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Humanities (266)
- Short Course 1066: The Year That Changed Everything
- Short Course 30 Masterpieces of the Ancient World
- Short Course 36 Books That Changed the World
- Short Course 36 Revolutionary Figures of History
- Short Course A Brief History of the World
- Short Course A Day's Read
- Short Course A New History of Life
- Short Course Abraham Lincoln: In His Own Words
- Short Course Aeneid of Virgil
- Short Course African Experience: From Lucy to Mandela
- Short Course Age of Henry VIII
- Short Course Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age
- Short Course Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire
- Short Course America and the World: a Diplomatic History
- Short Course American Religious History
- Short Course American Revolution
- Short Course Ancient Empires before Alexander
- Short Course Ancient Greek Civilization
- Short Course Apostle Paul
- Short Course Art of Reading
- Short Course Art of the Northern Renaissance
- Short Course Augustine: Philosopher and Saint
- Short Course Bach and the High Baroque
- Short Course Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies
- Short Course Beginnings of Judaism
- Short Course Biblical Wisdom Literature
- Short Course Book of Genesis
- Short Course Buddhism
- Short Course Building a Better Vocabulary
- Short Course Chaos
- Short Course Churchill
- Short Course Cities of the Ancient World
- Short Course Classical Archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome
- Short Course Classical Mythology
- Short Course Classics of American Literature
- Short Course Classics of British Literature
- Short Course Classics of Russian Literature
- Short Course Comparative Religion
- Short Course Confucius, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad
- Short Course Conquest of the Americas
- Short Course Consciousness and Its Implications
- Short Course Dante's Divine Comedy
- Short Course Darwinian Revolution
- Short Course Early Christianity: The Experience of the Divine
- Short Course Early Middle Ages
- Short Course Emerson, Thoreau, and the Transcendentalist Movement
- Short Course Emperors of Rome
- Short Course Era of the Crusades
- Short Course Espionage and Covert Operations: a Global History
- Short Course Ethics of Aristotle
- Short Course Europe and Western Civilization in the Modern Age
- Short Course European History and European Lives: 1715 to 1914
- Short Course Exploring the Roots of Religion
- Short Course Fall and Rise of China
- Short Course Famous Greeks
- Short Course Famous Romans
- Short Course Food: A Cultural Culinary History
- Short Course Foundations of Eastern Civilization
- Short Course Foundations of Western Civilization
- Short Course Francis of Assisi
- Short Course From Monet to Van Gogh: A History of Impressionism
- Short Course From Yao to Mao: 5000 Years of Chinese History
- Short Course Genius of Michelangelo
- Short Course Gnosticism: From Nag Hammadi to the Gospel of Judas
- Short Course God and Mankind: Comparative Religions
- Short Course Great American Music: Broadway Musicals
- Short Course Great Ancient Civilizations of Asia Minor
- Short Course Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance
- Short Course Great Battles of the Ancient World
- Short Course Great Figures of the New Testament
- Short Course Great Ideas of Philosophy, 2nd Edition
- Short Course Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition
- Short Course Great Minds of the Medieval World
- Short Course Great Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
- Short Course Great Presidents
- Short Course Great World Religions: Buddhism
- Short Course Great World Religions: Christianity
- Short Course Great World Religions: Hinduism
- Short Course Great World Religions: Islam
- Short Course Great World Religions: Judaism
- Short Course Greek Tragedy
- Short Course Greek and Persian Wars
- Short Course Herodotus: The Father of History
- Short Course High Middle Ages
- Short Course Historical Jesus
- Short Course History of Ancient Egypt
- Short Course History of Ancient Rome
- Short Course History of Christian Theology
- Short Course History of Christianity in the Reformation Era
- Short Course History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts
- Short Course History of Freedom
- Short Course History of Hitler's Empire, 2nd Edition
- Short Course History of Russia: From Peter the Great to Gorbachev
- Short Course History of the Ancient World: A Global Perspective
- Short Course History of the English Language, 2nd Edition
- Short Course History of the Supreme Court
- Short Course History's Greatest Voyages of Exploration
- Short Course Holy Land Revealed
- Short Course How Jesus Became God
- Short Course How the Crusades Changed History
- Short Course Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations
- Short Course Iliad of Homer
- Short Course Introduction to Judaism
- Short Course Introduction to the Study of Religion
- Short Course Jesus and the Gospels
- Short Course Jewish Intellectual History: 16th to 20th Century
- Short Course Joyce's Ulysses
- Short Course Language A to Z
- Short Course Late Antiquity: Crisis and Transformation
- Short Course Late Middle Ages
- Short Course Latin 101: Learning a Classical Language
- Short Course Life Lessons From the Great Myths
- Short Course Life Lessons from the Great Books
- Short Course Life and Work of Mark Twain
- Short Course Life and Writings of C. S. Lewis
- Short Course Lives of Great Christians
- Short Course Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon
- Short Course Long Shadow of the Ancient Greek World
- Short Course Lost Worlds of South America
- Short Course Luther: Gospel, Law, and Reformation
- Short Course Machiavelli in Context
- Short Course Major Transitions in Evolution
- Short Course Masterpieces of Ancient Greek Literature
- Short Course Masterpieces of Short Fiction
- Short Course Masterworks of American Art
- Short Course Masterworks of Early 20th-Century Literature
- Short Course Mathematics, Philosophy, and the "Real World"
- Short Course Mr. Lincoln: The Life of Abraham Lincoln
- Short Course Museum Masterpieces: the Louvre
- Short Course Mystical Tradition: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- Short Course Myth in Human History
- Short Course Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
- Short Course Natural Law and Human Nature
- Short Course New Testament
- Short Course No Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of Life
- Short Course Odyssey of Homer
- Short Course Old Testament
- Short Course Origin of Civilization
- Short Course Origins of Great Ancient Civilizations
- Short Course Origins of Life
- Short Course Peloponnesian War
- Short Course Philosophy and Religion in the West
- Short Course Philosophy as a Guide to Living
- Short Course Philosophy of Religion
- Short Course Philosophy of Science
- Short Course Philosophy, Religion, and the Meaning of Life
- Short Course Physics of History
- Short Course Pompeii: Daily Life in an Ancient Roman City
- Short Course Popes and the Papacy: a History
- Short Course Queen of the Sciences: A History of Mathematics
- Short Course Questions of Value
- Short Course Reason & Faith: Philosophy in the Middle Ages
- Short Course Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean World
- Short Course Rise and Fall of the British Empire
- Short Course Rise of Humans: Great Scientific Debates
- Short Course Robert E. Lee and His High Command
- Short Course Rome and the Barbarians
- Short Course Roots of Human Behavior
- Short Course Sacred Texts of the World
- Short Course Science and Religion
- Short Course Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
- Short Course Shakespeare: The Word and the Action
- Short Course Special Collection - 36 Big Ideas
- Short Course Special Collection - The Joy of Ancient History
- Short Course St. Augustine's Confessions
- Short Course Story of Human Language
- Short Course Story of the Bible
- Short Course The Art of War
- Short Course The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes
- Short Course The Cathedral
- Short Course The Catholic Church: A History
- Short Course The Decisive Battles of World History
- Short Course The English Novel
- Short Course The Great Tours: Experiencing Medieval Europe
- Short Course The Industrial Revolution
- Short Course The Persian Empire
- Short Course The Skeptic's Guide to American History
- Short Course The Skeptic's Guide to the Great Books
- Short Course The Western Literary Canon in Context
- Short Course The World of Biblical Israel
- Short Course The World of Byzantium
- Short Course Theory of Evolution: A History of Controversy
- Short Course Turning Points in American History
- Short Course Turning Points in Medieval History
- Short Course Turning Points in Modern History
- Short Course Understanding Linguistics: The Science of Language
- Short Course Understanding the Human Factor: Life and Its Impact
- Short Course Understanding the Inventions That Changed the World
- Short Course United States and the Middle East: 1914 to 9/11
- Short Course Victorian Britain
- Short Course Vikings
- Short Course Voltaire and the Triumph of the Enlightenment
- Short Course War and World History
- Short Course Why Evil Exists
- Short Course Will to Power: the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
- Short Course Wisdom of History
- Short Course World War I: the Great War
- Short Course World War II: A Military and Social History
- Short Course World's Greatest Churches
- Short Course Writing Creative Nonfiction
- Short Course Zero to Infinity: A History of Numbers
Social Sciences (81)
- Short Course A Brief History of the World
- Short Course A History of European Art
- Short Course America and the New Global Economy
- Short Course America and the World: a Diplomatic History
- Short Course American Civil War
- Short Course American Ideals: Founding a Republic of Virtue
- Short Course American Mind
- Short Course American Religious History
- Short Course Art of Critical Decision Making
- Short Course Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies
- Short Course Biological Anthropology: an Evolutionary Perspective
- Short Course Consciousness and Its Implications
- Short Course Cycles of American Political Thought
- Short Course Development of European Civilization
- Short Course Dutch Masters: The Age of Rembrandt
- Short Course Economics, 3rd Edition
- Short Course Europe and Western Civilization in the Modern Age
- Short Course Foundations of Economic Prosperity
- Short Course God and Mankind: Comparative Religions
- Short Course Great Ideas of Psychology
- Short Course How Colors Affect You: What Science Reveals
- Short Course How Ideas Spread
- Short Course How We Learn
- Short Course How the Earth Works
- Short Course Influence: Mastering Life's Most Powerful Skill
- Short Course Italian Renaissance
- Short Course Leonardo da Vinci and the Italian High Renaissance
- Short Course Memory and the Human Lifespan
- Short Course Modern Economic Issues
- Short Course Museum Masterpieces: The National Gallery, London
- Short Course National Geographic Polar Explorations
- Short Course Neuroscience of Everyday Life
- Short Course Oceanography: Exploring Earth's Final Wilderness
- Short Course Origins and Ideologies of the American Revolution
- Short Course Peoples and Cultures of the World
- Short Course Psychology of Human Behavior
- Short Course Roots of Human Behavior
- Short Course Scientific Secrets for Self-Control
- Short Course Scientific Secrets for a Powerful Memory
- Short Course Secrets of Mental Math
- Short Course Secrets of Sleep Science: From Dreams to Disorders
- Short Course Sensation, Perception, and the Aging Process
- Short Course Strategic Thinking Skills
- Short Course The Addictive Brain
- Short Course The Conservative Tradition
- Short Course The Creative Thinker's Toolkit
- Short Course The Intelligent Brain
- Short Course The Modern Political Tradition: Hobbes to Habermas
- Short Course Thinking about Capitalism
- Short Course Tocqueville and the American Experiment
- Short Course Understanding Complexity
- Short Course Understanding Cultural and Human Geography
- Short Course Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior
- Short Course Understanding the Secrets of Human Perception
- Short Course Unexpected Economics
- Short Course Utopia and Terror in the 20th Century
- Short Course Why Economies Rise or Fall
Natural Sciences & Mathematics (80)
- Short Course 12 Essential Scientific Concepts
- Short Course A Visual Guide to the Universe with the Smithsonian
- Short Course Algebra I
- Short Course Algebra II
- Short Course Art and Craft of Mathematical Problem Solving
- Short Course Biological Anthropology: an Evolutionary Perspective
- Short Course Biology: The Science of Life
- Short Course Black Holes Explained
- Short Course Change and Motion: Calculus Made Clear, 2nd Edition
- Short Course Chemistry, 2nd Edition
- Short Course Cosmology: The History and Nature of Our Universe
- Short Course Discovering Your Roots: An Introduction to Genealogy
- Short Course Discrete Mathematics
- Short Course Exploring Metaphysics
- Short Course Foundations of Organic Chemistry
- Short Course Geometry: An Interactive Journey to Mastery
- Short Course Great Ideas of Classical Physics
- Short Course Great Scientific Ideas That Changed the World
- Short Course Great Thinkers, Great Theorems
- Short Course How Music and Mathematics Relate
- Short Course Impossible: Physics beyond the Edge
- Short Course Introduction to Number Theory
- Short Course Joy of Mathematics
- Short Course Joy of Science
- Short Course Life in Our Universe
- Short Course Mastering Differential Equations: The Visual Method
- Short Course Mastering the Fundamentals of Mathematics
- Short Course Mathematics From the Visual World
- Short Course Mathematics, Philosophy, and the "Real World"
- Short Course My Favorite Universe
- Short Course Mysteries of Modern Physics: Time
- Short Course Mysteries of the Microscopic World
- Short Course Oceanography: Exploring Earth's Final Wilderness
- Short Course Optimizing Brain Fitness
- Short Course Origins of Life
- Short Course Origins of the Human Mind
- Short Course Our Night Sky
- Short Course Physics and Our Universe: How It All Works
- Short Course Physics in Your Life
- Short Course Physics of History
- Short Course Prove It: The Art of Mathematical Argument
- Short Course Queen of the Sciences: A History of Mathematics
- Short Course Science of Self
- Short Course Secrets of Mental Math
- Short Course Shape of Nature
- Short Course Skywatching: Seeing and Understanding Cosmic Wonders
- Short Course Superstring Theory: The DNA of Reality
- Short Course The Higgs Boson and Beyond
- Short Course The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries
- Short Course The Life and Death of Stars
- Short Course Thermodynamics: Four Laws That Move the Universe
- Short Course Understanding the Brain
- Short Course What Are the Chances? Probability Made Clear
- Short Course Your Best Brain
- Short Course Zero to Infinity: A History of Numbers
Arts, Design & Architecture (46)
- Short Course A History of European Art
- Short Course Art across the Ages
- Short Course Art of the Northern Renaissance
- Short Course Beethoven's Piano Sonatas
- Short Course Chamber Music of Mozart
- Short Course Concert Masterworks
- Short Course Elements of Jazz: From Cakewalks to Fusion
- Short Course Foundations of Eastern Civilization
- Short Course Fundamentals of Photography
- Short Course Great American Music: Broadway Musicals
- Short Course Great Masters: Beethoven-His Life and Music
- Short Course Great Masters: Brahms-His Life and Music
- Short Course Great Masters: Haydn-His Life and Music
- Short Course Great Masters: Liszt-His Life and Music
- Short Course Great Masters: Mahler-His Life and Music
- Short Course Great Masters: Mozart-His Life and Music
- Short Course Great Masters: Shostakovich-His Life and Music
- Short Course Great Masters: Stravinsky-His Life and Music
- Short Course Great Masters: Tchaikovsky-His Life and Music
- Short Course Greek Tragedy
- Short Course How Music and Mathematics Relate
- Short Course How to Listen to and Understand Opera
- Short Course How to Look at and Understand Great Art
- Short Course How to Read and Understand Shakespeare
- Short Course Italian Renaissance
- Short Course Leonardo da Vinci and the Italian High Renaissance
- Short Course Life and Operas of Verdi
- Short Course Mathematics From the Visual World
- Short Course Museum Masterpieces: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Short Course Music of Richard Wagner
- Short Course National Geographic Masters of Photography
- Short Course Operas of Mozart
- Short Course Shakespeare's Tragedies
- Short Course String Quartets of Beethoven
- Short Course Symphonies of Beethoven
- Short Course The 23 Greatest Solo Piano Works
- Short Course The Art of Travel Photography: Six Expert Lessons
- Short Course The Concerto
- Short Course The Symphony
- Short Course Understanding the Fundamentals of Music
- Short Course World's Greatest Paintings
Medicine & Health (23)
- Short Course Food: A Cultural Culinary History
- Short Course How to Stay Fit as You Age
- Short Course Medical School for Everyone: Grand Rounds Cases
- Short Course Neuroscience of Everyday Life
- Short Course Physiology and Fitness
- Short Course Stress and Your Body
- Short Course The Everyday Guide to Wines of California
- Short Course The Everyday Guide to Wines of France
- Short Course The Everyday Guide to Wines of Italy
- Short Course The Human Body: How We Fail, How We Heal
- Short Course The Intelligent Brain
- Short Course The Myths of Nutrition and Fitness
- Short Course The Science of Natural Healing
- Short Course What Are the Chances? Probability Made Clear
- Short Course What Science Knows about Cancer
- Short Course Yoga for a Healthy Mind and Body
Business & Management (12)
- Short Course Advanced Investments
- Short Course How the Stock Market Works
- Short Course Meaning from Data: Statistics Made Clear
- Short Course Money Management Skills
- Short Course Money and Banking: What Everyone Should Know
- Short Course The Art of Negotiating the Best Deal
- Short Course The Entrepreneur's Toolkit
- Short Course Understanding Investments
Hospitality, Leisure & Sports (11)
- Short Course Essentials of Strength Training
- Short Course Essentials of Tai Chi and Qigong
- Short Course Physiology and Fitness
- Short Course The Everyday Gourmet: Baking Pastries and Desserts
- Short Course The Myths of Nutrition and Fitness
Applied Sciences & Professions (10)
- Short Course 36 Revolutionary Figures of History
- Short Course Jewish Intellectual History: 16th to 20th Century
- Short Course Museum Masterpieces: The National Gallery, London
- Short Course Museum Masterpieces: the Louvre
- Short Course Scientific Secrets for Raising Kids Who Thrive
- Short Course Skepticism 101: How to Think like a Scientist
- Short Course The Decisive Battles of World History
- Short Course The Everyday Guide to Wine
- Short Course War and World History
Education & Training (8)
- Short Course How We Learn
- Short Course How to Become a SuperStar Student
- Short Course Raising Emotionally and Socially Healthy Kids
- Short Course Scientific Secrets for Raising Kids Who Thrive
- Short Course Scientific Secrets for a Powerful Memory
Law (7)
- Short Course Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights
- Short Course Forensic History: Crimes, Frauds, and Scandals
- Short Course History of the Supreme Court
- Short Course Luther: Gospel, Law, and Reformation
- Short Course Natural Law and Human Nature
- Short Course Trails of Evidence: How Forensic Science Works
Environmental Studies & Earth Sciences (6)
- Short Course Earth's Changing Climate
- Short Course Nature of Earth: an Introduction to Geology
- Short Course Theories of Human Development
Agriculture & Forestry (4)
- Short Course How to Grow Anything: Food Gardening for Everyone
- Short Course The Everyday Guide to Wine
Engineering & Technology (4)
- Short Course Understanding Complexity
- Short Course Understanding Modern Electronics
- Short Course World's Greatest Churches
Computer Science & IT (2)
- Short Course Discrete Mathematics
Journalism & Media (1)
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