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Black and white frame shows a man holding the shoulders of a young woman looking back up at him into his eyes. Caption. I was waiting for you.
1 hours 50 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Nausea--Part 1 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 37
12 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Nausea--Part 2 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 38
15 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Nausea--Part 3 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 39
16 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Nausea--Part 4 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 40
9 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: One Hundred Years of Solitude--Part 1 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 33
13 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: One Hundred Years of Solitude--Part 2 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 34
11 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: One Hundred Years of Solitude--Part 3 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 35
11 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: One Hundred Years of Solitude--Part 4 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 36
13 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 1 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 9
12 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 2 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 10
10 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 3 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 11
11 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 4 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 12
13 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Bible--Part 1(Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 17
13 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Bible--Part 2 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 18
13 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Bible--Part 3 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 19
14 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Bible--Part 4 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 20
13 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Origin of Species--Part 1 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 29
13 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Origin of Species--Part 2 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 30
11 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Origin of Species--Part 3 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 31
13 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Origin of Species--Part 4 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 31
13 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Vitruvius--The Ten Books on Architecture--Part 1 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 13
13 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Vitruvius--The Ten Books on Architecture--Part 2 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 14
12 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Vitruvius--The Ten Books on Architecture--Part 3 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 15
10 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Vitruvius--The Ten Books on Architecture--Part 4 (Spanish)
Books That Changed the World (Spanish)
Episode 16
14 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Closeness on Efrén Hernández (Spanish)
Especiales
Season 1 / Ep 1
50 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white frame of a man standing over an unconscious woman laying down in bed. He touches his hand to a rotary telephone by her side.
1 hours 8 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 12
Still image from: Dog Loves Books: Dog Loves Don Quixote
Dog Loves Books
Episode 38
7 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
ASL
Still image from: Fables for Kids
5 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black and white Portrait of Emile Zola. Text reads, “Emile Zola, 1840-1902.”
Famous Authors
Episode 27
36 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of a large, old church and buildings around it. Text reads, “Ibsen’s birthplace.”
Famous Authors
Episode 13
38 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of James Joyce standing with his hands in his pockets. Text reads, “James Joyce. 1882-1941.”
Famous Authors
Episode 14
36 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Medieval portrait painting of Michel de Montaigne with a round stone building behind it. Text reads, “Michel de Montaigne. 1533-1592.”
Famous Authors
Episode 16
32 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white Illustration of Robert Louis Stevenson with a wooden ship behind him. Text reads, “Robert Louis Stevenson. 1850-1894.”
Famous Authors
Episode 28
33 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Portrait painting of Sir Walter Scott with a large Scottish castle behind it. Text reads, “Sir Walter Scott. 1771-1832.”
Famous Authors
Episode 18
39 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white portrait of W.B. Yeats with a cross-shaped tombstone next to it. Text reads, “W.B. Yeats. Poet. 1865-1939.”
Famous Authors
Episode 26
33 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Book of the Dead
Fate and Fabled
Season 3 / Ep 6
10 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Fate and Fabled: Gilgamesh
Fate and Fabled
Season 3 / Ep 2
8 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Portrait photo of James Joyce wearing circular glasses, brimmed hat, and a dark suit.
Great Irish Authors
Episode 2
29 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Closeup of a vintage Lippincott's magazine that reads, "This number contains, The Picture of Dorian Gray. By Oscar Wilde. Complete. July, 1890."
Great Irish Authors
Episode 1
29 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Book cover for Angela's Ashes showing a young child leaning against a stone house. Cover reads, "The Number 1 New York Times Bestseller."
Great Irish Authors
Episode 3
29 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Outdoor bronze statue of a man sitting and holding a pencil. Text reads, “Great Poets of the World. English-language Poets 1923 - present.”
Great Poets of the World
Episode 7
27 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Outdoor bronze statue of a man sitting and holding a pencil. Text reads, “Great Poets of the World. Poets of the European Continent.”
Great Poets of the World
Episode 3
29 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Outdoor bronze statue of a man sitting and holding a pencil. Text reads, “Great Poets of the World. Poets of the Middle East and Asia.”
Great Poets of the World
Episode 8
28 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Close up of William Shakespeare’s portrait painting.
Great Poets of the World
Episode 1
56 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Outdoor bronze statue of a man sitting and holding a pencil. Text reads, “Great Poets of the World. Spanish-Language Poets.”
Great Poets of the World
Episode 2
28 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white rendering of 6 serpents intertwined with one another. Caption. Life seems to be a succession of tradeoffs.
26 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Black and white frame of man using a wheelchair and dressed in formal wear while a woman leans on the back of his wheelchair. Suited men are in the background. Caption. Horatio, are you going to allow this vulgarian to browbeat me?
58 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 12
Man wearing farmer's clothing speaks to a woman wearing a helmet and holding a notebook. Caption. I work hard and I'm not wealthy?
51 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Closeup physical map of the northern half of South America. Title bar reads, "The Amazon River has a total length of 4,345 miles." Caption. Dylan as Narrator. This colossal river flows toward the rising sun.
Kool Books (Spanish)
Episode 4
9 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 5
Color illustration of Don Quixote in full armor sitting atop a horse. A woman gazes up at him with hands clasped and pink hearts floating above her head. Spanish caption. Esos señores que no estaban tranquilos.
Kool Books (Spanish)
Episode 46
9 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 5
Man dressed as Zeus speaking to a man seated behind a desk with a microphone. Caption. Dwight, this is my wife, Hera.
43 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Man wears a pirate tricorn hat and coat with a wicked grin on his face. Caption. I'll be saving my gabbing for El Toro.
1 hours 42 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Monstrum: Creepy Dolls
Monstrum
Season 5 / Ep 12
13 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
ASL
Still image from: Monstrum: Grendel's Mother
Monstrum
Season 6 / Ep 8
8 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Monstrum: Nosferatu v. Dracula
Monstrum
Season 7 / Ep 4
12 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Drawing of a mythical face with sinister eyes and open mouth with sharp teeth. Animal pelt hangs in background. Caption. Is of the early explorations and voyages.
20 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Ruins of Greek columns with steps leading up to them. Caption. The one constant through it all in Plato's view.
26 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Color illustration of woman in white stola holding up drapey fabric that displays a star above her head. 3 women in white stolas surround her with arms extended as if gliding through air. Caption. Or any other kind of mythology is.
Invitation To World Literature
Episode 2
26 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Reggie in China (Episode 1)
Reggie in China
Episode 1
49 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Woman gestures with hands and parts lips ias if speaking while standing in front of a stone building. Caption. Mythical creatures, and amazing adventures!
Standard Deviants: Rings, Kings, & Things
Episode 1
26 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Cartoon of a frowning young man wearing a large crown. 4 insets of various royal figures float above him. Title card reads, "Aragorn." Caption. Making him rightful ruler of the region in Middle-earth.
Standard Deviants: Rings, Kings, & Things
Episode 2
26 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Colorful spread of a weathered Sanskrit manuscript with ornamental detail. Caption. Female as Narrator. The "gita" is the most philosophical.
Invitation To World Literature
Episode 1
26 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Black and white frame of a man in a formal jacket.
1 hours 16 minutes
Grade Level: 12
Black and white frame of Lon Chaney facing forward in costume as The Hunchback of Notre Dame in the silent movie version.
1 hours 47 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white frame of Lon Chaney facing forward in costume as The Phantom of the Opera in the silent movie version.
1 hours 18 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man in a white suit stands in the middle of a wide green marble staircase. He faces a man in a robe who sits in the foreground. Caption. You have made yourself master of all the arts of understanding.
Sophocles: The Theban Plays
Episode 2
2 hours 2 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Woman with wavy red hair parts lips in mid-speech. Caption. Because he sort of opened the door for Africans.
Invitation To World Literature
Episode 3
26 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Sophia Loren and teenage girl standing. Sophia cradles the head of the girl. Both have expressions of fear.
1 hour 41 minutes
Grade Level: 12
Black and white frame of men running down a road and away from a dinosaur. Caption. Narrator. Horror fiction has many subgenres.
17 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
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