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 2010Foran, Eileen.
Summary: Text and photographs introduce that valiant bird of prey, the bald eagle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 1992
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the Muppets put an all-new spin on the classic tale loved by millions the world over.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MUPSummary: In 2009 Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong's comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong's confession.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ARMShea, Lisa.
Summary: When villainous Dormammu opens a portal in the sky he unwittingly unleashes an attack by aliens. Villain or Super Hero--it doesn't matter what side you're on--these aliens are on a mission to take over the world. It's up to Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and the Hulk and the other Squaddies to work together with the Villains to save Earth from alien invasion!
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Publisher / Publication Date: LB Kids 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE SHECohen, Ivan
Summary: "The Dark Knight teams with Scooby-Doo and the sleuths of Mystery Inc. to solve mysteries featuring ghosts, phantoms, and the supernatural"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 COHSummary: When the population of Los Angeles is vacuumed off the face of the Earth, Detective Mark Corley storms his way onto an alien ship to rescue his estranged son. But after crashing the ship in Southeast Asia, he must forge an alliance with a band of survivors to discover the key to saving his son and taking back the planet once and for all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BEYSummary: For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, and disfigured by misguided restorations. Now, a team of architects and engineers is investigating the many mysteries of this icon of Western civilization : How did the ancient Greeks design and build their masterpiece so quickly? How did they achieve such precision and perfection...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECLanting, Frans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taschen 1997
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 779.32 LANJames, Franke.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Pub. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.72 JAMFranke, Greg
Summary: "There have been many thrilling and memorable sports rivalries. But none has ever combined such drama and excitement over such an extended period of time and against such a gripping background as the Cold War hockey rivalry between Canada and Russia"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Publishing, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.962 FRAGreco, Gail.
Summary: In the age of non-stop flights, , high-speed expressways, and the information superhighway, it is necessary sometimes to slow down and take a load off. Afternoon tea is the perfect break for the high speed days of the twentieth century. Gail Greco's Tea-Time at the Inn: A Country Inn Cookbook is a celebration of this ceremony and according to The American Cooking Guild is the "first book that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rutledge Hill Press 1991
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 641.5 GREFranke, Natalie
Summary: "Many of us feel more alone than ever despite living in the most connected society in human history. We need to belong in the same way that we need oxygen-our physical bodies require it. We perform better and have greater successes as individuals when we are connected to the collective. Join author Natalie Franke as she shares her story of longing for connection in the chaos and lessons learned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Worthy Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.2 FRAVischer, Frans.
Summary: "'Twas the holiday season of treasures and treats. but Fuddles the cat only wanted to eat....and open his presents, then sit down and play but that's not what happened on one Christmas day"--From publisherʹs description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2013
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E VISFranek, Robert
Summary: A survey of life on the nation's campuses offers detailed profiles of the best colleges and rankings of colleges in dozens of different categories, along with a wealth of information and applications tips.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.2 FranckThilliez, Franck
Summary: "Welcome to your nightmares. 14 year-olds Esteban and Tristan have a special after-school job. They enter Tristan's father's Sleep Clinic where they have one goal: help people get rid of their worst nightmares. With unique equipment the Nightmare Brigade can literally infiltrate their patients' nightmare to seek its root and destroy the cause. Things are shaken up a bit, however, when they meet...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The true-life story of Janet Frame, New Zealand's most distinguished author. The film follows Frame along her inspiring journey, from a poverty-stricken childhood to a misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and electroshock therapy to, finally, literary fame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA ANGFrankie
Summary: When Frank Faunce looks at the Church, he sees a sleeping giant full of men and women who think that they are born again simply because they repeated a simple prayer years ago. What these people have never learned, Faunce submits, is that Jesus wants to be both Lord and Savior, that either He or Ego will occupy first place in any human's heart. As the author cleverly states, there is not room...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Publishing, Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248 FRASummary: "The Exiles" of the title are displaced Native Americans, living in late 1950s Los Angeles on Bunker Hill, a depressed area connected to the rest of the city by the Angels Flight trolley. The Indians were already exiles, from the moment they lost their ancestral lands and were confined to reservations. Starting on Friday afternoon and closing Saturday morning, the film follows pregnant Yvonne,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milestone Film & Video 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA EXIGriscom, Chris
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.333 GRIGrillo, Ioan
Summary: Presents a searing investigation into the role of the drug trade in the black market for firearms, both within the U.S. and across the U.S.-Mexican border.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.33 GRIFranck, Dan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2001