This is the  first presidential debate between Republican nominee Senator John McCain and Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama.

Witness the "works and wonders" of the ancient world through the eyes of its first great historian. Given the number and the superb quality of the courses on classical literature that Professor Elizabeth Vandiver has contributed to The Great Courses, we knew that we had to bring her into our studio to lecture on Herodotus. His monumental work, the Histories, was the subject of her doctoral dissertation and first book. These lectures introduce you to the book—Herodotus's only known work—that came out of these "inquiries." (The title Histories, by the way, is a now-common mistranslation of the original title, as Professor Vandiver explains.) You learn what makes Herodotus one of those rare, landmark figures in the story of thought as Professor Vandiver traces the influences Herodotus assimilated and the new methods he used in crafting this monumental work. (see original news) (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)

 

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New Headway DVD-video, Beginner (2001) is designed to be used as a supplement to the 2nd edition of the Headway Beginner English course. However, it can also be used as a graded, stand-alone resource to supplement any beginner English teaching course. The accompanying workbook is also here in pdf form.