Allman, Ricky
Summary: Since the earliest days of human society, we have been painters. Lining ancient cave walls, the oldest known paintings in the world date back over 50,000 years. Despite the fact that painting is such an integral part of human civilization, many people feel intimidated by the medium. Like drawing, creative writing, or musical performance, the ability to paint is a skill that can be learned and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Kingsley
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751 AllCall number: DVD 751 All
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751 HOWCall number: DVD 751 HOW
Ehrman, Bart D.
Summary: Twenty-four lectures on the history and varieties of Christian doctrines in the early church.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 229.9206 EHRLevine, Amy-Jill
Summary: A twenty-four lecture course that offers an introduction to the history, literature, and religion of ancient Israel and early Judaism as it is presented in the collection of texts called the Old Testament, the Hebrew Bible, and the Tanakh.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 221 LEVConner, Marc C.
Summary: For over 400 years, Shakespeares plays have enthralled, moved, and enriched each new generation of readers and theatergoers. How to Read and Understand Shakespeare builds the skills that allow you to reach your own understanding of the plays, to deeply comprehend Shakespeare's transcendent poetic language, the spellbinding world of his great characters and stories, and his revelatory...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2013
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 822.33 CON VOL. 1Call number: CD 822.33 CON VOL. 2
Thorburn, David
Contents: Part 1. Lecture 1: Road map--modernism and moral ambiguity -- Lecture 2: How to read fiction--Joyce's "An encounter" -- Lecture 3: Defining modernism--Monet's cathedral -- Lecture 4: Defining modernism--beyond impressionism -- Lecture 5: "The man who would be king"--imperial fools -- Lecture 6: "Heart of darkness"--Europe's Kurtz -- Lecture 7: "Heart of darkness"--the drama of the telling --...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2007
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 809 THO PART 1Call number: CD 809 THO PART 2
Johnson, Luke Timothy.
Summary: A series of twelve lectures examining St. Paul, his writings, and his message, presented by Luke Timothy Johnson, Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 225 JOHRendsburg, Gary.
Summary: Explores the book of Genesis showing us how we might read, hear, think about--and feel--its words as an ancient Hebrew would have, allowing us to gain a new appreciation of one of the most remarkable literary compositions from the ancient world.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2006
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 221 REN Part 1Call number: CD 221 REN Part 2
Spurgin, Timothy.
Summary: "These lectures demonstrate how to read fiction carefully for full enjoyment. The lectures begin with basic concepts from simpler stories before progressing into books famous for their complexity. The lectures explain literary devices such as irony and foreshadowing and show how skilled authors have used such devices to great effect in classic works of literature"--Guidebook.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009
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3 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 808 ARTCall number: CD 808 ART V. 1 OF 2
Call number: CD 808 ART V. 2 OF 2
Armstrong, Dorsey
Summary: "Between the fall of the Roman Empire and the brief, brilliant cultural phenomenon we call the Renaissance lay the Middle Ages-- fully 1,000 years of artistic, philosophical, political, and religious turmoil and treasures. This course offers an interdisciplinary look at medieval society and culture, with an emphasis on literature, the arts, and the tumultuous historical forces at work from A.D....
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009
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3 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 909 ARM PART 1Call number: CD 909 ARM PART 2
Call number: CD 909 ARM PART 3
Ehrman, Bart D.
Summary: Provides a historical context to foster a fuller understanding of contemporary events and people in the New Testament. Discuses distinguishing characteristics between the Greco-Roman cults and Judaism and Christianity, Jesus as a historical figure, and each of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001