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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010

Duncan, David Ewing

Summary: What robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now? What do they say about us, their creators? Will they usher in a fantastic new future, or destroy us? What do some of our greatest thinkers, from physicist Brian Greene and futurist Kevin Kelly to inventor Dean Kamen, geneticist George Church, and filmmaker Tiffany Shlain, anticipate about our human-robot future? For even as...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2019

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 629.8 DUN

Summary: In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary, part music film, part historical record, created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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3 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SUM

Summary: Featuring an incredible array of the greatest musicians of the '70s and early '80s. It stands alone in the history of rock n roll as the first ever late-night live concert show on TV, capturing the spirit of a time when rock was exploding in so many new, exciting directions. For nine thrilling years, The Special brought audience the very best live music from every genre, rare performances right...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC MID

Schock, Edson Irwin

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: A. S. Barnes 1979

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 623.82 SCH

Summary: Portrait of the relationship between two eccentric recluses, Edith Bouvier Beale and her grown daughter, Little Edie. The aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis feed their cats and raccoons and talk about their past behind the walls of their East Hampton mansion.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC GRE

Smiley, Tavis

Summary: Presents an analysis of the recent increase of poverty in the United States, even among the middle class, describing twelve steps that can be undertaken to give the poor more equitable access to housing, education, and health care.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: SmileyBooks 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339.22 SMI

Smiley, Tavis

Summary: "A powerful chronicle of the sixteen weeks leading up to King of Pop Michael Jackson's death. Michael Jackson's final months were like the rest of his short and legendary life: filled with deep lows and soaring highs, a constant hunt for privacy, and the pressure and fame that made him socially fragile and almost--ultimately--unable to live,"--NoveList.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKSON, MICHAEL SMI

Castle, Wendell

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1980

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 684.1 CAS

Brooks, Terry.

Summary: Created in the format of a manga adventure, an exciting novel based on the author's best-selling fantasy series set in the world of Shannara takes place after the events on The Wishsong of Shannara as it chronicles the exploits of Weapons Master Garet Jax as he embarks on challenging and magical quest.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine/Del Rey 2008

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BRO

Davids, Sharice

Summary: Rich, vivid illustrations by Ojibwe Woodland artist Pawis-Steckley are delivered in a graphic style that honors Indigenous people. The bold artwork adds impact to the compelling text. (Kirkus starred review) The prose is reminiscent of an inspirational speech ("Everyone's path looks different"), with a message of service that includes fun biographical facts, such as her love of Bruce Lee....

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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021

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Smiley, Tavis

Summary: A notable PBS and Public Radio International host recounts the story of his friendship with Maya Angelou, who took on the role of teacher and maternal figure to him after their initial meeting in 1986, when he was a recent college graduate.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 SMI

Davids, Sharice

Summary: This inspiring picture book autobiography tells the remarkable story of Sharice Davids, one of the first Native American women elected to Congress and the first LGBTQ congressperson to represent Kansas.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DAV

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McCoy, Edain

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Llewellyn Publications 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.3 MCC

Summary: The themes, images, and cultural vernacular of Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz continue to haunt David Lynch's filmography from his early short "The Alphabet" to his television series Twin Peaks: The Return. Is Lynch trapped in the Land of Oz? If so, what can we learn about his body of work by closely examining how it intersects and communicates with that legendary fantasy? In turn, what do...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD

Summary: While his former Pink Floyd band-mates are now global superstars, Syd Barrett remains an enigma, and prior to his sad passing in 2006, was a complete recluse. But it was Syd who originally formed the group, and immediately became its chief songwriter and lead guitarist. Some would even claim he remained the force who dominated the band throughout its most creative period. Features rare live and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC SYD

McCoy, Edain

Summary: Provides step-by-step instructions for astral projection techniques, including travelling to different times and eras, reuniting with departed loved ones, and receiving direction from spirit guides.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Llewellyn Publications 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.9 MCC

Pitcher, Edwina

Summary: Discover 700 hidden adventures from this popular tourist region, from remote coves and wild mountains to desert landscapes and green meadows rich with wildflowers. Experience the best of Andalucia’s rural food culture and accommodation, feasting on local tapas and barreled Jerez wines, and find lesser-known ferias and Holy Week processions.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wild Things Publishing Ltd. 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.68 ANDALUCIA PIT

Tanis, David

Summary: A masterwork of recipes, technique, approach, and philosophy, David Tanis Market Cooking is inspiring and essential. This is how to become a more intuitive cook. This is how to be more discerning at the market and in the kitchen. This is how to make one perfectly delicious dish after another, guided by the core beliefs that have shaped David Tanis's incomparable career: Food doesn't have to be...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing Company, Inc. 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 TAN

Summary: ""In almost any culture, at any time, you can find food writing," writes guest editor Mark Bittman in his introduction. "Food means growing and hardship, and health and medicine, and work and holiday. In its abundance it is a gift and a joy, and in its absence a curse and a tragedy. If a culture has writing, that culture has food writing." The stories in this year's Best American Food Writing...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 BES