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| Tweet Topic Started: May 12 2007, 01:39 AM (112 Views) | |
| jon-nyc | May 12 2007, 01:39 AM Post #1 |
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Cheers
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So did you decide to pick up the McCullough bio of Truman? |
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| George K | May 12 2007, 03:22 AM Post #2 |
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Finally
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Yes I did. On audio. It's huge |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| QuirtEvans | May 12 2007, 04:23 AM Post #3 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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George, I never picked up those audio lectures that you had recommended, but I keep carrying them around in my bookmarks. However, I was at Barnes & Noble last week, and there's a whole shelf of similar stuff, probably private labelled by Barnes & Noble. It's becoming quite the cottage industry, I guess. They were cheaper ($40 each, iirc) .... but many of the professors were people at obscure unis. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| George K | May 12 2007, 04:42 AM Post #4 |
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The Teaching Company has each item on sale once a year. The trick is to keep following to see when what you want is on sale. At the moment, all 10 composers' biographies are on sale for $200. That's 80 CD's - each course is 6 hours. Not too bad. Symphonies of Beethoven is now at $90 for 32 CD's. Great Presidents is now on sale for $90 as well. Then there's always eBay.....
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Mikhailoh | May 12 2007, 04:45 AM Post #5 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Quirt, I have taken Teaching Company courses as well, and I highly recommend them. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| QuirtEvans | May 12 2007, 05:03 AM Post #6 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Thanks, guys. I think I will try one. European history? The history of China? The choices are overwhelming. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| George K | May 12 2007, 05:13 AM Post #7 |
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The other thing that you can do is rip the lectures to MP3 and put them on your iPod for listening when not in your car. I do it at work when between cases. People ask what I'm listening to (usually with only one earbud in my ear) and when I say "a lecture" I get the |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Mikhailoh | May 12 2007, 05:24 AM Post #8 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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These lectures made me look forward to my weekly drive to Chicago and back. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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