A series of 12 half-hour lectures on a college course level. Covers the rise of the Nazi party and the Third Reich in power.

Examines the fundamental question of our times: why was the 20th century so violent? It looks at the ideologies that promised utopias and total solutions to social problems and relates the terrible human toll of attempts to realize these ideas.

Twelve lectures (30 min. each) that discuss the history of the development of Western scientific medicine, set against character studies of twelve of the greatest physicians since classical times.

Lectures delivered by Professor Andrew C. Fix of Indiana University at Bloomington tracing the course of European history from the mid fourteenth century to the early eighteenth century.

This course of 36 lectures provides a general introduction to the diplomatic history of Europe.

In two containers (19 cm.).

Presents 24 30-minute lectures discussing notable expeditions of exploration from premodern times to today, including the explorers who led them and these missions' varied and complex motivations.

Get a front-row seat to the creation of the US Constitution with this window into the minds of the framers.

"Chances are, you live in a democracy. You elect representatives that swear allegiance to and abide by a written or living constitution. Your nation is one of laws, courts, and central banks. Perhaps you're even involved in politics. But what do you really know about politics--in your own country, certainly, but also around the world? What characteristics do democracies share? How do they differ? And what can alternatives to democracy--namely, authoritarianism...