Creative Pursuits Dominate August Streaming at The Great Courses Plus
This month’s ‘What America Is Learning’ chart also features four
unique history lessons
CHANTILLY, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#BlackDeath–The new August top-ten chart from The
Great Courses Plus is a mirror for how many of its users spent their
summer vacations – pursuing the arts and enjoying nature.
With only two carryover lectures from the previous month – “Europe on
the Brink of the Black Death” moving from first to second place, and the
popular “Introduction to the Spanish Language” rounding out the top 10 –
eight new chart entries span drawing, music, literature, the National
Parks, history and the brain.
Leading the chart is “An Introduction to Drawing – How to Draw,” along
with multiple lectures from the one-of-a-kind new series “Music as a
Mirror of History” from San Francisco Performances which holds
two spots. And, just in time for National Public Lands Day on September
24, a Yellowstone lecture by partner National Geographic is just outside
the top five.
Here are August’s top ten lectures:
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The first lecture in the art series covers the history of drawing |
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Europe |
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A guide to the religious, economic, and political structures of |
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Muslim |
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A look at the range of nations, cultures and historical turning |
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Music |
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The first in the unique series explores the intersection of music |
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Handel: |
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A portrait of George Frederick Handel and his patron King George I |
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Yellowstone: |
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The tour of North America’s National Parks begins with |
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Cognitive |
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An introduction to three patients training their minds to improve |
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New release offers a journey into the different |
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The |
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Another new release looks at which cognitive skills |
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Introduction |
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The basics of how to approach, study and speak Spanish, as well as |
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