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(0)Bill D. Moyers
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xii, 594 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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From Moyer's third PBS series, this text represents an unparalleled entree into the debates, the intellectual and cultural currents, and above all the fascinating people that have so powerfully shaped modern times.
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6 audio discs (approximately 6 hrs.) : digital, stero, Dolby processed ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell discuss the themes and roots of human myth which is seen as man's attempt to relate himself to the universe. Starting with various topics Campbell shows both how man creates his universe and is controlled by the myth he has created.
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Ironweed film club volume no. 26
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1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Three films document efforts by ordinary people to overcome the political status quo. Can Mr. Smith get to Washington anymore? is the story of Jeff Smith, an underdog candidate who seeks to overturn one of Missouri's political dynasties in the race for the U.S. Congressional seat of retiring House Majority Leader, Dick Gephardt. Granny D goes to Washington is the story of 89-year-old Doris Haddock who walked across the entire continental U.S. in order...
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1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Bill Moyers talks with Mary Gordon about the concept of martyrdom and its connection to rage and despair. Gordon also explores the negative implications of what she sees as two converging influences of modern society: fundamentalism and consumerism. Does science have a monopoly on reason? Not at all, says philosopher, atheist and author Colin McGinn - reason is the foundation of morality as well.
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2 videodiscs (276 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Bestselling author and professor of comparative religion Huston Smith sits down with legendary journalist Bill Moyers for a series of lively and engrossing interviews about the universal truths of the world's religions.
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1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A poll from the American Research Group reported that more than four in ten Americans favor impeachment hearings for President Bush and more than half favored impeachment for Vice President Cheney. Unhappiness about the war in Iraq isn't the only cause of unsettled feelings. Bill Moyers gets perspective on the role of impeachment in political life from Constitutional scholar Bruce Fein and John Nichols, author of The genius of impeachment.
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English
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"Twenty-five years ago, renowned scholar Joseph Campbell sat down with veteran journalist Bill Moyers for a series of interviews that became one of the most enduringly popular programs ever aired on PBS. In dialogues that adroitly span millennia of history and far-flung geography, the two men discuss myths as metaphors for human experience and the path to transcendence, touching on topics as diverse as world religion, heroic figures, and pop culture....
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1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Traces the ways Jesus Christ has been represented in art throughout history and around the world. An unprecedented travelogue of art and monuments from the early 3rd century to the present that illuminates the most beautiful and spectacular representations of Jesus and his stories.