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Awareness Brain Chemistry Dogs Meditation Neurosciences Physics Quantum theory Spirituality United StatesSummary: Examines efforts by a group of citizens in West Virginia to hold the industrial giant Du Pont responsible for poisoning the drinking water supply as a result of dumping toxic chemicals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DEVSolomon, Robert C.
Summary: Twenty-four 30-minute lectures on the philosophy of emotions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128.37 SOLSummary: In these 24 highly enjoyable lectures, National Geographic takes you into the multifaceted world of birding, focusing on the astonishing range of bird species in North America. With its wide spectrum of wildlife habitats, North America is an endless region of interest for birders from around the world. Within the course, you'll make an in-depth study of bird identification, covering bird size,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.07 CURCall number: DVD 598.07 CUR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.07 GUISummary: "Receive a fundamental education in American law from four exceptional lawyers and professors."--Book cover page [4]
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Understanding investments" helps you to do just that. In 24 lectures, it introduces the fundamentals of investing to those new to the subject while broadening and deepening the knowledge of more experienced investors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6 UNDSummary: "Pets can be a wonderful source of joy, companionship, and fulfillment. And pet owners often enjoy secondary health benefits such as reduced risk of cardiac disease, increased amounts of exercise, and lowered blood pressure. That probably explains why 62 percent of American households have at least one pet. But these bundles of joy can also come with bundles of challenges--unlike humans, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.089 VETSummary: "Where Our Food Really Comes From, an eight-lecture course that explores the history, design, technology, and labor behind the foods you know and love."--Publisher's promotional description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.033 WHEGreenberg, Robert
Summary: Examines the life and works of Dimitri Shostakovich in 8 lectures of 45 minutes each.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Neuroscientist and Adjunct Professor of Psychology Indre Viskontas lectures on popular beliefs about the brain and the truths behind them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.82 BRASummary: Nothing can amaze quite like an expertly-executed magic trick. Ideally, only the magician knows how truly simple the deception is. After watching Math and Magic, you will know that this trick and its many variants rely on a remarkable property of patterned sequences called Gilbreath's principle--named after an amateur magician who was also a mathematician. Magic is full of such wonders, as you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 MATSummary: Couples a comprehensive overview of the periodic table with in-depth lessons on each of its 118 elements, that combine instructions with experiments and animated lab demonstrations. The first half of the course explores the history and fundamentals of the periodic table, the second moves from the top to bottom row to explore the discoveries, subatomic structures, behaviors, and everyday uses of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 546.8 UNDSummary: In the 25 relaxed, easy-to-follow lessons of How to Dance, you?ll learn the rhythm, solo steps, and partnering techniques of 16 of the most popular social dances so you can have a great time on the dance floor. From the gentle elegance of the waltz to the hot rhythms of the mambo, from the bouncing steps of the polka to the swagger of the tango, you?ll learn it all and have a great time in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.3 HOWSummary: Learn chess from an international master and renowned teacher in these intensively illustrated, easy-to-understand lessons for players at all levels. Jeremy Silman is an International Master and a world-class chess teacher, writer, and player who has won the U.S. Open, The National Open, and the American Open.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.1 HOWSummary: Learn how to speak Spanish, one of the world's most useful languages, in this course that helps anyone succeed with a new language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Have you ever picked up a rock and admired its colors, crystals, and texture, and thought, "How did it get this way?" Or have you ever driven by an unusual landform and wondered, "Why is it like that?" These questions have surprisingly deep answers that can encompass a significant fraction of Earth's 4.6-billion-year history. Such revelations come from the science of geology, but you don't...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551 PRASummary: "In a riveting course designed to give non-scientists the matchless experience of scientific discovery and deep understanding, The Evidence for Modern Physics: How We Know What We Know takes you through the most remarkable insights of contemporary physics, showing why physicists believe what they do."--The Great Courses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 EVISummary: "An acclaimed physicist uses analogies to everyday life to teach the rules that govern the microscopic world of particles in this accessible introduction to quantum theory."
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Great Courses 2019