Search results for 'zane'...
205 matches.
|
Zane: Brit Lit: Charles Dickens: Time, Life, & Works
FREE plus Shipping & Delivery.
Retail: $19.99
|
Survey the works of Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870). Learn how the
characters in his novels affirmed his belief in the goodness of human
nature. See how conditions in England moved him to write about factory,
prison, and legal reforms; education; and housing. Includes a 33-minute
multimedia presentation; 200 photos; and Barron's Book Notes, guides to
the plots of "David Copperfield," "Great expectations," "A Tale of Two
Cities," "Hard Times," and "Oliver Twist."
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac
View
|
|
Zane: Brit Lit: Thomas Hardy: Time, Life, & Works
FREE plus Shipping & Delivery.
Retail: $19.99
|
Trace the career of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928),
whose works traverse the moors and woodlands of southwestern England.
Discover how Hardy's writings focus on human relationships and the
conflicts between spirit and flesh, thought and instinct. Includes a
39-minute multimedia presentation; 400 photos; and Barron's Book Notes,
guides to the plots of the "The Return of the Native," "Tess of the
d'Urbervilles," and "The Mayor of Casterbridge."
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac
View
|
|
Zane: Brit Lit: William Wordsworth: Time, Life, & Works
FREE plus Shipping & Delivery.
Retail: $19.99
|
Examine the life and poetry of William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850), whose
poems herald "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" extolled by
the romantic movement. Celebrate the senses and the imagination in
poetry inspired by the beauty of England's Lake District. Listen to
dramatic readings of selected poems by Wordsworth, who was appointed
poet laureate of England in 1843. Includes a 25-minute multimedia
presentation and 200 photos.
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac
View
|
|
Zane: Brit Lit: Geoffrey Chaucer: Time, Life, & Works
FREE plus Shipping & Delivery.
Retail: $19.99
|
Explore the world of Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340 - 1400), the Father of
English poetry, whose insights to human nature found timeless expression
in "Canterbury Tales." Learn how Chaucer chronicled his world through
an ingenious collection of stories that revealed the many contrasts
defining medieval society. Includes a 65-minute multimedia presentation;
280 photos; and Barron's Book Notes, a guide to the plot of "Canterbury
Tales." Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac
View
|
|
Zane: US History: (1788-1933) Foreign Policy
FREE plus Shipping & Delivery.
Retail: $19.99
|
Follow America's transformation from a newcomer on the international
scene to a leader in world affairs. A 40-minute multimedia presentation
reveals the young nation's isolationism through the mid-nineteenth
century, and explains the reasons for its gradual shift to imperialism
and a world leadership role around 1900. Includes more than 550 images,
plus selections from the speeches of Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt,
Harry Truman, and others.
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac
View
|
|
Zane: US History: (1933-1963) Foreign Policy
FREE plus Shipping & Delivery.
Retail: $19.99
|
Chart the growing involvement of the United States in world affairs from
the 1930s to the Kennedy administration. A 55-minute multimedia
presentation, with more than 600 images, explores the nation's retreat
into isolationism during the Great Depression, and its return to a world
leadership role during and after World War II. Discover why the United
States pursued a new goal during the cold war: the containment of
communism throughout the world.
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac
View
|
|
Zane: US History: The Great Depression
FREE plus Shipping & Delivery.
Retail: $19.99
|
Explore the economic and social conditions that contributed to the
Great Depression, and survey the upheavals triggered by the stock
market's collapse in 1929. A 70-minute multimedia presentation examines
the excesses of the Roaring Twenties, reveals the effects of the
depression on American society, and shows how President Franklin
Roosevelt's New Deal programs attempted to pull the country out of
economic crisis. More than 750 images enhance the presentation.
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac
View
|
|
Zane: US History: (1866-1977) US Government
FREE plus Shipping & Delivery.
Retail: $19.99
|
Chart the path of the U.S. government in the decades following the Civil
War. In a 45-minute multimedia presentation enhanced by more than 550
images, you'll explore the changes that occurred in government as the
nation's leaders dealt with the problems of an emerging industrial
nation - massive immigration, poverty, and a devastating depression.
Discover how new foreign policy challenges helped to shape the role of
the government.
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac
View
|
|
Zane: US History: Social Reform Movements
FREE plus Shipping & Delivery.
Retail: $19.99
|
How does a society address the need for massive social change? A
65-minute multimedia presentation, with more than 800 images, surveys
reform movements in America, showing how they emerged from an
ever-changing national conscience. Explore the crusade to end slavery
in the 1800s; the activism of the Progressive Era, when reformers worked
to stop the abuses of big business and industry; and the welfare reforms
and unionism of the 1930s.
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac
View
|
|
Zane: Animal Kingdom: Mollusks: Segmented Worms, and Minor Phyla
FREE plus Shipping & Delivery.
Retail: $19.99
|
Provides detailed coverage of the molluscs (chiton, abalone, limpet,
cowrie, periwinkle, conch, cone, whelk, murex, nudibranchs, sea hare,
land snails, slug, bivalves, octopus, nautilus, squid); segmented worms
(featherduster, myxicola, earthworm, leech); and waterbears. Includes a
40-minute multimedia presentation and more than 600 photos.
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac
View
|
|
|
