Krasny, Michael

Summary: "This course takes you on an exciting ride through an itinerary that samples 23 of the world's greatest short stories. The form of the genre, as well as the various ways in which it has evolved, is highlighted along the way with a display of the essential nuts and bolts of storytelling-- plot, character, setting, style, point of view, and theme. A mix of critical approaches will also be brought...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.31 MAS

Grim, Patrick.

Contents: Part 1, Lecture 1. The dream, the brain, and the machine -- Lecture 2. The mind-body problem -- Lecture 3. Brains and minds, parts and wholes -- Lecture 4. The inner theater -- Lecture 5. Living in the material world -- Lecture 6. A functional approach to the mind -- Lecture 7. What is it about robots -- Lecture 8. Body image -- Lecture 9. Self-identity and other minds -- Lecture 10....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2008

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 100 PHI
Call number: DVD 100 PHI

Strauss, Eric.

Summary: Ecology is to reveal the nature of ourselves and of our relationship with the species around us. The lectures in this course are often in pairs, with basic ecological principles discussed in the first lecture and the human role or human implications addressed in the second.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 525 EAR

Cline, 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 Cli
Call number: DVD 930.1 Cli

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 930.1 ARC

Summary: "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."

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Great Courses 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.12 UND