Summary: There is more to the universe than meets the eye--a lot more. In recent years, scientists have discovered that 95 percent of the contents of the cosmos are invisible to our current methods of direct detection. Yet something is holding galaxies and galaxy clusters together, and something else is causing space to fly apart. Scientists call these invisible components dark matter and dark...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 DARSummary: Why do the ancient Greeks occupy such a prominent place in conceptions of Western culture and identity? The Greeks are a source of much that we esteem: democracy, philosophy, tragedy, epic and lyric poetry, history-writing, ideals of athletic competition, aesthetic sensibilities, and more. Spanning roughly 1,000 years, the lectures cover the Late Bronze Age (1500 B.C.E.) to the time of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1998
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938 MCICall number: DVD 938 MIC
Contents: Disc 1: The creative person: practice and passion -- Lateral thinking is a survival skill -- Creative styles: adaptors and innovators -- Combining opposites: diverge, then converge -- Principles for unleashing your imagination -- Principles for converging on the best ideas -- disc 2: Stages of the creative process, and you -- Clarifying the challenge -- Clarify even more: webbing and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2014
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 CRECall number: DVD 153 CRE
Summary: From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greece and Rome, the course explores the shape and impact of large ancient empires, including those of Persia and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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5 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 FOUCall number: DVD 909 FOU PART 1
Call number: DVD 909 FOU PART 2
Call number: DVD 909 FOU PART 3
Call number: DVD 909 FOU PART 4
Summary: 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,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
Copies Available at Kingsley
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 GUIFears, J. Rufus.
Summary: Presents an examination of the lives, achievements, and influence of seminal figures in the history of ancient Greece.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938.09 FAMFears, J. Rufus.
Summary: Presents an examination of the lives, achievements, and influence of seminal figures in the history of ancient Greece.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938.09 FAMDise, Robert L.
Summary: (THIS IS A SET. Book and DVDs must be checkout together).
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2009
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 930 ANCCall number: DVD 930 ANC
Noble, Thomas F. X.
Summary: Explores the five momentous centuries that link the Classical and Modern worlds and shows how the fall of the Roman Empire gave rise to three great civilizations: Medieval Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic Caliphate. Examines many features of the period between A.D. 253 and A.D. 750, including the development of these unique civilizations, their memorable political and religious...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008