Armstrong, Dorsey
Summary: "Between the fall of the Roman Empire and the brief, brilliant cultural phenomenon we call the Renaissance lay the Middle Ages-- fully 1,000 years of artistic, philosophical, political, and religious turmoil and treasures. This course offers an interdisciplinary look at medieval society and culture, with an emphasis on literature, the arts, and the tumultuous historical forces at work from A.D....
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 909 ARM PART 1Johnson, Luke Timothy.
Summary: Provides an overview of Christianity, the world's largest religion, and discusses why, in addition to being vast and popular, it is also extremely complex and often highly contradictory.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 230 JOHMadden, Thomas F.
Summary: The first complete English-language portrait of the city in almost 30 years, Madden details La Serenissima's unique history--including its role as the birthplace ofcapitalism--that is every bit as fascinating as its heralded art and architecture.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 945 MADSpurgin, Timothy.
Summary: "These lectures demonstrate how to read fiction carefully for full enjoyment. The lectures begin with basic concepts from simpler stories before progressing into books famous for their complexity. The lectures explain literary devices such as irony and foreshadowing and show how skilled authors have used such devices to great effect in classic works of literature"--Guidebook.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2009
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3 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 808 ARTCall number: CD 808 ART V. 1 OF 2
Call number: CD 808 ART V. 2 OF 2
Cook, William R. (William Robert)
Summary: A series of twelve 30 min. lectures. Historian William Cook and literary scholar Ronald Herzman discuss the life, world, and legacy of Francis of Assisi.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 271.3 COOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great 271.3 FrancisKoterski, Joseph W.
Summary: "This course surveys biblical wisdom literature by a study of important scriptural texts, including proverbs, job, Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Song of Songs (Canticle of Canticles), Daniel, Wisdom of Solomon, and selections from the Gospels as well as from the book of Psalms. The lectures take up the array of topics and problems that are recurrent in the Bible's sapiential...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Co. 2009
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3 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 223.06 KOT PART 1Call number: CD 223.06 KOT PART 2
Call number: CD 223.06 KOT PART 3