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 2010Napoleon
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cassell 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NAPMaltbie, P. I.
Summary: Explains how Claude Monet came to paint trains and forever changed the minds of critics about his art and about the Impressionists in general.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 759.44 MALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MONGardner, Chris (Chris P.)
Summary: The author shares the life lessons that enabled him to rise from a homeless single father to a millionaire businessman and outlines steps for recovering from professional or physical setbacks and finding the motivation to pursue new challenges.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 GARRussell, P. Craig.
Contents: Introduction / by Will Pfiefer -- Dance on a razor's edge -- From beyond / based on the short story by H.P. Lovecraft -- Voyage to the moon / based on the short story by Cyrano De Bergerac -- Gift of the Magi / based on the short story by O. Henry -- La Sonnambula -- Insomniac -- Breakdown on ths starship Remembrance -- Devils / script by Steven Grant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Comics 2003
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 RUSRussell, P. Craig.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Comics 2002
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 RUSGardner, Chris (Chris P.)
Summary: "Chris Gardner, popular speaker and the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir and major motion picture The Pursuit of Happyness presents, in the tradition of The Last Lecture and The Alchemist, a powerful book on dreaming your way to the next level of your life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158.1 GARCraig, Elena P.
Summary: "Go down the rabbit hole with Alice, the Mad Hatter, and the other beloved residents of Wonderland with this whimsical cookbook inspired by the animated classic Alice in Wonderland!"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Insight Editions 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5 CRARussell, P. Craig
Summary: Nobody "Bod" Owens, who lives in a graveyard and is being raised by ghosts, leaves the safety of the graveyard to attend school and investigate his family's murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
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3 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 RUSRussell, P. Craig.
Summary: The King of All Night's Dreaming is drawn into a tale about a monk, a fox woman, and an evil man set in ancient Japan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics/Vertigo 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GAIWorsley, Lucy
Summary: Lucy Worsley explores locations important to royal history and attempts to sort out facts from fiction about the past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Broadcasting Service 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LUCBruchac, Joseph
Summary: "Through poems that capture the essence of each person's life, acclaimed Native American writer Joseph Bruchac introduces readers to famous indigenous leaders from The Peacemaker in 1000 A.D. to modern day dancer Maria Tallchief and Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller. Each poem is illustrated by a modern-day tribally enrolled artist."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reycraft Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 BRUMeltzer, Brad
Summary: "This picture book biography follows I. M. Pei's start as an architect and his lasting impact on buildings all around the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am PeiBenyukh, Olesj. P. (Oleg Petrovich)
Summary: This language guide prepares its reader with fifteen chapters of situational phrases suited to: traveling by rail, trolley, car or bus; coping with emergencies; Ukrainian shopping; exchanging currency; getting along at a hotel; ordering a meal, and other daily life adventures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hippocrene Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.79 BENCharig, Alan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File, Inc. 1983
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 567.91 CHASummary: Queen Elizabeth's realm is divided, politically unstable and dangerous. We see her troubled reign through the eyes of her spymasters, Willian and Robert Cecil, a father and son team in charge of counter terrorism and the protection of the fragile life of the one woman on whom everything depends. Looks at the entrapment and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, the capture and escape of Catholic...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV QUECaesar, Ed.
Summary: Two hours to cover twenty-six miles and 385 yards. It is running’s Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the human body. But now we can glimpse the mountaintop. The sub-two hour marathon will require an exceptional combination of speed, mental strength, and endurance. The pioneer will have to endure more, live braver, plan better, and be luckier than anyone who has run before. So who will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.4 CAECaesar, Gene
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1953
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL FIC CAEMillan, Cesar
Summary: Looks at the positive effects that having and training dogs has on their owners, and shares personal stories of how the dogs in his life have given him important lessons in respect, confidence, resilience, and authenticity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2017
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Summary: "In the 1930s, as official government expeditions set their sights on conquering Mount Everest, a little-known World War I veteran named Maurice Wilson conceives his own crazy, beautiful plan: he will fly a plane from England to Everest, crash-land on its lower slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit--all utterly alone. Wilson doesn't know how to climb. He barely knows how to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.522 CAECaesar, Pete.
Contents: v. II. S.S. Photina edition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: s.n.] 1977
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Summary: In this book the author, a well-known dog trainer takes on the topic of training for the first time, by explaining the importance of balance as the foundation for a healthy relationship between you and your dog. In order to provide a variety of training options, he calls upon some of the foremost experts in the field to offer their advice so that you can find the perfect approach that works for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.7 MILMillan, Cesar.
Summary: Learn what goes on inside your dog's mind and develop a positive, fulfilling relationship with your best friend. "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan is America's most sought-after dog-behavior expert, but he is not a trainer in the traditional sense--his expertise lies in his ability to comprehend dog psychology. Tracing his own journey from a clay-walled farm in Mexico to the celebrity palaces of Los...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2006