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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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: The development of the arts in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern era is an astonishing record of cultural achievement, from the breathtaking architecture of Gothic cathedrals to the daring visual experiments of the Cubist painters. We all have our favorite artists, periods, or styles from this immensely rich tradition, but how many of us truly know the full sweep of European art? How...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 HISMeyer, Jerry
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 799.2 MEYSummary: Mary Berry shares her ultimate Christmas feast with all the trimmings, packed with tips to plan and get ahead for the big day. Chefs Angela Hartnett and Monica Galetti join her to share favorite festive recipes from their heritage and Mary and TV host Rylan try and convert some kids to Brussels sprouts.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Ferris, Jeri.
Summary: A portrait of the man who wrote the first U.S. dictionary traces his youth as a bookish Connecticut farm boy and his twenty-year effort to write the all-American dictionary that was published in 1828 when he was seventy years old.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB WEBSTER KIRDwyer, Kevin.
Summary: This book focuses on twenty-five true stories that real detectives have grappled with and explores the entire criminal process, from investigation and arrest to trial and verdict.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364.15 DWYResnick, Lorne
Summary: Being in Cuba feels like falling in love with the person you know you were meant to be with. It's exhilarating and bewitching. During more than fifty trips to the island over the past twenty years, award-winning photographer Lorne Resnick has sought to capture the experience of being in Cuba; the result is a collection of moments filled with passion, desire and laughter. Those moments, exactly...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Insight Editions 2015
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 910 CUBDwyer, Helen.
Summary: An introduction to the locale, history, way of life, and culture of the Aztecs.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.018 DWYDwyer, Jim
Summary: New York Times reporters Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn rely on hundreds of interviews; thousands of pages of oral histories; and phone, e-mail, and emergency radio transcripts. They cross a bridge of voices to go inside the infernos, seeing cataclysm and heroism, one person at a time, to tell the affecting, authoritative saga of the men and women -- the 12,000 who escaped and the 2,749 who perished...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 974.7 DWYHerji
Summary: "Go back in time with Nobel Prize laureate Michel Mayor to understand the secrets of the Universe and meet the great names in physics: Newton, Einstein and many more. This graphic-novel guide to the Universe explains complex ideas in a way anyone can understand. It's a book full of adventure-- as well as some of the most important concepts humankind has ever studied. On the program:...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Helvetiq 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 523.1 HERPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Contents: Essays. Collecting the image of America : Charles Willson Peale's The artist in his museum and Samuel F.B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre / Judith Russi Kirshner -- Painting the image of America : portraiture and genre in the 19th century / Elizabeth Milroy -- Americans in the landscape / D. Scott Atkinson -- American impressionism / Elizabeth Milroy -- America and the modernist spirit / D....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Terra Museum of American Art 1987
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.73 PROTerris, Ben
Summary: "In this fascinating investigation into the real life inner workings of a post-Trump American government, uncover the odd and eccentric personalities grappling for their own bit of power in D.C. The Big Break investigates how Washington works, and how different kinds of people try to make it work for them. Ben Terris presents an inside history of this crucial moment in Washington, reporting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.2 TERDwyer, Helen.
Summary: Discusses Cheyenne culture and history, covering such topics as their origins, traditions, land issues, and contemporary life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 DWYDwyer, Jim
Summary: Of the millions of words written about September 11, 2001, most were told from the outside looking in. "New York Times" reporters Dwyer and Flynn have taken the opposite and far more revealing-approach, capturing the little-known stories of the nearly 12,000 ordinary people who took extraordinary steps to save themselves and others. They tell the dramatic and moving account of the struggle for...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 974.7 DWYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 DWYDwyer, Kevin.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364.1097 DWYDwyer, Helen.
Summary: A discussion of the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Navajo Indians.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2012
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Summary: Offers an overview of the past and present lives of the Ojibwa Indians, covering their customs, beliefs, and government.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2013
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Summary: Tells the story of "Chucky" Taylor, a young American who lost his soul in Liberia, the country where his African father was a ruthless warlord and dictator.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 966.8 DWYKrause, Jerry
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 KRANielsen, Jerri.
Summary: A physician stranded at the South Pole describes how she discovered a lump in her breast, treated herself with a biopsy and chemotherapy, and was rescued by the Air National Guard, and reflects on her experiences and her colleagues. The Antarctic winter, with temperatures 100 below zero, shuts supply lines down completely; conditions are too treacherous for planes or boats and the only...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NIELSEN, JERRI NIEWillis, Gerri.
Contents: The rules -- Buying. How much house can you afford?; Assess the market; Picking a real estate agent; Choosing a mortgage lender; Avoiding mortgage fraud; Narrowing your search; Finding the right house; Choosing the right mortgage; Negotiating the deal; Surviving the closing -- Maintaining. Managing your equity; Going green; Curb appeal: your yard and garden; Maintaining your investment --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 643.12 WILDwyer, Helen.
Summary: A discussion of the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Dakota Indians, also known as the Sioux.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 DWYDwyer, Kevin.
Summary: Presents twenty-five true crime stories behind the television show "Law and Order."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Boulevard 2006