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  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Hand Embroidery

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Hand Embroidery With this comprehensive beginner’s class, expert Kat McTee walks you through...


    1: What You Need: Fabrics, Floss, Needles & Hoops Discover why hand embroidery is a terrific budget-friendly craft for all ages as Kat helps you assemble the best beginner-friendly supplies, including fabric, floss, needles and hoops. 2: Method: Transferring Designs Learn two easy ways to quickly transfer an embroidery design...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Cake Decorating

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Cake Decorating Explore the sugar art of cake decorating with Jenny McCoy as...


    1: Introduction to Cake Decorating Ground yourself in the fundamentals of cake decorating as Jenny discusses the elements that make up a decorated cake. Discover a few basic tools, plus the timeline for making your first cake! 2: How to Bake a Cake Get right into action by learning to...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Skywatching: Seeing and Understanding Cosmic Wonders

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Skywatching: Seeing and Understanding Cosmic Wonders Take a tour of the most mysterious...


    1: Day and Night Skies across All Distances Embark on a brief tour of the grandeur of the sky above your head-both near and far-and get a better idea of the broad range of breathtaking objects and phenomena everyone can enjoy. 2: The Blue Sky, Clouds, and Lightning Why is...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Sketching People, Places, and Landscapes

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Sketching People, Places, and Landscapes From blocking and shading to perspective and texture,...


    1: Finding the Perfect Place Meet James Richards and begin by exploring the ingredients that make a place perfect for sketching. From graphic elements and repetition to color and movement, learn to see a space with an artist’s eye. Plus, learn to select a “stimulus-rich” environment, perfect for capturing energy....


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Simple and Stunning Watercolor Techniques

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Simple and Stunning Watercolor Techniques Expand your repertoire of advanced watercolor painting techniques...


    1: Underpainting Meet Mary Murphy, your guide to simple and stunning watercolor techniques. In this first lesson, Mary introduces the underpainting, the base of any good watercolor. She demonstrates a few masking techniques and shows how complementary colors help balance a painting and create surprising effects. 2: Size & Composition...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Secrets of Sleep Science: From Dreams to Disorders

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Secrets of Sleep Science: From Dreams to Disorders Examine groundbreaking research on the...


    1: Sweet Sleep-Essential for a Healthy Life Professor Heller introduces you to the many consequences of short or disrupted sleep, along with accounts of medical mistakes and large-scale disasters likely to have occurred due to sleep deprivation. Contemplate our "National Sleep Deficit" and learn the professor's hypothesis for the purpose...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Scientific Secrets for a Powerful Memory

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Scientific Secrets for a Powerful Memory Tap into your brain's hidden potential and...


    1: Your Amazing Prehistoric Memory Discover how remarkable your memory ability can be and get an introduction to some of the fascinating ways you can transform your average memory into an excellent one. After a quick memory test to set the stage, Professor Vishton introduces you to one of the...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Scientific Secrets for Self-Control

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Scientific Secrets for Self-Control Gain more control over your life by understanding the...


    1: Why Is It So Hard to Do What We Should? Critical to understanding self-control: understanding why we often fail at it. First, Professor DeWall explains one of the most influential models about how self-control works, and the two classic experiments that tested this model. Then, learn why depleted energy...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Science Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Science Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It Explore the history...


    1: Knowledge and Truth Are Age-Old Problems What is it that scientists know, and how do they know what they know? The "science wars" in the late 20th century were a dispute within modern science that signals a deep, longstanding conflict over this question.... 2: Competing Visions of the Scientific...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Sacred Texts of the World

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Sacred Texts of the World Delve deeply into the sacred writings that have...


    1: Reading Other People's Scriptures Throughout history, the world's sacred texts have held profound significance for the cultures that produced them. Consider five key reasons for the importance of studying them, from their accessibility and centrality to their cultures of origin to the wisdom they contain and the enlarged perspective...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Robotics

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Robotics Investigate the fascinating field of modern robotics in 24 lectures by a...


    1: The Arrival of Robot Autonomy Plunge into the world of robots with this engaging introduction. When did we start thinking about robots? What three components are responsible for so many advances in robot design? Why is behavioral autonomy so essential to the development of modern robotics?... 2: Robot Bodies...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Renaissance: The Transformation of the West

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Renaissance: The Transformation of the West Join a master historian for a revealing,...


    1: The Spirit of Renaissance How did the Renaissance—as it occurred in Italy and in other parts of Europe—pioneer a new way of thinking about history itself? Who, exactly, was the typical “Renaissance Man”? Get answers to these and other questions about the Renaissance’s powerful fusion of classical and medieval...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Realistic Watercolors Step by Step

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Realistic Watercolors Step by Step Award-winning artist Anna Mason provides easy-to-replicate techniques to...


    1: Working With Watercolor Meet Anna Mason and get started discovering the simplicity behind painting with watercolors. Develop your painter's eye with watercolor basics as Anna helps you uncover the secret to layering watercolors. You'll also learn her brush techniques for painting fine details. Think small! 2: Preparing to Paint...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Quilting Big Projects on a Small Machine

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Quilting Big Projects on a Small Machine Enjoy award-winning quilter Ann Petersen's helpful,...


    1: Introduction Learn five easy techniques to tackle any size quilt on a home sewing machine. 2: Discussing Design Design considerations, color, fabric, and thread choices. Ann shows some of her favorite quilts and talks about turning inspiration into quilted reality. 3: Getting Ready You'll learn how to spray baste...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Qi Gong for Better Health and Wellness

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Qi Gong for Better Health and Wellness Experience increased energy, strength, and calm...


    1: Introduction to Qi Gong In this lesson, you will be introduced to the flowing movements of Qi Gong, and the deep, slow breath that powers those movements. Qi is the life force that circulates through the body, bringing vitality to every organ and structure. When qi is blocked, the...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation Learn the principles and techniques of meditation...


    1: Mindlessness-The Default Setting Do you control your mind, or does your mind control you? Investigate how the mind operates and the condition of "mindlessness"-the pervasive swirl of thoughts and judgments that separate you from the world around you. Consider the possibility of cultivating the mind in ways conducive to...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Pompeii: Daily Life in an Ancient Roman City

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Pompeii: Daily Life in an Ancient Roman City Explore a fabled city, frozen...


    1: Reflections on and of Pompeii No archaeological site in the world has such an evocative name as Pompeii. And yet, when most people hear this name, they think of destruction. In this introduction, gain an overview of the course and begin to consider why the remains of Pompeii offer...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - The Pirate Wars of 1718

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - The Pirate Wars of 1718 Go beyond the pirates of pop-culture and discover...


    1: The Pirate Wars of 1718 Go beyond the pop-cultural portrayal of pirates and get to know the true buccaneers, bandits, and brigands who looted, burned, warred, killed, and caused mayhem for decades, while at the same time turning society as we knew it at that time upside down. Dig...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Tubman

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Tubman Delve into two intrepid figures of the...


    1: Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Tubman When it comes to heroes of the antislavery movement, there are, interestingly enough, TWO pivotal Harriets. Examine Harriet Beecher Stowe’s blockbuster novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, to better understand the ways in which Stowe advanced the fight against slavery and edged America closer to...


  • TheGreatCoursesPlus - Physiology and Fitness

    TheGreatCoursesPlus - Physiology and Fitness This fitness course educates you on your body and its...


    1: Components of Fitness Begin by considering the life-enhancing value of fitness and the remarkable statistics showing its wide range of benefits for your physical and mental health. In approaching the specifics of exercise, you'll investigate the health-related components of fitness, including cardiovascular health, muscular endurance and strength, flexibility, and...