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The Great Courses - The Middle East in the 20th Century
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The Great Courses - The Middle East in the 20th CenturyThe Great Courses - The Middle East in the 20th Century

It is impossible to understand our world today without understanding the last 100 years of Middle Eastern history. Yet, the history of the region in the 20th century is so varied and complex that it defies easy explanations. Shifting borders, governmental overthrows, ethnic and nationalist tensions, and political and economic forces on the world stage all had a hand in shaping the course of Middle Eastern history. Ultimately, the story of this region—and its impact on the world— is one of people searching for self-determination, from the stumbling alliances after the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Arab Spring uprisings.

 
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The Great Courses - How We Learn
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The Great Courses - How We LearnThe Great Courses - How We Learn

Learning is a lifelong adventure. It starts in your mother's womb, accelerates to high speed in infancy and childhood, and continues through every age, whether you're actively engaged in mastering a new skill, intuitively discovering an unfamiliar place, or just sleeping, which is fundamental to helping you consolidate and hold on to what you've learned. You are truly born to learn around the clock.
 
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The Great Courses – Effective Communication Skills
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The Great Courses – Effective Communication SkillsThe Great Courses – Effective Communication Skills Talk is something you do every day. And your life is literally shaped by it. Many of the decisions you make are decided by talking. You may be in a restaurant asking a waiter for an unusual substitution, urging a service manager to get your car finished sooner rather than later, or trying to sway your significant other toward a particular film or show. Or you might be trying to build more cooperative relationships at the office.

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The Great Courses - English Grammar Boot Camp
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The Great Courses - English Grammar Boot CampThe Great Courses - English Grammar Boot Camp

Grammar! For many of us, the word triggers memories of finger-wagging schoolteachers, and of wrestling with the ambiguous and complicated rules of using formal language. But what is grammar, really? In fact, it’s the integral basis of how we speak and write.
 
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The Story Garden 5: Tests
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The Story Garden 5: TestsThe Story Garden is the new English language course based on The Heart and Mind Approach, or rather on an emotional teaching that creates synergy between the cognitive and emotional aspects of both the pupils and the teacher. In each unit, fairy tales and great classics of all times arouse emotions and encourage learning.
 
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