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Allman, Ricky Benjamin, Arthur Briwa, Bill Cline, Eric H. Kehoe, Dalton Vishton, Peter M.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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 751 HOWVishton, Peter M.
Summary: This course taught by renowned psychology professor and child development expert explores some scientifically proved techniques for raising healthy, happy, and intelligent children, includes topics such as the link between sleep and cognitive development, ways to help your child with homework, and how to encourage pro-social behavior.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 SCICall number: DVD 649.1 SCI
Summary: Whether you?re huddled around the campfire, composing an email to a friend, or sitting down to write a novel, storytelling is fundamental to human nature. But as any writer can tell you, the blank page can be daunting. It?s tough to know where to get started, what details to include in each scene, and how to move from the kernel of an idea to a completed manuscript.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 WRISummary: "Dr. Kennedy-Moore's expert knowledge and focus on practicality, coupled with her warmth and gentle humor make this course a delight. These fun and fascinating videos will give you the solution-oriented approach you need to help address your most pressing parenting concern. You'll learn how to help your child develop both competence and confidence in navigating the social world."--Publisher's...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 RAICall number: DVD 649 RAI
Briwa, Bill
Summary: 16 lessons on cooking in the Mediterranean style designed to boost your confidence in the kitchen and help you create meals that you are proud to share.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59 EVECall number: DVD 641.59 EVE
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD BriwaSummary: An undergraduate course for nonscience majors that treats the atom as a tool for revealing the quantitative history of everything--from the human diet and works of art to Earth's climate and the universe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.09 PHYCline, Eric H.
Summary: Join the Great Courses and National Geographic for a spellbinding journey to wondrous ancient sites, and explore the greatest marvels of archaeology.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Kingsley
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930.1 CliCall number: DVD 930.1 Cli
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 930.1 ARCSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.3 HOWKehoe, Dalton
Summary: This course provides a theoretical and practical survey of the ideas behind and the practices of effective communication. It helps you become aware of the automatic processes involved that influence every day talk, of how face-to-face talk really works in the most common three recognized modes: connect talk, control talk, and dialogue talk. Effectiveness is measured by three things: getting...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.2 EFFCall number: DVD 302.2 EFF
Summary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 MATBenjamin, Arthur
Summary: One key to improving and expanding your math potential--whether you're a corporate executive or a high-school student--lies in the powerful ability to perform mental math calculations. Solving basic math problems in your head is a gateway to success in understanding and mastering higher mathematical fields such as algebra, statistics, and calculus. Mental mathematics also is valuable when...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011