2009 Archives - LEARNING FOR LIFE

PBS American Experience – The Civilian Conservation Corps (2009)

07/05/2025 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

PBS American Experience – The Civilian Conservation Corps (2009)
English | Tutorial | Size: 1.20 GB

In March 1933, within weeks of his inauguration, President Franklin Roosevelt sent legislation to Congress aimed at providing relief for unemployed American workers. [Read more…]

PBS – Forever Wild: Celebrating Americas Wilderness (2009)

14/04/2025 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

PBS – Forever Wild: Celebrating Americas Wilderness (2009)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.47 GB

Forever Wild celebrates America’s commitment to wilderness and its preservation. [Read more…]

BBC Time Shift – How to Win at Chess (2009)

01/04/2025 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

BBC Time Shift – How to Win at Chess (2009)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.04 GB

Many people know the basic rules of chess, but few can play really well. This programme offers some essential tips on how to raise our game. [Read more…]

PBS American Experience – The Polio Crusade (2009)

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PBS American Experience – The Polio Crusade (2009)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.05 GB

In the summer of 1950 fear gripped the residents of Wytheville, Virginia. [Read more…]

PBS – Broadside: Emerging Empires Collide (2009)

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PBS – Broadside: Emerging Empires Collide (2009)
English | Documentary | Size: 2.42 GB

Broadside tells the story of a newly restored English monarch, Charles II, leading his country into the fiercest trade war in the age of sail. Throughout the 17th century the Dutch and English fought desperate wars over which country would dominate world trade for the next two centuries. [Read more…]

ZDF – 1755: The Lisbon Earthquake (2009)

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ZDF – 1755: The Lisbon Earthquake (2009)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.28 GB

The great Lisbon earthquake of 1755 was the first great natural disaster to strike the heart of a large European city. For six minutes the earth shook, bringing down churches, palaces, and thousands of houses. After a 15-meter-high tsunami submerged the lower city, fires broke out and wrought more damage. [Read more…]

ZDF – 1755: The Lisbon Earthquake (2009)

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ZDF – 1755: The Lisbon Earthquake (2009)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.28 GB

National Geographic – Great Escape: The Final Secrets (2009)

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National Geographic – Great Escape: The Final Secrets (2009)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.20 GB

— Also aired with title “Escape Factory” —
For 60 years American intelligence steadfastly refused to declassify the work of unit known simply as MIS-X. At last its extraordinary story can be told. [Read more…]

Triana – Lecturing Birds on Flying (2009)

12/10/2024 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

Triana – Lecturing Birds on Flying (2009)
English | eBook | Size: 2.66 MB

For the past few decades, the financial world has often displayed an unreasonable willingness to believe that “the model is right, the market is wrong,” in spite of the fact that these theoretical machinations were largely responsible for the stock market crash of 1987, the LTCM crisis of 1998, the credit crisis of 2008, and many other blow-ups, large and small. [Read more…]

Memphis Blues Guitar taught by John Miller (Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop, 2009)

28/09/2024 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

Memphis Blues Guitar taught by John Miller (Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop, 2009)
English | Tutorial | Size: 2.88 GB

Transcriptions and teaching of songs from the hugely influential Memphis Minnie, transplanted Mississippians Furry Lewis, Robert Wilkins and Frank Stokes and more obscure names like Tom Dickson and Allen Shaw. [Read more…]