China) Zhong yang dian shi tai (Beijing

Millions of years ago, incredible forces ripped apart the Earth's crust, creating our seven continents, each with its own distinct climate, its own distinct terrain, and its own unique animal life. From the colorful paradise of South America to the scorching heat of Africa, this showcases the true character of each continent in turn and reveals just how it has shaped all life there.

A panoramic tour examining the world's most historic and inaccessible locations, Silk Road escorts the viewer on the ancient path travelled by Marco Polo, linking the riches of China with the European markets of the Middle Ages.

Explores the three categories of mineral resources found within the earth (power resources, gem stones, and metals) and how they have been utilized for the advancement of civilization.

Looks at the relationship between predator and prey across a broad spectrum of both land and sea species and the challenges faced by each side of the hunter/hunted equation.

The center of the capital markets is shifting from America to Asia, that's what the future is going to be. China's economy has been on a fast track of growth, rising in stature. The Industrial & Commercial Bank of China is the world's largest by market value. Still there is a long way to go to make China a financial superpower. Yet Western bankers have hundreds of years of experience. They won't be defeated easily by the current financial crisis....

Meet creatures beyond your imagining in two undersea sagas pulsing with sea serpents, multiarmed beasts, magnificent kelp forests and jellyfish named for a Gorgon. In the Emmy Award winning The Blue Planet: Seas of Life and its jawdropping successor, Blue Planet II, cutting-edge breakthroughs in science and technology open your eyes to deep blue worlds, amazing sea life, and animal behaviors you've never seen before. Filmed on two circumglobal photo...

"Movie director Oliver Stone hoped to reveal the inside of Wall Street; exposing the greed and questionable risks that seem to cast a curse on the street. With the advent of computers and electronic trading, trading on stocks and other financial instruments is available any time of day or night. Human traders may be substituted by electronic traders, shifting the focus from market managers to computer based R&D experts".-- Publisher.

"NASDAQ founded in 1971 made it possible for young, high risk companies to go public creating a role for venture capitalists. Early venture capitalists included Queen Isabella of Spain who funded Christopher Columbus' voyage to the new world and banker JP Morgan who funded Thomas Edison and the electric light. On the NASDAQ, high risk ventures in Silicon Valley could be shared with investors on main street accelerating America's growth" -- Publisher....

"Early Wall Street bankers could never have imagined the many different investment vehicles now connecting Main Street and Wall Street. People of varied age and backgrounds all come to Wall Street with the same dream. Modern investing is comprised of an important list of investment vehicles for turning risk to reward" -- Publisher.

The name Wall Street evolved from the earliest history of North America. Back then, a wall stood as a protective boundary between the wealth of the Dutch Settlement of New Amsterdam and the Native Americans. It's a difficult challenge to find traces of that original wall from a time 400 years ago, especially in such a modern city as New York. But the wall of Wall Street perfectly parallels the history of New York City from its earliest beginnings...