Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: People who are anonymous and whose lives are usually ignored in traditional historical accounts are no less important than more prominent individuals in influencing the flow of events. These ordinary, but often heroic, people are the focus of this course. Each of the 48 lectures looks at history from a nontraditional perspective, that of the weak and marginalized-- the poor, sick, disabled, and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Great Courses 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AMESummary: Powers of ten ... illustrates a picnic in Chicago and then begins moving ten times farther out every ten seconds, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light. Then, we move inward into the hand of a sleeping picnicker with ten times more magnification every ten seconds. A rough sketch ... is an earlier version of the same concept illustrated in Powers of ten. 901, after 45 years of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FILSummary: Being responsible is very important! Doing chores, saying please, and being honest are all parts of being responsible. Taking on responsibility is fun and helpful!
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The force of gravity rules the universe. It governs our everyday lives on Earth and it controls the motions of the heavens above. Yet it is one of the least understood of all the forces of nature. This course is designed to give you a basic understanding of the forces of gravity that rule the universe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 531.14 BLASummary: Naturalist and filmmaker John Stoneman travels to the North and South Poles to study and interact with indigenous creatures above and below the ice.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Topics Entertainment 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WILSummary: US Navy ships reconnoiter Soviet Navy in Mediterranean
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1981
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Summary: In the 12 fascinating lessons of Identity in the Age of Ancestral DNA, Anita Foeman, PhD, Professor of Communication and Media, and founder and primary investigator of the DNA Discussion Project at West Chester University, takes us behind the scenes to examine what really happens when individuals receive their personal DNA ancestry results. By learning about their individual and family...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Great Courses 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599 FOECall number: DVD 599 FOE
Summary: If you earn money, spend money, or save money, you have to pay taxes. If the money you save earns money, you have to pay taxes on that, too. This program explains the essentials of taxes, helping students to become well-informed about both earned and investment income taxes, workplace tax benefits, and filing an annual return. It covers paycheck deductions, the W-2 and W-4 forms, guidelines for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: A self-proclaimed "freelance monotheist," Karen Armstrong is on a mission to bring compassion, the heart of religion, as she sees it, back into modern life. In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers sits down with Armstrong for a nuanced discussion of her Charter for Compassion initiative, a global call for all people-religious and non-religious alike-to apply the Golden Rule in their...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: In April 2010, the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano turned much of the northern hemisphere into an ash-strewn no-fly zone, stranding hundreds of thousands of travelers. But Eyjafjallajökull was just the start. Now, an Icelandic volcano ten times bigger, Katla, has begun to swell and grumble. Two more giants, Hekla and Laki, could erupt without warning. As CGI takes us inside these...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2013
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Summary: China is on the rise economically, but the post-Mao era has also seen an increasing hunger for something beyond material prosperity. From the novice Daoist monk honing tai chi skills atop a sacred mountain to the uncountable worshippers of the underground house church movement, this program reports on modern China's emboldened-yet still cautious-religious population. In the city of Wenzhou,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: It has been called a gateway to eternal salvation and an incitement to holy war. It has unified peoples yet divided nations. Religion: would society be better off without it? That is the question in this Oxford Union-style debate as panelists make their case. Speakers for the motion underscore that rampant interfaith and intrafaith violence vastly outweighs any social benefits of religion and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: From birth to death, in every country on the globe, for tens of thousands of years, the rhythm of human life has been accentuated by the practice of religious ritual. In this program adherents of three different faiths share their understanding of some common rites of passage: a rabbi explains the elements of a Jewish wedding, including some that date back to the book of Genesis; a minister...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: In the wilderness after a dramatic escape from Egypt, the story of the Hebrew people reaches a pivotal moment - one in which uncertainty and desperation threaten to derail the dream of a Promised Land. This program features author Bruce Feiler’s re-creation of that ancient, 40-year struggle for survival. Reflecting on places where God is said to have provided food and water for the Israelites,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs & 5th Atomic Bomb tested (part 2)
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1946
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Summary: Using simple analogies, real-life case studies, and computer-generated images, this program shows how the brain works, explains the frequent battle between instinct and reason, and unravels the mysteries of memory and decision-making. It takes viewers inside the mind of a soldier under fire to see how decisions are made in extreme situations, examines how a person with autism develops...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: World War II - Aerial shots of destroyed Japanese cities.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1945
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Summary: World War II - Shots of bombed Cologne, Germany
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1945
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Summary: The universe is a strange and violent place: full of regions spewing out energy on an unimaginable scale and objects so massive not even light can escape from them. With the discovery of quasars (extremely luminous, compact objects in the hearts of ancient galaxies), the picture of the universe has become even more complex. This program examines possible mechanisms responsible for such enormous...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1997
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Summary: A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AMESummary: World War II - British Gov't film warning the public of the dangers of German antipersonnel bombs
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944
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Summary: The capacity for awe in the face of the transcendent: that is how Paul Woodruff, one of America's foremost interpreters of Plato and other venerable thinkers of ancient Greece, defines reverence. In this program, Bill Moyers and the author of Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue examine this crucial yet frequently misunderstood and misapplied concept and its implications for the world today....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005