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[2011]
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4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 158 pages ; 19 cm).
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"Through Professor Hale's vibrant commentary and extensive field footage, you discover monumental ancient cities, classical ruins, temples, shrines, fortresses, stadiums, theaters, churches, and palaces. In each site, you explore the critical history and culture that defined them and the ways in which they influenced our modern world. In their compelling historical and visual detail, the lectures offer both a rich resource for travelers preparing...
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[2011]
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12 sound discs (720 minutes) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 196 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
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"In 24 detailed lectures, using numerous guided exercises, Professor Muesse teaches you the principles and techniques of sitting meditation, the related practice of walking meditation, and the highly beneficial use of meditative awareness in many important activities, including eating and driving. As a major strength of the course, you learn in depth how to use the skills of meditation in working with thoughts and emotional states, in deepening sensory...
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[2012]
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I kit (4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (v, 200 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm)).
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These 24 half-hour lectures on cooking is designed to boost your confidence in the kitchen and help you create meals that you are proud to share.
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[2012]
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4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 158 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
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In this collection of 24 lectures (30 min. each), Joel Sartore lectures on the basics of operating a camera, the elements of a photograph and composition and lighting, as well as analyzing real-life photo opportunities and selecting and preparing photographs for photographic essays.
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[2013]
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6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 290 pages ; 19 cm)
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"This course explores the history of how humans have produced, cooked, and consumed food--from the earliest hunting-and-gathering societies to the present. This course examines how civilizations and their foodways have been shaped by geography, native flora and fauna, and technological innovations."--p. 1 of guidebook.
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c2013
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18 sound discs (ca. 18 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (v., 251 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
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In recent decades, science has revealed that the mind and body are intimately connected in ways we haven’t previously realized—and this field of knowledge is now changing our understanding of health and disease. While it’s easy to see that stress affects health and well-being, or that your blood pressure rises when you’re angry, cutting-edge research shows that the mind-body connection goes much further.
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[2014]
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4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 147 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
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"Essentials of Tai Chi and Qigong is a complete introduction to the practice, history, benefits, and philosophy of these immensely rewarding activities. In 24 half-hour lessons, you learn the fundamentals of tai chi and qigong from an internationally renowned tai chi champion and trainer, David-Dorian Ross, who has been practicing tai chi for more than 35 years"--Publisher's website.
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[2014]
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3 DVDs (approximately 480 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (135 pages : color illustrations).
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16 lessons on cooking in the Mediterranean style designed to boost your confidence in the kitchen and help you create meals that you are proud to share.
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[2014]
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4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 195 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
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"This course offers a miniature medical school curriculum for nondoctors, structured into a "grand rounds" format similar to how medical students and experienced physicians are taught at hospitals and universities."--Page 1 of course guidebook.
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[2014]
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13 audio discs (approximately 12 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 193 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm).
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"[R]eveals the science behind mindfulness in compelling detail and demonstrates its application to an extraordinary range of human problems--psychological, social, and medical"--Publisher's web site.
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[2015]
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6 audio discs (approximately 360 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 111 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
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Addiction is sometimes viewed as a failure of character or will or morality. But neuroscience offers a very different picture - one that can inform how we, as individuals and as a society, treat addicts and the problems caused by addiction. These 12 eye-opening lectures will show you that addiction is a scientifically understandable problem that has its origins in neurobiology and genetics.
16) How to draw
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[2015]
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6 videodiscs (180 min. each) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course workbook (vi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
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"Discover your own artistic ability and experience the joy of drawing, a skill anyone can learn. Create landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and more"--Container of DVDs.
17) The aging brain
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Series
Great courses volume no. 1633
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (approximately 12 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (118 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Description
The science behind the aging brain tells a fascinating - and often counterintuitive - story. Is "aging" a disease or merely a natural occurrence that produces disease-like symptoms? If humans are biologically programmed to survive and thrive, why do we age at all? Is it possible (or even desirable) to "cure" aging altogether? Delve into these questions and more in The Aging Brain. Taught by a neuroscientist and award-winning professor at the University...
19) Dog training 101
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[2018]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (iv, 238 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 19 cm)
Description
A trainer of trainers demonstrates the most successful ways to teach your dog based on the latest science.
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[2018]
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6 videodiscs (approximately 18 hr.) : sound, color, 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (v, 284 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 19 cm)
Description
Whether you are searching for the past or want to better understand the world as it is today, travel-even virtually, from the comfort of home-offers a unique opportunity to see the world in new ways. Wander the streets of cosmopolitan London, roam the 1,000-year-old campuses of Oxford and Cambridge, or tour world-famous museums like the Tate Modern and the National Railway Museum. Or maybe you are aiming for a more pastoral adventure, like an expedition...
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