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Updated July 25, 2023
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After the plague [DVD]
Simon Doubleday ; senior producer, Derek Knight ; supervising producer, Trisa Barnhill ; director, Roberto de Moraes.
DVD
Dive into a world that is both like and unlike our own. Using firsthand accounts, famous literary texts, new scientific evidence, and cutting-edge historical interpretations, investigate the plague's pathology, its path across the European continent, and how it affected everything from high politics...
America's long struggle against slavery [DVD]
Professor Richard Bell, PhD, University of Maryland, College Park.
DVD
America's Long Struggle Against Slavery is a chance to survey the history of the American anti-slavery movement, from the dawn of the transatlantic slave trade during the late 15th century to the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and beyond. Taught by Professor Richard Bell of the University of Maryland...
Cooking basics what everyone should know
Chef Sean Kahlenberg, the Culinary Institute of America ; senior supervising producer, Alisha Reay ; director, Jim M. Allen.
DVD
Presented in partnership with The Culinary Institute of America and filmed at the CIA's flagship facility in Hyde Park, New York. Chef Sean Kahlenberg carefully walks viewers through the many dozen original recipes he presents in this course in 24 easy-to-follow lessons.
Learning Spanish how to understand and speak a new language
the Teaching Company.
DVD
Experience the fun, intellectual challenge, and practical benefits of learning Spanish, one of the world's most useful and beautiful languages. In this brilliantly designed course, get 'under the hood' of the language, using an approach the teacher has refined for over twenty years to empower adult...
How to draw
the Teaching Company.
DVD
Experience the joy of drawing, an art anyone can learn, in this brilliantly designed course by a celebrated artist and teacher, and learn to draw landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and more. These 36 in-depth lessons help viewers build a complete set of drawing skills in a step-by-step, detailed...

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