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History of English in 10 Minutes Video Clip Collection
Item# 53477
© 2012
11 Min.
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Voiced by comedian Clive Anderson, this entertaining romp through the history of English squeezes 1,600 years of history into 10 one-minute clips. Bursting with fascinating facts, the clip collection...
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Pain: A History of Anesthesia-Pain, Pus, and Poison
Item# 53464
© 2012
52 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-0-81608-781-5
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The isolation of morphine alkaloids from opium was a turning point in the history of medicine. It meant that essential compounds in herbal remedies could be measured out in reliable doses, creating a...
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Pain, Pus, and Poison
Item# 53463
© 2012
156 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-0-81608-780-8
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The search to cure ourselves of maladies ranging from the common headache to cancer has led to huge breakthroughs in the medical field. Through the efforts of pioneering researchers over the past two...
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Poison: A History of Toxic Cures-Pain, Pus, and Poison
Item# 53466
© 2012
52 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-0-81608-783-9
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Belladonna, curare, snake venom—all are lethal, yet all may be used therapeutically. This program explores the fine line between harming and healing with an overview of poisons that are part of medica...
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Pus: A History of Antibiotics-Pain, Pus, and Poison
Item# 53465
© 2012
52 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-0-81608-782-2
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Centuries ago, draining a wound of pus was the surest way to fight dangerous infection, but millions of deaths from pestilent disease proved that this practice was not always successful. Even after me...
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Hayek and the Free Market: Masters of Money—Three Economists Who Changed the World
Item# 51975
© 2012
52 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-0-81608-768-6
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According to conventional wisdom, the 2008 financial crisis happened because markets were not regulated enough. But what if the opposite is true? What if excessive government meddling in business caus...
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John Maynard Keynes and Keynesianism: Masters of Money—Three Economists Who Changed the World
Item# 51974
© 2012
51 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-0-81608-767-9
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If anyone comes close to rivaling Winston Churchill as the central figure in modern British history, it is John Maynard Keynes. He is often credited with, among other things, helping to save capitalis...
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Masters of Money: Three Economists Who Changed the World
Item# 51973
© 2012
148 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-0-81608-766-2
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Can the great thinkers who shaped the economic landscape of the 20th century (and in the process its social and political contours) offer a clear path forward for the 21st? BBC economics editor Stepha...
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Doing Good: Empire—A British Chronicle
Item# 51985
© 2012
58 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-0-81608-778-5
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As idealistic as it sounds, many argue that a desire for conquest can become a mission to improve the welfare of humankind. This program explores that notion, especially how it has played out in Afric...
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Empire: A British Chronicle
Item# 51980
© 2012
290 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-0-81608-773-0
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Shakespeare wrote of England as a “precious stone set in the silver sea,” suggesting a nation content with its place in the world, but for others the “stone” held the luster of global power—and today...
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