A series of flamboyant adventurers and archaeologists discovered the earliest civilizations and deciphered mysterious ancient scripts during the 19th century, before archaeology became the science it is today. This course tells the story of these legendary discoverers and the sites they found and excavated, including: Napoleon in ancient Egypt Sir Austen Henry Layard at Nineveh Heinrich Schliemann in Homeric Troy Arthur Evans at Knossos. The series concentrates on the explorers themselves. It is designed chronologically and includes a cast of fascinating characters such as circus strongman Giovanni Belzoni and French epigrapher Jean Francois Champollion, and a series of remarkable archaeologists including Paul Emile Botta, Howard Carter, John Lloyd Stephens, and Emil de Sarzec.

Lecture series from The Teaching Company explores the elements of the mystery novel and the different ways in which writers have presented the "eternal conflict between pursued and pursuer." This lecture discusses Raymond Chandlers "The Knight in the Perilous City". The lecturer is Professor Dennis Huston of Rice University.

You run across stories like these in the media every day as you try to keep track of the economic issues that profoundly affect you as an investor, a worker, or a taxpaying citizen.
You know you can’t afford not to be informed on these questions, but just keeping up with the news is a struggle, and the jargon that journalists and experts sometimes use can perplex even the brightest layperson.

Why was Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas in 1492 arguably the most important event in the history of the world?
Professor Marshall C. Eakin of Vanderbilt University argues that it gave birth to the distinct identity of the Americas today by creating a collision between three distinct peoples and cultures: European, African, and Native American.

Take the mystery out of statistical terms and put Excel to work!

If you need to create and interpret statistics in business or classroom settings, this easy-to-use guide is just what you need. It shows you how to use Excel's powerful tools for statistical analysis, even if you've never taken a course in statistics. Learn the meaning of terms like mean and median, margin of error, standard deviation, and permutations, and discover how to interpret the statistics of everyday life. You'll learn to use Excel formulas, charts, PivotTables, and other tools to make sense of everything from sports stats to medical correlations.

In today's era of modern Western medicine, organ transplants are routine, and daily headlines about the mysteries of DNA and the human genome promise that the secrets of life itself are tantalizingly within our reach.

Ready for thrills? A concerto is exciting in ways that no other instrumental music can match. Where a symphony enthralls us with themes that are contrasted, varied, transformed, and developed, a concerto adds the extra dimension of human drama—the exhilaration of a soloist or group of soloists ringing forth against the mass of the orchestra.

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This is a VERY DETAILED overview of the power of Elliott Wave Principle where R. Prechter talks on the basics of EWP and shows a lot of REAL and sometimes REAL-TIME historical examples of EWP usage for the last 70 years (by himself and other great elliotticians such as R. N. Elliott, A. H. Bolton, C. J. Collins, A. J. Frost) in combination with other techniques (fibonacci price & time relationships, volume, sentiment indexes, breadth indicators, multiple stock market indexes confirmation/non-confirmation, stocks dividend yields, bonds dividend yields, stocks price/book ratio, stocks price/earnings ratio, brockers' recommended stock-allocation percentage, media publications).

Get the most out of your Android tablet with this full-color reference

Whether you are one of the millions who already have an Android tablet, or you are interested in joining the masses with a first-time purchase, this friendly guide is perfect for you! Written by the ultimate For Dummies author Dan Gookin, this funny-but-informative book introduces you to the features of all Android tablets and details the nuances of what makes a tablet more than a smartphone yet different than a computer. You’ll discover how to browse the web on your tablet, get organized with a digital calendar, enjoy music and books, use the camera, access social networks, watch video, and more.

The easy guide to Microsoft Access returns with updates on the latest version!

Microsoft Access allows you to store, organize, view, analyze, and share data; the new Access 2013 release enables you to build even more powerful, custom database solutions that integrate with the web and enterprise data sources. Access 2013 For Dummies covers all the new features of the latest version of Accessand serves as an ideal reference, combining the latest Access features with the basics of building usable databases. You’ll learn how to create an app from the Welcome screen, get support for your desktop databases, and much more.

Just for you–Windows 8 from the tablet user’s perspective

If you’re an experienced Windows user, you don’t need a guide to everything that Windows 8 can do, just to those tools and functions that work on your tablet. And so here it is. This new book zeros in on what you need to know to work best on your tablet with Windows 8. Topics include navigating the new Windows 8 interface and how it works on a touchscreen, how to safely connect to the Internet, how to work with apps or share your tablet in a group, and much more.

Achieve "Massive Action" results and accomplish your business dreams!
While most people operate with only three degrees of action-no action, retreat, or normal action-if you're after big goals, you don't want to settle for the ordinary. To reach the next level, you must understand the coveted 4th degree of action. This 4th degree, also know as the 10 X Rule, is that level of action that guarantees companies and individuals realize their goals and dreams.

J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter eBooks Includes:

Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone - ISBN 0747532699
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - ISBN 0747538492
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - ISBN 0747542155
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - ISBN 074754624X
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - ISBN 0747551006
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - ISBN0747581088
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - ISBN 0545010225

Outer Dark is a novel at once fabular and starkly evocative, set is an unspecified place in Appalachia, sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her brother's child, a boy; he leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes.