Wake (Sawyer novel)

Wake Up

This sleepy fellow is awoken from a peaceful slumber by his drunken foolish colleagues

From playlist Funny stuff

Aliens, Time Travel, and Dresden - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 1: Crash Course Literature 212

In which John Green teaches you about Kurt Vonnegut's most famous novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. Vonnegut wrote the book in the Vietnam era, and it closely mirrors his personal experiences in World War II, as long as you throw out the time travel and aliens and porn stars and stuff. Slaughter

From playlist Literature 2

Britannic 1916(Sleeping sun)

Sing by Daniel Andrews

From playlist 'Sleeping Sun' videos.

Why should you read “Moby Dick”? - Sascha Morrell

Dive into Herman Melville’s classic novel “Moby Dick,” the story of Captain Ahab’s hunt for revenge against the white whale who bit off his leg. -- A mountain separating two lakes. A room papered floor to ceiling with bridal satins. The lid of an immense snuffbox. These seemingly unrela

From playlist New TED-Ed Originals

Channelling Mr. Woo (Australian Story - TV ad)

via YouTube Capture

From playlist Interviews & Media

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Part 1: Crash Course Literature 302

In which John Green teaches you about Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This week, we'll talk a little bit about Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote under the name Mark Twain, and how he mined his early life for decades to produce his pretty well-loved body of work. By far t

From playlist Literature 3

The Chimney Sweeper (Songs of Innocence) by William Blake read by Ralph Richardson

The Chimney Sweeper (Songs of Innocence) by William Blake read by Sir Ralph Richardson .

From playlist Ralph Richardson - Recordings

The Raft, the River, and The Weird Ending of Huckleberry Finn: Crash Course Literature 303

This week, we're continuing our discussion of Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' This is part two of our talk about Huck Finn, and this time we're looking at the metaphors in the book, a little bit about what the metaphors like the Island and the River and the Raft might me

From playlist Literature 3

6 Surprising Banned Books | What the Stuff?!

Many books throughout history have been banned for their "questionable content," but these 6 will really surprise you. Subscribe http://bit.ly/1AWgeM7 Twitter https://twitter.com/HowStuffWorks Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HowStuffWorks Google+ https://plus.google.com/+howstuffworks W

From playlist What the Stuff?!

Form, Structure and Style in Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

In this lecture, Dr Nathan Waddell (University of Birmingham) explores the genre, structure and style of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, focusing in particular on: (i) the idea of Nineteen Eighty-Four as a dystopian novel, and what this means; (ii) the tripartite structure of the novel, and

From playlist English Literature

Why should you read “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding? - Jill Dash

Explore William Golding’s timeless satire, “Lord of the Flies,” which follows a group of shipwrecked boys as they descend into anarchy. -- After witnessing the atrocities of his fellow man in World War II, William Golding was losing his faith in humanity. Later, during the Cold War, as

From playlist New TED-Ed Originals

Insights into DNA – protamines self-assembly by Yves Lansac

Collective Dynamics of-, on- and around Filaments in Living Cells: Motors, MAPs, TIPs and Tracks DATE: 28 October 2017 to 02 November 2017 VENUE: Ramanujan Lecture Hall, ICTS Bangalore Our knowledge of cytoskeletal filaments, nucleic acid filaments (DNA and RNA) as well as their associat

From playlist Collective Dynamics of-, on- and around Filaments in Living Cells: Motors, MAPs, TIPs and Tracks

The Music Of Flight

Poetic motion of a bird in flight set to original music

From playlist My music video's

Episode 032: How Stalking and Insurance Scams Drive a Person Insane—Unsane (2018)

Join Alex in a solo episode as he discusses the psychological concepts in a sleeper indie thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh, Unsane (2018) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7153766). It stars Claire Foy as a woman suffering from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from a stalker, but ev

From playlist CinemaPsych Podcast

Infinity according to Jorge Luis Borges - Ilan Stavans

Dive into the mind-bending works of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, whose work pioneered the literary style magical realism. -- What would it be like to have a limitless memory? Can the meaning of life be found in an infinite library? Is time a labyrinth or a single moment? Jorge L

From playlist New TED-Ed Originals

Africa's most notorious warlords

Go to https://curiositystream.thld.co/caspian_1021 and use code CASPIAN to save 25% off today, that’s only $14.99 a year. Thanks to Curiosity Stream for sponsoring today’s video. Africa has more #dictators per capita than any other continent. So, here is a list of #Africans who are charge

From playlist Geopolitics

13. Hart Crane

Modern Poetry (ENGL 310) with Langdon Hammer The early poetry of Hart Crane is presented and analyzed. Crane's self-characterization as a visionary, Romantic, and erotic poet, as well as the unique nature of his poetic project are considered as responses to Eliot's Waste Land and in parti

From playlist Modern Poetry with Langdon Hammer (ENGL 310)

Stanford Engineering Hero Event - Perry McCarty - 10.18.16

From playlist Stanford Engineering Heroes

The Secret to Creativity

Let your mind wander: Your next great idea might come when you least expect it. My Twitter: https://twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nessyhill/ Subscribe to BrainCraft! http://ow.ly/rt5IE BrainCraft is created, written and hosted by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill)

From playlist The Science of Creativity

Sonnet 65 by William Shakespeare - Read by John Gielgud

Sonnet 65 by William Shakespeare read by Sir John Gielgud. Caedmon Records, 1961.

From playlist Shakespeare's Sonnets read by John Gielgud