Eakin, Marshall C. (Marshall Craig)

Summary: Professor Marshall C. Eakin presents twenty-four 30-minute lectures examining both the unity and diversity in the early history of the Americas. He discusses how Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492 created a collision between three distinct peoples and cultures, European, African, and Native-American, and gave birth to the distinct identity of the Americas today.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 CON

Simonetti-Bryan, Jennifer

Summary: A six-part lecture series about wines of Italy. Includes wine list and map of Italy's wine country on container sheet.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.23 EVE

Summary: In twenty-four lectures on Pompeii, eminent classicist and Professor Steven L. Tuck resurrects the long-lost lives of aristocrats, merchants, slaves, and other individuals from this imperial Roman city--made famous for its demise after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The result is an unprecedented view of life as it was lived in this ancient culture and an opportunity to discover...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937 POM
Call number: DVD 937 POM

Armstrong, Dorsey

Summary: For more than 1,000 years, stories of King Arthur and his knights have fascinated people from all different walks of life. What is it about this story that has given it such enduring popularity? What are the themes and ideals of Arthurian legend that have appealed to so many people across time and space? In this 24-lecture course, you will learn about the origins and development of Arthur's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 KIN

Cook, William R. (William Robert)

Summary: An analysis of the classic work, Confessions, by St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430). Includes Roman history and Christian controversies at the time and background for understanding the book. Also discusses its ongoing usefulness and how it may serve as a guide despite the obvious difference between Augustine's world and ours.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 270.2 ST.
Call number: DVD 270.2 ST. PART 2