Summary: Artemisia Gentileschi is forbidden to fully pursue her own passion of painting. She convices a renowned artist to tutor her. He not only liberates her into the world of art but initiates her into the world of sex and love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ARTSummary: After finally seeing "The Passion", Kyle has to admit that Cartman has been right all along about the Jews role in history. Inspired by Kyle's change of heart and a powerful love for Mel Gibson, Cartman incites many of the film's hardcore fans to band together and carry out its message. Meanwhile, Stan and Kenny also see the movie and embark upon a quest to find Mel Gibson.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PASSSummary: This documentary from Clash of the Gods explores the 3,000-year-old story of the woman at the heart of the Trojan War. The Greek poet Homer told the tale in The Iliad and The Odyssey, and Hollywood has presented its own versions. Now, we examine the myth of Helen. Conceived from the god Zeus’ rape of her mother, she is said to be the most beautiful woman in the world and desired by every man....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Siciliano, Gina.
Summary: Often overlooked in the pantheon of Renaissance masters is Artemisia Gentileschi -- Italy's greatest female painter. In 17th century Italy, Artemisia braved the male-dominated sphere of painting to become a groundbreaking artist.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2019
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Summary: After being reawakened in twentieth century England, Ramses and Cleopatra must face an ancient presence in order to discover the origins of the Elixer of Life that brought them back from the dead.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RICContents: Contents: v. 1. From pagan Rome to Byzantium / Paul Veyne, editor. -- v. 2. Revelations of the medieval world / Georgr Duby, editor -- v. 3. Passions of the Renaissance / Roger Chartier, editor -- v. 4. From the fires of revolution to the Great War / Michelle Perrot, editor -- v. 5. Riddles of identity in modern times / Antoine Prost and Gérard Vincent, editors.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 390 HISOlatunji, Babatunde.
Contents: The beat of my drum -- Loyin loyin (Honey, honey) -- If=e lðsoju lðaiye (Love is the greatest thing in the world) -- Akiw=ow=o (a capella) -- Akiw=ow=o (Chant to the trainman) -- S=e =eni a f=e lðam=o, here kere (You know the one you love, herald the news).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ryko 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN OLASummary: Although the shocking murder of Sergei Kirov-the charismatic Party member whose popularity threatened the power base of his friend, Stalin-impacted the lives of millions, the truth behind it has long remained a mystery. Was it motivated by politics, or by something else? In this program, Boris Starkov, of St. Petersburg Academy of Economics, and Yuri Amiantov, chief archivist of the Communist...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Yanni.
Contents: After the sunrise (4:38) -- The mermaid (3:47) -- Quiet man (4:33) -- Nostalgia (4:29) -- Almost a whisper (3:08) -- The rain must fall (4:37) -- Acroyali (5:05) -- Farewell (2:46) -- Swept away (5:09) -- True nature (4:35) - - Secret vows (3:58) -- Flight of fantasy (5:41) -- A word in private (3:45) -- First touch (3:00) -- Reflections of passion (4:35).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Private Music 1990
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE YANOlatunji, Babatunde.
Contents: Akiwowo : chant to the trainman / rev. and adapted, Olatunji -- Oya : primitive fire : cult rhythm / Olatunji -- Odun de! Odun de! : Happy New Year / rev. and adapted, Olatunji -- Jin-go-lo-ba : drums of passion / Olatunji -- Kiyakiya : why do you run away? ; Baba jinde : flirtation dance ; Oyin momo ado : sweet as honey ; Shango : chant to the god of thunder / rev. and adapted Olatunji.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN OLADuckworth, Angela
Summary: Why do some people succeed and others fail? Sharing new insights from her landmark research on grit, MacArthur genius grant recipient Angela Duckworth explains why talent is hardly a guarantor of success. Rather, other factors can be even more crucial, such as identifying our passions and following through on our commitments. Drawing on her own story as the daughter of a scientist who...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016
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Contents: Feeling begins (4:00) -- Gethsemane (1:23) -- Of these, hope (4:05) -- Lazarus raised (:36) -- Of these, hope (reprise) (1:06) -- In doubt (2:07) -- Different drum (6:05) -- Zaar (4:44) -- Troubled (2:46) -- Open (3:18) -- Before night falls (2:16) -- With this love (3:36) -- Sandstorm (2:55) -- Stigmata (2:24) -- Passion (7:36) -- With this love (choir) (3:19) -- Wall of breath (2:25) --...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Geffen 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC PASContents: Oh, pretty woman -- In dreams -- Crying -- Blue bayou -- Only the lonely -- You got it -- Dream baby -- It's over -- A love so beautiful -- Working for the man -- Claudette -- Running scared -- Memories of Maria -- Falling.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Orby Records 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD PM OrbisonSolomon, Robert C.
Summary: Twenty-four 30-minute lectures on the philosophy of emotions.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128.37 SOLSkogen, Jennifer
Summary: "After an unthinkable tragedy on Halloween, Jackson must decide if he should stay in Grey Hills, or pack up everything and leave with Sam and the others. ... When Jackson starts sleepwalking and hearing voices, he isn't sure if he is going crazy, or if he has inherited an unspeakable power. Meanwhile, Claire is determined to find out exactly what happened on Halloween, which brings Jackson...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SKOGristwood, Sarah
Summary: "Sarah Gristwood's The Tudors in Love offers a brilliant history of the Tudor dynasty, showing how the rules of romantic courtly love irrevocably shaped the politics and international diplomacy of the period. Why did Henry VIII marry six times? Why did Anne Boleyn have to die? Why did Elizabeth I's courtiers hail her as a goddess come to earth? The dramas of courtly love have captivated...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.05 GRIMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "As the new manager of The Perfect Passion Company at No. 24 Mouse Lane in New Town, Katie Donald has made it her mission to provide help to the lovelorn citizens of Edinburgh. With the help of her amiable and handsome office neighbor William Kidd, she finds herself making matches for the lonely hearts of Edinburgh who want a more personal touch. In this tale, Katie helps an airline pilot...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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Summary: When Lady Linnet chooses revenge on those who destroyed her family over marrying her childhood sweetheart, Sir James Rayburn, she immediately regrets her decision and vows to make amends, but he refuses to trust her with his heart.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Forever 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MALRounding, Virginia.
Summary: A study of the marriage of the last Russian tsar and tsarina offers psychological insights into their relationship and covers the Empress's ill health, their relationship with confidante Ania Vyrubova, and their reliance on the infamous Rasputin.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 ROMANOV FAMILY ROUSummary: This video examines THC and the cannabinoids marijuana, hashish, and hash oil. Expert commentary is presented by former NFL player Charles Hunt, a pharmacist, a police officer, addiction counselors, a historian, a pastor, recovering addicts, and others. Together, they explain the history and biological effects of THC, investigating its use, abuse, and hazards, and its reputation as a gateway drug.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Contents: Denver haircut -- Epaulets -- You did good kid -- Traditional village -- Blackout Sam -- Entitlement crew -- T-shirt tux -- Star 18 -- The stove & the toaster -- Confusion in the marketplace.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK HOLPoirier, Agnès
Summary: "An incandescent group portrait of the midcentury artists and thinkers whose lives, loves, collaborations, and passions were forged against the wartime destruction and postwar rebirth of Paris"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944 POILovesey, Peter.
Summary: In this whodunit, set at the turn of the century in Paris, the sleuth is the Prince of Wales. Bertie, as he is affectionately known, probes the death of a high-society man shot during a floor show at the Moulin Rouge. Also appearing are the actress, Sarah Bernhardt, and the painter, Toulouse-Lautrec. By the author of Bertie and the Seven Bodies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LOVCrocodiles (Rock group)
Contents: I like it in the dark (3:16) -- Marquis de Sade (2:52) -- Cockroach (3:01) -- Heavy metal clouds (3:42) -- Teardrop guitar (3:18) -- She splits me up (3:20) -- Me and my machine gun (4:03) -- Gimme some annihilation (3:33) -- Virgin (3:13) -- Un chant d amour (3:38)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013