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The Day Henry Met…a Cookbook
Today Henry meets a Cookbook. Cookbook is full of hundreds of delicious recipes but he is stuck on the book shelf with no chef around to cook the meals. Henry becomes a master chef, is transported into a busy kitchen and creates the...
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The Parthenon of Books, A Stand Against Censorship
Discover Marta Minujín's installation in Germany, built with 100,000 banned books to spark conversations on freedom of expression.
Great Big Story
Meet the Couple Building a Literary Empire
Explore the inspiring story of a couple from Flint, Michigan, who defied stereotypes to become the youngest African-American authors on the New York Times list. Their narrative sheds light on overlooked neighborhoods, embodying Black...
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The Imperial Library of Constantinople and its Famous Disappearance
The Imperial Library of Constantinople, once held over a hundred thousand manuscripts. It survived nearly a millennium before its supposed destruction by Norman Crusaders in 1204. Despite this, rumors persist that the library was...
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A Hidden Art Form You’ll Flip For
Discover the magic of invisible paintings on book edges created by master artist Martin Frost.
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Transforming Higher Education: The Digital Revolution at University Dumira
University Dumira in Lyon, France, is transforming into a cutting-edge cyber campus, offering online learning materials and textbooks to its 30,000 students. With a focus on digital innovation, the university utilizes tools like iPods...
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Brown vs. Board of Education and School Desegregation
This video discusses the landmark case Brown vs. Board of Education and its impact on desegregating American schools. It highlights Linda Brown's story in Topeka, Kansas, the legal battle led by Thurgood Marshall, and the resistance to...
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John Lewis: A Lifetime of Service and Activism
This video explores John Lewis's post-SNCC career, detailing his leadership in voter registration, his tenure in the US Congress, and his continued activism. It highlights his commitment to civil rights, healthcare reform, and education,...
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The Daniel Goleman Model of Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman brought emotional intelligence to the public’s attention with his massive 1995 best seller, ‘Emotional Intelligence’. He followed this up with two further books that deserve to be read by all serious managers: • Working...
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What is BIG DATA? And introducing the 3 (or 5) V's
In this video, I want to answer the question, what is Big Data?
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What is the Autofocus Time Management Method? And How Does it Work?
Mark Forster's Autofocus Technique for personal time management is as little known as David Allen's Getting Things Done is well-known. But if you are after a personal productivity system, check this out.
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Seth Godin: Powerhouse of Marketing Ideas
The internet has changed marketing and advertising. There are new rules, new tools, and new gurus. One of the first to see this coming, and craft new strategy and tactics, was Seth Godin. I describe Godin as a Powerhouse of Ideas....
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What is Emotional Intelligence? An Introduction
Emotional intelligence or EI is the ability to understand and manage your own emotions, and those of the people around you. Get our Kindle-exclusive companion to this course: Emotional Intelligence: A Management Courses Introduction...
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Exploring Themes of Philosophy and Logic in Alice in Wonderland
While many regard the Alice books primarily as children's literature, they also serve as profound texts that delve into deep philosophical questions. These works explore the nature of reality and the foundations of truth through Alice's...
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James Joyce: Early Life and Inspiration for Ulysses
This video introduces us to the life and influences of the author James Joyce as well as the controversial reception and subsequent acclaim of his novel "Ulysses". Following its initial publication in 1922, the novel faced and eventually...
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Style and Interpretations of Herman Melville's Moby Dick
Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" is celebrated for its archaic writing style and poetic intensity, transforming the narrative of a 19th-century whaling crew into a captivating drama that delves into the folly of mankind. The novel's...
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The Lasting Legacy of Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll's exploration of language, perception, and the illogical in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" has inspired artists, writers, and filmmakers, leading to numerous adaptations across various media, including film, and opera,...
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How Lewis Carroll Transformed Western Perceptions of Children
Charles Dodgson, also known as Lewis Carroll, had a deep interest in the emerging art of photography, becoming a skilled amateur photographer. Among his subjects was Alice Liddell, the inspiration behind "Alice's Adventures in...
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The Math of Alice in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland are renowned for their clever incorporation of logic puzzles and paradoxes, a testament to Charles Dodgson's (Lewis Carroll's real name) mathematical skills and training. He utilized these elements not...
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The NLP Approach to Rapport Building
Building rapport is one of the core principles of NLP. And so, as you’d expect, NLP has a lot to say about how best to do rapport building.
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Becoming a Physicist
Nine renowned physicists describe crucial aspects of their personal trajectories of how they became the professional scientists they are today. Featured are: Joanna Haigh (Imperial College), Paul Steinhardt (Princeton University),...
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AWS, JavaScript, React - Deploy Web Apps on the Cloud - AWS History
In this lesson, to understand the exponential growth of AWS, we will look at the history of its parent company, Amazon.
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Retrieval Practice
This short film shows you how to use retrieval practice to improve your understanding, develop your recall to identify gaps in your knowledge. While most study time is spent trying to get knowledge into your brain, then out again when...