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Europe in the middle ages (Films for Humanities (Firm)) Famous authors Felipe II (Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)) Great courses (DVD) Memoria de España Mundo que hered? Felipe II Real West Richard the Lionheart and Saladin, Holy Warriors The West of the Imagination Two thousand yearsArmstrong, 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 KINSummary: Most African Americans struggle to trace their ancestors beyond Emancipation; slavery erased names and family ties with brutal efficiency. But what about the descendants of the handful of free black people who evaded bondage during that terrible time? Musician John Legend and comedian Wanda Sykes discover the extraordinary stories of the free black ancestors they never knew about, while...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2012
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Summary: The Arabian Nights or A Thousand and One Nights has influenced world literature and enthralled readers for centuries. Its legend tells us that the beautiful Sheherezade prevented her own murder at the hands of a sultan by telling him a never-ending tale of adventure. This classic from the Middle East introduced us to Aladdin, Sinbad, and Ali Baba. This absorbing program from Ancient Mysteries...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1997
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Summary: Perhaps no members of European royalty rejected wealth and embraced poverty so utterly as Elizabeth and Margaret, Hungarian princesses and members of a ruling family that produced ten saints. Filmed amidst the spectacular vistas of Hungary's medieval past, this program traces the lives of Elizabeth, queen of Thuringia, and her niece, Margaret, comparing and contrasting their asceticism and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program tells the story of Granada, which is the history of Spain encapsulated: the Moorish conquest and the Moorish presence-art, technology, military might, wealth, religious devotion, indecipherable inscriptions, all somewhat mysterious to the non-Islamic eye; and the Reconquista-an 800-year-long war that is seen here only in its after-effects, ruins and a sense of something ineffable,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Does a hominid holdover from the Stone Age still walk the Earth? Mainstream science tells us that Neanderthals went extinct about 30,000 years ago, but could a few still exist today? This program looks into anecdotal accounts of a neolithic "wildman" or "man of the forest" surviving in the remote mountains of Russia and Mongolia. Viewers meet an investigator claiming to have skulls and hair...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Obscured by competing images stemming from popular and revisionist history, the real Abraham Lincoln can be difficult to know. In this program, three leading American historians-Pulitzer Prize-winner David Herbert Donald, of Harvard University; Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Boorstin, of the Library of Congress; and Eric Foner, of Columbia University-join syndicated columnist and author Ben...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This beautiful and exceptionally insightful documentary offers a critical key to understanding one of America's foremost writers. The face Faulkner in his lifetime showed the world was no more than a fictional construct, or a series of contradictory roles: gallant war hero, moody poet, hard-drinking man's drinking man, dandy, gentleman farmer, exemplary husband, and father. This program probes...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This program illustrates life from the perspective of the medieval merchant: urban, financially sophisticated, and revolving around trade and travel. Demonstrating how the growth of European cities prefaced the end of feudal society and the founding of major universities-while unfortunately enabling the spread of the Black Plague-the program reveals surprising facts regarding city planning,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Through wars, depressions, and social upheavals, the West has accommodated to change while remaining a mythical land of freedom and possibility. The ghosts of the buffalos are still stirring. Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood have given way to Native American artists; Indians-once the subjects of painting-have become its practitioners. So the myth regenerates itself and the American...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: After the disappearance of Tartessos, other Iberian locales rose to prominence and flourished-until their successes drew the unwanted attention of rival civilizations. This program tracks the history of Iberia during the era of Carthaginian and Roman expansion. Paintings, dramatizations, and maps reconstruct the course of the Punic Wars. In addition, the characteristics and cultures of these...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Camelot’s court was home to lords and ladies, knights and sorcerers. The mythic tales of King Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere inspired stories, books, movies, and a Broadway classic. In this episode of Ancient Mysteries, historians and archaeologists lead us throughout England and Wales in search of Camelot and the truth behind one of the Western World’s most beloved legends.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1994
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Summary: The history of Tartessos, the first great mining economy of Iberia, is also a story of prosperity-and ruin. This program makes extensive use of dramatizations, images of artifacts, footage of ruins, maps, and 3-D re-creations of ships and buildings to illustrate the skilled craft of metalwork, science of navigation, spread of overseas trade, intersection of cultures, development of written...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: A battle over a dry-goods monopoly in Lincoln County, New Mexico, exposes corrupt politicians, cattle rustling, and cold-blooded murder in 1876. Erupting into a full-blown range war involving numerous Western legends, such as Billy the Kid and John Chisum, the conflict ultimately accomplishes very little.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This episode of Ancient Mysteries brings us back more than 3,000 years to the legendary city of Troy. Scholars delve into the secrets of Troy by researching the Greek poet Homer, who related the city’s history in The Iliad. Their discoveries are revealed and shed new light on the legends of the Trojan horse, Achilles, the abduction of Helen, and the fall of Troy.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1994
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Summary: "Essentials of Tai Chi and Qigong is a complete introduction to the practice, history, benefits, and philosophy of these immensely rewarding activities. In 24 half-hour lessons, you learn the fundamentals of tai chi and qigong from an internationally renowned tai chi champion and trainer, David-Dorian Ross, who has been practicing tai chi for more than 35 years"--Publisher's website.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.7148 ESSSummary: Part one of this program features the sacking of Rome and introduces Augustine of Hippo and his The City of God, which examines the Church's uneasy relationship with human frailty and worldliness, as piety became identified with self-denial and celibacy was viewed as central to the pursuit of perfection. Part two tracks the spread of Christianity to Ireland and its establishment in Britain and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: After the disappearance of Tartessos, other Iberian locales rose to prominence and flourished-until their successes drew the unwanted attention of rival civilizations. This program tracks the history of Iberia during the era of Carthaginian and Roman expansion. Paintings, dramatizations, and maps reconstruct the course of the Punic Wars. In addition, the characteristics and cultures of these...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Segments from this program include: The Aftermath of Acre, Richard Stakes His Claim for the Holy Land, An Unlikely Friendship Develops, Saladin Faces a Crisis, The Armies Prepare for Battle, and The Truce.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The history of Tartessos, the first great mining economy of Iberia, is also a story of prosperity-and ruin. This program makes extensive use of dramatizations, images of artifacts, footage of ruins, maps, and 3-D re-creations of ships and buildings to illustrate the skilled craft of metalwork, science of navigation, spread of overseas trade, intersection of cultures, development of written...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Novella, Steven.
Summary: What should you think? Who should you believe? Could you be deceiving yourself? These are questions that all critical thinkers of any age must constantly ask themselves. There is no more important skill in today's world than being able to think about, understand, and act on information in a way that is both effective and responsible. Critical thinking transforms you from a passive member of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.42 YOUSummary: This program from the Famous Authors series begins by contextualizing W.B. Yeats' early life in 19th century Ireland and introducing the Yeats' artistic family and the Irish legends that were so influential in his life and work. Yeats eventually became a ring leader of a group of artists in London called the Tragic Generation. Yeats became known as a political and literary voice of Ireland and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: The historical Dr. Faust, and the legends that have arisen around him thanks to the writings of Marlowe, Lessing, and Goethe, are the subject of this fascinating program. The real Faust-excommunicated as a heretic-is presented as a victim of the political and religious tensions of his day. In a medieval world that believed in the corporeal presence of the Devil, the accusation that Faust was in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: During the reign of Charles V, Philip II's father, Spain grew to be a truly global power. This program considers the far-flung empire that Philip first began inheriting during the final years of his father's regime: the kingdoms of Castille and Aragon, parts of Italy, lands in France, all of the Low Countries, and vast stretches of the Americas. RTVE's Salvador Pons, the director of the Felipe...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005