The Birth Parter Handbook is a concise, contemporary guide for today s birth partners, showing them exactly what they can do to help create a positive birth experience, whether the mother gives birth naturally or with medication, at home, in a childbearing center, or in a hospital.
With a special emphasis on the psychological changes of labor, this guide also introduces a new approach to understanding labor made popular through the author s nationwide childbirth workshops, called the laboring mind response.

This documentary tells the thrilling story of the Spitfire. From prototype to commander of the skies during World War Two, this legendary aircraft possesses an iconic status which is much deserved. We explain who designed and built the Spitfire, revealing what it was like to fight and fly in this legend of the skies.We explain how the Spitfire achieved its reputation, looking at the machine s first prototype. The gull wing plane, with its fixed undercarriage, closely resembled the already existent Stuka plane. We examine the key decisions made by R. J. Mitchell when the design process was still in its infancy.

Sixty years ago Israel fought a war with the Arabs. This event still shakes lives in Israel and the occu-pied Palestinian territories. If they want peace, they need to overcome the legacy of 1948. This documentary focuses on the war between two sides, and the refuges still suffering in its aftermath. Kristallnacht focuses on the ominous start of Hitler s Final Solution.

The second part of the three-part series Becoming Human, NOVA investigates the first skeleton that really looks like us- Turkana Boy -an astonishingly complete specimen of Homo erectus found by the famous Leakey team in Kenya. These early humans are thought to have developed key innovations that helped them thrive, including hunting large prey, the use of fire, and extensive social bonds. The program examines an intriguing theory that long-distance running-our ability to jog-was crucial for the survival of these early hominids. Not only did running help them escape from vicious predators roaming the grasslands, but it also gave them a unique hunting strategy: chasing down prey animals such as deer and antelope to the point of exhaustion. Birth of Humanity also probes how, why, and when humans uniquely long period of childhood and parenting began.

In fact only two of the four accounts of the life of Christ in the New Testament, the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Matthew, tell of his birth. These Infancy Gospels, as they are known, both agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem and today pilgrims and tourists mill in their thousands around the Church of the Nativity built upon the supposed site of Christ s entry into the world, just as they have for centuries. But only Luke mentions the Census and the journey from Nazareth. Neither mentions the ox or the ass. The visitors from the east are nowhere referred to as Kings and nor is it mentioned that there are three of them. Both Gospels mention King Herod, but his dates do not correspond with the dates of a possible Roman census under the Governor Quirinus mentioned in Luke, which came ten years after Herod the Great s death.

How did the Earth evolve to support life? Our planet now supports a huge diversity of living creatures requiring very special conditions, but what was the series of events that brought this unique set of conditions together? What did it take to make a world that would support human life?

In 1985, at the tender age of 13, Mat Hoffman entered into the BMX circuit as an amateur, and by 16 he had risen to the professional level. Throughout his storied career, Hoffman has ignored conventional limitations, instead, focusing his efforts on the purity of the sport and the pursuit of what s next. His motivations stem purely from his own ambitions, and even without endorsements, cameras, fame and fans, Hoffman would still be working to push the boundaries of gravity. Academy Award nominee Spike Jonze and extreme sport fanatic Johnny Knoxville, along with director Jeff Tremaine, will showcase the inner workings and exploits of the man who gave birth to Big Air.