Summary: Great writing begins--and ends--with the sentence. Whether two words ("Jesus wept.") or 1,287 words (a sentence in William Faulkner's Absalom! Absalom!), sentences have the power to captivate, entertain, motivate, educate, and, most importantly, delight. Understanding the variety of ways to construct sentences, from the smallest clause to the longest sentence, is important to enhancing your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 808.042 LANSummary: Learn how to speak Spanish, one of the world's most useful languages, in this course that helps anyone succeed with a new language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This course introduces the student to the history of the English language, from its origins as a dialect of the Germanic-speaking peoples, through the literary and cultural documents of its 1500 year span, to the state of American speech of the present day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 420.9 HISCall number: DVD 420.9 HIS
Contents: Disc 1. Five principles for learning vocabulary -- The spelling-meaning connection -- Words for lying, swindling, and conniving -- Words that express annoyance and disgust -- Fighting words and peaceful words -- Going beyond dictionary meanings. Disc 2. Wicked words -- Words for beginnings and endings -- Words expressing fear, love, and hatred -- Words for the everyday and the elite -- Words...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 420 BUICall number: DVD 420 BUI
Summary: This series covers history from 3500 B.C. to the 1780's. This course analyzes civilizations by looking at their geographic and political environments, their technologies, economies, social institutions, and cultural achievements. Students will look at history from new perspectives, come to understand the connections between human beings despite time and distance, and appreciate the lasting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1995
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4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 WORCall number: DVD 909 WOR PART 1
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Summary: Presents lectures (each 30 minutes in length) by John McWhorter, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, based on his courses in Linguistics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 410 UNDSummary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.3 HOWSummary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 MATSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 WRIKrasny, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.31 MASContents: Disc 1. An introduction to drawing ; Drawing materials for line ; Drawing fundamentals and first exercises ; Line and shape: Line and aggregate shape ; Line and shape: Volume and figure-ground ; Line and shape: Positive and negative shape -- Disc 2. Composition: The format and its armature ; Composition: How artists compose ; Line and shape: Line attributes and gesture ; Composition: Shape and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.2 BroCall number: DVD 741.2 Bro
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4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.2 HOWCall number: DVD 741.2 HOW
Summary: This series covers America's history from the age of Pre-Columbian Native Americans, through European discovery, colonization, independence, the forging of a young nation, and the settling of the American frontier. Students will look at the history of the United States from a new perspective, as they explore the events that have shaped modern American society. Professor Linwood Thompson is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973 EAR3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 973 EAR PART 1
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