swimmermom3 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Great Courses is having a customer appreciation sale - up to 90% off. Hopefully, this link will work for everyone. Let me know if it doesn't. A Day's Read is my current obsession/project and if you want to know what some of the reading is, just pm me. I will say that I have never read any of Abbe Prevos'st work and I thoroughly enjoyed Manon Lescaut. I am considering the Skeptic's Guide because The Book Thief is discussed, Professor Voth is great, and $19.95 is cheap, right? You all really know that I am not a GC enabler? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Well, there goes the budget! I found a good Christmas present for ds 19 - the chef wannabe who is getting an engineering degree (The Everyday Gourmet). And there are quite a few on the "under $40" list that looked like ones I would enjoy while exercising. Thanks for the heads-up :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Repeat after me: I.shall.not.buy.more.TC.courses.(ETA: this.month) Can we form a self-help group? TCAA- TC Addicts Anonymous? But thanks for the link, swimmermom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Repeat after me: I.shall.not.buy.more.TC.courses.(ETA: this.month) Can we form a self-help group? TCAA- TC Addicts Anonymous? But thanks for the link, swimmermom! I need to sign up for that support group. What's the first step? HMMM...admitting there is a problem. Okay, sigh, I have a problem. The question is, "Do I really want to be cured?" Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HecticMama Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Thanks for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Has anyone used Vikings by Professor Kenneth W. Harl? Is it well done? Would a Vikings obsessed 8 year old find it interesting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tress Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Great Courses is having a customer appreciation sale - up to 90% off. Hopefully, this link will work for everyone. Let me know if it doesn't. A Day's Read is my current obsession/project and if you want to know what some of the reading is, just pm me. I will say that I have never read any of Abbe Prevos'st work and I thoroughly enjoyed Manon Lescaut. I am considering the Skeptic's Guide because The Book Thief is discussed, Professor Voth is great, and $19.95 is cheap, right? You all really know that I am not a GC enabler? :D I'm reading through A Day's Read too. I just finished The Sybill - Lagerkvist. I have the next five books lined up, after that I might have to stop for a while. While buying the lecture series at bargain price, I had not realised that having to purchase the books was going to be so costly. Dutch libraries usually have only popular English titles and with 36 titles at 8-9euros a piece.....wowzer. :crying: I guess I should have bought a home economics course :laugh: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullia Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 I've been tossing catalogs without opening...except the one I got last week. I do not want to be cured! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 Repeat after me: I.shall.not.buy.more.TC.courses.(ETA: this.month) Can we form a self-help group? TCAA- TC Addicts Anonymous? But thanks for the link, swimmermom! I need to sign up for that support group. What's the first step? HMMM...admitting there is a problem. Okay, sigh, I have a problem. The question is, "Do I really want to be cured?" Faith If I were "cured," ironing and other mundane household tasks would return to being...well, mundane. I also like the lit and history ones for when dh is traveling and I can't sleep, which these days is often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 I'm reading through A Day's Read too. I just finished The Sybill - Lagerkvist. I have the next five books lined up, after that I might have to stop for a while. While buying the lecture series at bargain price, I had not realised that having to purchase the books was going to be so costly. Dutch libraries usually have only popular English titles and with 36 titles at 8-9euros a piece.....wowzer. :crying: I guess I should have bought a home economics course :laugh: . Tress, I hear you on that one. I had a couple of the titles on hand as part of collections that I already owned and then I was able to get a few of them like Disgrace, Alexander's Bridge, and The Lover from Paperback Swap, but there are a few like Sybil that are not easy to find and are really pricey. I was thinking this would make a good high school course for many reasons. It is just that I am still trying to get my head around the first selection and I am not sure my older kids would get it. So far, I am really enjoying the variety of authors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 If I were "cured," ironing and other mundane household tasks would return to being...well, mundane. I also like the lit and history ones for when dh is traveling and I can't sleep, which these days is often. Yes, we listen mostly in the car. Makes a long 18 hour drive out West educational, if not enjoyable. Mundane household tasks...hm, ironing is the only chore I hate and despise and have outsourced. I consider it a valuable skill for a young male teenager to be able to iron and gladly pay him to hone his skills on Dad's shirts. (Female coworkers have already asked if I hire him out) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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