Taught by Jeffrey Perl Bar-Ilan University Ph.D., Princeton University
"It is no trick to like what you like. It is no trick to understand what you understand."
With that pronouncement, Professor Jeffrey Perl invites us to abandon our preconceptions and consider some of the most controversial authors of the 20th century: the Literary Modernists.
China invented paper, printing, the compass and the seismograph. China was among the first to harness fossil fuels and map the stars. And then, about 500 years ago, it lost its innovative edge. Now China hopes once again to lead the world in creativity. In this five-part series, The World’s Asia Correspondent Mary Kay Magistad examines the history of Chinese innovation. Winner of a 2009 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Journalism.
Four years before Julius Caesar sailed to Rome to meet his untimely end, the great leader sought to conquer the outer reaches of the land, always questing for a kindred spirit to rival his own. What he finds, sitting on top of an ancient Egyptian Sphinx, is a young Queen Cleopatra, who beguiles him not only with her beauty, but because she may be the very match he's been seeking.
An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years of Upper-class Idiots in Charge is a great and satirical audio book about the British history from a different prespective.
Julie & Julia is the story of Julie Powell's attempt to revitalize her marriage, restore her ambition, and save her soul by cooking all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I, in a period of 365 days. The result is a masterful medley of Bridget Jones' Diary meets Like Water for Chocolate, mixed with a healthy dose of original wit, warmth, and inspiration that sets this memoir apart from most tales of personal redemption.
(8 lectures, 45 minutes/lecture)
