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Peasant cookery is the foundation on which all subsequent cuisine is based. A rich oral tradition, passed down through generations, the peasant kitchen offers healthy, real food - the antithesis of fast-food catering - and is as relevant now as it was centuries ago. In this remarkable book, Elisabeth Luard sets out to record the principles of European cookery and to rediscover what has been lost in over-refinement. The recipes come from twenty-five...
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Edmund Keeley (1928–2022) was the Charles Barnwell Straut Class of 1923 Professor of English, emeritus, and professor emeritus of creative writing at Princeton University. Philip Sherrard (1922–1995) was research fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford, and lecturer in the history of the Orthodox Church at King's College London. George Savidis (1929–1995) was professor of modern Greek at the University of Thessaloniki and George Seferis Visiting...
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BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Comedian Jack Dee has drawn the short straw. He's going on a two-week journey to Siberia, one of the most remote and inhospitable places on the planet. The trip starts with a nine-and-a-half-hour plane journey from Moscow into Yakutsk and then a two-and-half-hour helicopter ride up into the mountains of Lepikha. Jack will stay for two nights in a desolate reindeer herder village where he will learn basic survival skills and will be introduced to the...
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Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Beginning in 1965, Nicolae Ceausescu came to power and established a neo-Stalinist police-state. He denied the existence of AIDS in Romania, and thus no HIV/AIDS treatment or prevention education was provided. Ceausescu's government eventually fell in 1989, but by then the damage had already been done, resulting in one of the largest pediatric AIDS epidemics in the world. AFTER THE FALL: HIV GROWS UP is an intimate portrait of a group of Romanian...
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Continue your study with the indirect object pronouns, which function as in "I give the book to him" in English. Also explore double object pronouns, as in "I give it to him." Then practice the verb piacere, which expresses likes and dislikes, as you explore the multilingual region of Fruli-Venezia Guilia, highlighting its beautiful and diverse scenery and the fascinating city of Trieste.
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Indefinite pronouns describe nonspecific qualities or quantities, as in "some," "any," or "many" in English. Study how these work in Italian, as you discuss ancient sites, agriculture, and tourism on the scenic island of Sardinia. Also, explore the unique pronouns ci and ne, which replace phrases within sentences. Then, see how the beauties of Sardinia have been depicted in Italian films.
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Go inside the invention of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, an experiment in everything that was untried and risky that allowed the Beatles to start over as a different group. From "A Day in the Life" to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," consider the album's surreal, psychedelic appeal, both then and now.
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Return to the culturally rich Campania region as you review the imperative mood (commands), and learn how the imperative functions with pronouns (where "Eat the pizza!" becomes "Eat it!"). Explore both the informal and formal imperative, double pronouns ("Give it to her."). Then, practice them in describing Campania's ancient cities, scenic beauties, and beloved culinary specialties.
10) Learning Italian: Step by Step and Region by Region: Episode 18,Passato Prossimo with Avere / Umbria
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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The verdant region of Umbria is known as "The Green Heart of Italy." Read text about its natural beauties, art and architecture, artisanal industries, and religious history. Work with the basic past tense, the passato prossimo ("Have you eaten?"). Learn to form this compound tense with avere (to have), and use it in discussing Umbrian culture. Also, study regular and irregular participles.
11) England, the 1960s, and the Triumph of the Beatles: Episode 2,Fateful Intersections in Liverpool
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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The Beatles were not born in a vacuum. Rather, they were a product of the many worlds contained within 1950s and 1960s Liverpool. Explore how the band soaked up this post-industrial and culturally vibrant scene, storing ideas and impressions that would later turn up, with surprising sophistication, in some of their early tunes.
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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The splendors of the Veneto region are your material for this episode, from its iconic visual artists and the glorious city of Venice to its traditions of literature and theater. In speaking about the region, add reciprocal verbs, which describe actions that are shared reciprocally, as in, "They love each other." Also, explore negative constructions and the expressive range of Italian adverbs.
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Here, Professor Shelden reveals some of the less flattering characteristics of the Beatles. Chief among these is anger, both as a problem for John Lennon (who nearly killed a friend just months before the launch of Beatlemania) and as an outlet for creativity (best seen in one of the Beatles' early successes, "Help!").
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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When the Beatles finally arrived in the United States of America, they did so with all the fanfare usually accorded to heads of state. How did so much sound and energy come from only four people? Plunge into the captivating fervor, communal spirit, and bacchanal of abandon that would soon be known as Beatlemania.
15) Learning Italian: Step by Step and Region by Region: Episode 21,The Impersonal Voice / Liguria II
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Take a second look at the natural beauty and artistic culture of Liguria. Study the impersonal voice, which is used to refer to an unspecified subject, as in "One should" or "Everyone knows." See how this voice expresses what people can do, see, or experience. Then return to modal verbs, as well as conoscere and sapere, and see how these verbs take on different meanings based on the tense used.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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The "beat" in the Beatles was about more than just the music. It was about the new group's look and attitude. Explore the Bohemian fringe known as the beatniks; follow John, Paul, and George as they search for the right drummer; and consider the importance of the Beatles' apprenticeship in Hamburg in refining their iconic sound.
17) England, the 1960s, and the Triumph of the Beatles: Episode 6,The Cold War, JFK, and the Beatles
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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During the early 1960s, the Beatles became the West's most irresistible export, as well as the best asset in the propaganda war with the East. Learn how the Cold War transformed the Beatles from a provincial act to superstars of the Western world. Also, consider new ways to think about the controversial song, "Back in the USSR."
18) England, the 1960s, and the Triumph of the Beatles: Episode 1,The Magical Mystery of the Beatles
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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What happened between September 1963 and February 1964 to launch the Beatles toward international stardom? In this opening episode, discover some of the major social and sonic factors at work in the transformation of these young musicians into a pop culture hurricane that would soon take over (or "invade") America.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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The less-visited southern region of Basilicata contains rich treasures of history and culture. Discover its ancient rock-carved houses and lunar landscapes as you return to Italian nouns, working with their plural endings and irregular forms. Then, add the interrogative nouns and pronouns ("who," "what," "why"), as you learn about Carlo Levi's celebrated novel which made this region famous.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Speak about the sights and history of Rome, the eternal city, as you learn the future tense in Italian ("I will go."). Practice the conjugation of the future tense, and explore the verb stem changes that characterize it. Take into account the different meanings of the future tense, including its use to express probability, as well as the future perfect construction ("I will have gone.").
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