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 2010Lunden, Joan
Summary: "When former Good Morning America host Joan Lunden was diagnosed with breast cancer, she set out to learn everything about it to help her survive. With seven children counting on her, giving up was not an option. After announcing her diagnosis on Good Morning America, people all over the country rallied around Joan as she went into Warrior mode. Within a few months, after losing her hair, Joan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LUNDEN, JOAN LUNPanafieu, Jean-Baptiste de.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2011
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Summary: "A paleontologist and a storyteller take two children through the birth of our planet to the present day, covering major geological periods and the evolution of life on Earth"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2020
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Summary: When Figaro's loud snoring disturbs his friends, the rooster, the donkey and the dog, they ask him to take his naps away from the farm. Figaro obliges, but soon his friends miss him very much.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane/Miller Book Publishers 2003
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Summary: In her most candid and revealing book yet, acclaimed broadcast journalist and Baby Boomer Joan Lunden delves into the various phases of aging that leave many feeling uncomfortable, confused, and on edge. In her hilarious book, Lunden takes the dull and depressing out of aging, replacing it with wit and humor. After all, laughing is better than crying--unless it makes you pee! Whether you're in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forefront Books 2020
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.3 LUNSummary: This performance-based music documentary shares intimate discussions with various iconic contemporary New Orleans musicians, highlighting their history and upbringing, while demonstrating how a musical tradition has shaped their identity, community, and learning environment for the youth of the Crescent City. Comprised of four years of interviews, cityscape cinematography, studio performances,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRASummary: "A reflection on art, life, and the movies. ... [A] richly cinematic self portrait that touches on everything from the feminist movement and the Black Panthers to the films of husband Jacques Demy and the birth of the French New Wave."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BEASummary: This series of lectures introduces the greatest of universal museums. Its aim is not comprehensive. The focus is narrowed to the Department of Paintings, which is responsible for European paintings from the Middle Ages until the mid-19th century. These works of art form an encyclopedic summary of the achievements of painters that can be called the single most important such collection in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2006
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Summary: Contains 30 sewing projects including bags, keyrings, cushions, and pencil cases, all easy to customize and can be made independently or with an adult.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Search Press Limited 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 646.2 BIJSummary: Explores filmmaker Rithy Panh's quest to create the missing images during the period when the Khmer Rouge ruled over Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The film uses wood figures, archival footage, and narration to recreate his firsthand experiences and those of his family and friends' suffering during the communist regime.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MISMarion, Catherine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barron's Educational Series 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.78 MARSummary: Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet filmed over the course of five years, Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary about William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch) was for decades mainly the stuff of legend; that changed when Aaron Brookner, the late director's nephew, discovered a print of it in 2011 and spearheaded a restoration. Includes on-screen appearances by Allen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Krause Publications 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 738.8 LUCBaptiste, Tracey
Summary: "Full-color portraits illustrate the stories of ten people-rulers, educators, inventors, scholars, and explorers-who helped shape the African continent and the world from ancient times through the tumultuous sixteenth century"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BAPBaptiste, Tracey
Summary: Presents disgusting ancient Egyptian medicinal practices, culinary delicacies, and battle practices, including the dirty details of what really happens to bodies as they are prepared for mummification. --Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Publishing 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baker & Taylor 1911
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Summary: While other children's parents are veterinarians, gardeners, and builders, one father is able to become a dog, a tree, and a bridge using various yoga poses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2004
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Summary: "Introduces readers to two brave Black women who stood up against segregation, setting in motion the Montgomery Bus Boycott and showing the nation how positive change can start with a single defiant act"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BAPBurman, Ben Lucien
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taplinger Pub. Co. 1973
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.01 BURBaptiste, Tracey
Summary: "A picture book biography about Claudette Colvin, the teen whose activism launched the Montgomery bus boycott, and a celebration of collective action"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2005
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ferrets 1994