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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: Edvard Munch (1863-1944) is best known today as a painter, but his reputation was in fact established through his prints, which were central to his creative process. His printmaking was experimental and innovative, and he continually revisited the subjects of his paintings in striking prints, in which he evoked a wide range of emotion and mood through the use of varied techniques. Munch's early...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 759.81 EDVNgomane, Mungi
Summary: "The definitive guide to the Southern African philosophy of ubuntu, or the idea 'I am only because you are,' with lessons on how to live harmoniously with all people from Mungi Ngomane, granddaughter of Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Summary: "When Lynsi Snyder's grandparents founded In-N-Out Burger in 1948, they built it with a passion for quality and service that Lynsi embraced at a young age. After starting as a store associate at age seventeen, she then worked in other departments, gaining first-hand experience with almost every aspect of the family business until she became president in 2010. She has led the company through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2023
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Summary: "It's time for a new type of self-care. No bubble baths. No yoga. Just some truly wild-truly effective-ideas and activities that are good for you and your overall wellness. It's time to get feral! Feral Self-Care is loaded with self-care ideas that will actually help nourish your soul and make you feel good. Each entry covers an activity that reconnects you with your authentic self, helping you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2023
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Summary: "This book features charming wool felt appliquae designs that can be put to beautiful use in projects for your home and gifting. The book has instructions for 60+ appliquae patterns, instructions for 6 projects, and a gallery of additional project ideas"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: StashBooks/C&T Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.445 KIMRonci, Kelli.
Summary: Shows kids of all ages how to make fifteen fun, colorful projects, including an earflap hat, a patchwork poncho, a cupcake-shaked pincushion, and a hooded pullover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: STC Craft 2005
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Summary: A guide to finding the God of love within Islam explains how everyone can develop moral courage for a life defined by purpose.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2005
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Summary: "A personal journey into our evolving relationships with animals, and a thought-provoking look at how those bonds are being challenged and reformed across disciplines We love animals, but does that make the animals' lives any happier? With factory farms, climate change and deforestation, this might be the worst time in history to be an animal. If we took animals' experiences seriously, how...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 590 MANSummary: Leonardo da Vinci is well known for his inventions as well as his art. But new evidence shows that many of his ideas were realized long before he sketched them out in his notebooks, some even 1700 years before him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LEOMonti, Daniel A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harperluxe 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1986
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Summary: "Whether you enjoy cooking or not, it can be exhausting to cook a new meal from scratch every single night--especially if you have a family to feed. Batch cooking is a way around this but means that half your meals will be reheated leftovers, which gets unappetizing after a few days. Instead, Cyndi Kane uses her "Save-It-Forward" method to cut down on cooking time and food waste and still feed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2022
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Summary: Learn how to thrive with dyslexia as an adult. No matter when you're diagnosed, living with dyslexia can be a challenge -- but it can also make you a unique and creative thinker. The Dyslexia Guide for Adults helps you boost your confidence with advice for embracing your greatest strengths. With these proven strategies and exercises, you'll learn to understand yourself better as you navigate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1987
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Summary: "Balance and heal your mind, body, and soul by tapping into the connections between your chakras and your diet. Chakras, Food, and You is a revolutionary approach that customizes health assessments based on the chakras-the ancient system that modern-day yogis exalt and the ancients across all cultures and periods embraced as the secret to enlightenment. After first taking the Chakra Type Quiz...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Essentials 2021
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Publisher / Publication Date: Martingale 2007
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Summary: "'How can I help others grow and transform if I haven't done it myself?' Cyndi Lee asks in the opening pages of her memoir, 'May I Be Happy,' where she makes a surprising revelation. In spite of her success in physically demanding professions--dancer, choreographer, and yoga teacher--Lee was caught in a lifelong cycle of repetitive self-judgment about her body, which was infecting her closest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2013