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2018-2021 Catalog Thematical Index 2018-2021 Catalog Thematical index HISTORY............................................................................ ARCHEOLOGY........................................................................................ INCAS: THE NEW STORY .............................................................................................. 8 THE BURIED TREASURES OF AFGHANISTAN ............................................................ 8 MUSIC OF ANCIENT GREECE ................................................................................................... 8 SAVING EGYPT'S TEMPLES............................................................................................................... 8 WHAT KILLED THE ROMAN EMPIRE? .......................................................................... 9 LADIES AND PRINCES OF PREHISTORY ................................................................................. 9 EGYPT: THE TREASURE OF THE SACRED BULLS ..................................................... 9 THE MYSTERY OF THE RASCAR CAPAC MUMMY......................................................................... 9 THE NILE'S SUNKEN SANCTUARY ............................................................................... 10 THE TRUE STORY OF KING TUT'S TREASURE ....................................................................... 10 ANCIENT HISTORY................................................................................. ANTI-SEMITISM, 2000 YEARS OF HISTORY ........................................................................ 11 NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS: THE AGE OF THE BUILDERS (F2)......................................................... 11 VERSAILLES, AN UNDERGROUND MEGASTRUCTURE.................................................................. 11 THE GREAT GREEK MYTHS.............................................................................................................. 11 THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY ................................................................................................. 12 DATES THAT MADE HISTORY ................................................................................................... 12 THE MYSTERY OF JOAN OF ARC ........................................................................................ 12 NAPOLEON, DESTINY AND DEATH .................................................................................. 12 CONTEMPORARY HISTORY.................................................................. THE GOSPEL OF WEALTH - A STORY OF CAPITALISM (1870-2020) ................................. 13 THE CHINA OF POSSIBILITIES .............................................................................................. 13 MAFIAS AND BANKS .............................................................................................................. 13 THE STORY OF DRUG TRAFFICKING .......................................................................................13 NORMANDIE WILL NOT LEAVE TONIGHT ................................................................................ 14 BUILDING THE PARIS OPERA ................................................................................................... 14 EIFFEL TOWER: A BUILDING WONDER............................................................................................ 14 THE LOST FILM OF NUREMBERG ............................................................................................ 14 THE BIRTH OF HAUTE CUISINE ........................................................................................ 15 NAZI DEATH MARCHES, 1944-1945 ...................................................................................... 15 FAR WEST, STORY OF AN AMNESIA ................................................................................... 15 A HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN WORKING CLASS ................................................................ 15 THE HISTORY OF THE RED ARMY ........................................................................................... 16 ISRAEL/IRAN/USA, THE LONG WAR ......................................................................................... 16 444 DAYS - THE IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS ............................................................................. 16 THE UNGEMACH EXPERIMENT, A STORY OF EUGENICS ..................................................... 16 STALIN'S EXECUTIONERS - THE KATYN MASSACRE ............................................................ 17 THE GOERING CATALOG ........................................................................................................... 17 LIVING IN GERMANY AT WAR........................................................................................................... 17 MY LIFE IN HITLER'S GERMANY....................................................................................................... 17 THE SS, A BARBARIC STATE............................................................................................................ 18 HITLER'S EVIL SCIENCE..................................................................................................................... 18 THE FOUR SISTERS............................................................................................................................ 18 THE NEIGHBOURS.............................................................................................................................. 18 THE LAST MERCHANTS OF VENICE................................................................................................ 19 THE HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS GREAT WAR.................................................................................... 19 WORK, WAGES AND PROFIT............................................................................................................. 19 CUBA, THE REVOLUTION AND THE WORLD................................................................................... 19 CHE GUEVARA, BEYOND THE MYTH............................................................................................... 20 MAHATMA GANDHI, BEYOND THE MYTH........................................................................................ 20 NELSON MANDELA, BEYOND THE MYTH........................................................................................ 20 CANNES, THE FREEDOM FESTIVAL................................................................................................. 20 SIXTY EIGHT - 10 YEARS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD.................................................................... 21 SEX REVOLUTIONS............................................................................................................................. 21 CORLEONE: MAFIA AND BLOOD....................................................................................................... 21 WARRING BROTHERS: FROM ATATURK TO ERDOGAN................................................................ 21 IRAN, DREAMS OF AN EMPIRE......................................................................................................... 22 FARAH DIBA PAHLAVI, THE LAST EMPRESS.................................................................................. 22 CURRENT AFFAIRS......................................................... REPORTS - NEWS.................................................................................. ARTE REPORTS 2021 ................................................................................................................. 24 INVESTIGATION...................................................................................... RUSSIA, THE NEW STRATEGY ............................................................................................. 25 HACKING DEMOCRACY ......................................................................................................... 25 WHO CARES? WHEN BIG TECH TAKES OVER OUR HEALTH ........................................... 25 DRUG SHORTAGES - PROFITS BEFORE PATIENTS .......................................................... 25 EMOJI NATION ............................................................................................................................ 26 MASS-MARKET RETAILING: THE END OF A SYSTEM? ...................................................... 26 ALLERGY ALERT : PARANOIA IN OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM .................................................. 26 GLUTEN, PUBLIC ENEMY? ................................................................................................ 26 LOOKING FOR MELANIA TRUMP .............................................................................................. 27 FLYING OBJECTS - A STATE SECRET ..................................................................................... 27 NUCLEAR SECURITY: THE BIG LIE (2x52')....................................................................................... 27 RHINO MAFIA....................................................................................................................................... 27 STARBUCKS UNFILTERED................................................................................................................. 28 HAVE FUN IN PYONGYANG............................................................................................................... 28 CHINA'S SUPER COLLECTORS......................................................................................................... 28 THE AMERICAN CRUSADE IN AFRICA............................................................................................. 28 THE LAWS
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