinkers -download-

A three-part Series in which three of Britain's most influential and respected scientists explain how their unique scientific perspectives have redefined how we think about the world around us.

Who are the modern men and women who will be remembered for the brilliance of their minds? What are their legacies and what can their extraordinary discoveries tell us about the nature of science and the nature of truth?

In the first part, Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell describes how she discovered pulsars, the by-products of supernova explosions which make all life in the universe possible. She describes the moments of despair and jubilation as the discovery unfolded and her excitement as pulsars took the scientific world by storm. Profoundly reflective about the nature of scientific discovery, she shares her thoughts on the connections between religion and science and describes how she see science as a search for understanding rather than a quest for truth.

Great minds don't think alike. In fact, offbeat thinking has led to some of the greatest scientific discoveries of our age.

In the second episode James Lovelock explains how his maverick way of thinking led him not only to technical breakthroughs in atmospheric detection systems on Earth and Mars, but also to Gaia - a new way of thinking about the Earth as a holistic, self-regulating system. He tells of his struggle against the scientific consensus of the day, the ridicule of his peers and his passionate belief that the mainstream scientific establishment stifles intellectual creativity.

In the final part of this series Sir Tim Hunt (Nobel Prize for his discovery of the mechanism of how cells divide) recalls moments in his life that provided inspiration for his career as a scientist, from his father's intent scholarship which shaped his early methods to his mother's battle with cancer and the influence of this on his current position at Cancer Research UK. In his own words, Hunt reveals his own opinions on the thought processes, both logical and emotional, that led to his extraordinary discovery.

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Good to Eat: Travel Book + Video

BOOK

Title: Good to Eat - Riddles of Food and Culture

Author: Marvin Harris

Publisher: Waveland Press (July 1998)

trad. ita: Buono da mangiare - Enigmi del gusto e consuetudini alimentari, Einaudi editore.

Why are human food habits so diverse? Why do Americans recoil at the thought of dog meat? Jews and Moslems, pork? Hindus, beef? Why do Asians abhor milk? In Good to Eat, best-selling author Marvin Harris leads readers on an informative detective adventure to solve the world’s major food puzzles. He explains the diversity of the world’s gastronomic customs, demonstrating that what appear at first glance to be irrational food tastes turn out really to have been shaped by practical, economic, or political necessity. In addition, his smart and spirited treatment sheds wisdom on such topics as why there has been an explosion in fast food, why history indicates that it’s “bad” to eat people but “good” to kill them, and why children universally reject spinach. Good to Eat is more than an intellectual adventure in food for thought. It is a highly readable, scientifically accurate, and fascinating work that demystifies the causes of myriad human cultural differences.

Table of Contents

1. Good to Think or Good to Eat? / 2. Meat Hunger / 3. The Riddle of the Sacred Cow / 4. The Abominable Pig / 5. Hippophagy / 6. Holy Beef, U.S.A. / 7. Lactophiles and Lactophobes: Milk Lovers and Milk Haters / 8. Small Things / 9. Dogs, Cats, Dingoes, and Other Pets / 10. People Eating / 11. Better to Eat

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VIDEO

Title of the Series: Ray Mears' Wild Food

Author: Ray Mears

Production company(s): Discovery Channel, BBC

In Wild Food, Ray presents an informative guide to cookery, travelling across the world to demonstrate traditional cooking skills and cuisine.

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List of the Series:

Wild India (BBC, 1997) 

  

Wild South America (BBC, 2000) 

Wild Africa (BBC, 2001) 

Wild New World (BBC, 2002) 

Wild Australia (BBC, 2003) 

Wild Europe (BBC, 2005)

Wild Caribbean (BBC, 2007) 

Wild China (BBC, 2008)

Wild Pacific (BBC, 2009)

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Wild New World (BBC Nature) download

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. 

Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. 

Walk beside me that we may be as one. 

(Ute proverb)

Exploring the natural history of North America

Nature Documentary

Wild New World (BBC, 2002)

Episodes

1. Land of the Mammoth
2. Canyonlands
3. Ice Age Oasis
4. Edge of the Ice
5. American Serengeti
6. Mammoths to Manhattan

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Wild Pacific (BBC Nature) download

Land is permanent, man disappears.

(Maori proverb)

Exploring the natural history of the islands of the South Pacific region.

Nature Documentary

Wild Pacific (BBC, 2009)

Episodes

1. "Ocean of Islands"
2. "Castaways"
3. "Endless Blue"
4. "Ocean of Volcanoes"
5. "Strange Islands"
6. "Fragile Paradise"

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Wild India (BBC Nature) download

Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it.
(Indian proverb)


Nature Documentary

Wild India: Land of the Tiger (BBC, 1997)


Episodes

1) "The Tiger's Domain"
2) "Sacred Waters"
3) "Unknown Seas"
4) "Desert Kingdom"
5) "Mountains of the Gods"
6) "Monsoon Forest"

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Wild Caribbean (BBC Nature) download

Only shoe know when stocking has hole.
(Caribbean proverb)


Nature Documentary

Wild Caribbean (BBC, 2007)


Episodes

1) "Treasure Islands"
2) "Reefs and Wrecks"
3) "Hurricane Hell"
4) "Secret Shores"

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Wild China (BBC Nature) download

Over a long distance, you learn about the strength of your horse; over a long period of time, you get to know what's in a person's heart.
(Chinese proverb)


Nature Documentary

Wild China (BBC, 2008)


Episodes

1) "Heart of the Dragon"
2) "Shangri-La"
3) "Tibet"
4) "Beyond the Great Wall"
5) "Land of the Panda"
6) "Tides of Change"

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Wild South America (BBC Nature) download

From the tree of silence hands the fruit of tranquility.
(Peruvian proverb)

Nature Documentary

Wild South America (BBC, 2000)

Andes to Amazon


Episodes

1) "Lost Worlds"
2) "Mighty Amazon"
3) "Great Plains"
4) "Andes"
5) "Amazon Jungle"
6) "Penguin Shores"

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Wild Africa (BBC Nature) download

The Earth moves at different speeds depending on who you are.
(Nigerian proverb)

Nature Documentary

Wild Africa (BBC, 2001)


Episodes

1) "Mountains"
2) "Savannah"
3) "Deserts"
4) "Coasts"
5) "Jungles"
6) "Lakes and Rivers"

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Wild Europe (BBC Nature) download

"There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign" 

(R. L. Stevenson)

Nature Documentary

Europe: A Natural History (BBC, 2005)

Episodes

01) "Genesis"

02) "Ice Ages"

03) "Taming the Wild": last 10000 years.

04) "A New Millennium": today.

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Wild Australia (BBC Nature) download

“We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home.”

Nature Documentary

Wild Down Under (BBC, 2003)

Exploring the natural history of the Australasian continent.


Episodes
   
01) "Wild Down Under": an overview of Australia's natural history.
02) "Desert Heart": the deserts of Australia.
03) "Southern Seas": the wildlife of Australasia's seas and coasts.
04) "Gum Tree Country": Australia's eucalypt forests.
05) "Island Arks": from north Australia to New Guinea.
06) "New Worlds": man's impact on Australia's wildlife.

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Download Ray Mears series collection

Here is the complete list of Ray Mears tv series, see below the download link

# Wild Tracks (BBC, 1994)

# Tracks (BBC, 1994–97)

# Ray Mears' World of Survival (BBC and Discovery Civilization Channel, 1997–98, 2 seasons of 6 episodes each)

# Ray Mears' Country Tracks (BBC, 1998, 2002–03)

# The Essential Guide to Rocks (BBC Education, 1998)

# Ray Mears' Extreme Survival (BBC, 1999–2002, 3 seasons of 6 episodes each)

# Ray Mears' Adventure Special (BBC, 2001) – Mears takes Ewan McGregor into the Honduran jungle.

# Ray Mears' Real Heroes of Telemark (BBC, 2003)

# Ray Mears' Bushcraft (BBC, 2004–05, 2 seasons of 5 episodes each)

# Ray Mears' Wild Food (BBC, 2007)

# Ray Mears Goes Walkabout (BBC Two, June 2008, 4 episodes) – Mears tours the Australian outback.

# Ray Mears' Northern Wilderness (BBC Two, autumn 2009, 6 episodes)

# Survival with Ray Mears (ITV, 2010, 3 episodes)

# Wild Britain with Ray Mears (ITV, 2010)

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