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A New Home for the “Education in Literature Collection”
Until recently, the Education in Literature Collection was shelved at one end of the Library Teaching Room on Level 4. However, whilst it is still on the same level, the books and DVDs that comprise the collection have found a … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, autobiography, browsing, Canada, China, Classics, crime, DVDs, Education in Literature Collection, english sub-titles, foreign language films, France, genre, Germany, humour, India, leisure, novels, plays, reading for pleasure, Social Area, Spain, UK, USA
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Genius, obsession and new beginnings- take a look at our new DVDs.
The lives of two brilliant mathematicians from India and the USA, a teenager’s determination for a better life through literacy, a newly unemployed man who enrols in a college to try and start a new life, a stifled Oxford academic’s … Continue reading
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Tagged academics, Bideford, Brazil, Cambridge University, Cecchetto, Devon, Director, Dirk Bogarde, Duran Duran, DVDs, Europe (band), feature films, Films, G.H. Hardy, Harlem, Harold Pinter, illiteracy, Iran, Italy, John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928-2015), Joseph Losey, mathematics, Oxford University, paranoid schizophrenia, Rudyard Kipling, Sao Paulo, Srinavasa Ramanujan, symphonic orchestra, Trinity College Cambridge, United Services College
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Music education in feature films
Music’s place on the school curriculum can be uncertain. However it is a subject which can inspire strong passions in teachers and pupils. This is portrayed in several DVDs in the Education in Literature Collection. Music of the Heart (1999) … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue and Gold Marching Machine, Britten, choirs, choral music, David Bowie, Drama teachers, drumming, DVDs, education, England, feature films, France, French, Handel, Harlem, jazz, music, music teachers, New York High School for the Performing Arts, North Carolina A & T State University, Opus 118, orchestral music, pupils, Roberta Guaspari, Rock music, schools, Tallis, teenage musical, teenagers, The Tempest, trumpet, USA, violin, Wes Craven
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Don’t judge a collection by its title
You could potentially be missing out on a great read or an entertaining DVD if you find the name ‘Education in Literature Collection’ off putting. The criteria for inclusion in the Collection is ‘novels, poetry, plays and DVDs about the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, Alan Bennett, America, biographies, Boarding Schools, Britain, crime, DVDs, fiction, girls, Grammar Schools, India, John Carey, laughter, LGBT, novels, Oxford University, plays, poetry, Science Fiction, South Africa, special collections, Yemen
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Films for Francophiles
The Education in Literature Collection contains a number of films in French with English subtitles. Older favourites by classic directors are represented by Pocket Money (L’argent de poche) directed by Francois Truffaut and Au revoir les enfants directed by Louis … Continue reading
Mine-Haha or Innocence?
One of the most unusual books that I have ever read is the novella Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls (Original German title is ‘Mine-Haha oder Uber korperliche Erziehung der jungen Madchen) which was originally published in 1903. … Continue reading
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