Bill D Moyers
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
xii, 594 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary book that reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war.
The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people—including Star Wars creator George Lucas....
The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people—including Star Wars creator George Lucas....
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The 1988 PBS series in which mythologist and storyteller Joseph Campbell joins Bill Moyers to explore what enduring myths can tell us about our lives. In each of six episodes Moyers and Campbell focus on a character or theme found in cultural and religious mythologies.
Author
Pub. Date
1993.
Physical Desc
xiii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ancient medical science told us our minds and bodies are one. So did philosophers of old. Now, modern science and new research are helping us to understand these connections. In Healing and the Mind, Bill Moyers talks with physicians, scientists, therapists, and patients - people who are taking a new look at the meaning of sickness and health. In a series of fascinating and provocative interviews, he discusses their search for answers to perplexing...
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
xii, 404 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From the famed broadcaster and one of the nation's most-admired public figures, this collection of blisteringly eloquent speeches delivers inspiring words that embody the best of the American spirit. Timely topics addressed include the proper place of religion in public life; the mounting environmental crisis; the struggle to keep public television and radio free of political manipulation and ideological censorship; the appalling culture of corruption...
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this David and Goliath story for the 21st century, a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on a celebrity tycoon. At stake is one of Britain's very last stretches of wilderness. After the Scottish government overturns its own environmental laws to give Donald Trump the green light to build a golf resort on an untouched Scottish coastline, the stage is set for an extraordinary summer of discontent, as the bulldozers spring into action.
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 447 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Celebrated journalist Bill Moyers combines intimate, one-on-one interviews and public performances in this celebration of modern poetry's diverse voices. Featured poets include National Book Award honorees, Pulitzer Prize winners, and a former U.S. Poet Laureate, as well as accompaniment by the famed Paul Winter Consort.
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (6 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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..
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