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Description: You Choose - Great Courses DVD + Book - The Teaching Company NEW Use the "Select" button on the Drop Down menu for more photos, for individual set pricing, and to make your selection. Included are brief quotes from each lecturer about the contents of their lecture along with the publisher's SRP for a new set. Course 153 - Einstein's Relativity & the Quantum Revolution - Modern Physics for Non-Scientists, 2nd Edition 24 Lectures on 4 Discs - 30 minutes per lecture - Prof Richard Wolfson ISBN 9781565855656 // 1-56585-565-5 SRP $50 In this course, Professor Wolfson uses extensive illustrations and diagrams to help bring to life the theories and concepts that he discusses. Relativity and quantum physics touch the very basis of physical reality, altering our commonsense notions of space and time, cause and effect. Both have reputations for complexity. But the basic ideas behind relativity and quantum physics are, in fact, simple and comprehensible by anyone. "The first version of this course was produced in 1995. In this new version, I have chosen to spend more time on the philosophical interpretation of quantum physics, and on recent experiments relevant to that interpretation. I have also added a final lecture on the theory of everything and its possible implementation through string theory. The graphic presentations for the DVD version have also been extensively revised and enhanced. But the goal remains the same: to present the key ideas of modern physics in a way that makes them clear to the interested layperson." Course 1050A - How to Become a Superstar Student 2nd Ed., - Prof Michael Geisen 2 DVDs with 12 Lectures + 1 Parent's Guide DVD with 6 Lectures ISBN 9781598037531 SRP $269 A Ready Aid Designed for Any Student. Success in school is about being a strong learner. Filled with all the best practices students who want to win need to know, these lectures will forever change the way your student, and even you, think about education. Course 1373 - How Music and Math Relate - Prof David Kung24 Lectures on 3 DVDs - 45 Minutes per Lecture ISBN 1629971480 // 9781629971483 SRP DVD $270 (new) The package includes 3 Lecture DVDs, a 328 page Transcript Paperback Book, and a 100+ page paperback Guidebook. No expertise in either music or higher-level mathematics is required to appreciate this astonishing alliance between art and science. Understanding the connections between music and mathematics helps you appreciate both, even if you have no special ability in either field—from knowing the mathematics behind tuning an instrument to understanding the features that define your favorite pieces. By exploring the mathematics of music, you also learn why non-Western music sounds so different, gain insight into the technology of modern sound reproduction, and start to hear the world around you in exciting new ways. Lecture 1626 - Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior - Prof Mark Leary24 Lectures on 12 Discs - 30 minutes per Lecture ISBN 159803829-X /// 9781598038293 SRP $339 Every day of your life is spent surrounded by mysteries that involve what, on the surface, appear to be rather ordinary human behaviors. What makes you happy?Where did your personality come from?Why do you have trouble controlling certain behaviors?What does your self-esteem do?Why do you behave differently as an adult than you did as an adolescent?After finishing the lectures of Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior, you'll realize how much about everyday life you take for granted, develop a deeper understanding of yourself and others, and see how much has yet to be fully explained. -- SOLD -- Course 1933 - Practicing Mindfulness - An Introduction to Meditation - Prof. Mark W. Muesse 24 Lectures on 12 AUDIO CDs of 30 minutes each.[NOT DVD] ISBN 9781598037913 SRP for 4 DVD format is $349 Meditation, correctly practiced, offers deep and lasting benefits for mental functioning and emotional health, as well as for physical health and well-being. Meditation practices are considered a major means for enhanced awareness and self-mastery. 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. Course 1950 - Nutrition Made Clear - Prof. Roberta H. Anding - 1 Course Book & 18 Audio CDs 36 lectures of 30 minutes each; ISBN 1598033606-8 // 9781598036060 SRP $37 for Audio Mp3 w/o Book A dietitian and award-winning lecturer, Professor Anding gives you a wealth of invaluable tips you can easily apply to your own eating habits. You'll learn how to calculate your own dietary needs, how to create your own nutrition and exercise plans, how to recognize when a product or service is really a health fraud, and more. Course 2541 - Writing Great Fiction: Storytelling Tips and Techniques - Prof James Hynes24 Lectures of 30 minutes each on 4 DVDs - ISBN 9781629971049 - SRP for DVD version reduced to $50 from $350An exceptional course for anyone interested in storytelling. A wealth of exercises will get you writing so that you can practice the many techniques you learn. Along the way, Professor Hynes is an able guide, showing you what has worked for him and other novelists, and pointing out pitfalls to avoid. Course 5133 - The Hidden Factor - Why Thinking Differently is Your Greatest Asset - Prof Scott E. Page 24 tLectures on 4 Discs - 30 minutes per lecture ISBN 9781598038644 // 159803864-8 SRP $239.00 The Hidden Factor: Why Thinking Differently Is Your Greatest Asset is your opportunity to learn the strategies that make you a more diverse thinker and position you to break down institutional silos and build robust, effective teams. Whether you’re in a leadership position or striving to advance your career, Professor Page’s techniques will train you totackle problems with the right mix of individuals,drive innovation and avoid collapse, adapt to changing circumstances and challenges,forecast outcomes with greater accuracy, andidentify conditions in which diversity trumps ability.Stay competitive by training your mind to think differently. Course 5511 - Thinking Like an Economist - A Guide to Rational Decision Making - Prof. Randall Bartlett Guidebook + 2 DVDs holding 12 lectures of 30 minutes each ISBN 9781598036886 SRP for DVD version $220 Expand your financial literacy. By learning to identify the many varied situations in which economics affects your life and how to wield the tools that can help you make the wisest choices in those situations, you'll enhance not only your understanding of daily life but your own success in living it. Course 5964 - The Art of Conflict Management: Achieving Solutions for Life, Work and Beyond - Vol 1 & 2 - 24 Lectures - 12 DVDs 30 Minutes per Lecture ISBN 159803710-2 / 9781598037104 SRP $339.00 Includes a paperback copy of Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High ISBN 9780071401944 Learn how to keep your cool and get the results you want when emotions flare. Conflict is everywhere, something we all experience on a regular basis. While your own conflicts may not seem to rise to a world scale, there is no mistaking the impact they can have on your own world, where your relationships—at work, with friends, or with family—define your success and happiness. You don't have a choice about becoming involved in conflict. You do, however, have a choice about learning to manage it successfully and about using the invaluable tools this course can give you. Even something as simple as offering an apology, for example, takes on a whole new light after you learn the five components that must be included if an apology is to be truly accepted and effective. And while most of us probably believe we already know how to apologize, it's likely that many of our own apologies might not include all of these essentials: A specific statement of the offending behaviorAn acknowledgment that it was harmfulOur assumption of responsibility for both the behavior and the harm doneAn admission of regretOur commitment to not repeat the behaviorIncludes a paperback copy of Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High ISBN 9780071401944Learn how to keep your cool and get the results you want when emotions flare. When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation badly and suffer the consequences; or read Crucial Conversations and discover how to communicate best when it matters most. Crucial Conversations gives you the tools you need to step up to life's most difficult and important conversations, say what's on your mind, and achieve the positive resolutions you want. You'll learn how to:Prepare for high-impact situations with a six-minute mastery technique Make it safe to talk about almost anything Be persuasive, not abrasive Keep listening when others blow up or clam up Turn crucial conversations into the action and results you want Course 7158 - Masterworks of American Art - 24 Lectures on 4 Discs - 30 minutes per lecture - Prof William KlossISBN 9781598034998 // 1-59803-499-5 SRP $339.00 A grand survey of the American experience, in which some of the most critical eras of this nation's history are viewed through the lens of great art: In this sweeping survey, you encounter the brilliant paintings of the homegrown masters who documented the birth of our nation from its colonial roots up to the brink of World War I and the birth of Modernism. As you examine this vital artistic tradition in its historical, cultural, and political contexts, you discover how appreciating the legacy of American art is crucial to fully understanding the story of our great nation. Join Professor Kloss as he reveals the vital and vibrant tradition of American art, and witness the birth, growth, and development of our great nation as it was painted by some of the greatest artists the world has known. Course 5992 THE ENTREPRENEUR'S TOOLKIT - 24 Lectures on 4 DVDs - 30 Minutes per Lecture - Prof Michael G. GoldsbyISBN-10: 162997093X /// ISBN-13: 9781629970936 This course teaches you how to be an entrepreneur and how to think like one - skills that are essential whether you are starting a business, expanding an existing business, boosting your career as an employee, pursuing a social cause, or seeking to increase your impact as a teacher, coach, minister, or other professional. Packed with fascinating lessons from legendary entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, and Henry Ford, these 24 lectures are entertaining as well as practical. You begin by investigating what makes a good business idea. Then you learn how to turn that idea into a successful enterprise by defining the market and the customers you will serve, attracting backers, building your brand, and growing your venture to the point where you can sell it, if you want, for an impressive profit. Topics covered include market research, choosing a business structure, the all-important business plan, financial statements, running a home office, family businesses, franchises, intellectual property, employee and customer relations, and entrepreneurial exhaustion. Professor Goldsby also discusses different entrepreneurial styles, and he looks ahead to your career options after you succeed and are ready to try another challenge. He notes that entrepreneurs play an indispensable role in society: they are the ones who find problems, recognize the opportunities in those problems, then fix them and make the world a better place. From the DVDDisc 1: How to come up with a great business idea --Understanding your market --Prototypes: making your idea a reality --Defining your business model --Picking your business structure --Starting your business plan --Disc 2: Market analysis and marketing strategy --Business logistics and operations --Organizational structure and management teams --Income statements and balance sheets --Cash flow statements and performance measures --Conducting risk analysis --Disc 3. Finishing your business plan --How to finance your business --From your home office to social media --Starting a family business --Buying a franchise or other business --Understanding intellectual property --Disc 4: Managing human resource --The customer's experience and your brand --Entrepreneurial perspectives --Entrepreneurial exhaustion --Entrepreneurial leadership --The successful entrepreneur. Masterpieces of the Imaginative Mind - Parts 1 & 2 - 24 Lectures on 12 Audio CDs with Guidebook Prof Eric S. Radkin ISBN 9781682765548 // ISBN 159803289-5 Original SRP Audio $170 [DVD $340] Many of literature's greatest works, from ancient myths to the works of Nobel laureates, rely on fantasy. Even when there has been a dominant preference for realism, generation after generation of readers have been drawn to stories of the fantastic - not only for what they help us learn about ourselves as individuals or as members of society, but also for what they show about our social values. And now one of the world's foremost authorities on the literature of the fantastic and science fiction has created a series of 24 lectures that take you on a journey through some of the most remarkable feats of imagination in all of literature. You'll study strange tales of talking frogs and cannibal witches, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Arthur C. Clarke's astonishing 2001: A Space Odyssey and beyond. Ranging from the early 1800s to contemporary times, Professor Rabkin casts a wide net for fantastic works and delves deeply into some of the most astonishing. You'll learn about the works and times of Edgar Allan Poe, the Brothers Grimm, Virginia Woolf, Lewis Carroll, Franz Kafka, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and many others. And you'll see how artists you might not have even considered in this context - such as writers like Nathaniel Hawthorne, or composers like Offenbach and Tchaikovsky - owe a creative debt to this remarkably vibrant genre. Professor Eric Rabkin from the University of Michigan speaking about the world's greatest literary works. This two box set of 24 lectures on 12 Audio CDs covers the following: 1-Brothers Grimm & Fairy Tale Psychology; 2-Propp, Structure, and Cultural Identity; 3-Hoffmann and the Theory of the Fantastic; 4-Poe--Genres and Degrees of the Fantastic; 5-Lewis Carroll -- Puzzles, Language, & Audience; 6-H.G. Wells -- We Are All Talking Animals; 7-Franz Kafka -- Dashed Fantasies; 8-Woolf - Fantastic Feminism & Periods of Art; 9-Robbe-Grillet - Experimental Fiction & Myth; 10-Tolkien & Mass Production of the Fantastic; 11-Children's Literature and the Fantastic; 12-Postmodernism and the Fantastic; 13-Defining Science Fiction; 14-Mary Shelley --Grandmother of Science Fiction; 15-Hawthorne, Poe, and the Eden Complex; 16-Jules Verne and the Robinsonade; 17-Wells -- Industrialization of the Fantastic; 18-The History of Utopia; 19-Science Fiction and Religion; 20-Pulp Fiction, Bradbury & the American Myth; 21-Robert A. Heinlein -- He Mapped the Future; 22-Asimov and Clarke -- Cousins in Utopia; 23-Ursula K. LeGuin -- Transhuman Anthropologist; 24-Cyberpunk, Postmodernism, and Beyond. All Courses include the Video DVD Discs and the paperback Course Guidebook in their factory sealed package.Ships by USPS Media Rate or by USPS Ground Advantage at no added cost to the Buyer.Buyer can upgrade to USPS Priority mail by purchasing added postage No Issues. All Sets are New and Sealed. No damage or flaws in any of the Course DVD - Book sets. Please Note: "The Great Courses" publication list includes hundreds if not thousands of subjects, topics, and titles. Categories include science, history, literature, religion, language, travel, music, health & fitness, and self-improvement plus many others. The lectures are helpful in recognizing and comprehending the range and scope of human knowledge and understanding and is organized and presented in a reasonable fashion by notable professors and scholars. Even if you're enrolled in a course topic - like physics - it's still helpful to have access to a concise, organized, comprehensible presentation of the subject to supplement what at times may be a muddled school classroom presentation strung out over several weeks. Many DVD / Book sets sell new for hundreds of dollars; most have an SRP of $50 or less. some, but not all Great Courses DVD book sets include an Adobe PDF version of the Course Guidebook on one of the Lecture Discs.

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