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Great courses (DVD)Greenberg, Robert
Summary: Dr. Greenberg examines eighteenth and nineteenth century music through the examples of works by Mozart, Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak, Richard Strauss, Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, and Franz Liszt.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1995
Copies Available at Woodmere
5 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 CONCall number: DVD 781.5 CON PART 1
Call number: DVD 781.5 CON PART 2
Call number: DVD 781.5 CON PART 3
Call number: DVD 781.5 CON PART 4
Summary: The three centuries following the death of Jesus were a momentous and turbulent era in Western religious thought. During this time, as Christianity began its massive growth, few if any influences on the theological landscape were as significant as the religious movements know as Gnosticism. Gnosticism intersected deeply with early Christian thought, sparking religious ideologies that competed...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299 GNOSummary: 36 half-hour lectures by a Dartmouth College professor critically examine Shakespeare's plays. Accompanying course guidebook includes a summary, outline, reading list(s), and study questions for each lecture.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 WILCall number: DVD 822.33 WIL
Contents: Part One: lecture 1. Shakepeare's wavelengths -- lect. 2. The multiple actions of A midsummer night's dream -- lect. 3. The form of Shakespear's sonnets -- lect. 4. Love in Shakespeare's sonnets -- lect. 5. Love and artifice in Love's labor's lost, and Much ado about nothing -- lect. 6. As you like it -- lect. 7. The battles of Henry VI -- lect. 8. Richard III and the renaissance -- Part Two:...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1995
Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.33 SHACall number: DVD 822.33 SHA PART 1
Call number: DVD 822.33 SHA PART 2
Greenberg, Robert
Summary: Describes the life and operas of the 19th century Italian composer, Giuseppe Verdi. Provides analysis and interpretation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.5 LIFCall number: DVD 781.5 LIF PART 1
Call number: DVD 781.5 LIF PART 2
Call number: DVD 781.5 LIF PART 4
Greenberg, Robert
Summary: 32 lecture course on the history and analysis of the Beethoven's 9 symphonies.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1998
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.92 SYMCall number: DVD 780.92 SYM
Summary: "Explore the legally treacherous terrain of white collar crime under the guidance of an acclaimed law school professor."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345.0268 WHICall number: DVD 345.0268 WHI
Summary: Surveys over 70 literary geniuses and masterpieces of western literature. Examines the works, styles, themes and relationships with one another and the role they played both within the context of their own times and within the larger span of literary history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
8 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 800 GRECall number: DVD 800 GRE PART 1
Call number: DVD 800 GRE PART 2
Call number: DVD 800 GRE PART 3
Call number: DVD 800 GRE PART 4
Call number: DVD 800 GRE PART 5
Call number: DVD 800 GRE PART 6
Call number: DVD 800 GRE PART 7
Cook, William R. (William Robert)
Summary: Professor William R. Cook explores the vast and fascinating history of one of the most influential spiritual institutions in the world. Follow the development of this powerful religious force throughout the centuries and witness its ability to move armies, inspire saints, and shape the lives and spirits of its more than 1 billion members.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 282.09 CATEhrman, Bart D.
Summary: Presents a series of twelve lectures that provide an introduction to the New Testament for people who recognize or appreciate its cultural importance or have religious commitments to it. This course is historical and does not presuppose faith or deny faith. The four Gospels, the book of Acts, the 21 epistles and the book of Revelation are studied in terms of the factors which eventually...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 225.09 Ehrman 2005Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 225.09 HISSummary: University of Michigan professor Eric S. Rabkin discusses the fantastic in its most important modern variety, science fiction, as part of the entire course on fantasy literature.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 820 MASCall number: DVD 820 MAS
Schenker, David J.
Summary: "The best of ancient Greek literature retains a freshness and immediacy that reaches far beyond its time and place of creation and speaks to readers and audience members today. In these 36 lectures, we discuss selections from that group of masterpieces, starting in every case with the cultural and historical background of each, then focusing on close readings of the works themselves"--Page 1...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 880.9 MASCall number: DVD 880.9 MAS PART 1
Call number: DVD 880.9 MAS PART 2
Call number: DVD 880.9 MAS PART 3
Ross, David-Dorian
Summary: One of the most intimidating aspects of pursuing martial arts is understanding which approach is best for you. Discover an introduction to many styles of martial arts, including kung fu, karate, tae kwon do, judo, jeet kune do, and krav maga. Learn about the physical and mental aspects of martial arts, from the proper form for blocks, kicks, and punches to the necessary self-discipline and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.8 MARSummary: What if you could travel in time as well? Imagine yourself transported to the sparkling court society of 18th-century France, or sailing aboard a 19th-century whaling ship. What secrets would you learn about the human condition and the lives lived in distant lands and eras? And what about the most remarkable journey of all: the voyage inside the mind of another human being, in which you plumb...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2007
Copies Available at Woodmere
4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809 CLACall number: DVD 809 CLA PART 1
Call number: DVD 809 CLA PART 2
Call number: DVD 809 CLA PART 3
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 CliCall number: DVD 930.1 Cli
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 930.1 ARCSummary: Professor John M. Bowers discusses why some works and not others become part of the literary canon. He examines the context of the works, and how academic curriculum perpetuates and changes the development of the canon.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 800 WESCobb, Daniel M.
Summary: Join the Smithsonian Institution to discover the rich history of native Americans.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 NATCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD NATSummary: "Survey more than 200 years of musical sounds and styles that are inextricably linked with the spirit and history of the United States of America"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.973 AMECall number: DVD 780.973 AME
Summary: Professor Spurgin, of Lawrence University, traces the novel from its beginnings in the 18th century, when Samuel Richardson penned Pamela, to its culmination in the work of the 20th century Modernists, including Lawrence, Joyce, and Woolf. He also relates plots and characters of particular novels to larger movements in English history. By placing more than two centuries of great English...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.009 ENGCall number: 823.009 ENG PT. 1
Call number: 823.009 ENG PT. 2