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TTC – How Memory Works and Why Your Brain Remembers Wrong


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Released 1/2024
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Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 12 Lessons ( 5h 51m ) | Size: 4.87 GB
“Who are you?” Chances are you’d answer this question by describing the highlights of your personality, interests, and life experiences. But if you’d been asked this same question yesterday, you might have responded with a slightly different description. Does that mean you are a particular person today but were a different person yesterday? And what about tomorrow?

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The Power of Storytelling with Ari Shapiro [TTC Audio]


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English | November 03, 2023 | ASIN: B0CLYVD2QT | M4B@64 kbps | 6h 19m | 180 MB
Lecturer: Ari Shapiro
As an award-winning host of NPR’s All Things Considered, Ari Shapiro knows the power of storytelling better than most. And the longer he’s worked in the field, the more convinced he’s become of storytelling’s primal importance.
In 12 fascinating lessons, this master of the craft reveals the storytelling secrets he’s learned over the course of his career as a reporter and performer, from finding a good story and choosing the right characters to conducting interviews and even delivering a story effectively out loud. Each lesson takes you behind the scenes of some of Ari’s most powerful news stories, and gives you the confidence to use his tips, strategies, tricks, and tools toward whatever story it is you’re trying to tell: a news report, a novel, even a public performance.

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Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World [TTC Audio]


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English | October 06, 2023 | ASIN: B0CKGBGMJ9 | M4B@96 kbps | 3h 25m | 142 MB
Lecturer: Prince Ea
Imagine life without the bits and bobs that makes it easy-cars, processed foods, social media, and everything in-between. While these amenities do make everyday life more manageable, there is a reason we are dealing with an onslaught of ailments unique to the modern age, from diabetes and obesity to the devastating psychological and physical effects of loneliness. But what if we were to step back and really think about what it means to live a good life? What if we focused on the basics-just like our ancient ancestors had to do? How would each one of us, so used to the trappings of modern life, make out on the other side?
Find out for yourself with Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World, 10 interview-based episodes that take ancient designs and applies them to modern lives. Your expert is Prince EA, an artist and inspirational speaker who’s spent the greater part of his career thinking about the ancient world. Get to the root of what it means to be human by studying contemporary "blue zones" in Italy, California, and Japan. Discover the health benefits of fasting, intentional grounding, and tantra meditation. See how you can use "flow" to improve athletic, academic, and creative performance. Get some tips on how you can build and maintain better friendships. And go beyond lecture-style learning with curated homework assignments at the end of every episode, extending the reach, impact, and benefits of this course beyond your immediate computer screen.

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TTC – Great American Short Stories A Guide for Readers and Writers


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Last updated 1/2024
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Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 24 Lessons ( 12h 58m ) | Size: 10.7 GB
Short stories offer readers the unique opportunity to experience a powerful piece of literature in a deceptively small package. The constraints of a few thousand words can give the best works an economy of storytelling that distills the power of the written word in astonishing ways. The brevity of short fiction belies its emotional and intellectual complexity.

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TTC – The Life and Works of Jane Austen


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Last updated 12/2023
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Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 24 Lessons ( 11h 26m ) | Size: 9.6 GB
In 1811, a novel was published anonymously, by an author identified as “A Lady.” It did moderately well for a book of that kind. Little did anyone suspect that this novel would be the start of a literary legacy that would grow over the course of two centuries and cement its author as one of the greatest novelists in the English language.

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TTC – Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage


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Last updated 12/2023
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Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 24 Lessons ( 12h 12m ) | Size: 9.1 GB
Is English broken? Do bad grammar, slang, and illogical constructions signal a decline in standards of usage? Do e-mail and text messages corrupt the art of writing? In short, is our language going to the dogs?

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TTC – London in the Time of Dickens


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Released 11/2023
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Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 12 Lessons ( 6h 12m ) | Size: 5.15 GB
By the start of the Victorian era, London was home to nearly 2 million people, a number that expanded to more than 6 million by 1901, the year of Queen Victoria’s death. This immense growth made the city an astonishing study in the varieties of human experience-the perfect place for a novelist to find his voice. Charles Dickens did just that in the 1830s

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TTC – How the Crusades Changed History


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Released 11/2023
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Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 24 Lessons ( 11h 27m ) | Size: 9.55 GB
The Crusades, launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II, were a series of holy wars led by European Christians, aimed at contesting Muslim power and establishing Christian rule of the Holy Land. In their aftermath, the Crusades left a significant impact on their era as well as on future centuries, and their effects are directly visible even in our own time

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TTC – The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics


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Released 11/2023
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Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 24 Lessons ( 11h 56m ) | Size: 9.99 GB
Modern physics is filled with ideas that defy common sense, but, nonetheless, have a strong claim to be true. A prime example is Einstein’s twin paradox, about identical twins who age at markedly different rates if one takes a trip at near-light speed. Another is Erwin Schrödinger’s thought experiment involving a cat that is arguably both dead and alive due to a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics.

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TTC – The Power of Mathematical Visualization


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Last updated 12/2023
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Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 24 Lessons ( 12h 22m ) | Size: 10.3 GB
Many people believe they simply aren’t good at math-that their brains aren’t wired to think mathematically. But just as there are multiple paths to mastering the arts and humanities, there are also alternate approaches to understanding mathematics. One of the most effective methods by far is visualization. If a picture speaks a thousand words, then in mathematics a picture can spawn a thousand ideas.

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