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Cooking across the Ages
Ken AlbalaStarting at $249.95 Starting at $249.95 $299.95 $249.95–$299.95In Cooking across the Ages, award-winning Professor Ken Albala of the University of the Pacific takes us on a fascinating international journey through civilization across the ages and around the world—all through the lens of cooking. In 24 fascinating lectures while he cooks, Dr. Albala welcomes you into his own home kitchen, encouraging you to explore unfamiliar cuisines as a type of gastronomic time travel that... -
When Everything Fails: Surviving Any Disaster
Stephen OwenStarting at $199.95 Starting at $199.95 $229.95 $199.95–$229.95Living through a disaster is not a question of if—it’s a question of when. Are you ready? When Everything Fails: Surviving Any Disaster offers a practical guide for protecting yourself, your family, and your community. Taught by Professor Stephen Owen of Radford University, these 14 fast-paced lectures will arm you with information for planning ahead so you can prepare for the effects of a disaster or... -
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1066: The Year That Changed Everything
Jennifer PaxtonSave up to $90.00 Starting at $17.95 $119.95 $17.95–$119.95With 1066, Professor Jennifer Paxton's exciting and historically rich six-lecture course, experience for yourself the drama of this dynamic year in medieval history-centering on the Norman Conquest of England that would dramatically reshape both English and Western history. Taking you from the shores of Scandinavia and France to the battlefields of the English countryside, this course plunges you into a world of... -
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The Great Tours: France through the Ages
John GreeneSave up to $230.00 Starting at $49.95 $299.95 $49.95–$299.95France ignites the imagination and dazzles the senses like no other country on Earth. In this thrilling travelogue, you’ll discover the 35,000-year-old cave paintings of Chauvet, the medieval castles of the Cathars, the palace of Versailles, and the sites where the French Revolution unfolded. You’ll also explore romantic Paris; the Loire Valley châteaux; and France’s food, wine, sublime art and architecture,... -
Language and the Mind
Spencer KellyStarting at $249.95 Starting at $249.95 $299.95 $249.95–$299.95What is our species’ greatest invention? Medicine, computers, space travel? Not even close. The innovation that underlies each of our past achievements and those we still aspire to is ... language. Learn why language is our ultimate invention—one that has allowed us to change the physical and social world around us in every conceivable way, and one that has fundamentally changed us, as well. -
Adobe Lightroom Classic CC: The Complete Guide
Ben WillmoreStarting at $199.95 Starting at $199.95 $299.00 $199.95–$299.00In 20 helpful, illuminating lessons, Adobe® Lightroom® Classic CC: The Complete Guide teaches you everything you need to become confident and efficient in using Lightroom. Join popular software instructor Ben Wilmore, a member of the Photoshop® Hall of Fame, as he offers a detailed boot camp that’s also an enduring resource for building and honing your photo editing skills. -
George Orwell: A Sage for All Seasons
Michael SheldenStarting at $249.95 Starting at $249.95 $299.95 $249.95–$299.95In George Orwell: A Sage for All Seasons, join Orwell’s authorized biographer, Professor Michael Shelden, for a 24-lecture journey through the life and times that shaped this profound writer and his eerily prescient masterpieces like Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Blending literary analysis and biography, this course is a one-of-a-kind portrait of the modern world’s greatest champion of individuality. -
The Pagan World: Ancient Religions Before Christianity
Hans-Friedrich MuellerStarting at $249.95 Starting at $249.95 $299.95 $249.95–$299.95In The Pagan World: Ancient Religions before Christianity, you will meet the fascinating, ancient polytheistic peoples of the Mediterranean and beyond, their gods and goddesses, and their public and private worship practices, as you come to better understand the foundational role religion played in their daily lives. Because their religion circumscribed almost all aspects of life both inside and outside the home, it... -
America after the Cold War: The First Thirty Years
Patrick N. AllittStarting at $199.95 Starting at $199.95 $229.95 $199.95–$229.95America after the Cold War: The First Thirty Years offers you the chance to step back and look at the complex and ever-evolving story of the United States from 1990 to 2019. Taught by esteemed professor and Great Courses favorite Dr. Patrick Allitt of Emory University, these 12 fascinating lectures tie all the threads of contemporary life together and give you a rich understanding of the world we live in today. -
Taking Control of Your Personal Data
Jennifer GolbeckStarting at $199.95 Starting at $199.95 $229.95 $199.95–$229.95We have never before in human history been able to share so much about ourselves so quickly. Neither have we ever been so exposed to forces that want to take advantage of that capability. This course will open your eyes to the surprising extent of that exposure and will discuss your options for keeping your personal data as safe as possible, help you determine your personal privacy profile, and understand the... -
Experiencing Hubble: Exploring the Milky Way
David M. MeyerStarting at $199.95 Starting at $199.95 $229.95 $199.95–$229.95Taught by Dr. David Meyer of Northwestern University, this course takes you on a tour of the Milky Way galaxy through spectacular images during the Hubble Space Telescope's third decade of operation. You view stars, star cluster, nebulae, and more, while learning such concepts as star birth, planet formation, black holes, and galactic evolution. The result is a tour that is as awe-inspiring as it is instructive,... -
Everyday Guide to Beer
Charles W. BamforthStarting at $199.95 Starting at $199.95 $229.95 $199.95–$229.95Professor Emeritus Charlie Bamforth of the University of California, Davis, often referred to as the “Pope of Foam” within the beer industry, has spent more than 40 years crafting, writing, and teaching others about beer and how to make it. In the 12 lessons of the The Everyday Guide to Beer, Dr. Bamforth takes you on a journey through the history of this surprisingly complex beverage. -
World War II: Battlefield Europe
David R. StoneStarting at $249.95 Starting at $249.95 $299.95 $249.95–$299.95Designed in partnership with HISTORY® and using a distinctly European perspective, World War II: Battlefield Europe provides a fresh lens through which to study major battles, larger-than-life personalities, twists of fate, and tales of intrigue. Over 24 lectures, a military historian reveals the strategic decisions behind U-boat assaults, D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the fall of Berlin, and so much more. -
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Getting Your Legal House in Order
Sally HurmeSave up to $170.00 Starting at $39.95 $229.95 $39.95–$229.95In Getting Your Legal House in Order, author and elder law attorney Sally Balch Hurme gives you a practical, step-by-step foray into your legal affairs. From property rights to wills and trusts to insurance and estate planning, these 18 eye-opening lectures give you everything you need to prepare your finances and your future. Filled with accessible advise, this course should be required viewing for people of any... -
Fighting Misinformation: Digital Media Literacy
Taught By Multiple ProfessorsStarting at $109.95 Starting at $109.95 $119.95 $109.95–$119.95The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) has teamed up with The Great Courses to provide an outstanding eight-lecture series designed to arm you with the very skills needed to defuse the threat of misinformation media. Ms.Tara Susman-Peña, a senior technical advisor, and her colleagues at IREX, Mehri Druckman and Nina Odura, will lead you step by step through the history, evolution, science, and impact... -
A Historian Goes to the Movies: Ancient Rome
Gregory S. AldreteStarting at $199.95 Starting at $199.95 $229.95 $199.95–$229.95From Ben-Hur to Spartacus to Gladiator, get a front-row look at the great movies that have shaped ancient Rome’s role in popular culture and memory. The 12 lectures of Professor Gregory S. Aldrete’s A Historian Goes to the Movies: Ancient Rome cover over 50 years of cinematic history and talent, and immerse you in the glory and grandeur—and even the folly—of classic and contemporary films set in Roman... -
Liberty on Trial in America: Cases That Defined Freedom
Douglas O. LinderStarting at $249.95 Starting at $249.95 $299.95 $249.95–$299.95In Liberty on Trial in America: Cases That Defined Freedom, you will learn how liberty increased in our country when individuals sued for freedoms and when cases were brought specifically to test the limits of the Constitution. In 24 fascinating lectures, Professor Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law takes you behinds the scenes of the trials that recognized many of the... -
Going to the Devil: The Impeachment of 1868
Starting at $14.95 Starting at $14.95 $19.95 $14.95–$19.95The Great Courses is proud to present Going to the Devil: The Impeachment of 1868 This first-time-ever original narrative documentary is a unique and entertaining retelling of the turbulent yet fascinating events leading up to and through the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. You’ll hear “first-hand” from the characters themselves—including Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, and others who were... -
Understanding the New Testament
David BrakkeStarting at $249.95 Starting at $249.95 $299.95 $249.95–$299.95Join Professor David Brakke, an award-winning Professor of History at The Ohio State University, for Understanding the New Testament. In these 24 eye-opening lectures, he takes you behind the scenes to study not only the text of the New Testament, but also the authors and the world in which it was created. -
Understanding the Old Testament
Robert D. Miller IIStarting at $249.95 Starting at $249.95 $299.95 $249.95–$299.95The Old Testament is one of the foundational documents of Western civilization. In this course, you’ll study a selection of the major books of the Old Testament, probing their meaning and relevance. Among these, you’ll explore the prophets, the wisdom literature, and the apocalyptic literature, finding their deeper historical and religious import, as well as their sublime literary treasures.
