The Great Course Lectures – we have purchased nine series of lectures through an American programme that features the best lecturers in their field. Most of the courses consist of 24 half-hour lectures and a few have 12 or 48 in the series.
The series includes: The Great Tours – Greece & Turkey; The World’s Greatest Paintings; Years that changed History – 1215; The History of World Literature; The Iliad; The Celtic World; Understanding Imperial China; Great Trials in World History and what they can teach us; The Great Tours – France Through the Ages.
The Documentary Collection – These have been selected from a range of popular topics, many of which have already been presented on television channels. They include: Civilisation – a personal view by Lord Clark; The Wonders Collection (Wonders of the Solar System, Wonders of the Universe) by Professor Brian Cox; Best of Europe (Italy, France, London, Germany, Austria, Holland, Scandinavia) by Ruby Maxa; Russia, Land of the Tsars (the History Channel); Journeys through the British Isles, (England and its heritage, the Emerald Isle) Readers Digest Series; Nelson Mandela, Journey to Freedom, a biography); Ancient World Brought to Life (secrets of lost worlds) Reader’s Digest.
