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Bellairs, John. Belloc, Hilaire Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Gorey, Edward Mortensen, LoriGorey, Edward
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOREY, EDWARD GoreyGorey, Edward
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811.54 GORMortensen, Lori
Summary: Introduces the life and work of author and illustrator Edward Gorey and explains how, although it took him a long time to achieve all he wanted to do, he sought to be himself throughout his life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GOREliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
Summary: These playful verses by a celebrated poet have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since they were gathered for publication in 1939. As Valerie Eliot has pointed out, there are a number of references to cats in T.S. Eliot's work, but it was to his godchildren, particularly Tom Faber and Alison Tandy, in the 1930s, that he first revealed himself as "Old Possum" and for whom he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821 ELI1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821 ELI
Bellairs, John.
Summary: Rose Rita Pottinger and Mrs. Zimmermann are transported back to 1828 to save the Weiss family from being destroyed by a wicked wizard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BELBelloc, Hilaire
Summary: From the Publisher: One of Hilaire Belloc's most famous works, "Cautionary Tales for Children" satirizes a genre of admonitory children's literature popular in England in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The seven stories contained in this work are macabre parodies of childhood lessons, and will entertain more sophisticated readers who can appreciate these tales of disproportionate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821.912 BELSummary: 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 2010Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007