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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This lecture explores what Jesus said about himself, as well as what he specifically preached. Grasp the nature and purpose of Jesus's ethical teachings, and his view of himself as a prophet of the coming kingdom. Study the Jewish conception of the Messiah as a warrior-king who would overthrow the enemies of Israel.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Tai chi is a living art that grows and changes, as it has always been. Hear the story of Chen Won Tang, one of the most influential tai chi masters in history, and draw inspiration from his innovation and leadership. Learn a new hand position that is used in the form movement seven stars posture.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Negative numbers are often confusing, especially negative parenthetical expressions in algebra problems. Discover a simple visual model that makes it easy to keep track of what's negative and what's not, allowing you to tackle long strings of negatives and positives--with parentheses galore.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In approaching the historical Jesus, consider why the New Testament Gospels are the only useful early sources on his life, and study the criteria used by scholars for evaluating the Gospels as history. Then investigate Jesus's apocalyptic worldview, which envisioned the imminent end of history and a coming kingdom of God.
Publisher
Monterey Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Imagine having written thirty-eight plays…being an actor who became the most popular playwright of his time…and who’s legacy was to become the most enduring playwright of all time. Imagine writing something some four hundred years ago, and having us stand here in a theatre today still exploring, enjoying, and marveling at those golden words? Join our troupe of actors in various stages of rehearsal, presenting some of the bard’s most poignant...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The objective reality of the world around you and what your body senses are two very different things. Examine the three-step process the body uses to create sensations in response to outside stimuli. Then, learn a simple trick for using your senses to boost your ability to remember facts.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Take a short tour of geochemistry, starting at Earth's core and working your way to the surface. Discover why our planet has a magnetic field, how radioactive atoms move continents and build mountain ranges, and why digging a hole to extract resources can produce a chemical catastrophe.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Great mystery and suspense writers have created some of the most unforgettable stories in all of literature and they continue to grow in popularity. How did the genre become so prevalent? Why is it a go-to for so many readers around the world? What makes the dark and sometimes grisly themes appealing? Professor David Schmid examines these questions and more in this illuminating course.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Thirty years after EPR, physicist John Bell dropped an even bigger bombshell, showing that a deterministic theory of quantum mechanics such as EPR violates the principle of locality - that particles in close interaction can't be instantaneously affected by events happening in another part of the universe.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
First, contemplate the principles of tonal beauty, as taught by the great Romero brothers. Study the technique of "planting", an aid for technical accuracy. Learn the D and A major chords, and how to read key signatures. Then play a new melody in D major, and accompany it in fingerstyle using your new chords.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Even when manufacturing the seemingly simplest of decisions, our control panel can steer us in the wrong direction. Learn why our cognitive machinery often over-weights attributes, considers information that really has no bearing on the decision at hand, and sometimes makes short-term evaluations that won't serve us well later.
Publisher
Monster Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Henry meets a Digger. There is a house that needs to be built but with the builder off with a tummy ache it's up to Henry to save the day. Henry becomes a Builder for the day, he scoops, saws and paints away until the house is finished.
Publisher
Monster Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
During a particularly stormy thunderstorm, Luna discovers that Jupiter and Clyde are afraid of thunder. She teaches them Daddy’s special trick for counting thunders to measure how far away the storm is getting, but it gets her wondering... How does Daddy’s trick work? Why is there more and more time between lightning and thunder as storms move away? To find out what’s happening, the trio make believe they’re little thunderclouds to find out...
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