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• A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners

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    A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners (1/7)

    Marianne Talbot 01:33:25
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    A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners (2/7)

    Marianne Talbot 01:18:55
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    A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners (3/7)

    Marianne Talbot 01:22:25
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    A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners (4/7)

    Marianne Talbot 01:27:43
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    A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners (5/7)

    Marianne Talbot 01:28:59
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    A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners (6/7)

    Marianne Talbot 01:30:39
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    A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners (7/7)

    Marianne Talbot 01:21:45

• African American History: The Modern Freedom Struggle

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    Course Introduction and W.E.B. Du Bois

    Clayborne Carson 00:43:41
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    Du Bois and the Great Depression

    Clayborne Carson 01:01:27
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    Shirley Graham: Transformation of an Artist/Intellectual

    Clayborne Carson 01:19:00
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    Paul Robeson: Star to Outcast

    Clayborne Carson 00:51:29
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    Bayard Rustin: Radical Outsider

    Clayborne Carson 00:47:03
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    Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Social Gospel

    Clayborne Carson 00:58:35
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    The Women Who Made the Montgomery Movement

    Clayborne Carson 01:21:31
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    Ella Baker Inspires the Student Movement

    Clayborne Carson 01:13:29
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    Bob Moses: Mississippi Organizer

    Clayborne Carson 00:43:27
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    Vincent Harding on Martin Luther King Jr.

    Clayborne Carson 01:09:42
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    Clarence Jones on Martin Luther King Jr.

    Clayborne Carson 01:18:35
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    Malcolm X and his Ambiguous Legacy

    Clayborne Carson 01:09:07
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    Stokely Carmichael Defines Black Power

    Clayborne Carson 01:19:34
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    The Black Panther Party

    Clayborne Carson 01:03:42
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    Outlaw Feminist Angela Davis

    Clayborne Carson 00:39:52
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    Tupac Shakur's 'Thug Life'

    Clayborne Carson 00:34:43
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    Barack Obama's American Dream

    Clayborne Carson 01:20:59

• American Literature I: Beginnings to Civil War

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    Introduction

    Cyrus Patell 01:12:45
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    Moby-Dick (I)

    Cyrus Patell 01:14:45
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    The Literature of Settlement

    Cyrus Patell 01:14:58
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    American Puritanism (I)

    Cyrus Patell 01:16:28
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    American Puritanism (III)

    Cyrus Patell 01:14:41
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    American Neoclassicism

    Cyrus Patell 01:08:17
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    Edwards and the Transition to Enlightenment

    Cyrus Patell 01:13:30
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    The American Enlightenment

    Cyrus Patell 01:10:56
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    American Gothic (I)

    Cyrus Patell 01:05:51
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    American Gothic (II)

    Cyrus Patell 01:10:19
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    American Gothic (III)

    Cyrus Patell 01:14:33
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    American Transcendentalism (I)

    Cyrus Patell 01:15:56
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    American Transcendentalism (II)

    Cyrus Patell 01:15:10
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    American Transcendentalism (III)

    Cyrus Patell 01:13:41
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    American Transcendentalism (IV)

    Cyrus Patell 01:04:55
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    American Transcendentalism (V)

    Cyrus Patell 01:11:43
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    Frederick Douglass

    Cyrus Patell 01:07:19
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    Uncle Tom's Cabin (I)

    Cyrus Patell 01:03:31
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    Uncle Tom's Cabin (II)

    Cyrus Patell 01:10:12
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    Nathaniel Hawthorne (I)

    Cyrus Patell 01:14:02
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    Nathaniel Hawthorne (II)

    Cyrus Patell 01:06:07
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    Moby-Dick (II)

    Cyrus Patell 01:15:21
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    Moby-Dick (III)

    Cyrus Patell 01:16:36
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    Moby-Dick (IV)

    Cyrus Patell 01:12:55
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    Moby-Dick (V)

    Cyrus Patell 00:53:19

• Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

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    Republic Book IV

    David O’Connor 00:47:33
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    Republic Book V

    David O’Connor 00:42:21
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    Republic VII

    David O’Connor 00:42:22
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    Republic Book VIII

    David O’Connor 00:49:02
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    Republic Book X

    David O’Connor 00:46:01
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    Metaphysics IV

    David O’Connor 00:49:01
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    Metaphysics VII. 1-9

    David O’Connor 00:50:51
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    Metaphysics VIII

    David O’Connor 00:52:11
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    Metaphysics IX

    David O’Connor 00:49:44
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    Plato, Timaeus 17a-47e

    David O’Connor 00:44:12
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    Timaeus 47e-53e

    David O’Connor 00:47:36
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    Lucretius, The Way Things Are, Book I, lines 1-635, 921-1117

    David O’Connor 00:50:45
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    They Way Things Are Book II, Lines 1-332, 1023-1104; Book III, lines 1-30, 830-1094

    David O’Connor 00:50:26
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    They Way Things Are Book IV, lines 1037-1287; Book V, lines 1-90, 925-1457

    David O’Connor 00:49:42
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    Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Books 1-6

    David O’Connor 00:36:10
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    Augustine, Confessions Book 1

    David O’Connor 00:41:03
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    Confessions Book 2

    David O’Connor 00:38:17
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    Confessions Book 8

    David O’Connor 00:18:49
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    Confessions Book 10

    David O’Connor 00:40:00
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    Thomas Aquinas, Summa Conta Gentiles I. 1-9

    David O’Connor 00:43:50
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    Summa COntra Gentiles I. 10-13

    David O’Connor 00:46:07
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    Summa Contra Gentiles I. 14-22

    David O’Connor 00:42:12
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    Summa Contra Gentiles I. 38-43

    David O’Connor 00:48:13
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    Summa Contra Gentiles I. 44-53

    David O’Connor 00:29:07

• Ancient Israel

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    Ancient Israel

    Daniel Fleming 01:14:09
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    Ancient Israel - Where to Begin: Israel in the Bible and Without it

    Daniel Fleming 01:13:13
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    Ancient Israel - Israel's Roots

    Daniel Fleming 01:12:38
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    Ancient Israel - Another World Out There

    Daniel Fleming 01:10:19
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    Ancient Israel - What to do with Genesis

    Daniel Fleming 01:06:47
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    Ancient Israel - God and Us

    Daniel Fleming 00:53:56
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    Ancient Israel - What to do with the Bible

    Daniel Fleming 01:13:02
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    Ancient Israel: Israel Arrives

    Daniel Fleming 01:11:05
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    Ancient Israel: The Good Life: No Sovereign in Site

    Daniel Fleming 01:12:23
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    Ancient Israel: Women and Power

    Daniel Fleming 01:09:45
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    Ancient Israel: And then there were Kings

    Daniel Fleming 01:06:00
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    Ancient Israel: Love and Marriage

    Daniel Fleming 01:14:39
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    Ancient Israel: Archaeology's 10th Century Solution

    Daniel Fleming 00:59:17
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    Ancient Israel: Israel and Judah: The Period of Two Kingdoms

    Daniel Fleming 01:09:44
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    Ancient Israel: The House of David

    Daniel Fleming 01:00:53
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    Ancient Israel: How the Other Side Lives (or, Israel in the East)

    Daniel Fleming 01:12:33
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    Ancient Israel: What if God was Married

    Daniel Fleming 01:09:11
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    Ancient Israel: Judah Alone

    Daniel Fleming 01:10:20
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    Ancient Israel - Yellow Journalism and Purple Prose: Writing Like a Prophet

    Daniel Fleming 00:57:25
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    Ancient Israel: Judah the Ideal and the End of Judah

    Daniel Fleming 00:45:42
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    Ancient Israel: Empires, in the Biblical Context

    Daniel Fleming 01:09:47
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    Ancient Israel: Judah's Bible

    Daniel Fleming 00:44:59
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    Ancient Israel: A World with One Power: The Impact of Empire

    Daniel Fleming 00:40:31
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    Ancient Israel: Away from Home: Jewish Refugees and Resettlement

    Daniel Fleming 01:08:44
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    Ancient Israel: When You Talk About Sex

    Daniel Fleming 01:10:19
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    Ancient Israel: We Need a Bible, Don't We? The Work of the Early Jewish

    Daniel Fleming 01:05:40
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    Ancient Israel: Ancient Hebrew Psychology

    Daniel Fleming 00:56:47

• Are We Eating Good Food?

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• Atmosphere, Ocean and Environmental Change

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    Introduction to Atmospheres

    Ronald Smith 00:47:15
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    Is Learning Feasible?

    Ronald Smith 01:16:49
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    Retaining an Atmosphere

    Ronald Smith 00:46:20
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    The Perfect Gas Law

    Ronald Smith 00:51:42
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    Vertical Structure of the atmosphere; Residence Time

    Ronald Smith 00:46:36
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    Greenhouse Effect, Habitability

    Ronald Smith 00:49:38
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    Hydrostatic Balance

    Ronald Smith 00:39:20
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    Horizontal Transport

    Ronald Smith 00:41:50
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    Water in the Atmosphere I

    Ronald Smith 00:45:18
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    Water in the Atmosphere II

    Ronald Smith 00:47:49
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    Clouds and Precipitation (Cloud Chamber Experiment)

    Ronald Smith 00:49:02
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    Circulation of the Atmosphere (Exam I Review)

    Ronald Smith 00:49:55
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    Global Climate and the Coriolis Force

    Ronald Smith 00:49:42
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    Coriolis Force and Storms

    Ronald Smith 00:49:26
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    Convective Storms

    Ronald Smith 00:45:24
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    Frontal Cyclones

    Ronald Smith 00:43:16
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    Seasons and Climate

    Ronald Smith 00:48:55
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    Seasons and Climate Classification

    Ronald Smith 00:45:20
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    Ocean Bathymetry and Water Properties

    Ronald Smith 00:50:37
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    Ocean Water Density and Atmospheric Forcing

    Ronald Smith 00:50:20
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    Ocean Currents

    Ronald Smith 00:51:39
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    Ocean Currents and Productivity

    Ronald Smith 00:47:17
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    El Niño

    Ronald Smith 00:49:50
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    Ice in the Climate System

    Ronald Smith 00:47:17
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    Ice and climate change

    Ronald Smith 00:49:43
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    Isotope Evidence for Climate Change

    Ronald Smith 00:47:23
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    Global Warming

    Ronald Smith 00:46:44
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    Global Warming (continued)

    Ronald Smith 00:43:56
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    Global Warming (continued 1)

    Ronald Smith 00:48:02
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    Climate Sensitivity and Human Population

    Ronald Smith 00:47:55
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    The Two Ozone Problems

    Ronald Smith 00:37:51
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    The Ozone Layer

    Ronald Smith 00:40:42
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    Energy Resources, Renewable Energy

    Ronald Smith 00:47:39
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    Renewable Energy

    Ronald Smith 00:48:03
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    Review and Overview

    Ronald Smith 00:36:31
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    Lab - Quinnipiac River Field Trip

    Ronald Smith 00:46:20

• Britain in the 20th Century: Progress and Decline

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    The Character of Twentieth Century Britain

    Vernon Bogdanor 00:55:41
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    Britain in the 20th Century: Reponses to Decline, 1895-1914

    Vernon Bogdanor 00:58:12
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    Britain in the Twentieth Century: The Great War and its Consequences

    Vernon Bogdanor 00:59:10
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    Britain in the Twentieth Century: The Economic Crisis and its Consequences

    Vernon Bogdanor 00:53:26
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    Britain in the Twentieth Century: "Appeasement"

    Vernon Bogdanor 00:59:13
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    Britain in the 20th Century: The Road to War

    Vernon Bogdanor 00:55:24

• Cervantes' Don Quixote

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    Don Quixote, Part I: Front Matter and Chapters I-X

    Roberto González Echevarría 00:57:14
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    Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters I-X (cont)

    Roberto González Echevarría 01:08:42
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    Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XI-XX (cont)

    Roberto González Echevarría 01:01:03
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    Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXI-XXVI

    Roberto González Echevarría 01:03:34
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    Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXI-XXVI (cont)

    Roberto González Echevarría 01:00:51
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    Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXVII-XXXV

    Roberto González Echevarría 01:01:40
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    Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXVII-XXXV (cont)

    Roberto González Echevarría 00:57:11
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    Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXXVI-LII

    Roberto González Echevarría 00:58:11
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    Don Quixote, Part I: Chapters XXXVI-LII (cont)

    Roberto González Echevarría 00:57:44
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    Don Quixote, Introduction to Part II

    Roberto González Echevarría 00:53:08
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    Don Quixote, Part II: Front Matter and Chapters

    Roberto González Echevarría 00:57:28
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    Don Quixote, Part II: Front Matter and Chapters (Cont)

    Roberto González Echevarría 01:03:05
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    Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XII-XXI

    Roberto González Echevarría 01:00:52
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    Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XII-XXI (cont)

    Roberto González Echevarría 00:54:25
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    Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XXII-XXXV

    Roberto González Echevarría 01:00:18
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    Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XXII-XXXV (cont)

    Roberto González Echevarría 00:59:00
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    Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XXXVI-LIII

    Roberto González Echevarría 01:01:52
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    Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters XXXVI-LIII (cont)

    Roberto González Echevarría 00:56:54
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    Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LIV-LXX

    Roberto González Echevarría 00:55:33
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    Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LIV-LXX (cont)

    Roberto González Echevarría 00:58:53
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    Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LXXI-LXXIV

    Roberto González Echevarría 00:59:38
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    Don Quixote, Part II: Chapters LXXI-LXXIV (cont)

    Roberto González Echevarría 01:04:55

• Christian Themes in Art

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    The First Christian art and its Early Developments

    Ian Harris 00:59:24
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    Jesus in Art

    Ian Harris 00:46:11
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    The Nativity in Art

    Ian Harris 00:54:54
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    The Crucifixion of Christ in Art

    Ian Harris 00:56:31
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    The Resurrection in Art

    Ian Harris 00:51:39
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    Understanding Faith Through the Eyes of Stanley Spencer

    Ian Harris 01:00:06