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A Voyage Long and Strange
Tony Horwitz
May 14, 2008
01:00:28
Tony Horwitz discusses A Voyage Long and Strange, in which he attempts to understand what happened in the Americas between Columbus' arrival and the Mayflower's landing on Plymouth Rock.
Marco Polo: Silk Road to China
Larry Bergreen
October 24, 2007
01:00:54
Larry Bergreen traces Marco Polo's journey to China along the silk road.
Marie Antoinette: Patron of the Arts
Virginia Shearer
April 5, 2007
00:49:30
Virginia Shearer discusses the Bust of Marie Antoinette, 1782, by the Svres Porcelain Factory. The High Museum of Art presents Shearer, the High's Associate Chair for Education.
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Loyalists and the American War for Independence
Brendan McConville
January 29, 2009
00:43:22
Winners typically write the history books, but what about those who were less fortunate?
Lives and Landscapes of the French Monarchy
William Beik
March 17, 2007
00:48:57
French historian William Beik of Emory University explores the lives of the monarchs, including Kings Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI, and the transformation of French culture into the pinnacle of art and refinement.
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France, Turkey, and the United States
Andre Teissier-duCros
June 25, 2008
00:39:09
Andre Teissier-duCros shares his insight on trilateral relations between the US, France, and Turkey. This event was hosted by the Istanbul Center of Atlanta.
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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol with Ashley Ramsden I
Ashley Ramsden
November 28, 2006
00:32:31
English master storyteller and actor Ashley Ramsden portrays all 23 characters in this Dickens classic, each with vivid and distinctive clarity.
Castiglione: Art of Being a Renaissance Man
Gary Radke
January 11, 2007
00:58:04
Baldassare Castiglione, a literary genius, astute diplomat, and military captain defined the term 'Renaissance Man'.