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In twenty-four lectures on Pompeii, eminent classicist and Professor Steven L. Tuck resurrects the long-lost lives of aristocrats, merchants, slaves, and other individuals from this imperial Roman city--made famous for its demise after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The result is an unprecedented view of life as it was lived in this ancient culture and an opportunity to discover intriguing details that lay buried for centuries.
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"This set of 24 lectures takes the mystery out of investing by giving simple and clear explanations of investments and the process of investing. You'll learn practical lessons about how to choose the best investments for your portfolio and how to plan your financial goals."--p. 1 of course guidebook.
45) The concerto
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In a series of 24 lectures, Professor Robert Greenberg discusses the origin, development and characteristics of the concerto as a musical form. He also provides critical analyses of concerti written by various composers.
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"This course offers adults a full introduction to self-defense--a course in learning how to keep yourself and your loved ones safe. While self-defense is often defined as the use of physical force to counter an immediate threat of violence, this course will address a much broader spectrum of strategies for effective self-defense."--Introduction
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What if your memory suddenly vanished, so that you could no longer summon recollections of anything at all? What if you couldn't even remember yourself - not your name, your school, where you worked, or even the face of the total stranger staring back at you from the mirror? If all of your memories were gone, would "self" even have a meaning? The truth is that while you may think of human memory as a capacity - a way to call up important facts or...
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"Understanding genetics is like sitting down to work a massive puzzle. With each piece you examine, think through, and solve, you glean a new and amazing insight into humanity. Put several pieces together, and you can treat or cure a disease, save a developing fetus from a fatal birth defect, catch a criminal, or reunite a family ... Each lecture begins with a helpful story that illustrates the importance of genetics. The course explicitly outlines...
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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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Money and finance play a deeply fundamental role in your life. Now, let an expert professor lead you in a panoramic exploration of our monetary and financial systems, their inner workings, and their crucial role and presence in your world. As a guiding theme of these 36 content-rich lectures, you observe the ways in which economies require efficient and evolving financial institutions and markets to fulfill their potential. In building a full view
...57) Solving for zero
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Right now, humanity is confronting one of the greatest challenges it's ever faced. Our climate is changing rapidly. If we're to prevent the worst effects of climate change, we'll need to lower greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. And to meet that deadline, we₂ll have to innovate like never before. "It's the greatest challenge mankind has ever taken on," says Bill Gates, whose best-selling book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, serves as...