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Alma's words = Las palabras de Alma Da Capo Press series in graphic art, v. 6 Da Vinci's demons 1 Da Vinci's demons 2 DaVinci's demons 1 DaVinci's demons 2 La Buena Vida! Li Du novels 2 Lorsque le monde parlait arabe Publications de la Société généalogique canadienne-française ; no. 5Filter By Series
Alma's words = Las palabras de Alma Da Capo Press series in graphic art, v. 6 Da Vinci's demons 1 Da Vinci's demons 2 DaVinci's demons 1 DaVinci's demons 2 La Buena Vida! Li Du novels 2 Lorsque le monde parlait arabe Publications de la Société généalogique canadienne-française ; no. 5Lee, Harper
Summary: "Dans une petite ville d'Alabama, à l'époque de la Grande Dépression, Atticus Finch élève seul ses deux enfants, Jem et Scout. Avocat intègre et rigoureux, il est commis d'office pour défendre un Noir accusé d'avoir violé une Blanche. Racontée par Scout avec beaucoup de drôlerie, cette histoire tient du conte, de la court story américaine et du roman initiatique."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Librairie générale française 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 448.4 FIC LEEReisner, Robert George.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 1977
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.55 REIHart, Elsa
Summary: "Following the enthralling 18th century Chinese mysteries Jade Dragon Mountain and White Mirror, comes the next Li Du adventure in Whisper of Ink. Li Du was prepared to travel anywhere in the world except for one place: home. But to unravel the mystery that surrounds his mentor's execution, that's exactly where he must go. Plunged into the painful memories and teeming streets of Beijing, Li Du...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARHart, Elsa
Summary: "In the follow-up to Elsa Hart's critically acclaimed debut, Jade Dragon Mountain, Li Du, an imperial librarian and former exile in 18th century China, is now an independent traveler. He is journeying with a trade caravan bound for Lhasa when a detour brings them to a valley hidden between mountain passes. On the icy planks of a wooden bridge, a monk sits in contemplation. Closer inspection...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARGodbout, Archange
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Publisher / Publication Date: Société généalogique canadienne-française 1964
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3714 GodboSummary: The victory of the Abbasids over the Umayyads signified much more than the replacement of one dynasty with another. With it, Islam saw the birth of a multiethnic concept of power, in which both Arab and non-Arab Muslims could share authority. This program presents the Abbasid Caliphate at its peak, enthroned in its prestigious capital city: Baghdad. The defining project of Caliph al-Ma'amun,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: By replacing paganism with monotheism and tribal life with empire-building, the Arabs of the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties effected a complete paradigm shift in their worldview. This program studies the codification of Islamic law and assimilation of non-Arab texts-and the ensuing competition between the ulema, or doctors of the law, and the philosophers, who saw reason as an equal to divine...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Encompassing fairy tales, romances, legends, fables, parables, and anecdotes, The Thousand and One Nights is a composite of popular oral stories that developed over several centuries, mainly during the Empire of the Caliphate. This program scrutinizes the wonderfully audacious tale of Scheherazade and what it tells the attentive reader about the dreams of Arab men and women during the empire's...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Picking up mathematics and astronomy from where the ancient Greeks had left off, Arab scholars paved the way for the Copernican revolution and the rebirth of science in Europe. This program reveals the Empire of the Caliphate's role in developing the Indo-Arabic decimal system, algebra, and algorithms and in refining the science of optics and the Ptolemaic model of the solar system. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program investigates the practice of medicine during the Abbasid Caliphate, offering profiles of Jurjis ibn Jibrail, personal doctor to Caliph al-Mansur; Yuhanna ibn Masawayh, head of Caliph al-Ma'amun's House of Wisdom; Rhazes, whose Kitab al-hawi outlines an exemplary clinical approach; Avicenna, universally known for his Canon of Medicine; and Abul Qasim al-Zahrawi, the father of modern...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: As life among the aristocracy in Damascus and Baghdad attained its zenith of refinement, another important cultural center was developing in Islamic Cordoba. This program focuses on the remarkable cultural contributions of Ziryab, a talented young musician who fled the East for Andalusia and became the era's preeminent arbiter of style and taste. After creating a popular new form of music and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program addresses the expansion of the Arab empire into Spain, where Muslims ruled with tolerance for more than seven centuries. The introduction and consolidation of Islamic power in Spain, the creation of the Umayyad emirate by the sole survivor of the Umayyad dynasty, the rise of Cordoba as a cultural rival of Abbasid Baghdad, and the gradual ebb of Arab rule on the Iberian Peninsula...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: As dissension mounted between the rival Arab dynasties in Baghdad, Cordoba, and Cairo, Christendom rallied to oppose the Muslims in Spain and Jerusalem. This program plots out the decline of the Empire of the Caliphate and the acquisition of Arab knowledge by Europeans starved for Islam's intellectual riches. The rise of feudalism and papal authority, the gradual defeat of the Muslim rulers in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Although the first towns the Arabs founded during the expansion of Arabia were only vast campsites, it was not long before their temporary dwellings gave way to the magnificent signature architecture of Arabian culture. What was it like to live in the Arab cities of the Abbasid dynasty, grand oases of refinement and innovation? This program describes key centers of the Muslim town, including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: As the shadow of the Dark Ages fell across Europe, the scene for the advancement of Western civilization shifted to the Near East. This program charts the rise of the Arab empire, from its roots in the long-standing rivalry between the Byzantines and the Sassanids. Nodes along that timeline include the dual role of Mecca as a place of worship and as a center for trade, the life of Muhammad and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: During the 10th century, people routinely journeyed from one end of the huge Arab empire to the other-and even into non-Islamic lands far to the north and the east. Who were these travelers, and what did they seek? This program captures what it was like to be a pilgrim in a caravan bound for Mecca, an official carrying out the Caliph's orders, a scholar seeking knowledge, a merchant in search...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Martinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: "Alma es conocida por sus icónicas rayas, ¡pero hay más que le gustaría mostrarte! Tiene brazos, manos y dedos para acariciar a un pájaro como mascota, además de piernas, pies, dedos de los pies y un adorable vientre. debajo de su corazón siempre presente" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD MARSummary: Why was Islamic philosophy, once the epitome of Arab learning, eventually rejected by Muslims? And why, after assimilating it, did Europeans distance themselves from its formulators? This program seeks to understand the religious climate of the late Middle Ages, in which universities and madrassas became centers of power and models for evolving sociopolitical systems. The potentially heretical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Same Genius. New World. Florence is thrown into chaos in the wake of the Pazzi conspiracy and Leonardo da Vinci must push the limits of his mind and body to defend the city against the forces of Rome. When the dust settles, friends are buried and rivalries are enflamed. While the Medicis go to unthinkable lengths to deal with new threats, da Vinci continues on his quest to find the fabled Book...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Bay Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DASummary: In a world where thought and faith are controlled, one man fights to set knowledge free. Leonardo Da Vinci is tortured by a gift of superhuman genius. He finds himself in a conflict between truth and lies, religion and reason, past and future. His quest for knowledge nearly becomes his undoing, but Da Vinci's genius prevails and he emerges as an unstoppable force that lifts an entire era out of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Starz Originals 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV DADunthorne, Gordon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 1970
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 769.4 DUNSummary: Anabel is a young woman who works at the city hall in Forcall, but her duties often take her to places like the nearby town of Cinctorres. This program focuses mainly on Anabel's energetic efforts at promoting tourism and commerce by organizing fairs and other events and helping small businesses get funding. While in Cinctorres, she shows viewers a model of a proposed wind farm and visits a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007