Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
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
Vishton, Peter M.
Summary: This course taught by renowned psychology professor and child development expert explores some scientifically proved techniques for raising healthy, happy, and intelligent children, includes topics such as the link between sleep and cognitive development, ways to help your child with homework, and how to encourage pro-social behavior.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 SCICall number: DVD 649.1 SCI
Meyer, David Michael
Contents: Disc 1. Probing the cosmos from space -- The magnetic beauty of the active sun -- Mars: water and the search for life -- Vesta and the asteroid belt -- The dark side of the bullet cluster -- Saturn: the rings of enchantment -- The ice moons Europa and Enceladus -- Disc 2. The search for other Earths -- The Swan Nebula -- The Seven Sisters and their stardust veil -- Future supernova, Eta Carinae...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great 523.1 VisualSummary: "Receive a fundamental education in American law from four exceptional lawyers and professors."--Book cover page [4]
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: What if you aren't as in control of your actions as you think you are? What if your subconscious is driving your decisions without your approval? Is there a way to "hack" your brain to perform better, live healthier, and break your bad habits? We all can think of things about ourselves we'd like to change, but as neuroscientists are coming to realize, changing our behaviors isn't as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This series of lectures introduces the greatest of universal museums. Its aim is not comprehensive. The focus is narrowed to the Department of Paintings, which is responsible for European paintings from the Middle Ages until the mid-19th century. These works of art form an encyclopedic summary of the achievements of painters that can be called the single most important such collection in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 708.4 MUSCall number: DVD 708.4 MUS
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great 708.4 MuseumSummary: These six half-hour lectures focuses on just how remarkable memory is--and how easily it can be strengthened, enhanced, and improved at any age.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.12 VISSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1999
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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:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1995
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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