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  • The American Identity The Great Courses [Audiobook]

    English | ASIN: B00DTUXZ2I | 08 July 2013 | 24:21:24 | [email protected] | 1,95...


    What defines an American? Is it the love of liberty, the pursuit of justice, the urge to invent, the desire for wealth, the drive to explore, the quest for spiritual values? The paradox of American identity is that although the United States is a melting pot of many different traditions,...


  • Great Presidents The Great Courses [Audiobook]

    English | ASIN: B00DTV01R4 | 08 July 2013 | 24:42:20 | [email protected] | 2035,72...


    The creation of the executive branch of government was one of the most audacious decisions in American history. The story of our greatest presidents create a narrative as compelling as an historical novel, and these 48 compelling lectures look at the lives, the achievements, and the legacies of those generally...


  • The Ottoman Empire (The Great Courses Ancient History) [Audiobook]

    English | ASIN: B071VGQLCJ | 26 May 2017 | 18:44:34 | [email protected] | 1544,45...


    By understanding the dramatic story of the Ottoman Empire - from its early years as a collection of raiders and conquerors to its undeniable power in the 15th and 16th centuries to its catastrophic collapse in the wreckage of the First World War - one can better grasp the current...


  • The Great Courses - The Art of Video Storytelling

    The Great Courses - The Art of Video StorytellingMP4 | Video 1280x720 | Audio: AAC,...


    Recent years have seen exciting changes in the ways we both create and consume media. We increasingly find that current media consumption is by video, although it had previously been dominated by the written word and still photographs. What does this mean for the still photographer? As producers of visual...


  • Law School for Everyone: Contracts (The Great Courses)

    Law School for Everyone: Contracts (The Great Courses)MP4 | Video: 960x540 | Audio: AAC, 44.1Khz...


    If a product or service exists, someone might want to buy it or sell it. And if they do, the vehicle they\'ll use is a contract. This makes contract law a fascinating field that is as broad as everything humans do.

    Every day, people around the world enter into multiple...


  • How the Stock Market Works (The Great Courses)

    How the Stock Market Works (The Great Courses)MP4 | Video: 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1Khz...


    You can learn about the stock market in many ways. But most people cannot afford to learn the wrong way—by making expensive mistakes.
    The stock market is a way for anyone to own the valuable assets of a company and, as investments, stocks historically have offered a good chance for long-term...


  • International Economic Institutions: Globalism vs. Nationalism (The Great Courses)

    International Economic Institutions: Globalism vs. Nationalism (The Great Courses)MP4 | Video: 1280x720 | Audio: AAC,...


    The philosopher George Santayana famously said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
    To see how economic mistakes can repeat time and again, you need look no further than recent history. The Great Depression was the result of a combination of protectionism, populism, and nationalism that combined...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - The Great Courses Professors Remember Stephen Hawking

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - The Great Courses Professors Remember Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking forever changed our understanding...


    1: The Great Courses Professors Remember Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking. Some of us knew him because we took physics in high school and/or college. Some of us knew him from his celebrity cameos on shows such as “The Simpsons.” Some of us knew him as the focus of the award-winning...


  • Experiencing Hubble: Exploring the Milky Way (The Great Courses)

    Experiencing Hubble: Exploring the Milky Way (The Great Courses)MP4 | Video: 960x540 | Audio: AAC,...


    On a dark, clear night, a magnificent band of hazy light arches overhead that ancient Greeks likened to a trail of milk spilled across the sky. It is the Milky Way, the galaxy where we live, seen edge-on from our vantage point on the inside. There are countless stars at...


  • Everyday Guide to Beer (The Great Courses)

    Everyday Guide to Beer (The Great Courses)MP4 | Video: 960x540 | Audio: AAC, 44.1Khz ,...


    Beer is a thing of beauty. Four simple ingredients—yeast, malt, hops, and water—combined under the right conditions, can create a product that is wholesome, delicious, and satisfying. But making and enjoying a quality beer is not always simple.

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    Walking into a brewery or pub these days can be...


  • Taking Control of Your Personal Data (The Great Courses)

    Taking Control of Your Personal Data (The Great Courses)MP4 | Video: 960x540 | Audio: AAC,...


    You hear the stories every day: Your household devices are spying on you. Your private social media data has been leaked to the world. Another big online company has had a data breach and your personal information has been exposed. An algorithm has decided what product you should buy. Every...


  • Pirates: Fact and Fiction (The Great Courses Plus Pilots)

    Pirates: Fact and Fiction (The Great Courses Plus Pilots)MP4 | Video: 960x540 | Audio: AAC,...


    From the Dread Pirate Roberts to Robert Louis Stevenson, join Professor Sam Kean to go back through history and sort out the fact from fiction across pop-culture portrayals of pirates.




  • The Science of Cooking (The Great Courses Plus Pilots)

    The Science of Cooking (The Great Courses Plus Pilots)MP4 | Video: 960x540 | Audio: AAC,...


    Examine how cooking is more than an art—it's a science—and see how understanding this discipline can give you tastier results and a better appreciation for what you create.




  • Myths of Learning and Memory (The Great Courses Plus Pilots)

    Myths of Learning and Memory (The Great Courses Plus Pilots)MP4 | Video: 960x540 | Audio:...


    Discover the right strategies for learning and memory to master information.




  • The Late Middle Ages (The Great Courses)

    The Late Middle Ages (The Great Courses)MP4 | Video: 720x544 | Audio: AC3, 48Khz ,...


    Were the two centuries from c. 1300 to c. 1500—an age that has come to be known as the Late Middle Ages—an era of calamity or an era of rebirth? Should we look on this time as still clearly medieval or as one in which humanity took its first decisive...


  • Law School for Everyone: Corporate Law (The Great Courses)

    Law School for Everyone: Corporate Law (The Great Courses)MP4 | Video: 960x540 | Audio: AAC,...


    Corporations are inextricably linked with our lives. They produce amazing products. They sell us basic food and necessities. They employ us and pay our salaries. But sometimes, they can have a darker side.

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    The primary goal of corporate law is to help actors obtain all the benefits of...


  • Art and Craft of Mathematical Problem Solving (The Great Courses)

    Art and Craft of Mathematical Problem Solving (The Great Courses)MP4 + PDF | Video: 856x480...


    One of life\'s most exhilarating experiences is the \"aha!\" moment that comes from pondering a mathematical problem and then seeing the way to an elegant solution. And many problems can be solved relatively quickly with the right strategy. For example, how fast can you find the sum of the numbers...


  • The Complete Painter: Lessons from the Masters (The Great Courses)

    The Complete Painter: Lessons from the Masters (The Great Courses)MP4 | Video: 960x540 | Audio:...


    Many of us have the mistaken idea that only "born artists" can paint. But the truth is much more exciting—with the right training, anyone can learn the skill of painting! In The Complete Painter: Lessons from the Masters, an award-winning art instructor teaches those skills in 34 easy-to-follow lessons.

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  • The Science of Natural Healing (The Great Courses)

    The Science of Natural Healing (The Great Courses)MP4 | Video: 960x540 | Audio: AAC, 44.1Khz...


    In the 21st century, the Western paradigm for healthcare is changing. Notwithstanding the great strengths of medical science, many people now have concerns about key features of our health-care system—among them, the widespread use of medical drugs and a relative deemphasis on preventive care.

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    But traditional Western medicine...


  • Learning German: A Journey through Language and Culture (The Great Courses)

    Learning German: A Journey through Language and Culture (The Great Courses)MP4 | Video: 960x540 |...


    Learning a new language is an adventure like no other. Sounds that were once gibberish start to make sense. Words and cultures come alive. And visions of foreign travel begin to take shape.

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    And yet, the first step in learning a new language can be daunting. Maybe you've...