The Great Courses

 

 

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Physical Items

Find these titles from The Great Courses on the second floor of the library:

 

 

  • Ancient Civilizations in North America
  • Conquest of the Americas
  • The History of the United States
  • Experiencing America: A Smithsonian Tour Through American History
  • The Skeptic’s Guide to American History
  • Origins and Ideologies of the American Revolution
  • The American Civil War
  • America in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

 

  • History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective   
  • The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World   
  • History of Ancient Egypt  
  • Great Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt  
  • Between the Rivers: The History of Ancient Mesopotamia   
  • Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization   
  • Neolithic Europe  
  • The History of Ancient Rome  
  • Famous Romans  
  • Rise of Rome  
  • Rome and the Barbarians  
  • Emperors of Rome  
  • Famous Greeks  
  • Greece and Rome: An Integrated History of the Ancient Mediterranean  
  • Ancient Greek Civilization  
  • Alexander The Great and the Hellenistic Age  
  • Great Ancient Civilizations of Asia Minor 

 

  • Sewing 101: Skills, Fabrics and Techniques  
  • 30 Masterpieces of the Ancient World   
  • Museum Masterpieces the Louvre   
  • A History of European Art  
  • Everyday Urban Sketching   
  • Hand Embroidery   
  • Fundamentals of Photography  
  • The Art of Travel Photography: Six Expert Lessons   
  • The Art of the Northern Renaissance 

 

  • Our Night Sky 
  • Understanding The Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy  
  • Experiencing Hubble: Understanding the Greatest Images of the Universe  
  • Understanding The Universe: What’s New in Astronomy, 2003  
  • Black Holes Explained 

 

 

  • Great Presidents   
  • Great Masters  
  • Churchill  
  • Albert Einstein: Physicist, Philosopher, Humanitarian   
  • Mr. Lincoln: The Life of Abraham Lincoln   
  • The Life and Work of Mark Twain   

 

  • The Entrepreneur’s Toolkit   

 

  • Thinking Like An Economist: A Guide to Rational Decision Making  
  • America and the New Global Economy 
  • Unexpected Economics  
  • Why Economies Rise Or Fall 

 

  • The Development of European Civilization  
  • Turning Points in Medieval History  
  • The Early Middle Ages  
  • The Late Middle Ages   
  • The Renaissance, The Reformation and the Rise of Nations  
  • European History and European Lives: 1715 to 1914   
  • Europe and Western Civilization in the Modern Age  
  • World War II: A Military and Social History  
  • The Story of Medieval England from King Arthur to the Tudor Conquest   
  • The Age of Henry VIII  
  • 1066  
  • A History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts   
  • London: A Short History of the Greatest City in the Western World   
  • A History of Hitler’s Empire  
  • Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon  
  • History of Russia: From Peter the Great to Gorbachev   
  • Unsung Heroes of World War II: Europe

 

 

  • The Instant Sommelier: Choosing Your Best Wine   
  • Everyday Guide to Wines of Italy   
  • Food: A Cultural Culinary History  
  • The Everyday Gourmet: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Cooking   
  • The Everyday Gourmet: Making Healthy Food Taste Great   
  • The Everyday Gourmet: The Joy of Mediterranean Cooking   
  • The Everyday Gourmet: Baking Pastries and Desserts  
  • Cake Decorating   
  • The Everyday Guide to Spirits and Cocktails Tastes and Tradition   

 

 

  • How to Grow Anything: Food Gardening for Everyone   
  • How to Grow Anything: Your Best Garden and Landscape in 6 Lessons  
  • Science of Gardening   
  • How to Grow Anything: Container Gardening Tips and Techniques   

 

  • Discovering Your Roots: An Introduction to Genealogy   

 

 

  • Understanding Complexity 
  • Science in the Twentieth Century: A Social-intellectual Survey  
  • Great Scientific Ideas that Changed the World  
  • Science Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It 

 

  • The Art oReading 
  • Fighting Misinformation: Digital Media Literacy 

 

 

  • Polar Explorations   
  • The Great Tours: Experiencing Medieval Europe.  
  • The Great Tours: Greece and Turkey: From Athens to Istanbul   
  • The Great Tours: Greece and Turkey: From Athens to Istanbul   

 

  • The Story of Human Language 
  • Learning French: A Rendezvous with French-speaking Cultures 

 

  • Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer’s Craft   
  • How to Publish Your Book   
  • Writing Creative Nonfiction  
  • The Art of Debate   
  • Argumentation: The Study of Effective Reasoning   
  • The Art of Storytelling: From Parents to Professionals   
  • Understanding Literature and Life: Drama, Poetry, and Narrative  
  • Classics of American Literature  
  • The Life & Work of Mark Twain  
  • Classics of British Literature  
  • Shakespeare’s Tragedies  
  • Shakespeare: The Word and the Action  
  • How to Read and Understand Shakespeare   
  • English Novel   
  • The Life and Writings of C.S. Lewis  
  • Greek Tragedy   
  • The Iliad of Homer  
  • The Odyssey of Homer 

 

  • The Joy of Mathematics  
  • Discrete Mathematics 
  • The Art and Craft of Mathematical Problem Solving 
  • The Power of Mathematical Thinking: From Newton’s Laws to Elections and the Economy  
  • Algebra II  
  • Algebra I  
  • Change and Motion: Calculus Made Clear  
  • Meaning from Data: Statistics Made Clear 

 

 

  • Doctors: The History of Scientific Medicine Revealed Through Biography   
  • Understanding the Human Body: An Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology   
  • Optimizing Brain Fitness  
  • Lifelong Health: Achieving Optimum Well-being at Any Age   
  • Nutrition Made Clear  
  • The Mayo Clinic Diet: The Healthy Approach to Weight Loss   
  • When Everything Fails: Surviving Any Disaster   
  • Yoga for a Healthy Mind and Body   
  • How to Stay Fit as You Age   
  • Physiology and Fitness   
  • Essentials of Tai Chi and Qigong  
  • Tai Chi Fitness Workouts   
  • The Science of Natural Healing  
  • Mind-body Medicine: The New Science of Optimal Health   

 

  • American Military History: From Colonials to Counterinsurgents 
  • Masters of War: History’s Greatest Strategic Thinkers  
  • Great Battles of the Ancient World 

 

  • How to Listen to and Understand Great Music  
  • Music as a Mirror of History   
  • Bach and the High Baroque  
  • Understanding the Fundamentals of Music  
  • Elements of Jazz: From Cakewalks to Fusion   
  • Great American Music: Broadway Musicals   
  • The Symphony  
  • The Concerto 

 

  • Scientific Secrets for Raising Kids Who Thrive  
  • The Art of Conflict Management: Achieving Solutions for Life, Work, and Beyond   

 

  • Great Minds othe Western Intellectual Tradition 
  • The Great Ideas of Philosophy 
  • Philosophy oMind: Brains, Consciousness, and Thinking Machines 
  • The Passions: Philosophy and the Intelligence of Emotions 
  • The Terror of History Mystics, Heretics, and Witches in the Western Tradition  
  • Psychology of Human Behavior 
  • Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior 
  • Scientific Secrets for a Powerful Memory 
  • How to Make Stress Work for You 
  • Stress and Your Body 
  • Masters of Greek Thought Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle  
  • Great Minds othe Medieval World 
  • The Modern Intellectual tradition: From Descartes to Derrida  
  • Philosophy and Religion ithe West  
  • Birth othe Modern Mind an Intellectual History othe 17th and 18th Century  
  • The American Mind  

 

  • Power Over People: Classical and Modern Political Theory  
  • Machiavelli in Context 
  • Civil Liberties and The Bill of Rights  
  • Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History 

 

  • Religion ithe Ancient Mediterranean World 
  • Science and Religion 
  • Philosophy of Religion 
  • The Bible and Western Culture 
  • The Old Testament 
  • The New Testament 
  • Lost Christianities: Christian Scriptures and the Battles Over Authentication  
  • Great World Religions 
  • Great World Religions: Christianity  
  • Jesus and His Jewish Influences 
  • From Jesus to Constantine: A History of Early Christianity  
  • Greatest Controversies of Early Christian History  
  • Great World Religions 
  • Practicing Mindfulness: An Introduction to Meditation 
  • Great World Religions: Hinduism 
  • Great World Religions: Judaism  
  • Between Cross and Crescent: Jewish Civilization from Mohammed to Spinoza.  
  • The Dead Sea Scrolls 

 

  • Physics in Your Life 
  • Einstein’s Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Non-scientists  
  • Higgs Boson and Beyond  
  • Superstring Theory the DNA of Reality  
  • Chemistry 
  • Oceanography: Exploring Earth’s Final Wilderness 
  • Major Transitions in Evolution  
  • The Theory of Evolution: A History of Controversy  
  • Understanding the Inventions that Changed the World  
  • Robotics 

 

  • Peoples and Cultures othe World  
  • Jewish Intellectual History: 16th to 20th Century  
  • Writing and Civilization from Ancient Worlds to Modernity  
  • Law School for Everyone 
  • Trails of Evidence: How Forensic Science Works  
  • How to Become a Superstar Student 

 

  • Lost Worlds of South America 

 

  • Making History: How Great Historians Interpret the Past  
  • A Brief History of the World  
  • The World Was Never the Same: Events that Changed History   
  • World History: The Fertile Crescent to the American Revolution   
  • The High Middle Ages  
  • The Era of the Crusades   
  • The Foundations of Western Civilization  
  • The World of Biblical Israel