About this product: It is truly the grandest of all American homes. Built by George Washington Vanderbilt, Biltmore dwarfs all the mansions built by his illustrious forefathers, even the Breakers "cottage" in Newport. America's Castlestakes a remarkable top-to-bottom tour of the largest home ever built in America. With its 255 rooms, the Biltmore is a monument to the extravagance and eccentricity of its owner. See footage of its construction, and go behind the scenes with the men and women who work there to learn the secrets of this incredible mansion. Get a privileged tour of rooms that are off-limits to the public, and marvel at the magnificent treasures that Vanderbilt collected. Travel to the gorgeous mountains of Western North Carolina for the definitive look at the ultimate American Castle.
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About this product: The DVD Success Series is a premium line of personal productivity recordings featuring acclaimed content from renowned motivators and success coaches, and designed for people on the move.
Ever wished you had the time for a one-on-one, in-person seminar led by a world authority on real estate prosperity? With Real Estate Investor’s College on DVD, property investment guru Dolf de Roos demonstrates field-tested strategies and insider techniques designed for novice and seasoned real estate investors alike. This six-DVD suite offers an in-depth video compendium of how-to tips for creating and perpetuating property income, then allows you to sit in on a series of international question-and-answer sessions featuring specific real estate queries from program participants. Dolf de Roos’ Real Estate Investor’s College on DVD: the best seat in the house, providing a private audience with one of the world’s premier investment authorities.
6 dynamic video seminars presented by Dolf de Roos - Real Estate Riches (1 DVD): Dolf de Roos’ comprehensive, critically acclaimed presentation originally broadcast on pay-per-view, offering field-tested techniques for creating wealth through property. - Discussions with Dolf (5 DVDs): A unique global forum offering real-life answers to specific real estate queries posed by program participants from New York to New Zealand, providing continuing real estate education in an illuminating Q&A format.
About this product: For those about to put their home on the market, "20/20" talks with experts who explain how you can get thousands of extra dollars for your house just by rearranging the furniture. Others weigh in on whether it's wise to try to save money by selling your home without a real estate broker. And for those looking to buy, "20/20" surveys the real estate market from coast to coast to explore what $200,000 buys today. It turns out it will get you anything from a private island in Maine to a 235 square foot apartment in New York City. Correspondent: Chris Connelly, Martin Bashir, Elizabeth Vargas, John Stossel
About this product: America's universities have always benefited from the generosity of philanthropists, and some of America's wealthiest citizens have responded by giving their homes to the school of their choice! UNIVERSITY ESTATES visits three of the finest of these homes. Tour the Samuel Cupples House at St. Louis University, a Gothic-tinged campus centerpiece built of purple sandstone and boasting 22 fireplaces in its 42 rooms. The University of Minnesota was given the exquisite English country home, Gleensheen, by the heirs of Chester and Clara Congdon. Its blend of traditional and contemporary design is highlighted by a magnificent terrace overlooking Lake Superior. Finally, the Chinqua-Penn Plantation of the University of North Carolina features extensive, ornate grounds with five greenhouses, a rose garden and an exotic Chinese Pagoda. AMERICA'S CASTLES offers an up-close look at the remarkable collection of esoteric treasures housed inside the 27-room mansion. Sign up for UNIVERSITY ESTATES, a crash course in architectural beauty and a glimpse of the good life!
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About this product: As someone who felt very naive about real estate investing and hence hesitant, this instructional DVD was a godsend. Thorough, clear, concise, realistic -- full of great information. I feel much more confident now as I embark upon my new vocation.
About this product: The men who dominated the auto industry at the turn of the century took their tremendous profits and built splendid estates. Many of these homes are not open to the public, but they are open to America's Castles. Visit Henry Ford's Fair Lane, a mansion whose whimsical style seems at odds with the no-nonsense demeanor of its owner. Go inside the stately mansion built by Ford's only son, Edsel, whose name is forever synonymous with automotive failure. His home, however, is anything but a lemon! In Meadow Brook Hall, heiress Alice Dodge created one of the most stunning of all American homes. An exclusive tour highlights its many remarkable features. And finally, find out how Goodyear founder Frank Sieberling rolled to profits, and see footage of the construction of his English Tudor style villa, Stan Hywet Hall.
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About this product: This deluxe 2-DVD collector’s edition from NoShame Films offers a pair of early works by Valerio Zurlini, one of the great unsung maestri of Italian cinema. War-torn Italy is the setting for VIOLENT SUMMER. In the final days of Mussolini’s reign, Carlo (Jean-Louis Trintignant, THE DESERT OF THE TARTARS), the hedonistic son of a high-ranking Fascist (Enrico Maria Salerno, THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE) falls in love with a Navy officer’s widow (Eleonora Rossi Drago). Fleeing the wrath of the Anti-Fascists for the safety of Southern Italy, the lovers are stranded by the masses of the dead and dying and must confront for the first time the horrors of war previously kept from them by a life of privilege. In GIRL WITH A SUITCASE, 16-year-old Lorenzo (THE DESERT OF THE TARTARS’ Jacques Perrin) falls in love with cabaret singer Aida (Claudia Cardinale), spurned by his playboy brother Marcello (Corrado Pani, SECRETS OF A CALL GIRL). Secreting the sensuous Aida in a hotel and going into debt to feed and clothe her, Lorenzo can only stand by as Aida attracts a stream of new suitors and learns the hard truth that sometimes pure love is not enough.
About this product: For the turn-of-the-century captains of Wall Street the majestic Hudson Valley provided an ideal getaway from the chaos of New York City. Just an hour or two from town, the valley offered tranquillity, natural beauty, and plenty of elbowroom for their sprawling country estates. America's Castlestakes you on an exclusive tour of the finest of these grand mansions. Get a rare look at financier John Jay Gould's Gothic castle Lyndhurst, with its turrets, gables and two-story tall stained glass windows. Meet Gould's archrival Frederick Vanderbilt, whose 50,000 square foot mansion was the area's most lavish. And get unprecedented access to Kykuit, the stunning estate of John D. Rockefeller, then the wealthiest man in the world. America's Castlespresents an extraordinary tour of the "valley of the millionaires."
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About this product: The brash British crime-fighing duo of Ash and Scribbs--Kate Ashurst and Emma Scribbins--are back in fine cheeky form in the second series of Murder in Suburbia. The BBC series is unlike any American crime procedural, partly because of the comely and very real young women detectives who play the leads--they're slightly neurotic, their love lives are messy, and they actually admit to getting rattled when solving creepy cases. But their focus and offbeat crime-solving methods nearly always save the day. The series is as enjoyable for the banter between the two as for the actual crime plots involved. The episode "Witch," for instance, centers on a murder of a student at an exclusive country school, and draws Ash and Scribbs into not only an unsettling clique of witchcraft practitioners, but forces them to relive some of their own not so ideal high school days. Dry humor as much as their ingenuity saves the day. Scribbs: "Do you think there's some kind of IQ test you have to fail to be come an estate agent?" Ash: "Yeah. It's the same test all my ex-boyfriends failed." --A.T. Hurley
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