Summary: In the period of radical change that was 1963-1983, young black artists at the beginning of their careers in the USA confronted key questions and pressures. How could they make art that would stand as innovative, original, formally and materially complex, while also making work that reflected their concerns and experience as black Americans? This significant new publication, accompanying an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tate Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 SOUSummary: Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2007
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 392.5 COWCowin, Dana.
Summary: "An uproarious, inspiring cookbook from the longtime editor-in-chief of Food & Wine magazine, in which the first lady of food spills the secret of her culinary ineptitude, while learning--finally--to cook, side-by-side with some of the greatest chefs working today..."-- From dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 COWCowan, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Elephant Paperbacks/Ivan R. Dee 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 372.9773 COWCowan, Thomas
Summary: "Thomas Cowan was a 20-year-old Duke grad--bright, skeptical, and already disillusioned with industrial capitalism--when he joined the Peace Corps in the mid-1970s for a two-year tour in Swaziland. There, he encountered the work of Rudolf Steiner and Weston A. Price--two men whose ideas would fascinate and challenge him for decades to come. Both drawn to the art of healing and repelled by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2016
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Summary: All great music has a birthplace. This book tells the stories of the legendary studios where musical genius and a magical space came together to capture some of the most exciting jazz, pop, funk, soul, and country records ever made. From the celebrated Southern studios of Sun and Stax, to the John Coltrane/Miles Davis sessions in producer Rudy Van Gelder's living room, to Frank Sinatra's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6414 COGSummary: An extensive biography of the American film producer and director William Castle, with a focus on his classic horror films. Castle was famous for directing films with many gimmicks which were ambitiously promoted, despite being reasonably low budget B-movies. Includes extensive film clips and commentary by his family, friends and actors, producers, directors and film historians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Automat Pictures 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SPICowan, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Claremont Press 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.3 COWCowan, Justine
Summary: Documents the author's investigation into her late mother's tragic experiences as an illegitimate orphan who endured an early life of discrimination, physical abuse and harsh labor serving England's ruling class at London's infamous Foundling Hospital.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SOAMES, DOROTHY COWCowan, Laura
Summary: Discover the dazzling world of dinosaurs, brought to life in this stylishly illustrated picture book. Colorful images of a world long past and a quirky approach make a well-trodden topic fresh. From old favorites like Stegosaurus to new discoveries like Zhenyuanlong, budding palaeontologists will be inspired by these beautifully realized images.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 567.9 COWKeaton, Eleanor
Summary: Known for his legendary stone face and physical gags, Buster Keaton was a genius of silent-film comedy. Decades after their release, his movies remain unsurpassed marvels of comic invention and mechanical timing. In Buster Keaton remembered, an illustrated survey of Keaton's career, Eleanor Keaton, his wife of 26 years, and film historian Jeffrey Vance provide a personal account of this icon of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 791.43 KEASummary: "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
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Summary: An account of the century of experimentation that confirmed Einstein's theory of relativity, bringing to life the science and scientists at the origins of relativity, the development of radio telescopes, the discovery of black holes and quasars, and the still unresolved place of gravity in quantum theory. Albert Einstein did nothing of note on May 29, 1919, yet that is when he became immortal....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.11 COWCowen, Tyler.
Summary: An influential economist challenges popular opinions about the superiority of locally grown and expensive foods, demonstrating how to eat responsibly without submitting to fashion-driven trends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.12 COWGioffre, Daryl
Summary: When you break your sugar addiction, you cut out a major contributor to inflammation, brain fog, aging, and chronic disease. Gioffre shows you how to go from stress eating to strength eating with a 21 day plan. This is your guide to turning your body into a strength-eating, energy-filled, acid-kicking machine! -- adapted from back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Books 2021
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 GIOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 GIOSpence, Godfrey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Contemporary Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.22 SPEGioffre, Daryl
Summary: "Let's talk about the four-letter word that's secretly destroying your health: ACID. An acidic lifestyle--consuming foods such as sugar, grains, dairy, excess animal proteins, processed food, artificial sweeteners, along with lack of exercise and proper hydration, and stress--causes inflammation. And inflammation is the culprit behind many of our current ailments, from weight gain to chronic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.2 GIOCain, Geoffrey
Summary: "A riveting investigation into how a restive region of China became the site of a nightmare Orwellian social experiment--the definitive police state--and the global technology giants that made it possible"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.2 CAIElton, Geoffrey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackwell 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 EltonHayes, Geoffrey
Summary: Benny wants to play pirates without his little sister Penny, so he tries to get rid of her, but when Penny really disappears, Benny is worried.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Group 2013
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Contents: Ecclesiastical map of Durham, 1535 -- Plan of the monastery -- Map of Durham Peninsula -- Tenebrae -- The reason why -- A prince among bishops -- The Thirtieth Prior -- Substantial poverty -- The Great Matter -- The apparatus of plunder -- The small houses fall -- The Furness example -- Buying time -- A great violation -- A new order -- The end of an era -- The iconoclast -- A great villain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BlueBridge 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 274.205 MOOParker, Geoffrey
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1978
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gollancz 1971