Summary: "The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames is widely regarded as America's most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products ... But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life ... has been less widely understood. Narrated by James...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2011

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Costa, James T.

Summary: "James T. Costa takes readers on a journey from Darwin's childhood through his voyage on the HMS Beagle where his ideas on evolution began. We then follow Darwin to Down House, his bustling home of forty years, where he kept porcupine quills at his desk to dissect barnacles, maintained a flock of sixteen pigeon breeds in the dovecote, and cultivated climbing plants in the study, and to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2017

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Summary: Powers of ten ... illustrates a picnic in Chicago and then begins moving ten times farther out every ten seconds, until our own galaxy is visible only as a speck of light. Then, we move inward into the hand of a sleeping picnicker with ten times more magnification every ten seconds. A rough sketch ... is an earlier version of the same concept illustrated in Powers of ten. 901, after 45 years of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000

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Summary: Examines the life of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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Summary: Complilation of 7 films with introduction to the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames. 'Toccata for toy trains' is a trip through a world of antique toys, and toy trains. 'House : after five years of living' illustrates the home and studio designed and built by Charles Eames on a hill in California overlooking the ocean. 'Lucia chase vignette' follows a sister chasing her brother through the...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Pyramid Film & Video 2000

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Summary: A portrait of the most famous and controversial artist of the second half of the twentieth century. Explores the complete spectrum of Warhol's artistic output, from the late 1940s to his death in 1987.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006

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Common

Summary: "Common believes that the phrase "let love have the last word" is not just a declaration; it is a statement of purpose, a daily promise. Love is the most powerful force on the planet and ultimately, the way you love determines who you are and how you experience life. Courageous, insightful, brave, and characteristically authentic, Let Love Have the Last Word shares Common's own unique and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2019

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Ames, Louise Bates.

Contents: Orientation -- Development : a key concept -- Individuality -- The ten-year-old -- The eleven-year-old -- The twelve-year-old -- The thirteen-year-old -- The fourteen-year-old -- Total action system -- Self-care and routines -- Emotions -- The growing self -- Interpersonal relationships -- Activities and interests -- School -- Ethical sense -- After fourteen-what comes next?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dell 1989

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Ames, Louise Bates.

Summary: Describes typical characteristics of nine-year-olds and suggests solutions to behavior problems.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Trade Paperback 1991

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Eames, Andrew

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2005

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Nomo.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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Tames, Richard

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1995

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Ames, Louise Bates.

Contents: Characteristics of the age -- The child and other people -- Routines, health, and tensional outlets -- Techniques -- General interests and abilities -- The child's mind -- School -- The six-year-old party -- Individuality -- Stories from real life.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dell 1981

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Tames, Richard.

Summary: Chronicles the history, beliefs, and everyday lives of the ancient Greek peoples.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lorenz Books 1998

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Ames, Louise Bates.

Summary: Discusses the behavior, health, intellectual development, and personal relationships of seven-year-old children.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dell Publishing 1985

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Summary: These individual stories focus on some of the Turtles' closest friends and fiercest enemies, including Casey Jones, April O'Neil, General Hrang, and Bebop and Rocksteady.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: IDW Publishing, a division of Idea & Design Works, LLC 2016

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Summary: Examines the life and legacy of African American poet, memoirist, and civil rights worker Maya Angelou, from her upbringing in the Depression-era South to her work with Malcolm X in Ghana to the recitation of her inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton. Includes Angelou's own words woven together with archival photographs and videos as well as interviews with Angelou's friends and family.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Humes, James C.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Pub. 1997

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Summary: A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006

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Jakes, John

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 1977

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