Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Jans, Nick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alaska Northwest Books 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.86 JANJans, Nick
Summary: "The unlikely true story of a six-year friendship between a wild, oddly gentle black wolf and the people and dogs of Juneau, Alaska"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 636 JANJans, Nick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.784 JANJans, Martin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Players Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.027 JANJans, Nick
Summary: "No stranger to wildlife, Nick Jans had lived in Alaska for nearly thirty years. But when one evening at twilight a lone black wolf ambled into view not far from his doorstep, Nick would finally come to know this mystical species--up close as never before. A Wolf Called Romeo is the remarkable story of a wolf who returned again and again to interact with the people and dogs of Juneau, living...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636 JANChen, Jiang Hong
Summary: Master artist Han Gan's painted horse comes alive to help save ancient China from attack.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC HONBoss, Alan
Summary: Astronomer Alan Boss argues that based on what we already know about planetary systems, in the coming years we will find abundant Earths, including many that are indisputably alive. Life is not only possible elsewhere in the universe, Boss argues--it is common. Boss describes how our ideas about planetary formation have changed radically in the past decade and brings readers up to date on...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.24 BOS(WEDIN, JAN-OLAV, COND.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL SWEJones, Evan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641 JONDe Jong, Rob-Jan.
Summary: Business schools, leadership gurus, and strategy guides agree--leaders must have a vision. But the sad truth is that most don't...or at least not one that compels, inspires, and energizes their people. How can something so essential be practiced so little in real life? Vision may sound like a rare quality, unattainable by all except a select few--but nothing could be further from the truth....
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Management Association 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 DEJJones-Radgowski, Jehan
Summary: "With the stroke of a pen, President Abraham Lincoln freed the South's enslaved people in the midst of the brutal U.S. Civil War. Or did he? Who did the Emancipation Proclamation really free? What effect did it have on the course of the Civil War? And what became of the inkstand with which he wrote the famous document? Find the answers to these questions and discover more of what an artifact...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.714 JONPons, Andrea
Summary: "A love letter to author Andrea Pons's native Mexico, weaving stories of her family's immigration to the United States with 75 delicious recipes from three generations of women in her family"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5972 PONCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5972 PONSummary: From master director Jia Zhang-Ke comes a vital document of Chinese society since 1949. Jia interviews three prominent authors, Jia Pingwa, Yu Hua, and Liang Hong, born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, respectively. In their stories, we hear of the dire circumstances they faced in their rural villages and small towns, and the substantial political effort undertaken to address it, from the social...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SWILyons, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: PRIMEDIA 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.108 LYO(BEUG, JOHN, COND.)
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC BIGSummary: Turns much of its focus on the unseen James Dean, tracing the little-known television career that preceded the Hollywood legend's three famed feature films. A working actor since 1951, Dean had roles in some 38 TV productions prior to his movie breakthrough in East of Eden. Included is footage from 28 of Dean's TV appearances, and interviews with people who knew or worked with Dean in those...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC JAMLong, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ragged Mountain Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.51 LONSummary: Explores the three categories of mineral resources found within the earth (power resources, gem stones, and metals) and how they have been utilized for the advancement of civilization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TRESummary: "Oscar- winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a team of artists and activists on an undercover operation to expose the hidden world of endangered species and the race to protect them against mass extinction. Spanning the globe to infiltrate the world's most dangerous black markets and using high tech tactics to document the link between carbon emissions and species extinction,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RACRich, Carrie
Summary: "A citizen statesperson is a superpowered individual who is committed to improving his or her community and the world through values and activism. Two dynamics drive the need for citizen statespeople at this moment: 1) loss of confidence in traditional institutions of power, and 2) the technology that contributes to the superpowered individual. Being a citizen statesperson starts at a local...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.4 RICBono
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Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 781.66 ASSKuan, Diana.
Summary: Provides popular Chinese takeout recipes for appetizers, soups, main courses, noodle and rice dishes, and desserts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5951 KUASummary: "Craft in America is an exploration into the hearts and minds of artisans devoted to a diverse array of mediums -- from furniture making and basket weaving to pottery and metalsmithing. Each episode reveals that craft has earned itself a place within the realm of fine art"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Craft in America, Inc. 2007