Cobb, Daniel M.
Summary: Join the Smithsonian Institution to discover the rich history of native Americans.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 NATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD NATCook, William R. (William Robert)
Summary: Professor Cook leads you on an engaging and energetic discussion on Alexis de Tocqueville, his journey, his writing of Democracy in America and, most of all, his thoughts on the young nation he was observing. For Tocqueville, it seems, had opinions about almost everything he encountered in America, and not exclusively politics and "classical" issues such as the nature of the judiciary and the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.973 TOCSummary: Between 1500 and 1800, the world was transformed. The peoples of Europe, Africa, and America, brought together in an often violent colonial process, created a New World and transformed the old. These lectures examine the relations of the colonies with the native people, the relations between the British colonies and the colonial outposts of Spain, France, and the Netherlands, and how British...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 BEFPage, Scott E.
Summary: Professor Scott E. Page from University of Michigan introduces you to complexity science. You learn how this vibrant and still evolving discipline helps you understand the nature and behavior of systems formed of financial markets, corporations, native cultures, governments, and more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2009
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.3 UNDCall number: DVD 302.3 UND
Allitt, Patrick.
Contents: Pt 1. Lecture 1: What is conservatism? -- Lecture 2: Glorious revolution and its heritage -- Lecture 3: Burke, tradition, and the French Revolution -- Lecture 4: Pitt and the wars of the French Revolution -- Lecture 5: American Revolution -- Lecture 6: Federalists -- Lecture 7: Conservatives in the American south -- Lecture 8: Northern Antebellum conservatism -- Lecture 9: Opposing the Great...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.52 CONSummary: 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
Bucholz, R. O.
Summary: During the 229-year period 1485-1714, England transformed itself from a minor feudal state into "the first modern society," emerging as the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world. The English people survived epidemics, famines, one failed invasion and two successful ones, two civil wars, violent religious reformations and counter-reformations, and confrontations with two of the most...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 HISWhaples, Robert
Summary: Presents lectures on economic issues in the United States.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 MODSummary: Professor Leary brings to the forefront of recent studies in self-presentation. After more than 40 years of experience in psychology and neuroscience, and with wry humor and a talent for distilling difficult concepts into manageable parts, he makes this fascinating topic accessible to audiences everywhere. Step up to a thought-provoking journey into the workings of the human social mind filled...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 YOUCall number: DVD 158.2 YOU
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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 420 BUICall number: DVD 420 BUI
Summary: In recent decades, the philosophy of humor has been recognized as a legitimate subfield of philosophy. The reason for this? Because to understand how humor works is to better understand the nature of human experience. In these 24 insightful, informative, illuminating, and (yes) humorous lectures, explore the philosophical theories and explanations of humor, from blatantly obvious puns to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 TAKCall number: DVD 128 TAK