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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
One dimension of intelligence is your emotional intelligence -- your awareness that emotions can drive behavior, coupled with an ability to manage emotions. Find out how you can increase your emotional intelligence, improve your relationships and social skills, and work more effectively under pressure.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Test the popular theory that six steps, at most, connect you to any person on the planet. Social networks like Facebook provide a wealth of data for quantifying our relative connectedness. See how graph theory helps you to visualize any linked phenomena.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Reveal the secrets behind the remarkable transformations of the "Asian Tiger" countries of South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore from poor countries to high-income economies in the span of 50 years. Starting with their shared features, trace their progression from authoritarian regimes to more democratic governments and compare and contrast their concentrated efforts to shape their economies.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The federal social safety net is designed to alleviate poverty among the elderly, needy families, and the disabled. Learn about the TANF program, or "welfare," and the institutions of Social Security, disability insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid. Take account of the financial strains on these programs, questions of their future solvency, and the political controversies that surround them.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After the unification of Germany in 1871, the nation industrialized rapidly. Thanks to a sophisticated educational system that emphasized science, German industries excelled at manufacturing chemicals, electrical equipment, and more. After witnessing the rise in German output, turn to several key innovations in France.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
We all play different roles throughout our lives, each of which naturally produces conflict, such as, the role of parent or friend. Learn how to recognize the call for different roles in your life by following four criteria laid down by Epictetus, including considering your social relations and listening for a "divine" sign.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Chronic pain is one of the biggest barriers to the enjoyment of life. While it is complex to diagnose and medically treat pain, you will learn that it is far more critical to realize that chronic pain and disability do not have to prevent you from living a happy life.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Before Christianity, two major monotheistic religions existed in the ancient Mediterranean area. Explore the similarities and differences between Judaism, Zoroastrianism, and emerging Christianity, and how the empire initially accommodated their teachings and actions. You'll also learn about the grievances on all sides.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The Pacific War came to a violent and sudden end with the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While scholars continue to debate what finally induced Japanese Emperor Hirohito to surrender, there is no doubt the atomic age opened a new era in history. See these events through the eyes of Japanese citizens.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
If it is possible to make an individual ship fairly safe from pirate attack, why is it so difficult to eradicate the worldwide practice of piracy? Governments in the Americas and Asia have tried to eliminate entire pirate-friendly coastal settlements, but their efforts have never been truly successful. Explore the complex motivations that still attract individuals to "turn pirate."
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Get to know the elite secret societies that only recruited members who were already (or would likely be) rich or influential, including the Bohemian Club, the Schlaraffia, the Sath-Bhai or Asiatic Brethren, the FOGC, the Skull & Bones Society, and more. These primarily men-only clubs are rumored to have dabbled in black arts, unusual rituals, and conspiratorial agendas.
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Little People are a highly visible group who face a great deal of social stigma and curiosity. In this episode little people from different backgrounds explain what it is like to live in a world that sees them as "disabled".
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Delve into the two major Japanese schools of Zen. First, examine the direct approach of the Sōtō school, in which the practice of sitting and clearing the mind to a state of "nonthinking" is emphasized above intellectual exercises. Then, turn to the "pressure cooker" Rinzai approach, which focuses on kōans and examining the paradoxical nature of being to work towards enlightenment.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Strap on a parachute and soar through the saga of jet propulsion which radically transformed our world since inception of World War II - from the Nazi's first jet-powered aircraft to the U.S. F-22 jet fighter, from the Concorde to tomorrow's scram-jet, a hypersonic transport plane that switches to rocket power outside the earth's atmosphere.
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Through accident, illness or birth people with limb differences have learned to adapt and to be resilient. Because their disability is so visible they receive a lot of attention which can be both annoying and offer opportunity for raising awareness.
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Often mocked and stigmatized for their disability our participants with Tourette Syndrome candidly answer questions about the myths and what life is like living with what is often mistakenly called "the swearing disease".
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