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Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Publication Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
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 produced them.
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Publication Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
This well-rounded approach to the basics of mathematics is a surefire way to strengthen your current knowledge or to gain new skills for more deftly and confidently approaching and dealing with math. Professor Sellers reveals the secrets behind all the key math topics you need to know. In 24 lectures packed with helpful examples, practice problems, and guided walk-throughs, you'll finally grasp the all-important fundamentals of math in a way that...
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Publication Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Professor J. Rufus Fears presents his choices of some of the most essential writings in history. These are works that shaped the minds of great individuals and that offer an extraodrdinary gift of wisdom to those willing to receive it. Focus is on intellectual history and ethics, taking the underlying ideas of each great work and revealing how these ideas can be put to use in a moral and ethical life. From the Aeneid and the Book of Job to Othello...
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Publication Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
This course of twenty-four lectures examines the period know as the High Middle Ages (1000-1300). The first eight lectures cover medieval society. Lectures nine through sixteen examine the intellectual and religious history of Europe during this period. The final eight lectures cover the major political developments and events. Lecturer is Philip Daileader from College of William and Mary.
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Publication Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
For anyone wanting to master music's language, being able to read musical notation is a necessity. But this course, as Professor Greenberg notes, is a basic course, designed to introduce you to music's language in a way that is similar to the way you learned your own native language, by "discovering and exploring musical syntax through our ears-- by learning what the parts of musical speech sound like--rather than what they look like on paper." By...
Author
Publisher
Teaching Company
Publication Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Professor Finn examines what overall conception of liberties, rights and governmental powers most nearly reflects and promotes our best understanding of the Constitution and the polity it both constitutes and envisions.
Publisher
Teaching Co
Publication Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
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 world. The aim of these lectures is to both prepare new...
14) How to draw
Author
Publisher
The Great Courses
Publication Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A presentation of drawing as a language. You may discover your own artistic ability and experience the joy of drawing. Create landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and more.
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Publication Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Professor Stephen Railton of the University of Virginia explores the private persona behind the public figure through literary analysis of some of his Mark Twain's most representative works. A series of 24 lectures on a college course level.
17) Our night sky
Publisher
Teaching Co
Publication Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Presents 12 lectures (ca. 30 min. each) by Edward M. Murphy on astronomy.
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Publication Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
The Third Reich, Hitler, and the 20th century -- The First World War and its legacy -- The Weimar Republic and the rise of the Nazi Party -- The twenties and the Great Depression -- The Nazi breakthrough -- Hitler's assumption of power -- Racial policy and the totalitarian state -- Hitler's foreign policy -- Munich and the triumph of National Socialism -- War in the West, war in the East -- Holocaust--Hitler's war against the Jews -- The final solution...
Author
Publisher
Teaching Company
Publication Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Robots, spaceships, futuristic megacities, planets orbiting distant stars. These icons of science fiction are now in our daily news. Science fiction, once maligned as mere pulp, has motivated cutting-edge scientific research, inspired new technologies, and changed how we view everyday life -- and its themes and questions permeate popular culture. Take an unparalleled look at the influence, history, and greatest works of science fiction with illuminating...
