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Author
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
There's more to colors than just aesthetics. There's an actual science behind how colors work on your eyes and your brain. And the secrets that scientists are uncovering offer astounding revelations on how colors influence the way you think, feel, and behave.
Publisher
Paraclete Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Discerning God's will is an ongoing process—not a static one-time decision! Albert Haase, OFM, scholar of Christian spirituality and spiritual mentor to hundreds, is known for offering clear, practical spiritual advice. This video is packed with concise counsel and real-life examples, unlocking the benefits of the ancient practice of discernment.
Publisher
Paraclete Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Through interviews with experts and personal testimonies, this video presentation offers a guide to understanding what an addiction is, understanding the addict you love, how addition affects a family, how to respond to feelings of shame and stigma, common difficulties for loved ones, and the meaning and hope of recovery.
6) Screen time: how electronic media-from baby videos to educational software-affects your young child
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
From the publisher. As a mother, Lisa Guernsey wondered about the influence of television on her two young daughters. As a reporter, she resolved to find out. What she first encountered was tired advice, sensationalized research claims, and a rather draconian mandate from the American Association of Pediatricians: no TV at all before the age of two. But, like many parents, she wanted straight answers and realistic advice, so she kept digging: she...
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Recent investigations hint at episodes in the history of life on Earth that rival the most imaginative movies. For example: Could our planet have been seeded with life from elsewhere? Did the development of life create conditions that threatened to poison the biosphere? How have natural forces conspired, over and over, to remove most traces of life from the planet? And how has life itself responded with determination to survive and thrive in a multitude...
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
This course examines some particularly puzzling aspects of human nature--thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that have intrigued scientists and laypeople alike. Relying on the latest theories and research from psychology, neuroscience, and other behavioral sciences, each lecture addresses a provocative question about human behavior.
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Between the fall of the Roman Empire and the brief, brilliant cultural phenomenon we call the Renaissance lay the Middle Ages - fully 1,000 years of artistic, philosophical, political, and religious turmoil and treasures. This course offers an interdisciplinary look at medieval society and culture, with an emphasis on literature, the arts, and the tumultuous historical forces at work from A.D. 500 through A.D. 1500. Medieval Europe was the world of...
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The Smithsonian is a repository of America's history, achievements, aspirations, and identity. It holds the artifacts of great leaders, and those of ordinary Americans. It houses scientific specimens and technological wonders. It is home to art, music, films, writings -- a vast treasure trove of objects of extraordinary beauty and outstanding design. With a collection of some 137 million items in more than two dozen museums and research centers,...
Publisher
Vision Maker Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
HOME FROM SCHOOL follows the difficult journey of Soldierwolf and tribal elders as they delve into the controversial history of Indian boarding schools, patch together the historic record and personal stories of the relatives who were shipped away, and, finally, travel to Carlisle to reunite with, and ultimately retrieve, the lost children of their tribe.
Generations after Native American children were sent from their reservation homes across the
...19) The Substitutes
Publisher
Lightbeam
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
More than a quarter of a million Syrian refugee children live in Istanbul, Turkey. Not all of them have access to education. Two sisters decide to bring school to the street.
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Twenty-five years ago, NASA launched one of the most ambitious experiments in the history of astronomy: the Hubble Space Telescope. This single telescope has helped astronomers pinpoint the age of the universe, revealed the birthplace of stars, and uncovered black holes lurking at the heart of galaxies. In honor of its anniversary, Nova tells the remarkable story that forever changed our understanding of the cosmos and our place in it.