An audio course in American culture for the learners of English at upper intermediate and advanced levels (B1-C1). Features: cousine, Wild West, flower power, slavery, plastic surgery, rock'n'roll, immigrants, and West Coast cities.
• My Right Hand - In his book Blood Brothers, TIME senior correspondent Michael Weisskopf weaves his own tale of losing a hand in Iraq with the stories of three soldiers who also spent time at Amputee Alley, Ward 57 of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington • What Makes Us Different? - Not very much, when you look at our DNA. But those few tiny changes made all the difference in the world • The End of a Revolution - Sex, lies and power games are just the latest symptoms of a Republican Party that has strayed from its ideals REUPLOAD NEEDED
(24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Taught by William R. Cook State University of New York at Geneseo Ph.D., Cornell University
Mentioning the name Niccolò Machiavelli can unleash a powerful response, even among people who have never read a word of his writings. Our language even has a word—Machiavellian—that encapsulates the images those responses conjure up: An indistinct figure quietly making his way through the darkest corridors of power, hatching plots to play one rival against another A cold-blooded political liar, ready to justify any duplicity undertaken in the name of a noble end that will ultimately justify the most malignant means
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It was in the fierce, icy wilderness that was Alaska in 1895, that he was born. Here in the frozen north, he learned the law of the wild, the law of meat - eat or be eaten! His experiences with the man-gods did not breed love, only respect for brutal power. Then a man rescued him from the jaws of death and showed him kindness and White Fang did not understand.
Machiavelli in Context 
